Everly was speechless for the moment. She did not know what to say.Aunt Emma continued, "I'm not sure if you've been to Baxter Residence before, but many decorations in this place were a complete imitation from there. I've heard that these arrangements have not changed for many years to come and that he did it all because he was missing someone.""Sigh… Uncle Benny is not getting any younger as well. Mister Baxter got him to stay at Baxter Residence to lessen his burden. Otherwise, it would be so stressful for him to learn about everything here," Aunt Emma said.She glanced at Everly from the side. "I heard that the reason Mister Baxter had moved here is because of someone very important to him. I don't know who that person is, but she must be a very lucky one. Mister Baxter has always been a very affectionate man," Aunt Emma muttered.Everly's eyelashes trembled slightly. She turned her head and looked at Aunt Emma.Aunt Emma smiled awkwardly back at her in response. After that,
Everly clenched her hands tightly on her handbag. She lowered her eyes, no longer looking at his reflection, and went straight to the entrance. She opened the door and walked out.Slam!The door closed. Carson stared at the empty corridor as she left, his eyes frowning slightly."Mister Baxter, you're back!" Aunt Emma said. "Mmm," replied Carson. He turned around and looked at her. "Where's Oliver?" he asked.Aunt Emma smiled and said, "He's asleep. Miss Violet carried him back just now. She even helped clean him up. Oliver looked very happy.""Mmm," Carson replied again. He then proceeded to Oliver's room. He opened the door and walked to the bed. Oliver was sleeping crookedly on the bed. Carson's eyes had a hint of sadness in them as he watched him.…Everly was walking out of the yard of Rose Pavilion. In her last step, she turned around and looked at the lights that were lit up in the house. Suddenly, she felt a sense of loneliness. It was as if Everly was alone by herse
"What did you say!" Richard exclaimed. He turned his face, revealing some bruises at the corners of his eyes."Never mind..." Alice said as she lowered her head.Despite looking very obedient in front of her brother, Richard could not help but feel angry.He was at Baxter Group in the afternoon to pick someone up. He could not find Violet, so he picked on Annie instead.Richard had his underlings prepare a little something to scare Annie. He wanted to show her the consequences for messing with the Davidsons! He also brought Alice along so that she could see Annie being humiliated.However…"Humph!" Richard hit the steering wheel hard again. The car let out a loud honk as he beat it.Alice took a glance at Richard, silently making up her mind that she would never fight with Annie ever again. Not even Richard stood a chance against her. What a scary woman!"What are you looking at!" Richard yelled at his sister, "This is all because of you!"Alice pretended not to listen to h
Everly did not answer Austin."Are you still not over him? Everly, I don't know what's going on, but I feel that you've changed a lot. You have promised me to leave Cannesville when everything is over. What now? What are you waiting for?" he asked anxiously."You allowed him to confess to you, and you didn't seem to reject him completely. What are you trying to do?!" Austin said with a stern tone.Feeling annoyed with Everly's silence over the phone, he yelled angrily, "Answer me!"Everly withdrew her gaze from the car window. "I have my own ideas," she said."What sort of ideas?" Austin got even more furious. "Don't tell me that you plan to accept his confession? Give it up! We'll find another way!" he persuaded Everly."I think now is the best time. In fact, I think it's a good thing that he confessed to me," Everly said calmly."A good thing?" Austin's voice was full of disbelief."Yes," Everly replied softly."Although we are familiar with the system structure of Baxter Gr
"Really?" Everly said as she kept her phone away. She remembered spending time with Oliver the day before and could not help but to smile a little as she thought of his cute looks."Yes. They will definitely come to see you after their meal. You're going to meet Oliver again, Everly! Shall I go prepare some snacks for him?" Annie said happily,"Yeah! I'll go with you!" Everly said. She grabbed her bag and went out with Annie.…During the afternoon, Oliver got out of his car with a school bag.He wore the clothes that Everly had bought for him yesterday.He adjusted his outfit a little and walked towards the entrance of Baxter Group.Lucy and a few people around who were there to pick him up could not help but squeal as they saw him. He was so cute!Carson was usually cold and dignified, and now suddenly, there was a mini version of him who was adorable and dinky. Oliver may still have his father's cold attitude in him, but he was still a kid after all. His outlooks now just ma
Oliver clung onto Carson as they walked out of the Baxter Group building.They arrived at the Cannesville Fried Chicken restaurant across the road.The two of them instantly caught the public's attention. Carson Baxter, a man of such high status, actually went to CFC! What a surprising moment! Nobody dared approach them, but they kept peeking from afar.Oliver held Carson's hand as they queued up for their order.The people who were in front of the line were obviously excited by his presence. "Mister Baxter, after you!" they said to him while smiling.Carson glanced back at the man and said, "That's okay."Oliver also nodded. "You don't have to worry about us. We can line up just like the rest of you. I was just here yesterday, and I was in line as well! I'm a civilized person," he said.That was how Everly praised him yesterday.Everyone at the front looked at Carson. No one dared to mess around.After all, most of the people here worked nearby, so they basically already knew
"It was nothing much, actually. She just asked me if I was doing well and what I liked. She asked me about the usual daily stuff. Oh, she also taught me how to eat these,” Oliver said as he dipped his fries in the ketchup, there was even some sauce smeared on his face."And this too! I like it!" Oliver grabbed the cup of soda from the side of the table and took a sip. The next moment…"Hiccup—"Oliver giggled. It was just like yesterday.Carson looked at the fries in his hand and tasted them.It was not something he would normally eat. Carson had fries before, but this time, it tasted different from what he imagined.It was delicious.Buzz… Buzz…Carson’s cell phone rang a few times, but he just ignored it. He continued eating while wiping away the ketchup on Oliver’s face.The news of them having lunch together at CFC spread instantly.Some oblivious people had taken pictures of them and uploaded them onto the Internet. They even have animations in them!Although it was not
"What… What's going on?" Alice muttered. She quickly opened those push messages, and the next thing she saw drove her crazy.Carson and Oliver are having lunch at Cannesville Fried Chicken?!'Impossible! Didn't Carson care about Oliver's health? Why did he bring him out for such an unhealthy meal! What is going on here!'Oliver was Everly's child, for heaven's sake!"What in the world…" Alice muttered in panic as she walked around her office in circles.Before she went out in the morning, she had applied a lot of makeup to cover up her bruises and scars. Right now, they're all slowly revealed themselves again as she started to sweat profusely."Don't worry, Miss Davidson. It's probably because Violet had just brought Oliver for fast food yesterday. Oliver is just a child after all, of course, he would enjoy eating this sort of stuff, and that's why he wanted to go back there again. In fact, didn't you just send Mister Baxter some photos just now? And now you're getting the news o
Everly wondered, 'Why does he look so pitiful? Is he going to ask me to be with me as he did before?'Meanwhile, Carson moved his eyes from her to the sunset on the horizon and said, "It's late."She looked across at the sea and the sky. The glorious declining sun gilded the sky.The salty sea wind swept over them.They gazed at the sunset until the fish suddenly struggled and startled Everly.It had been quietly staying in her hand for a while. She had forgotten that she was holding the fish. Thus, she subconsciously let go of the fish and shook Carson's hands off.The fish flopped back into the water and waved its tail to flee away."Oh, no. The fish has escaped. Dad, hurry up and catch it!" Oliver yelled. He had been squatting on the side so as not to disturb his parents. Carson and Oliver then chased after the fish.Everly slowly got up and stood there. The father and the son in white T-shirts were surrounding the big puddle. Everly felt strange while watching them.She wa
She was a little embarrassed. After all, they hadn't been so close to each other for a long time. She felt a bit uncomfortable.So, she found a random topic. "Oliver still hasn't come back?""Maybe he couldn't find the bucket," he said, his chest vibrating. Not knowing how to pick up the conversation, she just looked at him. "Put the fish down," he said again after about three seconds. "But it will slip away," she blurted out. He paused, nodded, and hummed.Actually, she could place it somewhere dry rather than in the water... Then it couldn't slip away...She found herself so stupid. But she couldn't take back her words...She wondered, bit the bullet, and awkwardly held the fish. Should she say anything to defuse the awkward situation?She thought for a moment and asked, "What's your plan? I mean your career.""I haven't laid it out yet," he replied frankly. "I've been working for too long, and it's time to take a break. In the past, I didn't have time to hang
Everly immediately put the crab into the small bucket.At this time, the bucket was filled with many crabs. Oliver looked inside and wore a bright smile."Wow! We got a lot of crabs today! My bucket is almost full!" Oliver said and looked back. When he saw the bucket in his dad's hand, Oliver took it and dumped all the crabs inside his own bucket into it. He then pushed it to Everly and said, "Wow. Aunt Violet caught so many crabs today. You are awesome!"Everly froze. She looked at Oliver's smiling face and understood what he meant.Oliver wanted her to take all the credit for catching those crabs."Oliver...""Aunt Violet! Look over there. There are bubbles coming out of that small hole. Let's go over there. There must be something in there!" As he said, Oliver carried his bucket and a small shovel and trotted over in his slippers. He ran to the hole and exclaimed, "Aunt Violet, come on! It is a big fish!""Go ahead. He likes playing with you," Carson said to Everly when she w
"How do you know if they have contact in private?" The man asked as their car was waiting for a green light. The man's consecutive retorts annoyed Lisa. She looked in the rearview mirror at the man with chill eyes. "What do you mean? Are you trying to deliberately piss me off?" "No." The man replied. Then he paused for a few seconds and changed the subject. "So what are you going to do next?" 'Let Everly crash down to the hell!' During these days all their tactics were covert. They only took some subtle moves to test Carson, to see what was in Carson's mind. Now that Lisa had learned about it, then the next step she was up to was to put Everly through hell! "What's going on with Violet's studio now?" Lisa asked. "According to the information we got, it won't be long before Violet Studio and Baxter Group's collaboration on 'The Angel' is finished." The man replied. Before Lisa was about to respond, suddenly, her phone vibrated. Buzz--Lisa picked up her phone to check t
Everly, Carson, and Oliver were playing on the beach. Meanwhile, Lisa came out of her villa to a car and talked to someone on the phone.She got into the passenger seat, smiled at the man in the driver's seat, and said, "I've just heard that the opposition faction of the Baxter Group changed their minds. They want to get Carson back."The man started the car without speaking. Lisa made up her face, smiled contentedly while looking into the mirror at her delicate figures, and continued, "I knew that the Baxter Group couldn't do well without Carson and that they would give in!"The car's tires squealed.The man suddenly braked."What are you doing?" Lisa growled at the man with a frown, hurriedly grabbing something to steady herself."Lisa, what the hell do you want?" the man said resignedly, "didn't you say that you just wanted to help your family out of trouble? I don't understand what you're thinking. Do you love Carson? Are you proud of him?""What's the problem with this?"
While waving at her, Oliver murmured and walked in with Carson.Everly nodded with a smile. With the clothes in her hand, she got into the car and changed her clothes.The clothes were very simple, which were just a big white T-shirt and a pair of casual shorts. Looking at the clothes, she couldn't help wondering what Carson and Oliver would wear.She walked out, with her mind wandering. She saw Carson and Oliver not far away, both of whom were wearing a white vest and a pair of shorts to their knees. The color and style of their clothes were the same, except for the size.They two seemed to be talking about something, with buckets in their hands. Carson held a big bucket while Oliver held a small one. There was another bucket on the ground, obviously prepared for Everly.Noticing her coming, Oliver turned around and looked at her. "Aunt Violet!"Carson also looked up at her.Her heart was thumping faster inexplicably.‘He seems to be closer to me these days.’Maybe it was bec
The shopkeeper felt embarrassed. He looked at Oliver and replied, "What? I couldn’t do that. Don’t talk nonsense."Oliver pouted and didn’t say anything. Carson patted his head and then looked at the shopkeeper.The shopkeeper already understood his meaning. So then he handed three sets of clothes to Everly and Carson, "You can rinse over there.""Thank you." Everly nodded, then they went there together.After lifting the curtain of the outdoor shower, Carson and Oliver both frowned slightly and looked at her at the same time.Everly was a little confused, so she asked, "What’s wrong?""You can change the clothes in the car." Carson opened his mouth.Oliver nodded and explained, "Right, Aunt Violet. This place has some leaks. It’s okay for me and dad, but it's not okay for you, and there’s no mud on you. It's just me falling into the mud puddle."Everly looked at him and then at Oliver, understanding what they meant.She nodded and pinched Oliver's face with a smile, "Okay,
She immediately quickened her pace to rush over and snatched Oliver from Carson's hand."Hmm..."Before Oliver jumped into her arms and complained to her, Carson's cold voice sounded, "Stop. You're covered in mud."Oliver stopped immediately, looking down at himself, then he glared at Carson. Just a few seconds later, he sat down on a small rock and pointed to the big mud puddle beside him. "Aunt Violet, I just fell into it."Everly glanced in the direction that Oliver pointed to. There was indeed a mud puddle and a human shape was still there. Oliver's father just wiped his face. Otherwise, he could not be recognized.Looking at him sitting on that small rock and his aggrieved look, Everly thought he was so cute and couldn’t help laughing out loud, "Puff..."Hearing her laugh, Oliver turned his head. Everly immediately tried to hold back her laughter, but she failed."Ah! Aunt Violet, you laughed!” Oliver directly came down from the rock, sat in the mud, and childishly showed
Yet the meeting room was quiet. No one spoke.If there had been a way to settle the matter, they would have dealt with it many days ago.And if they gave advice but failed in the end, they might have to take the blame."Why do you all keep silent? Didn't you have a lot of ideas at the very beginning?" the leader roared, slapping the table.However, no one answered.After a minute, someone trembled and said, "Then ... shall we find Carson and make him the president again?""What are you talking about?" The leader was even angrier.But another person said, "I think he's right. The share price is falling. We have less and less money. If it goes on like this, none of us can stand it. We'd better get Carson back... When he managed the company, the share price was rising.""You're looking down on yourself and flattering Carson!" the leader growled, "and the share price is falling. Their losses must be bigger than ours. They should be the most anxious!""But..." the person who had be