"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, what if they force their way in?" Annie was so anxious that she sounded on the verge of tears. Apart from anything else, they were both in this office, and they had no way to make their escape."All those online comments have already been deleted. What's going on right now? How come there's suddenly an outbreak?" Annie was unable to figure out the reason, no matter how hard she tried.But Everly knew the cause of it very well.She looked at the crowd who were hammering at the door in a frenzied attempt to break in, but in her mind were scenes of an incident which had happened many years ago.Many years ago, when Carson had only just taken over the Baxter Group, she had been faced with a similar situation.At that time, Carson's parents were both overseas, and he couldn't reach either of them. He was in sole charge of the whole company.Due to a scheme devised by a cadet branch of the Baxter family, many board members had joined hands to work against Carson. If they succe
She didn't have as many means as Carson. She couldn't stop the rioting people from rushing in. Now these people had kept her and Annie in the office. She couldn't do anything but make a bet.She bet on whether the police would come first or these men would break in first.Bang!"Everly!" It was another collision. The people outside seemed to unite and smash the door together. Annie panicked even more, clutching the stick with both hands and saying, "Everly, what are we going to do?" "Annie!" Everly pulled Annie and stepped back with her, and they came to the side of a cabinet.Swishing!Everly pulled the cabinet door open. And she was going to push Annie in."Everly, what are you doing?" Annie asked eagerly."You get in first." Everly pushed and said. "Their target is me, not you. When they blocked the back door earlier, they just wanted to block me. That's why the other employees were not stopped when they went out the back door. So you're hiding into it now. If they break
This meant to let their men who had already mixed into the crowd to protect Everly.Although Robbie was nervous, he replied immediately."Got it!"……Below the building, a car was parked in the alley.In the car, Lisa, sitting in the back seat, watched the rioting crowd with satisfaction. A smile touched the corner of her mouth."Everly, you could buy off the online platforms and let them reduce your web popularity. But can you control these crazy investors? They have suffered heavy losses. Now they want to squeeze money out of her!" Lisa said hatefully.The man in the driver's seat looked at Lisa through the rear-view mirror, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Do you want to embarrass her that much? You know clearly that although these investors look quite angry, they don't dare to kill. The most they could do is to throw something at her, scare her, and ask her for some money. If she doesn't give money, these people can't kill her. Your desperate and risky measures can only
"If you don't blurt the nonsense, why the hell would I hit you?" The man yelled, "And now you're arguing with me! Everyone here is asking for money! What are you talking about, you traitor? You asked for it yourself!" "I was just asking for money in another way and you hit me! What do you want?" Somehow, the two suddenly got into a fight. In no minutes, it turned into a fight between two groups of people. Those who were trying to break into Violet's studio together earlier suddenly fought against each other. In the office, Everly and Annie were both dumbfounded. Annie's eyes widened and she asked, "Everly, what's wrong with them?""I don't know." Everly remained alert. She felt the situation was bizarre. "Don't care about them. It's a good thing they got into a fight against each other. There's surveillance all over the building. When the police go to the security office to check the surveillance, they will see that they started the fight themselves. It has no
"Grab her!" The man who rushed in immediately pointed at Everly and raged.Everly defiantly swung the stick she was holding. She didn't know who she had hit. Then she heard a scream."Fuck you! How dare you hit me! Guys, catch her! We're going to get the money today no matter what!" Someone said angrily. Then someone took something and hit Everly's arm. She sucked in a breath of cold air in pain. Then the person took the opportunity to snatch the weapon out of her hand."How can you lash out in our place! Violet, should I say you're arrogant or stupid!" In the midst of the chaos, Everly heard someone tell her, "Don't blame me. I was just paid to catch you."Then a chair appeared in her line of sight. Then the chair came down quickly to her. There was no chance she could escape."Everly!" shouted Annie, who had just been pushed aside by Everly, but no one heard her. Everyone's attention was focused on the chair.That just happened in a flash.Boom!Clacking!"Ah!"After a soun
"Don't worry. I’ve brought some men here. No matter what kind of trouble you are in, no one can hurt you!" John continued.With her eyes swollen from crying, Everly looked at John and said, "No, this is what I owe you. Your brother and I... Your brother doesn't owe me anything. Let's go to the hospital quickly. Your arm seems..."Everly didn't even dare touch John. And Annie, whose legs were weak from the fright just now, also stood up hurriedly to deal with things.No one saw a man in a hoodie and a peaked cap standing not far from Violet’s Studio at the moment.He seemed to have run over in a hurry, for his chest was rising and falling violently.The peaked cap covered most of his face and blurred it.But from his direction, it could be seen that he was looking in the direction of the office in Violet's Studio.From his angle, a man and a woman inside the office seemed to be hugging each other, like a couple who were lucky enough to be rescued from a disaster.The man kept st
Thus, they headed for the police station together.Driving along, Robbie sneaked a glance in the rear-view mirror at Carson who was sitting in the back seat in repose with his eyes closed. He was at a loss for words.The atmosphere in the car was quite subdued. Robbie felt as if he would freeze unless he said something right away. Therefore, driving the car to follow the police car, he said, "Mr. Baxter, I've handled the task you assigned me the other day."But Carson merely gave a non-committal "Um."Robbie could hardly keep from slapping his own mouth, and she bitterly regretted having brought up the matter of Ms. Pettis again.He had seen it with his own eyes back there. There was no telling what Everly and John had been talking in there, but the two of them had seemed to be quite close to each other, and he had seen Carson's face darken noticeably!As that thought crossed Robbie's mind, he fell silent as well.Meanwhile, on the other side.Online public opinion slowly chang
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