"I don't understand what you're talking about." Everly said, "Alice, I think you're really ridiculous. Can't you see, Carson is just a businessman. It doesn't matter if it was his former girlfriend or whatever that you've seen before. The gifts from him were all nothing but a form of trickery."Everly quickly looked away. She lowered her head slightly to prevent Alice from seeing the expression in her eyes at the moment. She then arranged the items on the table neatly, trying to make herself appear inattentive in front of Alice."As for this Everly that you've mentioned... In my opinion, she is just a burden to Carson. Whatever affections he had had for anyone, they're all just a disguise for him," said Everly as she looked at the beam of light passing through the curtain on the side."The only person he loved is himself."The whole office was silent. Everly did not look up at Alice. She just flipped through the documents in her hand, seemingly not caring about everything."You're
"I fell in love with him. You'd asked me if I loved him? I can tell you now, yes, I do love him! It doesn't matter if he still holds Everly dear in his heart. I don't mind that at all." Alice raised her head and looked Everly straight in the eye."And I will always respect her because I know just how deeply Carson loved her and how much he had sacrificed for her sake." Alice continued, "Violet, do you think he loves you? Just because he gave you all those gifts, invited you out for dinner, set fireworks for you? No, he's just treating you as a substitute. Whatever he did for you was nothing compared to what he would do for Everly!""You thought he only loved himself, and his affections were all nothing but a disguise. Do you think you're special, that you are better than everyone else? You think you can be his future wife?" Alice smiled suddenly "You're wrong, Violet. He will never forget Everly. You may have tried your best to cater to him, pretending to be someone else according
What happened? Why was Alice in such a serious mood today?Was everything sincere, or was it just an act?Everly could not help but feel confused and dazed. She looked at the sign on the table and reached her hand out hesitatingly to it.As she was about to reach it, the document that was kept aside suddenly fell off the table. The noise caught Everly's attention. She looked over subconsciously, and at a glance, she saw Oliver's unfinished painting."Oliver…" she muttered.The images of Oliver being abused by Carson started appearing in her head again. Her hand instantly clenched into a fist.Knock, knock, knock…Annie walked in after knocking on Everly's door."Violet, what did Alice do just now?" Annie's tone was anxious. Obviously, she came over once Alice had left the office.Everly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again, she was not as emotional as before."It's nothing. She found out Carson had asked me to wear those clothes, so she came
"Do you think Violet would ignore it? She has always been quite arrogant," said Tracey in a worried tone."I think she will definitely go!" Alice sat down triumphantly. She looked at herself in the mirror and said, "She had come here for Carson. If there's something going on between him and other women, why would she resist to go find out about it?"Alice straightened her hair as she continued speaking, "As long as she goes, she'll discover just how much Carson had loved Everly, and she'll learn just how insignificant of a role she plays in his life. If she's a smart person, she will back down.""I see!" Tracey nodded suddenly but then hesitated again and said, "But Miss Davidson, if Mister Baxter really can't forget about Everly, what should we do? You…"Alice slammed the mirror down hard on the table and glared bitterly at Tracey, "Oh Tracey, you really don't understand. When someone dies, people would eventually forget about the person. They may not let go that easily. But would
"Take this to her office in the afternoon," Carson said.Robbie took the gift box and nodded respectfully. "Yes," he said.Seemingly remembering something all of a sudden. "Mister Baxter, all the preparations you've instructed for Miss Pettis are done. When are you going to take a look?""Set me up with the nearest time possible," Carson said lightly."Right away," Robbie replied and left.…Time flew by in an instant.The workload in Baxter Group was very intense. Just in the morning, Everly was running up and down, dealing with all work-related matters. She did not even have the time for lunch. It was not until everything was settled she could finally rest. She let out a big yawn as she stretched her waist.Annie did the same. She rubbed her eyes and said, "Take a rest, Violet. We can handle the rest."Everyone else in the studio nodded. "Yes, Violet. We can deal with this," they said."Okay, I'll go ahead and get some rest then," Everly said with a smile. These people had
It was a very familiar sight, seemingly to be someone Everly knew a long time ago. She could feel that the person was someone very important to her.Everly wanted to open her eyes, but she could not do it no matter how hard she tried.She could only feel him staring at her the entire time. Finally, he reached his hand out and stroked her head gently."Eve..." he said.Everly was inexplicably anxious. She opened her eyes at the last moment.Dreams and reality were indistinguishable at the moment. Everly started seeing images and hearing all those sounds from her past as if she had traveled back in time."...I will protect you forever."On that day, the afternoon sunlight gleamed on the side of his face through the window, enveloping him in an extraordinarily gentle atmosphere. He looked tender despite being in his usual cold appearance. His eyes were full of sympathy as he looked at Everly as if she was the only one in his world.…Everly woke up in the office and suddenly sat
Everly clenched the sign in her hand as she walked into the cemetery.Following Alice's instructions, she followed the trail inside and arrived at a hut."What are you doing!" exclaimed the security guard with his baton pointed at Everly. He was about to doze off on duty but got up immediately when he heard some sound of movements approaching. Everly stood still and handed him the sign."Someone had told me that you'll show me something if I give you this," she said.The security guard glanced at the sign. He was puzzled at first, but then he seemed to have remembered something. He took the sign and said, "Wait here, I'm gonna make a call,""Okay," Everly responded.The security guard walked over to the phone and started dialing while Everly stood there, looking around as she waited.The hut had a vast view of the entire cemetery. Even the slightest movement around the area could be detected if scrutinized properly."Okay, come with me," said the security guard. Everly enter
The security guard was still chattering as if it was a rare moment for him to have a conversation with someone. He did not care if anyone was listening. He just kept going on and on.Everly continued clicking silently, going through the videos one by one.Ever since Everly's funeral, Carson had visited her grave often. He would stay there for a long time, even almost the entire night, regardless of the weather.Over the surveillance footage, Carson seemed to be getting thinner as time went by.The dates and events of the videos were constantly changing. Everly noticed there was a long time interval between two of them."... Ah, this one. Mr. Baxter used to come here often, but he suddenly stopped coming for a while. I felt strange about it, I also heard that he was sick…" said the guard.Everly stopped clicking and paused for a moment.Buzz...The phone in the bag vibrated frantically, seemingly startled Everly in the process.She immediately lowered her head and took out the