Julian spotted the envelope. Audrey noticed his gaze but did not hide anything. She said, “Mr. Julian, I have a matter that requires your help.”If the Buchams were willing to help, she felt there would be hope in searching for the real reason behind her parents’ accidental death. Julian smiled and said, “You don’t have to be so polite, Mrs. Stone. Feel free to let me know if you need any help. I’ll definitely lend a hand if it’s within my capabilities. Actually, I feel bad for having disturbed Ms. Elisa often recently.“I’ll feel better if I can help you, Mrs. Stone.”Besides, Elisa was best friends with his sister-in-law. He would help Mrs. Stone out for the sake of his sister-in-law. Hence, Audrey told Julian about her identity and her suspicions about her parents and their family’s unnatural death.After he listened to her, he immediately got up to leave. Clive and Remy stood up and pulled him back simultaneously. They pushed him back to his seat. Julian said, “Sorry
Elisa thought of how she was her mother’s only daughter. If her mother reclaimed the position of the matriarch, Elisa would eventually have that seat too.She was not that capable.Before her mother did something big, Elisa gave Audrey a heads-up in advance. “Mom, if you really want to take back the position of the Fisher family head, don’t even think about making me your successor. You know very well what kind of daughter you have. I can’t afford to lead a family.“Go find Serenity instead. Give her a few years and she’ll be able to do it.”Elisa dragged her good friend out as a shield and thought, ‘Better her than me.’Audrey glared at her daughter and said, “Serenity is very busy and is under a lot of pressure now. She will be the lady in charge of the York family in the future. She has it hard enough. How can I hand her the burden of the Fisher family as well?”Elisa said, “I don’t care. Either way, I’m not capable of that. Those shoes are too big for me to fill. If Serenity
Julian said nothing as Audrey and Elisa spoke.When the mother and daughter stopped discussing who would take care of the Fisher family, he once again got up and said goodbye. “I won’t bother everyone anymore. I’ll take my leave now. I’ll invite everyone to dinner some other day when I’m free.”The Stone family did not stop him from leaving again. Audrey told her son to see Julian out.Clive got up and sent Julian off.Julian did not stop him.After leaving the house, Clive asked Julian, “Mr. Bucham, you’re not interested in my sister in that way. How long are you planning to act? Who told you to act?”Clive wanted to know who was capable enough to make Julian act.“I can’t say, and I don’t want to say. It’s embarrassing.”Clive was speechless.Julian lost a bet with Andrew and had to help Andrew unconditionally.Andrew’s condition was that before Remy and Elisa got engaged, Julian had to commit and “pursue” Elisa.Audrey disliked that Remy’s home was far away.However, Jul
His carefree days were shattered by Grandma May. A master psychic, was it? If he was that amazing, why did he not divine the winning lottery numbers every day? He would be rich if he did.Julian left.Clive stood at the gate of his house and watched Julian leave. After a long time, he returned to the house....After lunch, Liberty and Duncan chatted for a while longer before she left the hotel with Sonny and headed to Wildridge Manor.Along the way, she received several calls.They were all from the elders of the York family, asking her when she would send Sonny over. They all missed Sonny.Liberty responded that she was on the way, and finally managed to stop the elders from urging her on the phone.It was inconvenient for Duncan to move around now, and he did not want to affect everyone’s good mood for the weekend, so he did not follow her to Wildridge Manor.He sat for an hour before telling his bodyguard to send him back to Westwood Manor.Before he entered the house, he
Duncan heard his mother’s words and thought that she was complaining about Liberty.Then, he heard Lily say, “Feelings can’t be forced. Duncan doesn’t like me, so we’re just not meant to be. You also said that it’s fate. Even if we got together, there’s no guarantee that he wouldn’t have gotten into an accident.“Now, Duncan came around and learned to accept reality, so you can’t say such things in front of him. He’ll think that you’re blaming Liberty. Liberty has remained passive from the beginning till now. She also often encouraged Duncan when she was taking care of him for a while. However, she doesn’t look at him in that way.”Corey sighed again. “Yes, we can all see that she hasn’t fallen in love with Duncan. It’s not that she disdains his inability to walk, but that she has never thought about remarriage in the first place. Her last marriage did her too much harm.“I’m not blaming Liberty. I know that she’s innocent. I was just lamenting what happened. Don’t worry, I won’t l
“Okay.”Corey personally sent Lily out of the house.She stood at the door and watched Lily leave. Lily was such a great girl, but she was not meant to be with Duncan.The fate between people was really strange.Liberty was definitely not as good as Lily, but Duncan did not like Lily. He only liked Liberty.A few moments later, Corey went back into the house.She saw her son slowly stand up and move a step to sit on the sofa without the bodyguard holding him.Corey was very excited. Her son was able to stand by himself and take a step forward!The bodyguard pushed the wheelchair away and parked it to the side, then silently went out.“Duncan.”Corey walked over quickly and sat next to her son. Her concerned faze fell on his legs. When she saw his legs shaking, her heart broke again, and she reached out to gently touch his calf.“Does it still hurt a lot?”Duncan hummed. “It’s not as painful as the first time I stood up on my own. Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll get better slowly.”
Corey responded, “It’s good that he woke up. That way, Sonny will still have a father. It’d be a pity if he lost his father at such a young age.”Duncan said, “Sonny isn’t close to his father. Hank used to toss him to Liberty and Serenity to raise. He did nothing himself and only teased the child when he felt like it. He even often made Sonny cry.“His parents are the same. Their relationship with Sonny is superficial, and they’re not that sincere about him. Children are closer to their caretakers. Sonny is as close to Serenity as he is to his own mother, whereas he’s not close to his grandparents and his paternal aunt.“Fortunately, Liberty won custody of Sonny. Sonny following her is the best outcome.”Corey hummed.“Now, the Brown family is desperately trying to get closer to Sonny. Although it’s not too late, watching them makes me want to ridicule them a little.”In fact, Duncan quite disliked the Brown family.He did not like the Browns very much.In particular, he found
Serenity waited at the entrance of the manor since she knew her sister was arriving.Zachary naturally accompanied her.However, she yawned incessantly.Zachary said, “It was a long distance from downtown to here. I told you to take a nap since your sister would arrive just as you woke up from the nap, but you refused to listen. Now, you can’t stop yawning.”Serenity yawned again and said, “I’m afraid I won’t want to get up if I lie down. When the AC is on during weather like this, I’ll feel lazier and want to sleep more. The more I sleep, the more I want to stay in bed.”She could sleep the entire afternoon away if no one came to wake her up.“It’s probably because the season is changing. People often feel lazy during such times.”Zachary held her hand, pulled it up, and kissed the back of her palm. He looked up at her with eyes full of tenderness and asked, “Seren, it’ll be our wedding anniversary soon. What gift did you prepare for me?”Serenity withdrew her hand and pinched