Annie was slightly confused as to what Everly was saying. She simply tugged Everly in and took the food she brought with her to keep warm so that Everly could have them when she woke up.Everly was dreaming again. She dreamt of that night when the electricity was cut out in Baxter's residence years ago. Everyone went out to visit the relatives, and she was left to stay at home. Back then, she collapsed by the porch in the dark, waiting for someone to open the door. There was no telling the time in the dark, and she did not know how long she had waited, but in the end, the door was finally opened.Following the light that came shining through, she heard someone panting. It was the worried man who hurried back."Everly!""Big Brother!" Consumed by fear, she could not think of whether it was appropriate to touch the man before her and threw herself into his arms in tears. "I'm scared. Don't go, don't leave me alone!"Perhaps it was because he rushed back. His heart was beating like a
Following the sound of someone in heels approaching, someone shook Everly back and forth."Everly!"She heard a familiar voice and looked up to find Annie by her side."Eve- Violet, how are you? What happened?" Annie asked worriedly.Everly was about to shake her head when she heard another set of heels approaching, followed by another person's entry into her office."Violet!" Alice shouted sharply."Miss Davidson, Violet is tired right now. Please get out!" Annie immediately went over to stop Alice and was shoved aside by her."You knew!" Alice pointed at Everly and screamed, "You knew Brother Carson was in that office and pretended that you didn't so that I would lock you in with him! This is your scheme!"Everly's head hurt badly. The feeling she felt earlier lingered, and she was still stuck within it with no escape."Alice Davidson! What exactly are you doing?" Annie couldn't stand it anymore and came over to pull Alice aside. "So it was you! I wondered why Violet didn't
Everly was too weak to struggle from Alice's hold, especially when Alice was not alone. There were a few bodyguards walking with her."What's going on? Why is Alice taking Violet away?""Did Violet do something wrong?""I don't know, but you guys know about that thing about Violet and Mister Baxter appearing together in that meeting room this morning, don't you? It could be because of that!""But wouldn't Mister Baxter be furious if she takes Violet away like that?"People were quick to jump into gossiping, but Alice was quicker and forced Everly into the elevator.The red number changed swiftly as the elevator went down, and following the ding of the elevator, Everly was stuffed into a car."You all stay here, and if Robbie or Carson come after us, stop them for me!" Alice commanded and drove away with Everly in the car.Everly had given up on fighting. She felt exhausted, both physically and mentally. She no longer wanted to bother with what Alice was trying to do and simply
Carson went straight to Everly's office where Alice's men remained and found them holding Annie down as she struggled.When she spotted Carson, she could not think of the relationship between Carson and Everly at the time and shouted immediately, "Mister Baxter, Alice took Violet, and they went off to god knows where! Alice looks weird like she has lost all senses. I don't know if she would do anything to harm Violet!"Carson scrawled as Robbie went to help Annie. A minute later, Annie was freed once the group was beaten to the ground and taken under control by the guards that hurried over."Where did they go?" Carson questioned. His voice filled with suppressed rage."I don't know. I just heard that they were heading to the parking lot!" Annie immediately answered.Carson instantly turned to leave."Robbie, check the surveillance and contact related departments to take over all the road-side cameras and locate her as soon as possible!" Carson commanded."Yes!" Robbie leaped int
Everly had not managed to brace herself and was dragged out of the car by Alice. Before she could see where she had been brought to before she was grabbed by the neck and pushed forward.Baam!Everly was thrown to the ground and fell on her elbow. The fraction between her skin and the ground shot sharp pain. When she accidentally bumped into the flowerpots by her side, they collapsed with noises. "You didn't expect this place to be this close, did you?" Alice stared down at her in a demeaning manner as she snared. "There were supposed to be guards around since it's a place Carson holds dear in his heart. I've only gotten to look at this place once from afar throughout the year without coming in here. I went a great length to get those guards away, so consider yourself lucky for being allowed in here!"Everly had not understood what Alice was saying and started to become slightly irritated. "You led a group of people into my office to pick a fight, put Annie under restraints, and t
Alice choked up on her tears in the end.The greenhouse was situated in one of the valuable lands in this city, which was initially meant for a gigantic mall with facilities around it. The profit of the mall would have been enormous, but Carson bought this place only to build a greenhouse.Everly looked at the flowers. She could almost picture how Carson stood here alone through all the days and nights to plant patiently, trim the branches, and tend, resulting in such a large field of flowers.Blue was the color as far as the eyes could see. It was a shade of blue that resembled both the ocean and the sky, extending indefinitely with no end to it.The emotions that she had set aside on a chilling way here rose once again as tears fell down her face. Droplet after droplet, impactable, just like her feeling at the moment.She thought that her heart had found determination, but it wavered again.It was a mess inside her head as she thought to herself, 'What should I do…'Alice was
Pain shot through Everly's body. She ran into the rack hard because she pushed Alice away. Her head buzzed as she saw stars, but she knew that she had to run. However, before she could get up, the rack broke, and the flowerpots fell."No!" Alice's scream echoed by her ears, and Everly could only close her eyes.Bang!The pots fell to the ground, followed by heavy items breaking, but the pain she had anticipated did not hit her. Everly opened her eyes and saw the man before her.It was him! Carson Baxter!He scrawled and carried her to the side at the very last moment. The pots had not landed on them, but the broken pieces tore a small wound on his face, and blood scrolled down his cheek slowly."You-""Are you hurt?" they said in unison.Everly was stunned by the fact that the first thing he asked was whether she was hurt.Her heart was overwhelmed by bitterness as emotions formed a lump in her throat, rendering her incapable of saying anything but sob."Carson, are you okay?
Everly looked back at the man who was gazing down at her. His eyes were red and his face was still bleeding. She had never seen him like this in the past.Memories of the past flashed through her mind and froze at the scene where he desperately held her and dodged the pots falling from the rack.Her mind turned into mush. She no longer wanted to think and simply acted on instinct.With tears in her eyes, she said, "O-"However, before she could finish the word, Carson had been kicked to the side abruptly by someone."Ah! How can you kick Carson! Robbie, stop pushing me inside. Let me through! Ah!"Everly heard screams, and soon enough, another face appeared before her.It was Austin.The moment Everly saw Austin's face and heard his voice, everything she had moments ago had been torn apart.Her heart beat like a drum as she was overwhelmed by emotions. All affection had been put out like pouring a bucket of cold water over a fire, and she left trembling uncontrollably."Everl
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