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
"Carson, listen to me." Layla started putting on an act. She cried and hugged his arms, saying, "Back then, Everly forced me to do it. She gave me a check, forcing me to leave you. She even threatened to kill me. It happened shortly after I gave birth to Oliver. I had no choice!"However, Carson's eyes were filled with complete disbelief! Layla started to get anxious. She gave it a long thought after receiving Lisa's phone call.She long knew that Lisa was coveting everything of hers. However, she was already so-called dead at that time, so she could not do anything about it. Many of her initial plans had been ruined by Lisa. She initially thought of returning the second year. She had prepared a huge act to put on, but Lisa would not cooperate with her. Her parents were siding Lisa too. Thus, her plan was shelved.Up till that moment.At that moment, Everly was dying soon. Lisa would definitely seize the opportunity. Layla could not just sit and wait. Thus, she returned! "Carso
In the ward."Sir!" The butler let out a sigh of relief when he finally saw Carson. He was extremely anxious after discovering what happened to Carson from Austin and Robbie. He tried calling Carson countless times, but no one picked up. He was worried that something had happened to Carson! However, the butler also had not dared to leave his post. He was duped before due to his negligence. He did not find out about Miss Pettis from the beginning and then repeatedly let her escape. This time, he guarded every inch of the way because he knew that at that moment, Carson valued Miss Pettis more than anything else."How is she?" Carson asked in a low voice. The air around him was still frosty.The butler knew he was talking about Everly."Miss Pettis has not come around yet. I've already gotten the doctor to come to check on her. I hear that her situation is not great," the butler said. He followed right behind Carson, who pushed the door of the ward in a rush, and said to Carson in a
Layla was infuriated. She pointed at Robbie and screamed, "You're lying! Who sent you! I'm Oliver's biological mother. How could you treat me this way!""Is that so?" Robbie smiled ambiguously. His eyes were filled with mockery. Layla panicked when she saw Robbie's expressions. She had found out a long time ago that Carson did not love her. He even valued his sister, Everly, more than her. It was until she found out about that secret…The day after Everly's 19th birthday, Layla went to Carson's place early in the morning. However, she saw Everly hurriedly coming out of a room. At that time, Everly was only wrapped in a towel. Her exposed skin was filled with love bites from another man.At that time, Layla wanted to call out to Everly, but Everly did not notice her. She hastily slipped into another room.Out of curiosity, Layla opened the door to the room in which Everly came out. She immediately saw a mess on the floor, and Carson was still asleep on the bed!At that instant, s
However, at that moment…No! No one would find out about that incident! She had done everything seamlessly! Even Everly thought that her child died. How could Carson find out about it! No! "Let me out! You can't lock me here! I have the right to be free! This is against the law!"Layla's eyes were shifty. She shoved Robbie aside, trying to escape, but Robbie could not be bothered with her.Just when Layla was about to escape once again…"Mr. Baxter!" Robbie and the bodyguards greeted respectfully.Carson entered and looked down at Layla condescendingly."Carson!" Layla quickly ran over and hugged Carson's arms. "Carson, do something! They humiliated me just now. He actually dared to…uh…"Before Layla could finish her sentence, Carson grabbed her by the neck and violently pinned her to the wall."Carson…" Layla was frightened, but she pretended to be shocked and had a pitiful look."Whose child is Oliver? Tell me!" Carson rebuked coldly.Layla immediately started crying.
"No!" Layla screamed. However, Robbie had already turned around and personally headed to the nursing home to oversee the DNA match, leaving Layla screaming non-stop.Carson looked at the lunatic woman in front of him, yet there was only Everly's calm face on his mind."Carson…" Layla immediately crawled over to him while crying. "Carson, don't believe him! He must have been bought off!"Carson, I have been living alone abroad all these years, living every single moment in fear. I think of you and Oliver every waking moment. I don't dare to return because I'm afraid that Everly would treat me like before…"Carson, you have to believe me! I have sacrificed so much for you! I was pregnant for ten months, giving birth to Oliver! You cannot be swayed by just a few sentences from others!"Layla was getting more and more hysterical with every sentence. Carson's heart hurt a little more every passing moment.It was not because of Layla but because of Everly. Layla was crying spritely rig
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