"You b*tch! You did this, didn't you?!" Avery rushed to one of the guests and slapped her face.The young woman, who was sitting next to her parents, was shocked by the sudden slap. "What are you talking about, Avery?! I don't understand…""Drop the act, Brielle! I know it was you!" said Avery through gritted teeth. "And don't think I don't know you were the one who set me up to sleep with another man while I was drunk!"Brielle held her reddened cheeks and said calmly, "Avery, you shouldn't point your finger at others when you don't have the proof." She then looked at Tyler, who had been silent from the beginning. "After all, Tyler is watching the whole thing."Only then did Avery remember Tyler was still there. She quickly turned and shook Tyler's arm panickingly."Tyler, I was set up! You have to believe me… No, wait, no! That wasn't me in the video. The culprit must have used some sort of deepfake technology to make that video!" said Avery, fumbling for an explanation.Tyler
Vernon gritted his teeth. Alas, he could not come up with a good retort.Indeed, the Hart family was ashamed, but the Yeager family was even more humiliated. In fact, this was the most humiliated Vernon had ever been in his life.Avery was furious at Lincoln's obvious attempt at publicly sowing discord."Lincoln Hart, you were in on this, too! You must've teamed up with that b*tch Brielle! Don't think I don't know what your motives are! You plan to break me and Tyler up so you can take over as the future successor of the Hart family!" shrieked Avery.Lincoln pretended to be surprised. "Miss Avery, don't you know Tyler has the power in the family? He doesn't need support from your family anymore. Instead of suspecting me, you should suspect…"He looked meaningfully at Tyler with a smirk. Only a fool would not understand what he was implying.Avery's eyes started to waver as suspicions took root in her heart."Enough!" said Old Mister Hart finally. "That'll be all for today. We ca
Shocked, Vicky was about to struggle when she heard a familiar voice."Vicky, it's me."Vicky froze. "Noah? What are you doing here?""Ahem! The Yeager family and my family are business partners, so they invited us. Though, I was the only one free to come."Noah found out Tyler was getting married when he received the wedding invitation. Over the years, he had more or less heard bits of news about him but did not think to pass them on to Vicky since they were divorced. This was especially true when it came to Tyler's wedding."How about you? Why are you here?" Noah let go of Vicky and looked at her with respect. "Don't tell me you thought of kicking up a ruckus during the ceremony?"Vicky was speechless. After a while, she said, "I came with Jennifer. We were hired by one of the bridesmaids to design her dress."If she had known it was Tyler and Avery's wedding, she would not have accepted the job.Noah looked at her with regret. It would be even more awesome if Vicky, Tyler's
Everyone thought Avery was Vernon's only child, but that could not be further from the truth. No one knew Vernon had a previous marriage which resulted in another daughter. This meant Avery had an older stepsister. Even though the first marriage did not last, the fact remained that Brielle was also Vernon's legitimate daughter.Back then, Vernon did not know his ex-wife was pregnant with Brielle when they divorced. It was only a few years ago that Brielle's mother—who was on her deathbed—told her daughter who her father was. Brielle thus went back to live with the Yeagers.Even though Brielle was also his daughter, Vernon did not feel particularly close to her. After all, how could she be compared to Avery, whom he watched grow up from the moment she was born?Not to mention, Avery would from time to time pull some shady sh*t to drive a wedge between Brielle and Vernon, causing their father to not want to publicly admit Brielle was his daughter as well.Vernon looked disappointedly
Avery's father looked at his foolish, ignorant daughter with slight disgust. Compared to Brielle, who was sensible and intelligent, his beloved Avery was nothing but a troublemaker."Given the Hart family's intricate situation, with Tyler securing his position as the heir, many of the Harts resent him. They're waiting for a chance to catch him off-guard. If he insists on marrying you, won't that be seen as his way of taunting the entire Hart family? Can he really maintain his position as the family head?""It doesn't matter," Avery's expression remained firm. "Even if Tyler isn't the Hart family head, it won't affect me.""You might not care, but what about Tyler? Will he not care?"Avery was silent for a few seconds before she smiled confidently, enigmatically. "I don't care, so Tyler naturally won't either. Even if he does care, he'll give up anything for me. Besides..." As Avery's composure returned, she continued, "Even if he can't take over the Harts, what about our family bus
After the three left, Noah found Panther in the closet of that exact room.Seeing that it was getting late, Vicky said goodbye to Noah and returned to her own room....The staff in the castle had all been called away individually, and both Vicky and Jennifer received a large sum of money in exchange for their silence about the scandal.Vicky did not know what was done with the guests who witnessed it all, but since they were all leaving the next day, she spared no extra thought on that and started packing her belongings.After spending three days in the castle, she had not seen Tyler apart from during the wedding.Knock, knock!"Vicky, are you there?"Vicky set her suitcase down at the sound of someone knocking on her door and walked over to open the door. "Jennifer, do you need something?"Standing outside the door, Jennifer's voice was slightly anxious. "Noah said that Panther has gone missing in the backyard and wants us to help find it."Hastily, Vicky opened the door. "
Vicky flinched and looked up at the sound of that voice, only to find a familiar face before her.Her breath caught in her throat. "Tyler..."Tyler lifted an eyebrow. "Do you know me?"She snapped out of it and lowered her gaze. "There isn't a soul here who doesn't know you."Her explanation seemed to make sense, and Tyler continued, "What are you looking for?""My cat ran away. I'm searching for it."After a moment of silence, Tyler chuckled sarcastically. "Is that so?""Yeah.""If that's the case, why won't you look at me? Could you be...looking for more than your cat?"Vicky was taken aback and slowly lifted her head to look at Tyler. "You misunderstood." Her gaze flickered, and she forced herself to remain composed. "I was…just looking for my cat."Tyler gazed down at her from his superior height, an intimidating aura surrounding him. His unrelenting gaze was fixed on her face, and his eyes were cold and unyielding.His thin lips parted slightly as he questioned, "Have I
The black cat was unafraid of the unfamiliar surroundings and remained as free-spirited as it would at home.Vicky walked over. "Panther."Panther meowed at her and leaped over to Tyler before brushing its body up against the hem of his trousers.Tyler scowled and backed away in disgust."I'm sorry." Vicky hastily went over to pick Panther up. However, the usually obedient cat refused to let her and continued to circle Tyler.Tyler shot Vicky a sidelong glance. "Are you really the owner?""Not really," she said awkwardly. "My friend is the owner. The cat went missing, and I'm just helping to look for it.""Is that so?" He said. "Guests aren't allowed here, so it's quite a coincidence that you ended up here, looking for your cat."Vicky discerned the irony in his tone and chose not to defend herself. Instead, she silently picked up the cat.Tyler watched her actions with cold eyes but did not intervene. He had no fondness for small animals, and whichever direction the cat went