Kevin did not ask more. They took the elevator to the first floor. Kevin could not even kiss her while they were in the elevator. He still did not dare to act as he wished in Queen Enterprise. Hayden needed to maintain her image, and he wanted to protect her dignity. After all, she was the CEO. Kevin drove Hayden out of Queen Enterprise with her driver and bodyguards following behind. She still had a meeting with Mr. Williams after the meal. Liberty and Duncan were not there when they reached Fortress Hotel. After waiting for about half an hour, Liberty and Duncan arrived. Liberty was in a bad mood. She pushed Duncan into the hotel and barely responded even though he kept turning his head to talk to her. Duncan knew why she was in a bad mood. Knowing that comforting words would not be able to improve her mood, he stopped consoling her. Liberty had to adjust her emotions herself. She felt slightly better when they went to the private room Kevin had booked upstairs.
Everyone laughed. Kevin had arranged for the food to be served upon Duncan and Liberty’s arrival. It was a pleasant meal. After that, Hayden left first as she had to go to Jensburg Hotel for her meeting with Mr. Williams. Luckily, the two hotels were nearby. They were just diagonally opposite each other. However, Kevin insisted on escorting Hayden over. Meanwhile, Liberty pushed Duncan out of the hotel. They took a stroll on the nearby streets while admiring Jensburg’s night attractions and scenes. “Are you feeling better?” Duncan asked Liberty. After a brief silence, she said, “I’ve calmed down. The things that I’ll experience will only be worse in the future. If I can’t even face this, I don’t have to stay here any longer. I should just return to Wiltspoon and manage my restaurants.”If she did so, she would be failing Audrey’s expectations of her.“It’s great that you can overcome this. We’ve been strolling for some time. Has anything caught your eye?”Duncan turn
Liberty asked, “What do I have that Serenity doesn’t?“You must persist in going for rehab. When I’m not in Wiltspoon, you have to take care of yourself. If you have time, you can visit Sonny. He’ll probably visit you too. He’s treating you better than how he treats his own father.”Duncan said smugly, “That’s because I love him with my heart and soul. His father only badmouths me in front of him. Sonny is clever. He knows how to differentiate between the bad guys and the good guys.“The more Hank badmouths me, the lesser Sonny wants to be with him.”After speaking, Duncan turned to look at Liberty. Her expression was calm. Her emotions remained stable even when Hank was mentioned. “What are you looking at? Do you think I still care for that man? He’s just Sonny’s dad now.”Liberty said, “Do you think I still love him and that I’ll feel down when we talk about him? A long time has passed. How can I still love and be affected by him? I wouldn’t have divorced him if my love for hi
“Hank probably still has feelings for you,” said Duncan. He did not mind Hank bad-mouthing him in front of Sonny. The more Hank did that, the more Sonny disliked him. That only further strengthened Duncan and Sonny’s relationship. Duncan finally understood why Sonny would always treat him extra well after returning from visiting the Brown family. The kid probably felt sorry for him because of Hank’s mean words. “He has fallen out of love with me long ago. If he loved me, he wouldn’t have hurt or betrayed me or even allowed his family to bully me during our marriage. A man will never let the woman he loves be bullied.“Even if his wife has conflicts with his parents, he’ll think of ways to solve the problem instead of letting his family accuse her.“Hank just finds it unfair. It’s just as I said previously—if he and Jessica had a happy life and never lost their jobs while awaiting the baby’s birth, they wouldn’t even care if I was dead or alive.“His love for Sonny will onl
“Yeah. I’ll be heading back tomorrow. Liberty is busy. I don’t want to take up too much of her time. I’ll take care of Sonny well when I’m back. Liberty won’t have to worry about a thing and just focus on winning the battle for Sonny and me.”Duncan laughed after speaking. Liberty heard Duncan and said, “I’m afraid I might end up in a heavy debt instead.”Duncan replied boldly, “What’s there to be scared of? You have me. As long as the debt isn’t in hundreds of billions, I can pay it off for you. You can explore as much as you want. I’ll support you no matter what. You don’t have to worry about suffering a loss or being in debt.”Liberty was speechless. A debt amounting to hundreds of billions?She would never think of it. With the assets she had, having such a debt would only make her hair gray from stress. Zachary sent another voice message, “With you backing her up, Liberty can surely carve a path to success in Jensburg.”Duncan played the message for Liberty. He said,
Liberty did not know what to say. She simply hugged Duncan in silence. After some time, Duncan pushed her away and said gently, “Go rest. It’s late. Good night.”“Good night. Rest well. You still have to travel back to Wiltspoon tomorrow.”After wishing each other, Liberty left Duncan’s room. He saw her out in his wheelchair and only closed the door when she entered her room next door. The night passed. Duncan left Fortress Hotel after breakfast the next morning with Liberty seeing him off. She did not send him to the airport. She just watched from the hotel’s entrance as he got into the car and left. If she followed him to the airport, she would probably find the separation more unbearable. When Duncan’s car was no longer in sight, Liberty brought her bodyguards to the two cars she was temporarily using. Duncan left for Wiltspoon. She had to continue working as well. Time passed quickly when one was immersed in work. Daylight was consumed by the night sky in the bl
Hugh was better. He would at least interact with his female friends often and hang out with them. On the other hand, Mr. Hayden was truly ruined. So what if Kevin was an outstanding man from the wealthiest family in Wiltspoon?“In your dreams. These flowers aren’t for you. Is your brother not around?”Kevin asked, “Did he go out?”Hugh was not angry at Kevin for slapping his hand away. He deliberately teased him, “It seems like you haven’t clung yourself tight enough to my brother. You don’t even know where he went and that he didn’t return to the company this evening.”Kevin stayed silent. He did not know about that. He recalled Hayden telling him to pick her up in the evening to accompany her to the banquet. The banquet Hayden would be held in the manor that belonged to a wealthy family in Jensburg and not a hotel. Therefore, Kevin rushed over after finishing his work. He did not even change his clothes. There was no need to anyway. He was in a suit every day. Even if
Kevin’s call gave Hayden an excuse to rest. She whispered to her mom, who had been overseeing her practice to walk like a lady, “Mom, it’s Kevin.”Sophia hummed in acknowledgment. Hayden walked to the sofa in large strides and sat. The way she walked made Sophia frown. She followed her daughter with a resigned expression. Despite being used to dressing up as a man, Hayden still could walk after changing into women’s clothes and wearing high heels. However, she was unable to walk as elegantly as Sophia wanted. Her pace was too fast.While at it, she would even stumble and look as if she was about to sprain her ankle. Anyway, Sophia was greatly unsatisfied with the way Hayden walked in heels. After sitting on the sofa, Hayden immediately removed the shoes. Sophia was not being considerate at all. She had gotten heels that were too high for a first-timer. She wanted Hayden to practice walking in them even though the heels she would be wearing to the banquet were a different
Although Leticia was angry over how Dylan had treated her daughter previously, at least he was not two-timing. He made things clear to Imogen right after realizing his feelings and stopped her from loving him. He still had a decent character.Besides, Imogen had also kept secrets from Dylan and she tricked him. Dylan still did not have sufficient evidence to prove that Imogen was the Chameleon Fox he loved. Dylan would start pursuing Imogen again after some time. Leticia heard that it was Serenity who had given Dylan a hint that Sugar was Fox. After that, Dylan sought confirmation from Old Mrs. York but only received a vague answer. However, he decided to continue pursuing Imogen because he believed his nana would not bring him harm.After going in circles, Dylan still ended up returning to Imogen.Actually, Leticia already viewed him as her son-in-law.Since Imogen’s happiness was on the line, she was concerned about her future son-in-law’s condition.“Dylan’s hospitalized.”
“Please look after Dylan, Imogen. Message me when he gets better. I just need to know that he’s alive.”Grandma May knew Dylan would be okay with Imogen by his side.Imogen quickly said, “Don’t hang up yet, Grandma May. Where are you now? Wiltspoon?“If it’s convenient, please get his parents to come and take care of Dylan. I’m busy with work. I can’t stay in the hospital to look after him.”Grandma May replied, “His dad is home, but he doesn’t know how to take care of others. I think Dylan will meet his death quicker under his dad’s care.“My daughters-in-law and I are at the Johnson family’s place in Annenburg. We won’t be back that soon because we just came not long ago. We’ll head back closer to Seren’s due date. That’s why we don’t have time to look after Dylan.“If you’re busy, you can return to work once Dylan’s fever breaks, Imogen. You don’t have to care about him. He can take care of himself. It’s just like a bad cold. He’ll be fine once his fever subsides.”Grandma Ma
Imogen should have gone to stop Dylan earlier than she had. Since Layla was helping Imogen to get revenge, Imogen thought she would let Dylan put on a show to display his sincerity. She could only stop Dylan once Layla was satisfied.After handling the hospitalization procedures, Dylan lay on the bed and received an IV drip. Meanwhile, Imogen brought him water and told him to take his medicine.“Take this medicine for your fever. Your face is red from the heat.”Dylan’s temperature was close to 103 degrees Fahrenheit when they measured it at the hospital. He would cough constantly, and his face was flushed red from the fever. He looked tired and weak as well. Dylan sat up and accepted the glass of water. Imogen handed him the right dosage of medicine according to the doctor’s prescription.“Make sure you’re hydrated.”Imogen refilled his glass and told him to drink more water.“I don’t want to drink water.”Dylan lay back down.Perhaps because he was on an IV drip, his
Dalton said, “Callum spoils you a lot too. Many people are envious of you two.”Camryn smiled. “You’re right. Our lives are objects of envy to other people.“You can head back to work, Dalton.”“Okay.”Camryn saw Dalton out. She sat for a few minutes before returning to her desk to continue working.Meanwhile, in Huntington, Dylan was coughing badly. He quickly grabbed the glass of water Imogen had just offered him and took a few sips. After moistening his throat, he stopped coughing. However, he started coughing again after a few minutes. Imogen said, “Why is your cough getting worse after seeing the doctor and taking medicine?”“Ah…”Dylan pointed at his throat. He could not speak. His throat was badly inflamed from eating excessive chili peppers. His voice was so hoarse that he could not talk, and he was hacking non-stop. Imogen had already brought him to a doctor, who had prescribed some medication for him. However, his condition was so bad that the medication was no
“Did you think of your mother again?”Dalton said gently, “It wasn’t your fault, Camryn. You don’t have to overthink it or care about how she treated you. You have loving in-laws now. You’re like a daughter to them.“Your husband dotes on you a lot too. I believe there’ll be better days ahead of you. As for your mother… Let her regret what she did.”He had never seen a mother like Mrs. Newman. There were many biased mothers, but not many of them were as evil as Mrs. Newman.“She does feel regret. However, it isn’t because she had hurt me, but because she gave birth to me. She regretted not getting an abortion or strangling me to death after giving birth to me.“She said I was the bane of her existence. She had gone to a psychic when she was pregnant with me. The psychic said I was an unlucky child who would bring bad luck to my parents and that if she didn’t kill me after I was born, I would become her downfall.“My mom was just finding excuses for herself. How would I be her d
“It’s getting better. Don’t worry, Dal. Dr. Carden will be here to check on me after some time and adjust my prescription. She said I’d be able to get pregnant after two years.“Dr. Carden is the legendary doctor’s best student. I trust her skills. She was the one who helped me to regain my sight.”Camryn reassured Dalton. “You just have to take good care of Melissa and tell her not to worry about me. I believe the heavens won’t take away my right to be a mother.”If Dr. Carden said she was infertile, then it would be impossible to get pregnant. However, Dr. Carden had guaranteed that Camryn could give birth after two years of recuperation. Therefore, Camryn was at ease.“Even if I can’t get pregnant, Callum won’t divorce me. He said we could adopt if it didn’t work out.“He and his family didn’t give up on me when I was blind. I believe my in-laws won’t abandon me just because I can’t get pregnant, Dalton. Besides, I’m not actually infertile.”Camryn knew Dalton and Melissa we
Although Callum had started viewing Dalton as a brother after Dalton got married, he still kept his guard up around Dalton. He only let his guard down a little after Melissa got pregnant.It was also because Dalton treated his wife with utmost sincerity and love. Dalton had nothing to worry about and could focus on his life after knowing Camryn was doing well and had the York family supporting her. Not only that, her husband and in-laws adored her. Camryn would come over to handle more important company matters, while Dalton could deal with smaller ones. He rarely attended business engagements at night and chose to accompany his pregnant wife most of the time. Melissa was kinder to Camryn as well. Although they were not sisters-in-law, they shared a close relationship. “Melissa’s baby probably has a sweet tooth. Tell her to be careful and not eat too many sweet things at once.”Camryn wanted to say that Melissa was probably pregnant with a girl. However, she did not say it ou
After her call with Leah ended, Camryn put down her phone and leaned against her office chair. She rotated her chair back and forth. She was at Newman Enterprise.At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Dalton entered soon after.“Dal.”Camryn stood up when she saw him. “Are you daydreaming?”Dalton asked softly, “Are you tired? Go and rest if you are. You should return to Wiltspoon soon. I can handle things here.”“Melissa is pregnant. You should spend more time with her.“I’m not really tired. I was on the phone with an employee of my flower shop earlier and thought of some things that made me feel unhappy.”Dalton and Camryn sat on the sofa in the guest lounge. “Why are you upset? Is the flower shop not doing well?”Camryn had put in a lot of effort in Spring Blossoms. It had accompanied her through her tough times. No matter how her identity had changed, it would always have an important place in her heart.Despite becoming rich, she still kept the store up and
To Louise and Leah, Mrs. Longbottom looked too young.Carrie caressed her stomach. She sighed and said, “I was pregnant before, but it was a high-risk pregnancy and ended up in a miscarriage.“My husband told me to recuperate first before we try for another baby a few years later. We’re still young anyway,” Louise consoled Carrie. She picked two jade plants and two money trees for her. After paying, Carrie got her two bodyguards to carry the plants. Before leaving, she handed Louise and Leah her calling card and said, “Please call me if your boss or Mrs. York comes over. I want to make an appointment with them, but it’s too difficult to do so.”Leah accepted the card. After taking a look at it, one of them replied, “Mrs. York is heavily pregnant, so she rarely drops by. She’s usually resting at home. I can inform you if our boss comes.“You should probably have Ms. Camryn’s number if you wish to make an appointment with her. You can try calling her.”Carrie replied, “I’m not