Seeing the two newcomers who rushed in, the expressions of several people grew even worse.Avery's family knew that despite Avery and Tyler publicly announcing their engagement was off, it was just a temporary measure. Avery had no intention of ending the engagement. However, with Tyler witnessing this scandalous scene, he would never agree to marry her.Avery's father and mother had not yet thought of what to say. Valencia was the first to speak up. "Tyler, this little vixen Avery drugged Lincoln and seduced him!"Valencia was biased toward Lincoln, but Tyler was her son as well. Her disdain for Avery had reached its limit, and she was absolutely against Avery marrying into the Hart family. Furthermore, Avery's repeated dalliances between Tyler and Lincoln only increased Valencia's hatred for her. The fact that Avery plotted to sleep with Valencia's elder son and then her younger son felt worse than what Valencia had accused Vicky of all those years ago.'Does she really think she
After much contemplation, Lincoln said, "I lost consciousness after entering this room."The moment she heard this, Valencia screamed, "You all heard him! Avery drugged my Lincoln! Why else would my dear boy sleep with a wench like her?"Valencia thought back to how Alana verbally degraded Lincoln and was so overwhelmed by rage that she ditched all manners and etiquette. She turned around and spat in Avery's direction."Valencia, what are you doing?!" Furious, Alana shouted. "To secure your adopted son's position, you came begging us to marry our daughter to him. If our daughter disgusts you so, why didn't you show it when you wanted something from us? Do you really think that your son is any better? He's nothing but a man who relies on a woman to gain power!"Seeing as the two were about to fight again, Old Mister Hart roared, "That's enough! This is no place for this sort of childish argument!"Throughout the years, Old Mister Hart remained respected by many, and the two relucta
"Are you some kind of a saint? Did Tyler not come from your womb?" Avery retorted.She was not worried about being seen at all and wanted nothing more than to have everyone know about her relationship with Tyler. Since they were caught in the act, she felt pleased knowing that no one would dare try to seduce Tyler again.Many other women apart from Vicky tried to seduce Tyler at the bouquet, and Avery refused to let them win.Sensing that Avery felt no guilt, Valencia came close to fainting from rage. "No one would say a thing if this was consensual. I just think that you used some kind of dirty tricks to get your way!" She turned to Lincoln and asked, "Lincoln, why don't you tell us if this was consensual?"Lincoln shook his head and was about to speak when Avery exclaimed, "Lincoln?!"Finally noticing Lincoln, she continued, "Shouldn't you be asking Tyler instead? Why are you asking him? Tyler and I..."Valencia narrowed her eyes sarcastically. "Keep up the act, Avery! Let's se
Alana Yeager froze. She had not expected Doctor Efron to be so daring.At this point, Avery was finally starting to piece together what happened, and her eyes widened in shock."You've got it all wrong! I was intimate with Tyler, not Lincoln! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" She turned to Tyler with desperation in her eyes. "Tyler, say something! It was you on the bed with me, not Lincoln, right?"Tyler lowered his gaze to face Avery's hopeful eyes and said, "It wasn't me, Avery."Avery's words came out in a jumble. "B—But it was you! It must've been you! Weren't you waiting for me in the room the whole time? You even let me go take a bath first. When I came out, you carried me over and embraced me passionately, just like last time—""Avery, that's enough!" warned Vernon, noticing Avery's words were becoming improper by the second.It was a well-known fact that Tyler was outside of the room when everything happened, yet Avery was trying to pin this on Tyler, which only made he
Tyler responded calmly, "Outsiders probably shouldn't interfere too much. It depends on the wishes of the parties involved."Seeing that Tyler did not object, Vernon urged, "Naturally, it's up to Lincoln and Avery to agree to the marriage. However..." He smiled apologetically. "Tyler, as the head of the Hart family, we still need your approval for this union."After all, Tyler was once Avery's fiance. If he refused, it would be impossible for Avery to marry into the Hart family. Even if he still wanted Avery as his wife, the Harts would never accept her.Lincoln, on the other hand, was adopted, and the family did not expect much of him. Nevertheless, the question remained whether Lincoln was willing to accept this arrangement.Tyler glanced at Vernon and said, "If they're fine with it, I don't have any objections."As he spoke, Avery and Lincoln, having changed into different clothes, returned.Upon seeing Tyler, Avery hurried to him. "Tyler, please let me explain. I don't unders
Lincoln never expected to end up sleeping with Avery instead.In response to Lincoln's silence, Mister Yeager said, "It's true that Avery drugged Lincoln, but no one forced him to enter the room. It would be unreasonable to blame everything on Avery. Avery is a young lady; it's not fair for her to lose her virtue and bear all responsibility. Old Mister Hart, you must give us something here."Also, words about what happened will soon spread. If Lincoln refuses to take responsibility, he'll be condemned as a womanizer. Not only will our company be affected, but the Harts will suffer as well. The best solution we have at the moment is for Avery and Lincoln to get married. That way, we can all salvage our reputation."Old Mister Hart nodded. "Indeed. That's the only option for now." He turned to Lincoln. "Lincoln, what do you think?"Lincoln pursed his lips and agreed reluctantly, "Fine.""No, I won't agree to this! I won't marry you! I want to marry Tyler!" Avery screamed. She turned
Vicky knew that this spectacle would not be resolved quickly, nor would it be easily resolved. Not too long ago, she had seen a few reporters rushing to the scene from her window.Even though she was not clear about the specifics and did not know how the Hart family and the Yeager family resolved the matter, one thing was clear to her: Avery would never marry Tyler again.Even if Tyler wanted Avery, the Harts and the Yeagers would disagree with it. After all, aristocratic families valued their reputation. Forcing Avery into a marriage with Tyler would merely destroy both families' reputations.As expected, Avery and Lincoln held a joint press conference and announced their engagement just a few days later.Avery became the center of attention in all countries.No one believed her words at the announcement. They even speculated online that she might appear in yet another inappropriate film soon with another man.Vicky had thought the same. However, when Avery publicly displayed he
"Are you coming or not?"Vicky recalled how Tyler insisted that she slept at ten the last time, stopping her from completing her work.Vicky resented the feeling of being controlled.Not wanting to argue with Tyler in front of her friends, she hung up without another word.A few moments later, her phone rang again, and she turned it off immediately.Afterward, she found Noah and Aurora staring at her."Vicky, have you...gotten back together with him?" Aurora asked gingerly.Vicky raised an eyebrow. "No.""But...that was Tyler calling, right?""Yeah."Aurora and Noah exchanged glances before Aurora asked, "Are you living with him now?"After a moment of silence, Vicky said, "Sort of."One could say that they were living together. Tyler had been away on business, and Vicky had chosen not to return to the villa. Staying there only made her feel uneasy and restrained. After all, their relationship was no longer what it had been four years ago.Aurora hesitated for a moment and