“Mom…” Stacey glared at her mother shyly and embarrassed.Forrest, who had been staying quiet at the side, was momentarily stunned. Then, he furrowed his brows, wondering if he had seen Stacey before.In fact, he was bad at recognizing women. If he had not been seeing Stacey every day, he would have easily confused her with other women.After all, women nowadays generally had delicate faces and large eyes.With the situation, Mrs. Lynch understood what was happening. She wished her son would get married soon, and out popped a person who was in love with him. What was more, she had even saved him, so naturally, Mrs. Lynch had a thing for Stacey. “How old is your daughter?”“23,” Mrs. Childs answered promptly.“That’s quite young. Forrest is 30…” Mrs. Lynch darted a profound glance at her son.“Well, older men are more reliable and mature,” Mrs. Childs said meaningfully. Since she had said it so directly, only a fool would not understand her intentions. Stacey looked down with
“Stacey is the young lady of the chairman who owns Halo Investment Corporation.”Mrs. Lynch rolled her eyes at Freya. “She has a crush on your brother, and that’s why she applied to become his secretary. Tsk. This woman has such great taste.”“...”Freya’s mouth twitched at the fact that her mother claimed Stacey had great taste just because she was in love with Forrest. “What great taste? My brother is so cold.”“Ahem. It’s fine for others to say that, but you shouldn’t. Your brother has been treating you well since you were young. What’s more, he’s one of the very few good-looking ones.”After Mrs. Lynch finished speaking, she coughed. “Of course, he is a bit cold. That’s exactly why I’m worried that he’ll be single forever. Since the woman saved him, he should devote his life to her, and he agreed with it too.”“My brother could’ve been scared because you kept pushing him to get married. Since he would have to get married anyway, he thought he might as well pick Stacey so that
“My brother’s assistant has saved him heroically, so my brother plans to devote his life to her. It is ridiculous.” Freya said, “Both my parents have approved of it. In fact, the two families are well-matched, but I think two people must have feelings for each other before getting married. Marriage isn’t a game. Oh, forget it. There’s a generation gap between my parents and me, whereas my brother has never gone through it, so he doesn’t understand my good intentions. Hmph. I advised him out of kindness, yet he treated me so coldly.”“Uh… Hasn’t your brother always been cold? Don’t take it to heart,” Ryan comforted Freya.“...That’s true too.”“Darling, after some thought, I’ve decided to cook some noodles. I’ll talk to you later…”Ryan hung up the call.He was hungry, but he just felt the need to let Jessica know about the matter.With that, he quickly dialed Jessica’s number. “Where are you?”“Working overtime.”Ryan was speechless. “Are you planning to dedicate your entire li
The Lynch family and the Childs family soon proposed a schedule for the wedding.Mrs. Childs even had someone pick the wedding date. “I found out that next week, the 15th, is a good day. Let’s set it as the wedding date.”Forrest subconsciously frowned. “Assistant Childs’ legs won’t be fully recovered by then.”“The doctor said she can only walk properly at least after 100 days. That means she’ll only recover at the end of the year. That’s a little too long.” Mrs. Childs paused for a moment before she continued, “Since you both are getting married soon, you can directly address her as Stacey.”“That’s right, Forrest.”Stacey, who was on the bed, summoned her courage to look at him. “Just call me Stacey from now on.”Forrest replied in the affirmative and looked down.“15th it is, then,” Mrs. Lynch responded. She was aware of the Childs family’s concern. They wanted to avoid the problems that might incur a delay, and as Forrest’s mother, Mrs. Lynch was worried that Forrest would
“Please take the patient to the 7th floor for photo taking.”All of a sudden, a nurse stuffed a sheet she was holding into Forrest’s hand. “Wheel the patient there.”“Okay.”Forrest hesitated for a few seconds before gently carrying Stacey onto the wheelchair.With her face stuck close to his chest, Stacey’s face flushed red, and she lifted her head, only to see Forrest’s face that was as cold as ever. He was not even looking at her.She felt dispirited, but she quickly comforted herself.‘Take it slow. I have a whole lifetime to move him anyway.’Given that Forrest was tall and strong, taking Stacey for a check-up was easy for him.…Half an hour later, he took Stacey back.Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. Childs almost finished chatting with each other.Forrest had something to deal with after. Hence, he left with Mrs. Lynch and sent her home first. During the journey, Mrs. Lynch complained, “You should stay there to spend more time with Stacey.”“There’s some work to deal with in the
“I’ll come over right away. Inform them that I’ll have a video conference with their president later.”With that, Forrest rushed to the company.As soon as he got there, the secretary ran over. “President Lynch, bad news. Inez Corporation also called and said they received news from the US to cancel their contract with us. They’re pulling out of our cooperation last-minute. Inez is one of our largest domestic customers. Orders from them are worth two billion annually.”“How did Inez receive the news so quickly? Did the company leak it?” Forrest asked in a cold voice.“That’s impossible. Only a few members of the upper management know about it. Nobody else knows anything, and the executives won’t harm their own interests either.”“I’ll contact the US.”Forrest hurriedly walked back to his office and made a video call with President Smith in the US.A middle-aged man in his forties soon appeared on the other side of the screen. “President Lynch, I know you want to inquire about th
“I’ll think of a way. Meeting adjourned. Also, this must stay between us. It’ll be even more troublesome if it causes other customers cancel on us now.”… After the meeting, Forrest went to Jerry’s conference room.Jerry massaged his temples. “When you go to Shelltown, you must find out who is behind this no matter what. We’ve taken all our funds to expand Lynch Corporation this year, and we’re at a crucial period for development. If something goes wrong, our family will have to go back to Melbourne with a huge debt. We can earn the money again even if we lose, but... we can’t embarrass Freya.”“I know.”Forrest secretly clenched his fist.Back then, the Snow family looked down on them, but he stood his ground and chose to come to Canberra. The first reason was for the sake of his career, and the second was because he wanted to build up the Lynch family’s name. He could not let the Snow family look down on them.Now that Freya was dating Ryan, the Lynch family had to work harde
“I have something going on right now. We can meet at Idle Cottage at 9 p.m.”Jessica’s bland voice came from the phone.Forrest nearly smashed the phone in his palm. What he hated most in his life was Jessica’s calm and natural appearance.She was just as indifferent even when they broke up.“Je—”“Goodbye.”The call ended with a beep.Forrest’s eyebrows were fiercely furrowed together, and his eyes were full of anger.However, he could only take a deep breath.No matter what, this matter had to be resolved.…The original plan was to fly to the States, but Forrest informed the company to suspend the plan. He first rushed back to Canberra.It was already 8 p.m. by the time he arrived.He hurried to Idle Cottage.In the courtyard was a small bridge and pavilion. The environment here was quiet.“Mr. Lynch, this is the private room reserved by President Snow.”The waiter brought him to a private room facing the pool.Inside was a tea room, sofa, and dining table.He sat