Why did the COO tell a blind person to send him flowers?The receptionist scolded Callum in her heart but a smile remained on her face. She said to Camryn, “How may I help you, Ms. Newman?”“I’m fine, thank you.”Camryn remembered the distance between the entrance to the elevator. There was no need to bother the receptionist.“Very well. Please approach us if you need any help, Ms. Newman.” The receptionist said with a smile. She watched Camryn hold the bouquet of flowers and slowly walk forward while scanning with her cane. She waited until Camryn was far away before returning to her post.Then, she said to her colleague, “How could the COO ask for a blind woman to send him flowers?”“Could he be interested in Ms. Newman? We’ve been working in the company for two years, but we haven’t seen him interested in any woman before. No young woman has ever come to the company looking for him either.”The receptionist laughed. “I don’t think so. Maybe he doesn’t know that Ms. Newman is
Callum’s secretary looked at the bouquet Camryn was holding and said warmly, “Please wait a moment. I’ll call and ask Mr. Callum.”The secretary had not received the news, so he had to ask Callum for confirmation before he could let Camryn in to see him.“Of course.”Camryn stood there quietly, waiting for the secretary to use the intercom to confirm with Callum.Soon, he walked up to her and said warmly, “Please come with me.”“Thank you.”Camryn thanked the secretary as she followed him.When they came to his office, the secretary knocked on the door and went in first to announce that Camryn had arrived.“Let her in.”Callum was still busy, so he responded in a deep voice without raising his head.The secretary invited Camryn to enter the office before retreating.Camryn listened attentively to which direction Callum’s voice resounded from when he talked to the secretary.She walked straight in that direction after entering the office.When she encountered something alon
“No. We’ve only met a few times. How could you have offended me?”Even if she had offended him, he would be tolerant. After all, they would spend the rest of their lives together.He would not hold it against her.“If I haven’t offended you, why did you want me to personally send the flowers over? You also wanted me to come here by myself and not let others lead me.”Callum said, “You’ll be coming here often in the future. I hope you can remember the route you need to take to reach me. Once you’re familiar, it’s easier for you to come over.”Camryn was speechless.Why would she come to see him?Plus, why did he say she would come here often?“Some of the potted plants in our company have died. Maybe they died of radiation because there are too many computers. I want to help everyone change their potted plants.Callum stopped to look at her.Camryn thought, ‘What a great business opportunity!’“Okay, I’ll take the bus myself next time I come over. I know where to go after rea
“Mr. Callum?” Camryn called out in bewilderment.“I don’t like flowers, and I don’t have a girlfriend. Telling you to send a bouquet over was just a way for you to get yourself acquainted with the route to come see me. That way, it’ll be easier for you in the future.”Callum explained with a smile, “But your silly look is quite funny. Since you amused me, I’ll treat you to dinner. Let’s go.”Camryn scolded him in her heart, ‘You’re the fool!’He did not play by the rules. She was completely flabbergasted by him.On the surface, Camryn recovered her calm demeanor and followed Callum out while declining his invitation to dinner.“You’ll just order takeout if you go back anyway. It’s not good to eat takeouts often. If you don’t want me to treat you, then you treat me instead. I gave you two big business opportunities, so it’s natural you treat me to a meal.”Camryn choked. After a moment, she said, “I only have a few hundred dollars with me. I might not be able to treat you, Mr. Ca
“Zachary,” Callum greeted.Zachary glanced at Camryn and the bouquet of flowers she was holding, then his eyes returned to his younger brother. He sighed faintly, hugged Serenity’s waist, and said, “We’re leaving now.”Without waiting for Callum to reply, he left with Serenity in his arms.Serenity turned to look back as she walked.Zachary used his hand to push her face forward and said in a low voice, “I’m more handsome than Callum.”“I’m not looking at Callum; I’m looking at Camryn. Wait, why do you sound jealous?”“You’re looking at another man. Even if he’s my brother, I’ll still get jealous.”Serenity was speechless. “If we have a son in the future and I treat our son well, will you be jealous of him too?”“I won’t get jealous if we have a daughter.”“I also want to have a daughter and break your family’s record. Who knows if I’ll have the chance? I’d better prepare for a son. If you’re going to be jealous of your own son, then I hope you’re prepared to be jealous for th
The York family had more boys than the Johnson family in Annenburg. Zachary secretly vowed to find a particularly powerful fortune teller to do a divination for their family. Was there a problem that caused their family to be unable to conceive girls?“Babe, what do you think of Callum and Camryn now? I think Callum is courting death.”Serenity changed the topic.She did not want her husband to keep bringing up the mention of having a baby girl and stress her out.“They’re a good match. It’d be better if Ms. Newman regained her sight. What do you mean Callum is courting death?”Zachary still did not know what his brother had done.Serenity told him, “He called the flower shop and told Camryn to send him a bouquet of flowers. And he told her not to let anyone lead her and asked her to walk by herself. He’s not considerate at all of the fact that Camryn can’t see.“Isn’t that courting death? I bet he’ll regret his decision every day in the future.”Zachary felt a flush rose to hi
Callum booked a private room.After the two sat down at the table, he turned his head to look at the waiter, who immediately handed him the menu.The waiter thought in confusion, ‘Mr. Callum eats here every day. Why does he need the menu?’Callum did not care what the waiter was thinking. He opened the menu, read the names of the dishes and the prices to Camryn, and let her order.“You can order whatever you want, Mr. Callum.”The meal was Camryn’s treat, so she told him to order what he wanted.“You only brought a few hundred dollars. I’m worried the food I order will be too expensive.”Camryn was silent before saying, “Didn’t you say you could lend me the money?”Callum laughed. “I did say that, but you look like you don’t want to owe me money. We’ll just order some cheaper dishes.”Camryn did not object as she listened to him listing off a few dishes that were not too expensive.The waiter took down the orders and said respectfully, “Please wait a moment.”Callum said, “T
Callum did not speak.Camryn remained silent when she did not get an answer.She could feel Callum’s gaze on her.After a while, the waiter served the food.“Let’s eat.”Callum finally opened his mouth but did not answer Camryn.Camryn could not see, so he filled her bowl with soup and placed it in front of her. “Have some soup first. I’ll serve you the other dishes when you’re done.”“Thank you, Mr. Callum.”“You’re welcome.”Callum also served himself a bowl of soup and ate while occasionally putting more food on Camryn’s plate.Camryn usually ordered fast food where all the side dishes were placed together, so she could just eat slowly.Now that she was eating with Callum, she did not know where the food was. Even when she reached out to stab the food with her fork, she did not know what she would be eating.She could only accept Callum’s care.If it could be avoided, she never wanted to eat with Callum again in her life.“Do you like shrimp?” Callum asked as he finish
Adrian and his brothers finally heard footsteps. They instinctively turned their heads, only to see a group of people, who were already very close, approaching.“Police! Hands up, don’t move!”Upon realizing they had been spotted, the officer leading the charge immediately shouted, drawing his gun and pointing it at Adrian and the others.The police had learned from the Dott brothers that the kidnappers were armed.The officers following Darren were from an armed unit and carried guns.Jason’s mind went blank. He could not form a single coherent thought.How had the police caught up?They had scouted the location beforehand, ensuring it was remote and quiet. It was somewhere no one would come even during the day, let alone at night.Adrian reacted the fastest. He immediately bent down to pick up the kitchen knife, intending to kill Caroline.All he could think then was that even if he died, he wanted to take Caroline with him. As long as Caroline died, he would consider it wor
Justin, seeing his eldest brother approach with the kitchen knife, hesitated and asked, “Adrian, are we really going to do this?”“What, are you having second thoughts at this stage, like Jason? Justin, we didn’t even cover our faces. She knows it’s us. If we let her go now, we’re the ones who will die.“Think about it. How much have we suffered ever since she came back? How much have we lost? Even Mom’s dead now.”When their mother was alive, the three brothers lived carefree and comfortable lives. Now that she was gone, they were nothing.Hearing this, Justin quickly said, “Adrian, I’m not having second thoughts. It’s just… We don’t have to use the knife. We can just throw her into the sea. With her hands and feet tied, she won’t be able to escape.“The deep sea is full of fish. She’ll be eaten by a big fish soon, which will leave no trace. That’s better than us using the knife.”The main reason was that none of them had killed anyone before. Although they had done other bad th
Her indifference, as if she did not care whether they killed her or not, infuriated her three brothers.Adrian stood up, turned around, and walked to the back of the car. He opened the trunk.Inside the trunk were two sharpened kitchen knives.“Adrian.” Jason walked over, his voice trembling slightly. It was his first time committing murder, and killing his own sister at that. Jason was a bit scared.“Adrian, are we really going to… chop her up?”Adrian picked up one of the kitchen knives and glared at Jason. “What? Are you having second thoughts? Or are you scared?”“Well… It’s my first time killing someone. I am a bit scared. Carol is our sister, after all. I... I can’t bring myself to do it.”Adrian snorted coldly. “You think of her as a sister, but she doesn’t see us as brothers. Look at what she’s done—every single thing has been a stab in the back for us.“When it comes to using a knife, once you make the first cut, the second one won’t be so hard.”Adrian handed the kit
There were still traces of blood at the corners of her mouth and under her nose.Justin and Jason worked together to pull Caroline out, and Adrian immediately tied her legs together before binding her hands behind her back.“Are you going to feed me to the fish, Adrian?”Hearing the sound of the waves and feeling the cold sea breeze, Caroline shivered.She did not stand up and remained lying on the ground.Adrian kicked her several times, venting his pent-up anger.Caroline silently endured it.After kicking her a few times, Adrian squatted, gripping Caroline's chin forcefully with one hand, and said coldly, “Caroline, there’s nothing more to say between us.“Don’t blame us for being heartless. You’re the one who pushed us to this point.“You only have yourself to blame.“Where are the passwords and keys to Mom's private assets? Tell us, and we’ll make it quick for you, so you won’t suffer too much.“If you don’t, we have plenty of time to slowly cut you piece by piece and m
“We can’t just keep giving them money, now can we?”Adrian replied, “That’s not a priority for now. We can burn that bridge when we come to it. If they do dare blackmail us, we’ll just send them on to meet their maker.“The only thing is they both have families. If we kill them, we have to kill their families too. That way, there’ll be no one who’ll report it to the police.“And it’s best to make it seem like an accident too, or else it’ll seem suspicious.”Justin and Jason both felt Adrian was right. If they were going to kill the Dott brothers, they might as well kill their families too.Caroline internally cursed how merciless they were. The Dott brothers thought they could earn some money from Adrian to live a better life but little did they know, it would bring destruction upon themselves and their families.What the Clark brothers did not know was that the Dotts were forced to say what they did earlier.It was not that they had not left yet. Rather, they could not, because
Belinda had done everything other mothers would have. She loved them, yet the three of them had gotten a smaller portion of her wealth than their own children did. Indeed, Belinda left her grandchildren with more money.After all, her grandchildren still had a long life ahead of them.Therefore, she distributed more wealth to them. The Clark brothers loved spending lavishly and kept losing money whenever they tried to establish businesses. They also had many mistresses and never hesitated to spend money on them. Belinda was partial toward her sons about their affairs and also persuaded her daughters-in-law not to get a divorce. In truth, she resented her three sons for being promiscuous and inheriting their father’s flirtatious traits. While Hunter may have been interested in other girls, he dared not cheat on Belinda because she was strict. However, he still had an affair the moment he spotted an opportunity.Later, Belinda chased the Clark brothers’ mistresses out of
Celine, whom they had cared for all long, was not their biological sister but the daughter of the previous butler. Celine’s father was ambitious. He tried making his daughter the Fisher family’s successor. Justin was speechless.“Free me, Jason. I’m already in your hands. Are you still scared that I’ll escape? Let me out. It’s too stuffy in the sack. I feel terrible.”Caroline made a request. Jason seemed to be the one with some lingering feelings for his sibling. Well, that was not really the case.If he truly had even a sliver of sibling love for Caroline, he would have stopped Adrian and Justin from kidnapping her instead of joining the plan. If Caroline had been fortunate, she could have had five brothers doting on her. Sadly, she was unlucky. None of the five brothers had cared for her. They all wanted her dead. Was she a failure as a person, or were they too cruel?Jason said, “Just stay put, Caroline. We’ll let you out when we arrive.”They could not release Car
Caroline could not beat them. Then, her mouth was gagged with a cloth, and her head was covered with a sack. Someone forced her into a car. She heard Adrian saying to his brothers, “Let’s go.“Tell Celine’s brothers to follow us. Assign a few people to clean up and leave quickly.”After that, Caroline heard the sound of an engine starting. The car moved. She could not see what was happening. While she was shoved into the backseat, her arms and legs were unbound. She removed the cloth from her mouth but not the sack from her head.Someone held the sack tightly and started hitting and kicking her. “Tie the sack, Justin,” said Jason in a hurry. The person beating her up was Justin. “I know it’s you guys, Justin and Jason. What are you doing? Let me go. Mmph…”Caroline grunted in pain. She suffered a punch from Justin. She held her head tightly to prevent any injury to it. Many blows landed on her body. “It’s fine even if you know it’s us, Caroline. You better stay
“Ms. Caroline.”The bodyguards looked toward Caroline. Caroline opened her eyes and said calmly, “Stop the car, but don’t get out. Only get out when the situation gets out of hand. Remember to protect yourselves.”“Ms. Caroline…”“I’ll keep myself safe. Don’t worry. I treasure my life. There’s still a long life ahead of me. I haven’t even started enjoying good days. I won’t want to die.”Caroline chuckled, but her smile did not reach her eyes. There was sorrow in those eyes. In the end, she and her brothers could not coexist. It made her realize how bad her luck was with families. She was switched at birth and mistreated by her adoptive family. She thought her biological parents would treat her well after returning to them, but it turned out to be the opposite. Caroline had many family members, yet somehow, she was still alone. The people who truly cared about her were Darren, Liberty, and some others. Caroline’s bodyguards knew she had been waiting for that moment.