"And yesterday..." The butler's eyes were slightly red. He could not bear to say the words but continued anyway, "Yesterday, Molly Campbell was in critical condition. The hospital's suggestion was to operate immediately, but doing so required a sum of money. According to the information given by the nurse, and also based on Miss Pettis' actions previously, we can deduce that she had been at the villa for the money. She left after receiving a call from the nurse, who informed her about Molly Campbell's death…"The butler did not continue to speak, but Carson had already understood him.Therefore…The eighty thousand dollars that Everly needed so much…So desperate that she had to kneel and kowtow until her head started bleeding, and that was all for…Carson knew that Everly's injuries were still not healed, yet he made her kneel under the snow, not knowing that she was actually seriously ill at the moment. He even pushed her around several times, forcing her to admit her mistakes.C
"Sir! Those people must be mistaken!" the butler said sharply as he held onto Carson's wrist.Carson turned around and saw the butler's tearful expression. "Sir, there are so many patients here, and Miss Pettis is not the only one who has no money to buy a mobile phone. They must not be talking about her…"The butler could not imagine how Carson would feel if he had opened Everly's clothes and saw the scar on her stomach.In fact, he was already quite certain that all these people chattering were indeed talking about Everly.Carson withdrew his gaze from the butler and looked at Everly's pale face again.Ignoring the butler's obstruction, he removed the clothes on her stomach.What he saw next was a hideous scar! It stretched from the navel to the top of the pubic bone, looking like a centipede lying quietly on her stomach.In an instant, Carson's heart shattered. It was so agonizing that he could hardly breathe.Everly's tearful expression appeared in front of his eyes again a
"Gah!" Lisa shouted in exasperation.She looked at Everly with great hatred in her eyes. "Are you trying to protect her?!" yelled Lisa in anger as she pointed at Everly."No way! She has committed a crime! She must be punished for it! You told us that you would handle everything. Even so, you…""I will bear everything for her," Carson said hoarsely.It had been a while since he last muttered something. He had not looked at Lisa, and his eyes still fixed on Everly's pale face. Carson's voice was calm as if he was narrating."You?" said Lisa. She could not believe her ears. "She committed a murder deliberately! And now, you want to bear everything for her?" She got even more angry as she spoke.Carson had not answered Lisa, but he had made himself clear.The entire ward was silent, except for the regular beeping sound coming from the electronic monitors.Beep Beep Beep Beep…Moments later, Lisa suddenly laughed with an angry tone. "Okay. That's great!" she said sarcastically.S
"What? Everly is dying?!" The laughter of Layla White from abroad was heard. "Wait a moment!"Layla got herself to a quieter place. She continued on the phone, "What is going on? Wasn't it the plan to keep her in prison, torture her for another ten years, and then kill her when there's a chance? You've said it before. It's because of the death of a certain woman named Bonnie, the prison ignored you and released Everly earlier. What happened? Is she dying?"Lisa's face was full of disgust. She walked back to her car, opened the door, and sat in the vehicle, "Those people in prison were cowards." She replied, "Don't expect them to be able to continue doing it. Torturing Everly for four years was more than enough. Most importantly, she now has stomach cancer, which is quite serious. Carson has softened his heart. I am afraid that if this continues, everything you had carefully planned before will be all in vain, and he will remember Everly for the rest of his life. Even if you do come b
Bang!Carson threw the document hard at the end of the table.Everyone trembled in surprise as if the documents were thrown at them instead."Bring out the real documents!" Carson yelled. He was expressionless, but his mere presence in the room was intimidating enough for people to obey him involuntarily.After a while, the man who was in charge came forward bravely, "Mr. Baxter." He said, "The information we gave is all real. There's no need for us to lie to you…"Before he could finish speaking, Carson reached out his hands and tightly wrapped them around the man's neck. He pushed him against the wall on the other side of the room.The sound of firearms and weapons being withdrawn was heard. Both sides were completely alert as they pointed their guns at each other."Carson!" Austin called out. He was frightened beyond words. His heart felt as if it was about to jump out. He came up quickly to dissuade him, "Carson, take it easy! We can talk about this!"Carson ignored Austin.
No one dared to slack off. Soon, the materials were brought over. It was a stack of folders plus the surveillance footage.Robbie immediately played back the surveillance footage. Austin, who had no clue what was going on, joined them too. It was barely half a minute into the playback when…Crack! Carson brutally smashed and broke the table.Austin could not believe his eyes as he watched the surveillance footage. "What is going on? Carson, did your men do this? Why are they beating Everly up!"Carson had not replied. He narrowed his eyes dangerously and swept his gaze across everyone there before returning his attention to the surveillance footage."Mr. Samberg, Mr. Baxter would never do such a thing!" Robbie immediately explained."Then, who did this!" Austin's tone was filled with shock.Carson ignored Austin. His eyes were locked onto the screen of the silent footage. She was being ganged up and beaten by the female inmates. Her screams and pleas seemed to have traveled
Carson's eyes were reddened. Her pleas to him in the morgue repeated over and over again in his mind. She said that it was their child! The baby was their child! While she was pregnant, she kept waiting for him to take her back, to pick her and their child back home! How much despair must she be when she slit her wrist with a broken toothbrush? Carson no longer could not take it. He violently coughed a mouthful of blood."Carson!""Mr. Baxter!"Austin and Robbie yelled in unison. However, Carson only wiped away the blood on the corner of his mouth and swept everyone there a glare with his reddened eyes.His eyes were filled with murderous intent. It was cold and ruthless."M…Mr. Baxter, t…this really has nothing to do with me…" The person in charge was almost in tears. He said, "This is a women's prison. I could only enter today under special circumstances. Usually, a man like me could only guard the main entrance. I am not responsible for anything else! I only found out abo
Carson wandered in the city. Many years have passed, and he had never realized that all of his memories of the city involved her.He could no longer remember what his life was like before she came to his family. It seemed that his memories started from the moment she stepped into the gates of the Baxters Residence.In fact, before she saw him, he already noticed her. That day, his father drove back home as usual. However, he casually swept a glance and noticed her behind his father.She had her head lowered. She was like a docile little creature, adorable yet heartbreaking to look at.His curiosity was piqued. He entered the house to observe her. He saw her talking to his father obediently. Thus, he deliberately made some noise to make them notice him.He noticed that she looked at him frantically like a deer caught in the headlights before coquettishly calling him.His world changed from that moment onward.…It was snowing heavily in Cannesville. The night was extremely quiet
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