Erin smiled as she accepted the lilies from Asa. She bent down and kissed Asa on the cheek. "Thank you. The lilies are beautiful. I love them!"Alana walked over with an apologetic smile. "Hi, Erin. I'm so sorry for not congratulating you on your marriage to Chandler yet. I wish you both a happy marriage. May you have a blessed union!"The next moment, her smile disappeared, and she said with a pained expression, "Chandler told me what happened to you. You've really suffered a lot all these years."Erin slowly stood up. Seeing Alana weeping tears for her, Erin couldn't help but feel that something was off."Thank you. I hope we can get along well in the future too," Erin said with an earnest smile.Alana walked toward Erin and affectionately linked arms with her. "Come inside with me. We haven't seen each other for so many years; we should have a good chat. I've bought you many presents."Chandler felt relieved upon seeing Erin and Alana getting along well. He looked at their ret
Before they called it a day, Erin explained everything from A to Z about her pretending to be Ryder's fiancée at the hospital.Holding her in his arms, Chandler's heart finally felt assured. However, he raised an eyebrow and warned, "Next time, don't agree to such requests from other men! You have a husband now. If there's anything like this in the future, let me handle it."Erin nodded sleepily. "Understood, boss. Can I sleep now?""Yes, you can," Chandler answered with a bossy demeanor. Suddenly, he remembered something and asked, "Right, Alana said she wants to move back to the villa in a few days. You don't object to it, do you?"Erin had a foreboding feeling in her heart, but she thought she was overthinking things. She replied calmly, "Sure. If that's what she wants, I have no objections."Despite her words, her body turned to the other side so that she was no longer facing Chandler. Seeing this, Chandler pressed himself against her back and put an arm around her waist.He
When it was close to 8 pm, Chandler drove back to pick Erin up for the jewelry charity dinner. As he neared the villa, he received the text message Erin sent to him: "Hubby, my editor asked to meet me to talk about the publishing of my comic. I'll go to the banquet myself. I've got the address from Mr. Morn. See you there at night!"Suppressing his emotions, Chandler went to the charity dinner alone gloomily.During the day, Erin had sent him a text message begging him to not publicly announce their marriage to others. An occasion such as the one they were attending wasn't suitable for disclosing their private matters.At that time, Chandler was quite angry about her request, but he wasn't willing to back down due to his ego. He even said to Erin teasingly that even if she wanted to make it public, he wouldn't want it. In the end, they both agreed that they would pretend to be familiar acquaintances at the banquet.…The banquet was held at a private castle, and the owner of the
Erin was completely caught off guard as she never expected Roman would forcefully attempt to kiss her. She quickly regained her senses and pushed him away with all her might. Her resistance helped him regain some sanity.He took a clumsy step backward.Feeling a bit anxious, Erin reached for the light switch near the door and hastily turned it on. As the bright light illuminated the room, Roman turned around, unable to face her—he knew what he'd just done. Such a bold move was only possible when under the undue influence of alcohol."Roman, it's me." Erin's voice was soft as she spoke, and she took off her mask.Roman, who had her back turned to her, knew he couldn't avoid facing her forever. Therefore, he slowly turned around."I know it's you, Erin." He'd kissed her without her consent, but he had no intention of apologizing for it. He waited many years to do that. If it weren't for the alcohol, he wouldn't have been able to kiss her, especially not when he was sober.His respo
Just as Chandler returned to the car with Erin, May and Megan searched for her in the banquet hall. Over the years, Megan and May had participated in many parties. They spilled red wine, tripped, and even drugged other female celebrities. They would take advantage of the time when the guests toasted each other to make their move.If any female celebrity happened to end up sleeping with some other men those nights due to the tricks they played, she could only keep it to herself and cover it up. After all, if any such scandal broke out, it would only further damage her reputation and image as a public figure.Needless to say, Erin dodged a bullet and emerged unscathed that day.When Erin and Chandler left, they took the exclusive passageway in Noah's courtyard. Besides a few maids, no one else saw them.Right then, the atmosphere inside the black Maybach was oppressive, icy, and intimidating. "Why aren't you driving off yet?" Erin asked."Don't you have anything to explain?" Chand
Seeing that Chandler was kneeling, Roman felt that he should leave. The newlyweds needed their own space to sort things out."I'm going, Erin. You two should have a good talk."After Roman left, Chandler remained kneeling on the ground. His humble move completely extinguished the flames of anger in Erin's heart. She blamed herself for pushing Chandler to this point.Glancing at her surroundings quickly, Erin found that it was dimly lit and no one else was around. She said, "Get up now, Chandler."With a conflicted look in his eyes, Chandler said, "Don't mention getting a divorce so easily again in the future, Erin."Looking at the imposing 6'2" man kneeling on the ground, Erin nodded and agreed.With that, Chandler finally stood up. The moment he stood up straight, Erin went back to being a delicate and tender woman. Chandler put a hand across her shoulder and helped her back into the passenger seat gently. Soon, he got in and drove them away from the castle.…On their way b
After the incident where Yvette sustained a forehead injury after Ian pushed her, she'd been out of work for some time. She couldn't continue filming or shooting advertisements. The only thing she did was spend her days cooped up in her villa and lashing out at almost everybody.Since she couldn't attend Noah's banquet, she placed her hopes in May and Megan to deal with Erin. But then, they were incompetent, and let Erin escape unharmed!"Flora, has Erin been living in Chandler's villa recently?" Yvette stood on the sofa huffily. There was a pile of designer bags that she longed to carry when she went out, but the scar on her forehead prevented that from happening.Seeing that Yvette finally sat down, Flora breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she sat down, it would mean some sense of rationality had returned to her, and she could have a normal conversation.Flora sat down on the sofa not far away and said, "That's right. According to our informant, that seems to be the case. I he
Erin merely glanced at Ian impassively even though he went out of his way to make pleasant talk. However, Erin still stood up and shook his hand briefly before quickly withdrawing out of common courtesy. "Thank you for taking care of my parents while I was gone."Ian smiled gracefully and openly. "We're all family. There's no need to be so formal."Yvette sat in her seat grumpily and observed the interaction between her ex-husband with his first ex-wife with cold eyes. She was going crazy inside, but her excellent acting skills allowed her to stay composed as she remained silent. She'd divorced Ian by then. Cherry and Steven had come to terms with this fact. They didn't hold a grudge against Ian and would still greet him amicably if they chanced upon him."What a coincidence, Ian. You're here for dinner too?"Steven took the initiative to stand up and greet him. Although Ian had a disgraceful past history with Tracy, he'd just invested eighty million dollars in Steven's new factory