Kevin and Hayden were the only ones left in the private dining room. Hayden tried to pull her hand away, but Kevin had a good hold of her. He would not let her go. “How long are you going to keep up with the act, Kevin?” Kevin lay on the table, refusing to release Hayden’s arm. “Come on. Let’s drink! One more!” Hayden scowled at him. She took a while to calm herself. Whether Kevin was faking his intoxication or not, she had to take him back to his hotel across from Jensburg Hotel. Hayden gave in and got up, then helped the drunk man out of the room. She planned to take him back to Fortress Hotel. Several minutes later, Hayden helped Kevin to a bed and laid him down. He finally let go of her hand. Since Kevin dozed off right away, Hayden believed that he must be drunk for real. Hayden bent over to remove his shoes and socks. She repositioned his sleeping posture and tucked him in before sitting by the bed to watch him. While watching him, Hayden gave him a squee
Hayden’s parents and brother were supportive of Kevin’s pursuit of her. They encouraged and helped him along the way.In fact, Hayden could not stand Kevin in the beginning but had now accepted him into his life. His unyielding pursuit finally wore her down. “Our relationship is not affected by whether or not I live my life as a woman. You know that I am a woman. If you cared what other people think, you would have left me a long time ago. Who cares what people think? The most important thing is that we are happy together.“The most I can promise you is that if we do get married, I will marry you in a wedding dress. I will be a woman that day. It is basically telling the world that you are a straight man.”After much thought, Hayden smiled. “I wonder if people will think that you make me dress up as a woman.” Kevin would be speechless to hear the comment if he was not asleep. It was possible since people thought Kevin and Hayden held the insertive and receptive roles, respec
Hayden looked callously at Celine before leaving. Her team of bodyguards worked together. Some of them stopped Celine from getting close while the rest escorted Hayden to leave. The scene was a spectacle, drawing a crowd of onlookers who gathered outside the hotel to watch the drama unfold.The hotel guests and staff had seen it all before, but they could not help but be drawn to a good juicy drama.The staff members of Fortress Hotel were proud that their boss managed to beat all his competition. They believed Hayden was meant to be with their boss. They were gleeful. “Mr. Queen! Mr. Queen! Don’t leave! I just want to have a word with you. Just a quick moment.” Celine struggled to break free from Hayden’s security detail. She tried to catch up to Hayden, but she was no match for the bodyguards. Her smile faded. She watched Hayden’s receding figure and yelled, “Mr. Queen, I just want to accompany you to attend Mr. York’s wedding.” Hayden was attending the wedding in Wil
Belinda’s secretary informed Caroline through the call, “Madam Fisher wants to see you, Ms. Fisher. She said to drop whatever you are doing and come to her immediately.” “Got it.” Caroline put down the phone, got up, walked around the desk, and strode out of her office. She was now the COO of Fisher Enterprise. Caroline was the successor to Fisher Enterprise, no matter what other people said. She was destined to take over the family business and the household.At least, that was the image Caroline projected.Secretly, Caroline was trying to pass Fisher Enterprise on to her aunt’s descendants as the company rightfully belonged to them. However, neither Audrey nor Liberty gave her a response. Carline guessed that the lack of response must be because Audrey was waiting for Zachary and Serenity’s wedding to be over. It was always calm before the storm. Caroline hoped that she could bond with Audrey and that Liberty and Serenity would see her as their aunt.She soon arri
After a pause, Belinda added, “You should stay at home and take care of the company and family matters. I hope you can produce good results.”She wanted to investigate her nieces’ whereabouts in Wiltspoon. Rumors had it that Audrey Stone was her eldest niece. She appeared not to be aware of it but she was simply pretending to do so.Zachary’s wedding presented an opportunity for her to conduct a thorough investigation.Caroline asked Belinda, “Will you be heading there alone? What about Dad?“I thought of accompanying you there. Wiltspoon is a big city with many business opportunities. Should we expand our family business there?”Caroline visited Wiltspoon but it was done secretly. Her mother discovered evidence of her expenses there.Luckily, the fact that she had met with the Stone family was still hidden, and so was her gift delivery through Darren to Liberty during the opening of her new restaurant. Otherwise, the hawklike Belinda would have guessed her motives behind mee
“Caroline, I hope you can bring our family to greater heights and back to its prime. That way, you will be respected instead of receiving their faux courtesy. For all we know, they could be badmouthing us behind our backs.”After a moment of silence, Caroline said, “Mom, even you couldn’t lead the family back to what it was before after all these years. I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to do it. Fisher Enterprise has much room for improvement in various aspects. However, those in charge of the respective departments are my brothers and children of other elders in the family.”Caroline had not gained enough foothold in the company, so there was nothing she could do to those people yet. “With them around, it’ll be difficult for the company to return to its peak. They’re only thinking about filling their own pockets instead of putting the company before themselves.”It was all because of Belinda. Although she obeyed the family tradition of handing down the position of matriarch to
After all, Wildridge Manor belonged to the Yorks; not just anyone can stay there. Belinda stared at Caroline. If Caroline had been by her side all this while, she would have become more outstanding than she was now. Heck, she could have been chosen by Old Mrs. York to be the York family’s granddaughter-in-law. “You’re still young. There’ll be many opportunities for you in the future. I’m old. I might not even go to Wiltspoon anymore after this.”Caroline smiled. “You’re right. Since you’re heading there to relax, why don’t you bring Dad along? He can’t do much, but he can accompany you and make you happy.”Belinda chided Caroline, “How can you talk about your father that way? No matter how incompetent, he’s the reason you’re even born.”Caroline pouted. “It’s a fact. You should’ve looked for a better man back then.”“A capable man would’ve refused to be a live-in son-in-law for our family. It’s fine if you dislike the man Hunter brought last time. I can introduce someone else t
Things would have been different if so. Belinda only had one option now—Caroline. Moments later, Celine barged in. Belinda frowned upon seeing her adopted daughter while she was reminiscing about her past. Frustration overtook her expression, and she said, “How many times have I told you to knock before entering? You never listen.”The daughter she had spent much effort raising did not even have basic etiquette. She had spoiled Celine rotten. Belinda was glad that Celine was not her biological daughter. Otherwise, she would have been angered to death upon seeing the successor she spent over two decades nurturing being such a failure.”“Sorry, Mom. I forgot.”Celine immediately went out and closed the door. Then, she knocked on the door again and only entered after obtaining Belinda’s permission. She sat opposite Belinda. “I want to ask you something, Mom. Did our family receive the York family’s invitation?”Since Celine could not attend the wedding as Hayden’s partner,