Kevin said, “If I pursue her openly, people will think I’m gay and I’ll be trending in Jensburg and Wiltspoon.” Callum laughed when he heard that. He gloated at Kevin’s misfortune. In the beginning, when his nana arranged for him to marry Camryn, he thought she was biased and chose a blind wife for him. After interacting with Camryn and slowly taking a liking to her, Callum felt that his nana still loved him. He liked Camryn’s personality of pretending to be weak but was actually tough. When everyone thought she could be easily bullied, she would shock everyone with her move. As long as Camryn’s eyes were healed, Callum felt that his fiancée would be perfect. Compared to Kevin, who had Hayden as his wife candidate, Callum felt that his nana favored him a little more. The wife candidates their nana had arranged for them were difficult to be pursued and were not perfect. Serenity was not handicapped, but she had a poor family background. She would need to learn and grow
“Sonny is asleep?” Serenity asked Zachary. “He fell asleep during his bath. After playing crazily all day without a lunch break, it’ll be strange if he’s not sleepy. Now that he’s asleep, he can sleep until noon tomorrow before he gets up.” Zachary put Sonny on the bed and picked up his clothes to carefully put them on for him. He also used a towel to help Sonny dry his hair. The little boy’s hair was short, so it dried easily after being rubbed with the towel a few times. Afterward, Zachary picked up Sonny and moved him to the other side of the bed. He then covered him with the comforter. “What did Kevin say?” After attending to the little one, Zachary went over and asked Serenity. Serenity did not answer him immediately but said to Kevin on the other end of the line, “Why do you care if she’s a male or a female? Nana wouldn’t trick you. Just pursue her as one normally would.” Kevin responded, “Serenity, you and Callum said the same thing.” Serenity chuckled. “Well,
Since both Serenity and Callum suggested that Kevin should directly pursue Hayden, he decided to pursue his future wife tomorrow. Even if he were to be suspected of being gay and became a trending topic, it would be fine as long as he knew he was not gay. As long as his nana did not trick him. She would not, would she? He was her grandson, after all. It was quiet for the rest of the night. The next morning, Zachary flew back to Wiltspoon. Serenity and Grandma May remained at FC Manor and planned to return to Wiltspoon in another two or three days. Dr. Carden had been discharged from the hospital to do her confinement at home. Sonny liked FC Manor very much as there were many kids here. Even though those babies were very young, could not talk, and only cried, he still liked to stay here. He and Laurence went to see Dr. Carden’s baby every day. After that, Sonny kept asking Serenity to give birth to a younger brother for him. He said that Laurence had four younger b
As long as Sonny wished for it, he believed that his mom and Aunt Ser would satisfy him. Liberty was also laughing on the phone. She said, “No wonder he keeps asking for younger siblings. He has never been like this. It turns out that he argued with Laurence.” “It’s okay, they’ll be fine after a while. They’re about the same age and play well together. They occasionally fight over toys and argue a little, but they make up very quickly. Kids are all like that.” While Serenity and Liberty were on the phone, Laurence came in with two water guns. “Sonny.” Laurence called out to Sonny as he walked over, “Sonny, let’s go play with water guns. I have many, many water guns. I’ll give you one.” “Okay.” Sonny, who was feeling aggrieved just a while ago, immediately stopped feeling so when he saw Laurence asking him to go play with water guns. He ran toward Laurence. Afterward, the two children walked out and played with the water guns outside under the nanny’s supervision. “Lib
After the call with her sister, Serenity heard Sonny’s giggle outside, laughing as she said to herself, “Kids really are capricious. They change whenever they want!” As long as he did not ask her for another brother or sister, it would be fine. Liberty returned to her new shop. When she parked her car, she saw Duncan coming out from the shop in a wheelchair and a number of bodyguards around him. He must have come for Liberty but she was not around, so he must be leaving. Who would have thought he would run into her when he wanted to leave. When he spotted Liberty coming out of the car, Duncan told the bodyguard to stop wheeling him. He waited for Liberty with a smile in front of the restaurant. “Mr. Lewis, when did you arrive? How long have you been here?” Liberty asked as she walked over to him. “I wasn’t in the shop but you can always call me if there’s anything urgent.” “I just arrived. I went inside and found out you weren’t here, so I wanted to go back. Who would hav
“Liberty, I really like you. I’ve liked you for a long time. I was too slow to realize my feelings. Or else I would have confessed to you a long time ago. Maybe we might have already made it through the phase of knowing each other.” Liberty took her hand back and sat down behind her desk. A moment of silence later, she looked at him and saw anticipation in his eyes. She said, “Mr. Lewis, I don’t know what will happen tomorrow. I can’t give you a solid answer right now. I have never thought of getting married again either. “I think you should focus on rehabilitation first. If you recovered, and I changed my mind, where marrying is an option again, I will give you a chance, Mr. Lewis.” Even though it was not a strong answer, at least there was still hope. Duncan nodded with a smile. “Liberty, thank you for giving me hope.” With that, Duncan would drop by Liberty’s shop every day after he finished his rehabilitation. He has to make Liberty remember him, only then would he stand
Liberty took the letter. The lawyer was here on behalf of Jessica. The cases that Jessica was involved in still had not reached their verdicts, hence she was not allowed to see anyone. Even if she was sentenced, Liberty was not her family or her guardian, so she could not visit either. Therefore, she wrote a letter to Liberty and asked her lawyer to deliver it. Jessica had given up. She never wanted a lawyer but her family somehow got her one. She thought it was probably because of the house that Hank inherited. Hank added her name to the deed, so she owned half of the house. Her family got her a lawyer maybe because they wanted to help her get a lighter sentence, or maybe they were after her assets. She and Hank had no children for as long as they were married. When she finally got pregnant, she tripped and lost the baby. Even without the baby, Jessica had lost hope for the future. She could not see the light in her dark life. In the end, she picked up the knife and
The relationship destroyed both Jessica and Hank, while Liberty was the winner in this conflict because she got the courage to divorce Hank. With that, Liberty was reborn. “I’m sorry, Liberty.” Jessica repeatedly wrote her apology in the letter. She owed Liberty the apology and even though it was late, she apologized in the end. Liberty went silent for a while after she finished reading the letter. She then looked at the lawyer and said, “Hank is still in the ICU, his life is still hanging on a thread, so it’s not the end for Jessica yet.” She also provided her answer on what Jessica did to her in the past. “I accept her apology but I can never forgive her, at least not now. It’s not just because she intervened and sabotaged my marriage, she hurt my son, Sonny. I can’t simply forgive a person who wants me and my son dead. “If she has the chance to make it right, I hope she does it behind bars. When she’s released in the future, I hope she can contribute to society. Consider
Camryn smiled, “You spoil me too much. You’ll turn me into an absolute sloth who only waits around for you to take care of me, and it might tire you out.”“That won’t happen. I enjoy taking care of you,” Callum assured as he reached to help her with the snacks, but she would not let him feed her anymore. Callum had no choice but to hand her the snacks.“Although Trenton is young, he has mettle. When we put his parents away, it was hard for him to accept, but in the end, he did. As long as he has the right values, even the hardest things can be accepted over time and he won’t resent anyone else for it either.”Camryn pushed the snack box closer to her husband, indicating that he should have some too. “If Trenton didn’t have the right values, I wouldn’t care for him so much. Given the hurt and pain I suffered during the twenty-odd years under his parents, if I hated them, they’d have nothing to say in defense.“Because Trenton has treated me well since he was little, respects me as
Just now, Carrie came here and made a scene, and he had given her fifty thousand dollars. Although he had not spent much time with her, they were siblings. He could at the very least still recognize her. However, when Camryn asked him that, Trenton's heart started to race, not daring to confidently say that the lady really was Carrie.As for the young lady beside her? He had watched the video a few times but had not paid much attention to her. All he could see was a beautiful, young woman dressed in luxurious attire. In the video, he heard Camryn refer to her as Mrs. Longbottom, so her husband’s family name had to be Longbottom.Mrs. Longbottom had a good attitude toward Camryn and even supported her. He was not familiar with Mrs. Longbottom at all, though. Why did Camryn ask him that? Should he know her? Trenton watched the video two more times but could not find anything unusual about her. It was just that he was not acquainted with Mrs. Longbottom. If he had not seen the video,
The young couple looked at Trenton, then exchanged smiles.“How much did you give Carrie?” Camryn asked her brother gently. Camryn could harden her heart to completely ignore Carrie and not give her a single cent, but Trenton could not be as ruthless as she was, mainly because while Carrie had not been particularly kind to Trenton, she also had not bullied him outright. She had treated Camryn very poorly though and had never shown her any respect at all, so their sisterly bond had deteriorated to the extreme. It was already generous of Camryn not to completely destroy Carrie after taking charge, which was probably out of consideration for the fact that they shared a mother.“I-I gave her fifty thousand. She said it was almost Christmas, and she wanted to buy gifts and new clothes, so I-I gave her fifty thousand.” Trenton looked down as he spoke, not daring to look at Camryn, afraid she would scold him.Camryn gave her brother a long look but did not scold him. Instead, she took o
Callum was silent for a moment before he said, “I wanted you to get familiar with the route to my office, which is why I asked you to deliver the flowers yourself.”“Did you ever think about how difficult it was for me as a blind person? It was so hard for me to walk all the way to deliver those flowers,” Camryn retorted.Callum pulled her into an embrace and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, Camryn. It was my fault for not thinking it through, which put you through a lot.”Camryn pushed him away, “We have customers constantly coming in. Don’t just hug me out of nowhere. You’re as thick-skinned as a rhinoceros, but I’m not. At that time, I was angry and silently cursed you a hundred thousand times, but your insistence actually did help me learn the way to your office and now, I can find my way there even with my eyes closed.”At that moment, Trenton returned. After Carrie left, he felt a bit down and stayed outside for a while to compose himself before coming back in. He did not wan
Just then, a customer came in wanting to buy a bouquet. Camryn first brought over some sample pictures for the customer to choose from. “No need to choose, just help me arrange a bouquet of roses. I’m going to confess my feelings,” said the young boy, a hint of shyness on his face as he spoke.Camryn smiled gently. “Alright, please wait a moment while I prepare it for you.”Callum assisted by inviting the young boy to sit down and poured him a glass of water.The boy glanced between Camryn and Callum and quietly asked, “Are you and the boss married or dating?”“We’re married. She’s my wife.”The boy expressed his envy. “You both seem very happy.”“Yeah, we are very happy. I love my wife very much, and she loves me too.”Thinking about the girl he was pursuing, the boy’s face lit up with anticipation. “I also have someone I like, and I’m going to confess to her, though I just don’t know if she feels the same. I’m a bit nervous.”Callum, drawing from his own experience, advised
“She hasn’t paid. Stop her.” Camryn was not going to let her get away with it. With a command, her two bodyguards stopped Carrie.Carrie said furiously, “Camryn, I only took a few flowers from you! You have so many flowers here. What's the big deal if I take a few? You still want me to pay? I’m your sister! Don’t you know that blood is thicker than water?!”“Blood might be thicker than water, but business is business. Anyone who buys flowers from me has to pay, including you. Besides, you’ve never treated me like an older sister. You always bring up how we’re sisters when you want to take advantage of me, but that won’t work here. My roses are freshly transported, and since you’re my sister, I’ll let you have them for twenty bucks each. You took about five stems, so just give me a hundred. I won’t rip you off.”Carrie’s expression changed in an instant. “Camryn, why don’t you just rob a bank? You’re charging twenty bucks each? You’re just a thief! Here! I don’t want them! I’d rather
“If Mom said she would create an opportunity for you to get with the king, would you really believe her? It’s just talk—nothing actually happened.” Trenton could not resist poking Carrie’s forehead a few times. “Carrie, can you please come back to earth? In your current state, forget about finding a great guy like Callum—even a regular, decent guy would be turned off by you.”Carrie swatted away her brother’s fingers, irritated and embarrassed. “Am I really that bad? I’m young, beautiful, have a great figure, and a dignified heiress. If the monarchy still existed, I could marry the king and be his queen without a problem.”“Carrie, you have sky-high ambitions, but be careful, don’t fly too close to the sun and end up like Icarus.”As soon as he said that, Trenton was met with a smack from his sister.“Is there a brother who curses his own sister like that? What do you mean by that? I’m destined to have the princess life. I’ll be fine.”However, deep down, she was still worried bec
Camryn was right—he was just too soft-hearted. If he were as ruthless as her, Carrie would have found a job long ago after running out of money.To encourage Carrie to become independent, Trenton decided that after Christmas, he would stop giving her living expenses. He would also tell their parents during his visit to prison that Carrie was truly hopeless.“Trenton, you keep siding with her, and one day you'll regret it. She’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing who has deceived who knows how many people. Do you really think she cares about you? She just wants to win your complete trust to take everything that belongs to you for herself. By driving us out of our home, she’s not only seeking revenge on Mom and Dad but also on us—especially you. She’s just pretending to be nice to you to sow discord between us siblings.”“Carrie!” Trenton said seriously, “Don’t talk about Camryn like that. She’s not that kind of person. I believe in her, one hundred percent.”Carrie was so furious she wanted
“Alright, alright, I can't win with the two of you against one,” Carrie sulked. “Give me money to spend. I'm out of money.”She reached out her hand toward Camryn, wanting her to give her money. Camryn slapped her hand away. “Even Trenton knows to take advantage of the winter break to find a part-time job and earn some pocket money. You’re perfectly capable, yet you don’t look for a job.“To put it bluntly, if you’ve gone to sweep the streets, you'd still have a source of income. I have money, but I won’t give it to you. Don’t think that just because we’re sisters—estranged, too, at that—I have an obligation to support my adult sister. I’ve said it before: if you want money to spend, earn it yourself.” With that, Camryn walked away to tend to her plants.As Christmas approached, the flower market was bustling. Every day, many people came to buy flowers, and all her employees were out delivering flowers to clients. Sometimes, when it got too busy, she even had to ask her two bodyguar