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
Before Layla could finish her sentence, Carson kicked her to the side.Layla lifted her head. She wanted to speak when she noticed Carson's furious glares."Carson…" Layla's panic had reached its peak."Don't treat everyone as fools. I was a fool to be tricked by you four years ago. Now…" Carson squinted his eyes dangerously. His eyes were cold and filled with murderous intent. He said, "Enjoy what you once did to her!""Car…""Robbie!" Carson had not an ounce of pity for Layla. He looked at Robbie."Yes, sir!" Robbie instantly understood what Carson meant."No…Carson, what are you going to do to me? Oliver, Oliver, look at your mother…"Layla wanted to rush forward once again, but Carson had already strode away with Oliver in his arms."Layla White, there is no use calling out. Just like what Mr. Baxter said. Today onward, you will get a taste of what you once did to Ms. Pettis. I will personally oversee it. I will make sure that nothing will be missed! It will be paid back t
He remembered.It was the day after her college entrance examination. She called him around noon that day and asked him to pick her up at night.At that time, she said that she wanted him to be the one staying beside her when the old stage of life ended, and the new stage started.He was already twenty-five years old back then, seven years older than she was. The college entrance examination was already a long-gone history for him. He thought her childish request was funny, but he agreed to it.The photo was taken by her friend at that time, and she was very beautiful in the photo.Honk, honk.The red light had turned green, and the cars behind were constantly honking.The sound of the honking pulled Carson out from his memory. He looked up at Oliver, who was holding a small mobile phone. He said hoarsely, “Where did you find this photo?”Oliver put down his two chubby hands. He looked at him and said sternly, “There is a room at home that has been locked all the time. That da
“They are attempting to bring her back, but her heartbeat has stopped, I’m not sure…”Carson had not heard what the butler said. He stomped on the accelerator pedal to the max, and all the dials on the dashboard hit the maximum. He rushed to the hospital at the fastest speed.“Screech!”He hurriedly parked the car outside the hospital and rushed to her ward with Oliver in his arms.Surrounded by passers-by, he got more and more anxious.“Sir!”The butler rushed over with red eyes and took Oliver from his arms.Carson’s lips were pressed tightly, and he went directly toward the ward.“Ready, again!” The doctor held a pair of defibrillators in his hand, facing Everly’s chest.Bang!After she bounced, she fell back to silence.Beep!The heart rate monitor on the side had been screaming incessantly, bringing signs of despair.“Ready, again…”Her body was heaved up and sank repeatedly.He could only watch the situation inside through the gap in the door of the ward.It was a
Outside the ward, the butler and Austin's eyes reddened as well.“Sir…” the butler murmured softly.He had never seen the young master like this. The whole world seemed to have undergone a somersault of changes in the past few days. He had not dared to think about the future… how the young master would live his life.In the ward next door.Oliver looked at the photo of Everly on the phone, and the corners of his mouth rose.“Mom,” he called softly, with anticipation in his eyes.…Everly died.Carson took everything to his own hand, from signing the documents to handling the after-death business.“Sir, the previous process of restoring Miss Pettis’s identity had been canceled,” the butler said to Carson respectfully.After learning that Everly was still alive, it did not take long for him to ask the butler to restore her identity, but in the end, it was useless since she had already passed away.“Yeah,” he replied without saying too much.“Sir, you can’t go on like this. Yo
The butler, standing on the side, kept wiping away his tears. Seeing that Carson had comforted Oliver, he asked the maid to take Oliver aside to play. He hesitated a little, and finally, he took out the tablet and handed it to Carson.“Sir, when I was sorting out all the follow-ups for Miss Pettis’s hospitalization, I found this…”Carson took the tablet and clicked the play button.“Actually, before Miss Pettis passed away, she woke up for a while. I’m sorry. At that time, I was discussing the follow-up treatments with the doctor, so I had not noticed it,” the butler said guiltily.Carson’s eyes were only fixed on the screen, watching the video.In the video, Everly walked out of bed barefooted, wearing only a thin hospital gown.She opened the balcony door and walked out slowly.The cold air blew her hair, but she seemed to feel nothing.She stood on the balcony, looking at the white snow all over the world. Her fragile body could not give a feminine outline to the hospital go
After a long time, he opened his mouth.“You already knew.” The butler nodded with red eyes. “Yes.”It seemed that he had started the topic, and the butler wiped away his tears before saying, “There are always a lot of women around you, Sir, but the ones you allow to stay by your side all share an extent of similarity to Miss Pettis…”“Even the gifts that you gave them are the things that Miss Pettis likes. Sir, maybe you didn’t realize it yourself, but you’ve always made them dress up like Miss Pettis. You never care about what they like. You’re always searching for Miss Petti’s shadows. From the beginning to the end… Sir, the person that you’re looking for, has always been Miss Pettis.”“Sir, although there are many women around you, you’re only really happy when you’re with Miss Pettis.”Carson looked at Layla’s photo on the document. He then realized that he had long forgotten what Layla looked like. The person he remembered was Everly from the beginning to the end.The per
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