Outside the club in the parking lot, the driver's seat of a Meybach.Everly had not switched on the headlights. She looked at the dark night view in a daze. The scene that was on her mind was his face appearing in front of her once again.He came out of the private room on the second floor. His side profile was majestic and cold. He was emitting a naturally regal aura. He walked across the long hallway to the top of the stairs. Everything was the same as before. There was no difference.Everly left the moment he reached the stairs. This was a scene she had planned long ago. Taking Austin's invitation, dressing up to attend Oliver's birthday party, and leaving before he saw her.She had done all the preparation, but…the moment she saw him, her heart still ached terribly as if something pierced through her heart. She could not calm down.The memories of the past kept repeating in her mind. The passion and hatred of the past reddened her eyes.However, that was about it.For the
"Mr. Baxter, have a look…" After a long silence, Mr. Williams looked at Carson too.However, Carson had his gaze on the documents on the table. He was silently looking at the side profile photo of the woman called Violet. No one dared to let out any sound. Carson rarely had any moments of hesitation. Usually, he would be able to make a firm decision in the quickest time possible. Hesitation had never happened before.All the managers in the meeting room looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces.When Robbie saw Carson's expression, he immediately told the other managers, "Let's talk about this another day. We'll head on to the next item on the agenda.""Yes!""Regarding the shopping mall in the city…" Someone immediately started another topic, yet Carson's gaze remained on the photo. No one knew what he was thinking.Time passed minute by minute. On the other side at Violet's Studio, Everly stood against the floor-length window as if she was waiting for s
He knew this tactic, to attract attention and achieved a certain goal from it.Women like these have appeared in his life before. They intentionally undergo cosmetic surgery so that they look like Everly. They used strange coincidences to appear in front of him and Oliver, trying to gain benefit from it.In the end, they hurt Oliver just because they don't like him! Carson detested this bitterly! Richard and the others were still laughing and joking around. Occasionally, news about Violet could be heard. Carson furrowed his brows a little. He stood up and left the private room.Carson was feeling strangely annoyed. He walked across the noisy corridors to a balcony on the side. The cold night wind blew across. He looked at the view in silence.A year has passed, nothing in Cannesville seemed to have changed. Even his life has not changed, too, other than the fact that he no longer had her.The image of her eyes looking back at him a year ago appeared on his mind once more. His he
The supervisor looked at it immediately. Then, she said awkwardly, "Mr. Baxter, isn't this Ms. Pettis? I would still be able to recognize Ms. Pettis. Also, Ms. Pettis is already…"The supervisor stopped talking, but it was clear what she meant.Everly Pettis was already dead.Even though many in the city might not know about that, people like them, whose work was to serve important people, need to know the people they serve. Carson was on the top of the social pyramid in the city. They had to be even more cautious.Thus, she knew about Everly.It was also a year ago when the piece of shocking news came out that they realized all these years, the person to Carson's heart was not Layla White but Everly Pettis.However, Everly was already dead…Carson brought up Everly's child, Oliver. From then onward, he no longer had any woman by his side.The supervisor saw Carson furrowing his brows. She immediately changed the topic, "But I do think that this woman does look a little like Ms
"I heard that Violet is going to announce her chosen collaborator at the Roundabout Showroom at ten today," Robbie immediately said. He lowered his head to look at his watch and immediately said, "It's almost fifteen to ten, she… Mr. Baxter?"Before Robbie could finish his sentence, Carson has already left.The Bendley was speeding on the road, his surroundings blending, yet there was only calmness in his eyes.Screech!The Bendley stopped outside the showroom. The arshers waiting outside immediately approached him."Mr. Baxter!" They bowed respectfully. Even if countless other important people were there that day, they ignored them all. They walked directly toward Carson.Carson had not said anything. He only passed the keys to them before striding into the showroom.The showroom has been decorated for a small gala event. It was not as serious as a meeting. Many were here. Other than the group of people surrounding in the middle, the others were chatting in twos or threes."
Carson had not known how to react at that moment. He stood in the same spot, pursed his lips hard, and looked at her. There was helplessness in his reddened eyes."Violet, are you alright?" John immediately took a step forward and stood between her and Carson. He looked at Carson with precaution."I'm fine," Violet replied. Then, she gently pulled John to the side to face Carson."Mr. Carson Baxter of Cannesville's Baxter Group. I never thought that you would be such an inappropriate person. I wonder what you were planning to do just now?"They were the center of attention in the showroom. Violet was already enough to attract all the attention, including John Logan. It was even more enticing. At that moment, with the addition of Carson, it was shocking! Instantly, everyone there widened their eyes and perked their ears up, looking over at them carefully.After all, everyone knew that Carson Baxter never attended events like these! Usually, besides his company or gatherings of fr
John was stunned too, but he came to his senses immediately. He furrowed his brows and stood in front of Violet once again. He looked at Carson and said, "Mr. Baxter, your actions are too inappropriate. The person in front of you right now is Violet, not your dead lover Everly!"John snickered and mocked, "I've never met you before, Mr. Baxter, but I didn't know that you're the type who would constantly talk about your dead wife. Oh, wait, Everly is not your wife!"The people by the side gasped. Everyone looked at the current situation with widened eyes. Some even wanted to pacify the situation, but they could not find any words to soothe the situation at that moment. Everyone was anxious.John continued, "Everyone is here today because they want to collaborate with Violet. I have heard rumors that you had once said that Violet is nothing but an unknown artist. There is no need to collaborate with her. Then, why are you here today, Mr. Baxter?"What are you trying to do in mentioni
Unconditionally!Goodness! Everyone was baffled.Violet offended Carson time after time. Everyone thought that she was finished, yet Carson kept giving in. What was going on!Everyone looked at Violet.Violet was slightly stunned. She seemed to have been taken aback by Carson's comments. However, she immediately collected her thoughts. She smiled and said, "That's great."He wanted to say something, but Violet had already turned to the side. "Annie."She remained a distance from Carson and said to Annie, "Mr. Baxter wants to partake in today's bid. Please take him through the procedure.""Yes!" Annie immediately said before turning to Carson and smiled politely. "Mr. Baxter, please."Carson had not moved. He pursed his lips tightly and looked at Everly. Everly only nodded and smiled lightly before walking away with John to the other side. It was as if he meant nothing to her! "Mr. Baxter?" Annie remained smiling.Carson retracted his gaze and released his clenched fists,
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