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
One year later at Cannesville city, Baxter Group.There was an important meeting going on in the conference room.“…Recently, there is a new artist in Strandia named Violet. Her artwork can always tug at the heart's softest and most painful part. Her main works are divided into two categories. Besides the aforementioned one, Violet has a very great liking for children. She has been praised for that as well. She uses the most beautiful things in the world to depict children, and the children in her works are all angels!”“Violet is very mysterious. At present, we only know that she is a woman, and she has the came of Strandia. From her works, we can speculate she has children of her own. According to the news, Violet will come to our country in the near future. The reason is unknown for now…”Carson sat on the main seat and listened to the supervisors reporting the latest situation one by one. His face was calm, and no one could guess what he was thinking.Just when Carson was in a
“I can’t let Oliver stay by his side.” This was the first thing she said in a long time.In the year she received treatment in Strandia, she had her vocal cord repaired. Although it was impossible to heal it completely, she recovered around 70%.She looked away and closed the car window. She said, “The Whites abused Oliver for a year, and then they pretended to send him back to his side. After learning the truth of everything, he didn’t punish the Whites. Until now, the Whites are still intact in Cannesville. I can’t accept it.”“Everly, it’s not that Carson has not dealt with them. Layla has been sentenced to prison for life, and the Whites are not the same as before…”Austin was halfway through speaking, but his eyes met hers in the rearview mirror. He reluctantly closed his mouth.The Ashton Hardin continued to travel through the city. Everly clenched her fist tightly behind the car.Layla had the support of the whole White family behind everything she did. Thus, Everly would
The corners of Oliver’s mouth twitched slightly upwards as he thought of her.‘I hope that mom will recover soon, so that I can see her!’ he thought to himself.Ding!The elevator arrived at the president’s office on the top floor. Oliver walked forward with a small school bag on his back as Robbie trailed behind.When the secretarial department outside saw Oliver, they all greeted him with a smile. Oliver just nodded and walked into the office.“Where’s my dad?” Oliver asked.“Mr. Baxter is in a meeting now,” Robbie said with a smile.Oliver nodded. He then took out a picture book from his small school bag and started to draw on the small table by himself. Robbie took a look and found that the picture he was drawing was Everly’s figure.Robbie felt very sad. They all knew that Miss Pettis had passed away, and Oliver could never see Miss Pettis returning.It was just that no one had told Oliver the truth of Everly’s death, just so that he could have an ounce of hope to look fo
“Then…” Oliver reached out his chubby little arms and put them in front of Carson. “Can you reward me with a photo of mom?”Carson paused for a moment while caressing Oliver’s face.“Oliver, Aunt Lucy has prepared your favorite dessert for you. Would you like to try it?” Robbie said immediately.Oliver shook his head. His eyes had not left Carson. He continued, “Dad, I haven’t gotten a photo of mom for a long time. Did you quarrel with her?”Carson stayed silent. Robbie was like a cat on a hot tin roof.“Oliver, how could Mr. Baxter quarrel with Miss Pettis? You’re overthinking it.” Robbie took over the dessert brought in by Lucy. He came forward with a smile and said, “Come on, Oliver. Try it.”The last sunset on the horizon disappeared, and the whole world gradually fell into darkness.The lights in the president’s office were bright, but the smile on Oliver’s face had disappeared. He looked at Carson and removed his hands from his face. Oliver asked, “Do you dislike mom becau
Robbie was slightly startled. He subconsciously looked up at the rearview mirror, but Carson’s eyes had already moved away. Carson looked out the window sideways and said, “Go to the cemetery.”“Yes!” Robbie said immediately as he turned around at the intersection ahead, and drove straight to the cemetery.No one saw that about five minutes after Carson’s Bendley drove past, a Meybach drove past the same road.Behind the rear window of the Meyback, the face of a woman wearing sunglasses flashed past.…Carson stood in front of Everly’s tomb. He reached out and touched the edge of the headstone lightly. His eyes were dark.A year had passed, and the scene from the past was still vivid in his mind.During this period of time, he grew old rapidly. Only a year had passed, but it felt like a century.He never knew that he could be so vulnerable.The people around him were always cautious and dared not mention anything related to her. It seemed that without mentioning it, this matte
The cold November wind blew by. After a very long time, a woman appeared next to Everly's headstone. She gently touched the headstone with an indecipherable expression."You heard it. He won't hand over Oliver to you." Austin turned around and looked at that woman.The woman took off her sunglasses. She had the exact face as the photo on the headstone.She lifted her head. "I don't care whether he will hand him over to me or not. I will get Oliver back no matter what."Austin took two steps forward, approaching her anxiously. "But we're in Cannesville. He is the most powerful person here. You're no match for him! Everly, listen to me. Let's return to Strandia. We can live a good life there!"He grabbed Everly's shoulders and continued, "Stop being foolish and just forget about everything here!""Oliver is what made me hold on for the past year. I can't live without him." Everly looked at Austin. "The Baxters have had power over Cannesville for a long time now. I'm sure there wo
However, Violet turned them all down. She told them that she wanted to take a break for a while. She would only think about work in the future.She turned them all down, so she did not explain much either. She only said that there might be possibilities of cooperating in the future.No one has seen Violet in person. The mystery shrouding around her was just like her name, unpredictable.…In Baxter Group's meeting room."Violet's new work was instantly sold out in the market. It even called for an astonishingly high price in the black market. Thankfully, it was only short-term cooperation with another party. Violet is an artist herself. She does not have a regular partner with whom she works. Now that she is here in Cannesville, if we could work with her, we could rapidly expand our overseas market while maintaining domestic stability…"Everyone there nodded in agreement to the manager's analysis. After all, everyone knew how famous Violet was."Mr. Williams, we understand what