"No!" Everly said decidedly, "There is no way I'm gonna leave you here alone.""Everly..." Everly pulled Annie over when Annie was about to say something."Bang!"Something was thrown from the crowd and smashed into pieces."Shit!" Annie cursed in a fury and was about to rush out. Yet, she was stopped by Everly and calmed down gradually."Now, what we need to do is settle it, not get out of here." Everly handed Annie the phone to show her the message she had just received.[Be careful, Violet. The back door was blocked up, too. We escaped from the crowd by pretending that we were pleasure-seekers. All of them were heavily disguised. I overheard their plan: Make noise at the front door and keep quiet at the back. In this way, you'll think the back way is safe, and when you get there, they'll besiege you. I've already called the police. Take care.]"What a dirty trick! Someone must have given an order to these bastards!" Although Annie gnashed her teeth with anger, she couldn't do
"Ask those people to protect Violet. Don’t expose me," Carson ordered.Robbie immediately understood what Carson meant. ‘Now there is the breaking news about the resignation of Mr. Baxter, and Mr. Baxter resigned his position for Miss Pettis. If he helps Miss Pettis overly, the matter will become more serious, and his help will bring trouble.’‘Now what we need to do is to keep our people on standby. Although the situation is serious, Miss Pettis is not harmed. Once the crowd outside the studio breaks in, our people can protect Miss Pettis from danger.’‘And Mr. Baxter conceived such a plan long ago, so from the beginning, he mobilized people and asked them to stay around the studio. Now there will be no strangers suddenly appearing, and the person behind the scenes won’t be alerted.’"Yes!" Robbie answered immediately and then went to make arrangements in a hurry.‘Mr. Baxter cares about Miss Pettis very much. Even if it is protection, he is cautious, as he is afraid that Miss Pe
As Lisa was thinking about it, her phone suddenly vibrated. She frowned slightly, picked up the phone, and looked at it, revealing an impatient look."What's the matter? Who’s calling?" The man noticed the change in Lisa's mood and asked immediately.Lisa looked at the phone impatiently, not knowing whether she should answer it or not."From the Whites?" The man understood as soon as he saw her face.Lisa looked at him hatefully, then took a deep breath and answered the phone."What’s the matter?" Lisa asked."What’s the matter!" Her mother’s shrill voice came from the phone. "Do you still mean to ask me? What the hell have you been doing lately! Why hasn't our situation improved in the slightest? Now it is even more serious than before! Lisa, don't forget you came to us and told us that you could keep our family safe, so that's why we handed over your sister! Do you know what kind of life your sister is living in prison now?"Lisa rubbed her temples wearily and said, "Don't urg
Even though she had turned on message blocking, there were still countless abusive text messages that could be sent to her phone in various ways to bypass blocking. However, she didn't dare to turn off her phone completely. After all, she still needed to wait for Austin's message."Everly, don't look." Annie next to her saw this and immediately said, "Mr. Samberg is probably taking care of things right now. He will contact us through other means when he has news afterward."However, Everly was still not reassured. Instead, she turned on her computer and started browsing the Internet for information."Everly, what are you doing?" Annie didn't understand what Everly was thinking and was just worried about her. "Don't look. If you keep looking at these messages, it will only make you angry. Don't look at it!""I won't get mad." Everly skimmed through the messages one by one and said, "Right now, there's nothing we can do here but get anxious. Since someone is plotting against us, some
Boom! The sound of things being smashed outside continued to ring out, and the noise became louder and louder. Annie kept staring nervously out the window. Once someone stormed into the office, she would block the office door with the desk and chairs to stall for some time. Everly had already called a few people. A stick was standing right next to her desk. She was on constant guard, too. Annie was sweating. She turned to Everly worriedly, "Everly, will it really work? Although the attacks on us on the Internet have subsided, those people out there won't go away. And the stockholders who resent Baxter Group's plummeting stock price probably won't let it go so easily!" "This is just the beginning." Everly's eyes were fixed on the computer screen. She reviewed the articles herself. And then she clicked the enter button. In the meanwhile, news about the Baxter Group was going viral online.Yesterday's breaking news was that Carson resigned from the board of Baxter Group. Today
“It's really annoying. Are you instigated by someone to take aim at Violet? Are you crazy?”“I’ve been bankrupt, and I’ve gone crazy. But it’s none of your business. I guess that you are as disgusting as Violet!”“???”Countless comments against Violet appeared, and the comment section was bombarded with curses.Lisa looked at the comments in the car. Frowning slightly, she said to the man in the driver's seat. "There are too many negative comments. Ask them not to post so many comments to avoid strong backlash.""Okay." The man immediately made a call.Lisa stared at the comment section, with her brows knitted. Before the man had finished the call, Lisa suddenly narrowed her eyes."What? You didn’t do it?" The man asked in disbelief.Then, he turned his head to look at Lisa and said, "Lisa, they say they didn't do it.”"I know." Lisa replied with resentment."What's wrong?" The man noticed Lisa’s anger. He hung up and looked at the comment section.Although most of the curr
Yet Everly shook her head with a frown. She seriously looked at those crazy people. After the articles were posted, they were still constantly cursing and arguing with whoever said that they were hired to slander Everly. They looked so scary.Everly immediately stood up."Everly? What's wrong?" Annie hurriedly said.Everly took a stick from the table, walked around the table, and went outside."Everly?" Annie didn't understand but immediately followed Everly, looking at the crowd warily and worriedly."What's going on? Why are there more and more people?" Annie said in surprise, "Haven't they read the articles on the internet? They should know they've been misled and should have gone back! Why are they still here!"Boom!"There's Violet! I see her! She's still there, but she doesn't come out! Bitch!" someone immediately yelled out while something was thrown into the room."Where is she?""Bitch, hurry up and come out!"It suddenly became noisy outside. Countless people were s
"Ah? Mr. Baxter, where are you going!?" Robbie didn't understand what was going on. He wanted to follow Carson, but he couldn't let go of what he was doing, so he could only watch Carson leave. This made him quite anxious.……In the car parked in the alley.Lisa watched the hot topic online cooling down on her phone. She was so furious that she even wanted to smash the phone."He's completely useless!" Lisa scolded, "As a major shareholder, who has always been claiming to be able to compete with Carson in Baxter Group, he couldn't even handle a trending topic. Everly has bought off the online platforms and reduced the popularity of the topic! Look at what he did! He still wants to be the president of Baxter Group!? I think he’s too young and too simple."The man looked at Lisa's angry face, let out a long sigh, and said, "Don't be so angry. As you said, this is a test. We just need the result! Why are you so angry?"Lisa glared at him and said, "But the result has not come out ye
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