It was obvious that the truck was targeted at her. Everly had no time to argue with Carson, and the two ran toward a place that the truck could not follow."I haven't earned enough money for Grandma. I can't just die here!" she thought.The snow was still falling. The snowflakes fell onto them and melted away swiftly. The sound of the truck's engine faded into the distance, but they had not stopped. Both Carson and Everly knew that there was more to this and that they must leave."We are at...send people over right away!" Carson commanded after making a call.However, just as they made a turn, a few people darted towards them from the direction ahead; their knives shone coldly under the lights.The two turned and ran in the opposite direction. However, before they could go far, they were blocked. Meanwhile, the men from the first turn had already caught up to them."Keep running!" The leader of the gang sneered at them with his hand on the weapon.The people from behind had bloc
Carson ran along the bushes and escaped swiftly. His eyes narrowed as his mind went through the information of all the families that held grudges towards him, when suddenly..."Carson! On your left!"An anxious scream came through, and he looked over by reflex.A person had leaped into the air on Carson's left without him noticing, and the knife on that person's hand was shining coldly under the moonlight.The attack was far too swift for Carson to dodge by then.Slash!The sound of the knife cutting into flesh echoed as a stream of warm blood splashed onto his face. Carson's pupils contracted abruptly.Before him was the image of her pale face; her pained expression sent excruciating pain straight to his heart. He kicked the man who ambushed him and held her with trembling hands."Everly...""Leave me and go..." she said in a hoarse voice before shoving the car keys back to his hand.Ignoring what she said, he lifted her up and ran.The snow had covered the entire city, pai
The snow fell, and no one seemed to have noticed an ordinary black car parked by the road in the midst of the snowstorm.Inside the car, the man on the driver's seat glanced at Lisa, who was at the back, and asked gingerly, "Miss Lisa, what do we do now?"She had not answered once. Her eyes were fixated on the Masheruti that drove off to the distance. She clenched her fists so hard that her delicately manicured nails snapped.After leaking information about Carson's location, she immediately came over with help. She was going to wait until after Everly died before bringing her men in for a staged rescue. However...from the beginning till the end, Carson had not once exposed Everly to danger.The scene where he shielded Everly in his arms despite his injuries in the last few minutes had enraged Lisa to the point that she came close to drawing blood when she bit on her lips."What exactly is so great about Everly for him to do all that for her? I've even brought Oliver to him, and s
Through the gap of the opened door, she saw what was inside of the room.Everly lay on the bed, and Carson stood still by her bed like a statue while staring at her.Hatred had Lisa trembling. She was not supposed to be there out of caution, but she had just received a new piece of information.Everyone that were sent to kill the two earlier that day had all been sentenced to death, effective immediately. At the same time, the Baxters had made a public announcement to all families in Cannesville to boycott the Fergusons.Within a matter of hours, the Fergusons were barely standing. By the time the sun rose, there was a high chance that the Fergusons would crumble to the ground.All the influential families were flustered with all sorts of guesses. The explanation they received was that the Fergusons had crossed a line with Carson. However, Carson had encountered assassinations and abduction countless times before, and he had never acted so mercilessly. Even when Lisa's sister died
His change had provoked Lisa."What do you mean?" She stared at him as her voice became sharper. She pointed at the bed where Everly lied and said, "Don't tell me that you really did all that for her sake!"Carson remained silent but instead stared down at her condescendingly, his eyes narrowing."She tortured Oliver! She killed my sister! She is a heinous murderer!" Lisa took a step closer as her eyes reddened. "How could you? You promised that you would make it right by us. Is this how you do it?"Carson did not respond and frowned as he looked at Everly."Carson Baxter!" Unable to bear it any longer and shouted, "Answer me! I've had enough!"Her chest fluctuated as she pointed at Everly and yelled, "Ever since we received news that she broke out of prison, my parents have been waiting for you to bring justice to us; but all these days have passed, and what have you done? Do you know what my parents call me at home? They called me a traitor for helping someone who killed my own
What was he doing?Everly was supposed to remain in prison for ten years as a punishment for what she had done, but she refused to reflect upon herself and faked death to escape. He should have caught her and sent her back as soon as he noticed it...but he had not.Why had he not? What had she done to him?His decisiveness had turned into hesitation, to the point that he even thought of forgetting what had happened in the past as though that incident had never happened.How could he forget that she killed Layla? What had happened to him?He drove even faster, and the highway was filled with furious honking from other cars, but the only thing Carson heard was Lisa's voice confronting him."Is this all simply because she was once your sister?"His sister...He stepped on the brake abruptly, and the deafening screech of the car echoed throughout the area.He could not shake the images of what he dreamt of. What was Everly to him?...By the time Everly woke up, it was already a
Everly took a deep breath and walked into the hospital until she arrived at Granny Preston's room. She pushed the door open but did not see her anywhere.What?!Where was she?!Fear struck her, and the overwhelming fear had her heart throbbing. She rushed out anxiously and asked the people she saw on the way, "Do you know where the patient from this room is?""Not sure. You should ask the doctors." The family members of other patients looked at her cautiously.Coming to realization, Everly turned immediately and ran outside.Baam!She fell hard and the stitches of her wound came undone, sending sharp pain down her body. With no time to look at her wound, she crawled up and hurried to the nurse station.Just as she was about to say something, the nurse looked up and spotted her. "Hey! You are the family of the patient from bed number 3! Jesus, where have you been all this time? We couldn't reach you at all!"A horrible premonition overwhelmed Everly, and she began to panic. She
It seemed like she had returned to that day again. She kept pleading with a sore throat, but nothing could be done. The memory had overtaken her, choking her into madness. Molly had no idea what was going on… If she had not gone to jail, Bonnie Preston would not have lost her life for her! If she had made it clear to Molly at the beginning, she would not have been sick on a snowy day while waiting for her, and her condition would not get worse! If she had earned her money and stayed by Molly's side, it would not have come to this! It was because of her. Everything was because of her! She was thinking of other people even before she came here! She gave herself a hard slap. Sock! Sock! Sock! Her cheeks were red and swollen, blood dripping from her lips… She crouched outside the door of the emergency room, crying so hoarsely that people, who were coming and going, looked at her as if she was crazy. Some time passed, the emergency room door opened once again, and se
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