The truck crashed into her car once again.Everly's cell phone dropped from her hand and fell under the side of her seat."Everly? What's going on?!" Annie's anxious voice came vaguely through the phone, but Everly did not care. As the truck caught up on her, she steered her car forward and accelerated the vehicle to its maximum speed!It was broad daylight and there was not much traffic around the highway, but it was enough to hinder Everly.Honk! Honk!Everly slammed on the horn repeatedly. More blood flowed out of her forehead as she swerved her car along the road. Her concentration level was at its peak.Everly seemed to have traveled through time into her past many years ago. Right now, everything was just like that moment…That moment when Carson had taken Everly for a party with their buddies.He was driving at the time while Everly was his co-pilot in the passenger seat.When she turned 18, she finally got her driver's license. During a certain party event, she showed
Screech!The tires screeched loudly as they drifted on the road.Carson was very near to Everly, so close that she could see his long eyelashes. He controlled the car like a pro and expertly swerved across the fleet of cars."Okay. You may continue," Carson said, letting Everly take over the wheel.He stared at her as he finished speaking. Everly would never forget the look on his face.…Back to the present in Cannesville, Everly was looking at the traffic in front of her as she drove. Her speed was unwavering.Ever since that drifting experience with Carson, she had stopped being brave. Today, however…Mimicking Carson, Everly gripped the steering wheel hard.Screech!She swerved around the oncoming traffic and successfully avoided all the cars.Did she get away?Everly was about to look in the rearview mirror, suddenly…Bang!Another violent crash.The truck kept coming. The airbag popped out as the Masheruti was rammed hard against the curb of the road.Everly could
Bang!The truck slammed into the alley, but it could not get in.Carson was protecting Everly in his arms. The truck's impact on the walls had caused a mini shockwave around, causing both of them to fall to the ground."Humph!" Carson grunted."What's wrong?" Everly quickly got out of his embrace and saw it…Carson's back was dripping with blood, and there was a large shard of beer bottle glass on the ground on the side.The glass fragments were stabbed into Carson's back and were stained with his blood."Carson..." Everly looked at his wound. She wanted to help him, but she was afraid she would just make his injury worse.Her hands were trembling violently as tears flowed out of her eyes. She could only call out his name."I'm fine, don't worry," said Carson. He got up from the ground and quickly stood in front of Everly, looking at the alley in front of him.Everly followed his line of sight and saw a man with a hood standing at the entrance of the alley. He walked towards
Carson held Everly's hand tightly. There was blood flowing down all over him. Everly's arm was soaked with his blood as well.The man in the helmet nodded as he looked at Carson. "It seems like you've made up your mind. What a touching moment. Very well, I shall do you a favor, and you can die together with her as well!"The man laughed lightly and walked over one step at a time, waving the iron rod in his hand intimidatingly as he approached them.Everly's hand was still tightly held by Carson. He suddenly said to her, "Did you see the gap left by the truck earlier? Front left."Everly glanced over subconsciously and looked at Carson's back."When he comes, I'll drag him down while you run and escape through that gap. Got it?" Carson said, his voice was hoarse and sounded very weak. Cold sweat ran down his forehead and dripped down his cheeks."No! This is none of your business, Carson! Our relationship had ended many years ago. What are you doing?! Get out of here!" Everly said
Everly moved forward toward the exit as Carson pushed her. She turned her head and looked back one last time and saw him being entangled with the man.At this moment, all the fond memories of her and Carson came rushing back into her head.It was not until now that she finally realized that they were once happy together.The sound of a siren was heard. Robbie had arrived with the police!"Mister Baxter!" He rushed over to Carson immediately."Hands in the air! Don't move!" The police officers came in and quickly brought the situation under control."Carson..." Everly cried as she ran over.Carson was being held by Robbie. He stretched his bloody hand when he saw Everly and touched her face. In those dark eyes of his, there was only her reflection. Seeing that she was safe, he finally breathed a sigh of relief."Carson!""Mister Baxter!"…The culprit was arrested by the police officers. Everly and the rest were on their way to the hospital in an ambulance.Her heart ached a
"Yes. Miss Pettis, Mister Baxter will never put you in danger. Whatever he did, it was all for you. Did you really think that he has no backup plan?" Robbie said as he looked at Everly helplesslyEverly could not help but remember everything before.His escape plan, as well as his action, everything seemed to add up."Mister Baxter has always been a rational person. I could see it clearly, being by his side for so many years. He can be said to be terribly rational, and there is nothing in the world that could move him, except you," Robbie said."Miss Pettis, every moment with you, Mister Baxter has been reckless with himself. He's willing to give you whatever you want. His feelings for you are deeper than you can ever imagine," Robbie continued.Everly recalled whatever happened in the past few days as she listened to Robbie.Carson's incessant pursuit of her, his perseverance…The night he had set fireworks for her…Everly's heart felt even more hurt now.Tears started flowin
"Miss Alexander, that's not true. Back then, Mister Baxter had wrongfully imprisoned Miss Pettis. He was the one who was at fault initially," said Robbie. He could not let Angelica blame Everly for everything."In fact, the both of them are in love. There were just too many misunderstandings between them.""Miss Alexander, please calm down. There was someone out there trying to kill Miss Pettis. We have to find the culprit. There's no use being angry with her right now!" Robbie continued.However, Angelica was not persuaded. "I don't care what happened to them back then. I just know that since she appeared, my son has been in trouble over and over again! All because of her!" she scolded Everly while pointing at her."Get out of here!"Angelica continued, "You don't have any right to be here! I'm Carson's mother, and I can take care of him. He doesn't need you here. Get out!""Please don't be so angry, Miss Alexander. You'll grow older like this," said Robbie. He looked at Everly
In a blink of an eye, Annie and Austin had arrived at the Cannesville Primary Hospital's surgical department. Annie was about to call Robbie when she saw him from afar, but he quickly gave her the silent hand gesture and quickly glanced at Angelica. He then walked quickly in their direction."Robbie, now..."Before Annie could finish her sentence, she was dragged into a corner by Robbie.Austin could not hold it any longer. He asked, "Robbie, what happened? Where's Everly?"Annie also nodded and said, "Who is in the operating room? Isn't it…"She did not complete her words, but she was obviously asking if it was Everly."Don't worry, the person in the operating room is not Miss Pettis, but Mister Baxter. You should already know about the car accident. It was Mister Baxter who saved Miss Pettis, but he got badly injured in the process," Robbie said assuringly.Austin breathed a sigh of relief, but Annie was still looking anxious. She asked, "Where's Everly? Why isn't she with you
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