He had prepared countless dinners and had taken Oliver to her place for dinner multiple times. He would always bring food over and offer to prepare the ingredients.The original Hello Kitty apron had been thrown away by John, so Carson bought another two with Hello Kitty patterns on them. When Oliver asked why he was getting two, Carson simply cast him a look.After that, Oliver told Everly in secret, "Dad bought a set of couple-wear aprons. However, the apron doesn't come in my size, I don't get one… Dad only wants to be dressed in couple-wear with you and ignores me. He's so bad!"Soon after, Carson had a few sets of family wear custom-made for all three of them. Oliver was thrilled and kept pushing for Everly to wear them.Everly could not possibly refuse, despite knowing that this was Carson's scheme."Miss Violet, Mister Baxter wants me to ask if you can make time for him after work today." Robbie's voice pulled Everly's mind back to the present."Is there something he needs
On the other end, Carson's absence had been noticed, and everyone in the office was shocked."Throughout all these years, there had only been once when he postponed a meeting. The meeting this time has been postponed, but what's happened?""I don't know, but he and Violet seem pretty close lately. Maybe they are going to get together?""Didn't Violet reject Mister Baxter? Why would they get together?""She was just playing hard to get! There's a high chance that Mister Baxter is absent today to prepare some kind of surprise for Violet. After all, it's February 14th today. It's Valentine's Day!""That makes sense!"Everyone was busy gossiping, while Alice, who heard them from the turn of a corner, was driven mad with anger. In the end, she had not said a word and turned around in frustration."Spending Valentine's Day together? Preparing surprises?" Alice clenched her fists. "Keep dreaming, Violet!"She glanced at the others one last time before hurrying away.…Meanwhile, Car
"The security system in Baxter Group is well-developed, and whatever she managed to find was found was because we allowed her to. She mentioned that she needed those data for the future development of Violet's studio, but don't you doubt her, Mister Baxter?" Robbie continued."That's enough." Carson said calmly as he cast a glance at Robbie, "I trust her. There will be no need to report to me on anything with regards to this.""But…"Robbie wanted to say something, but Carson had already walked in another direction to make commands on decorations.Robbie sighed a long breath in response. He understood what Carson was thinking. Carson was pursuing Everly at the moment, and he would have given her anything she asked for if only she agreed. There was no need for her to do anything in secret, and it was likely that she did what she did merely for the sake of Violet's studio's development.Carson knew this, but Robbie overthought.'Seems like I still need more experience,' Robbie thou
"There's no need," Everly said, "isn't there a meeting with people in Strandia? Move the meeting to tonight. According to the time difference, they should be working then."Annie was slightly taken by shock."As for Carson Baxter, reject him and tell him that I won't be going because I have an important meeting to attend," Everly continued.Annie snapped out of it and realized that this meant Everly had finally found the determination to reject Carson Baxter."Okay, I will get to it immediately," Annie said and went out to make the call."Wait," Everly stopped her right before she went out."Everly?" Annie turned around and asked.Everly looked over at the flowers and said, "Dispose of this."Annie followed Everly's gaze and nodded. "Okay."She then reached for the flowers."Creak!Following the sound of the door closing, Everly looked away. Five minutes later, she heard someone knocking once again and Annie came in."Everly, I've communicated with Robbie and informed him ab
Everly simply felt annoyed and explained with resignation, "No, I'm not. Let me go. I just want to go home. I am tired from working the entire day.""Who are you trying to fool? Violet, what a great plan you have there! You rejected Carson to make him more interested in you so that he would pursue you. You waited until today on Valentine's Day, and despite agreeing to attend the date, you keep him hanging by saying that something came up! You are good at controlling men, but I know about it all!" Alice snared.Panting, Alice continued, "Carson is probably losing patience now. Are you going straight to the hotel as soon as you meet up later? I won't let you go!""Alice Davidson, it's not what you think. I can assure you that I'm not going to meet him," Everly promised with exhaustion."I won't believe you!" Alice and Tracey dragged her to the meeting room and snatched her bag. The two pushed her to the ground and shouted, "Get in!"Baam!The door to the office was shut. Everly got
Meanwhile, Alice and Tracey had already stepped out of Baxter Group smugly."I've already locked her into the meeting room. Don't worry. She definitely won't be able to attend the date tonight!" Alice said smugly to the phone as she watched the pointer on her watch move towards midnight.Baam! Beautiful fireworks blossomed in the sky as scheduled.She looked at the firework with satisfaction and said, "The firework Carson prepared is starting, and she is still in the office, so this date is completely ruined. They haven't met one another this entire day!"Alice felt pleased, and so was Lisa at the other end of the phone."You did great. Remember to release her tomorrow, and we will do something to make Carson think that Violet bailed on it on purpose. The two would fight for a while. That way, they would miss out the entire holidays, and we would have more time," Lisa said."Yeah! I think so, too!" Alice looked up at the firework, and the reflection of it filled her eyes. "It's
He leaned in closer in the dark. Even though she could not see clearly, she could sense that he was reaching out his arm. Just as she was about to move and push him away…Snap!He held onto the doorknob located next to her and pulled on it twice. The door made noises, but he could not open it."Something got the door stuck from the outside," he said, his voice sounding exceptionally heavenly in the dark.'So he was trying to check on the door,' she thought, feeling relieved. Her face burnt even hotter. "I thought he was going to do something!"Carson went to the light switch, but it would not turn on.Through the cold moonlight that came in from the window, Everly slowly began to get used to the darkness and found her vision through the faint light. She saw him going around the meeting table to make a call, but his phone was not working."Why aren't you answering?" She observed it all and asked, "Why are you here? Or could it be that you are the one who arranged all this?"He g
"You don't know?" Everly could not find it in her heart to believe in such coincidence and glared at him, red-eyed. "You have been repeating that same sentence all these years. Carson Baxter, you turned a blind eye to things back then, and you continue to do so in the present! Do you think of me as some fool?"She pursed her lips and pointed to the sky outside. "Then what's with those fireworks just now? This is the city area, and without a special permit, no fireworks would be allowed here in Cinnesvile next to the Baxter building. You are the only one who can pull that off! Besides, isn't it too much of a coincidence that the firework started right after I was locked inside here? Carson Baxter, what on earth are you trying to do?"Everly stared at his side profile through the moonlight, her eyes almost a crimson red. So many years had passed, and he remained the same.He locked her inside the house back then, forcing her to admit to her crime and apologize to the Whites. In the pr
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