Of course, Rosella knew that Camryn only appeared gentle. Camryn was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a formidable opponent. “Have you gotten off work, Camryn? Are you still busy? Are you tired?”“I came to the store in the evening and pruned the flowers that just came in recently. It was manageable, so I’m feeling fine.”Camryn smiled. “Did you prepare more nutritious food for me again?”Rosella was heartbroken over everything Camryn had gone through in the past. Whenever Camryn had time, Rosella would prepare healthy food to nourish her body. She would also curse the Newmans’ cruelty every time she saw Camryn. No matter what, Camryn was Paige’s biological daughter. How could she be so ruthless and hurt Camryn that deeply?Rosella thought, ‘If I had a daughter, I would’ve showered her with so much love.’Paige neither treasured nor loved Camryn. Look at how badly she had abused her. Luckily, Dr. Carden was able to cure Camryn’s eyes. It would have been unfortunate for such bea
Rosella said, “I didn’t. She was just here to create a scene and ruin your reputation. I met her but didn’t let her into the manor. I went out to meet her.“How could I give her money? She’ll only come back for more when it runs out.”Rosella was not that stupid. She said, “Your sister had gone too far with her words. I had someone cover her mouth and drag her away after hearing a few sentences. “She’s your sister. Regardless of how things are between you two, I thought I should let you know that she came to the manor to ask for money.“I’m just informing you, Camryn, not blaming you. Don’t take it to heart. I think I was nice enough to not release the dogs on her after what she and your mother did to you.”Rosella explained because she thought Camryn misunderstood she was angry. No matter the circumstances, Carrie was still Camryn’s sister and a young lady of the Newmans. However, she had gone to the manor to ask for money and humiliated Camryn. Although Rosella had stood up
Camryn could also make the Joyners and Chandlers jobless and leave Wiltspoon with a call. Even Carrie, who was not that bright, could probably figure everything out once the two families stopped egging her to do things. Maybe she could be independent once she found a job.She needed to withstand the trials of society to become a mature person. Of course, Camryn did not expect Carrie to turn over a new leaf entirely. Paige had already twisted Carrie’s views. It was difficult to correct it fundamentally. As long as Carrie lay low, Camryn would spare her from the worst. However, if she still did dirty tricks, Camryn would disregard all family ties. They never had sisterly love for each other anyway. Only Trenton treated Camryn with respect and care. He was the reason Camryn held back. Once Camryn’s patience ran out, she would not show mercy to Carrie even if Trenton interfered. “Okay. Let me know if you need my help. There’s no need to worry about asking for help because we’r
As they talked, Callum held the car door for Camryn. While she could see, it was only limited to short distances and objects further away were still blurry to her. Callum never stopped taking care of her attentively. Bodyguards followed her wherever she went. The two bodyguards could only get a break when Callum was by Camryn’s side. Callum still had lingering fear after what happened last time. He dared not imagine the consequences if Serenity had not rescued Camryn. Therefore, he went all out getting revenge on the Joyners and Chandlers. Not only did he destroy their businesses, but he also bankrupted them, leaving them saddled with debt. The two families ended up having to live in a rented house and work to get by. Camryn’s aunts were working as cleaners. It was greatly different from the lives the pampered women were used to. “Your family and relatives treat me very well. I’ve come to learn what a family’s warmth and parental love feels like.”While her father love
As for Trenton’s share, Camryn had not taken it.Still, Newman Enterprise was under her control.“Mom told me that you should just ignore her. If she curses you, just gag her and leave.”Callum’s tone turned cold.Apart from Trenton, he despised all the Newmans, including their relatives.His beloved wife’s relatives could give Serenity’s crazy relatives a run for their money.The Hunts now wanted to reconcile with Serenity but there was zero chance of that. She stopped caring about them long ago. Apart from collecting rent from those few families, all of which she sent to the old Hunt couple every month as their living expenses.Occasionally she might add a bit of allowance on top of that, sort of a reconciliation between the grandparents and their grandchild. It was also how Serenity did well by her late father by taking care of his parents.However, there was no way Camryn and her relatives would ever make peace.“Yeah, Carrie isn’t that smart to think of asking Mom for mon
After a few minutes, Trenton replied with a text, asking: [Camryn, what has Carrie done this time? She just doesn’t listen.]Trenton was deeply disappointed in Carrie as well.To this day, she could not see the situation clearly or accept the truth.Camryn kept her tally of just how Carrie bullied her and did so many harmful things to her. The payback Camryn was serving Carrie now that Carrie had gotten out of prison was positively minor in comparison. If Carrie had any ambition at all, she would learn to stand on her own two feet.Trenton sighed inwardly. If that happened, pigs would fly.With Carrie’s petty nature, and if she was allowed to have even a single bit of power, she would definitely choose to aggressively take revenge against Camryn. The sisters would be involved in a huge fight and no one would benefit from it.Trenton respected Camryn the most, but Carrie and he shared the same parents. He could not possibly leave her be.After a moment of thought, he felt that
Even if Carrie did not need the money Trenton provided for her living expenses now, she would need the money when she regained her status as the Newman heiress any time now.Did she really have to find a job to evade suspicion?It was even more unexpected for Carrie to learn that Brenda’s and Amy’s families lost their jobs because of her actions.Brenda probably had not expected that just teaching her niece a trick would make her whole family lose their source of income once again, unable to even collect scrap.After finding out she was the reason for all that befell them, her husband, her son, and her sister’s whole family gave her a terrible scolding.Their abusive scolding only stopped when Brenda cried and sobbed that she was going to commit suicide.The two families discussed it and felt that they would not be able to escape Camryn’s control if they stayed in Wiltspoon, so they decided to move away to a small, distant city where no one knew them. Even the Yorks could not ext
Right then, some people arrived.Naturally, the new arrivals were employees from the manor.They carried over two chairs for the two female employees to let them sit and even delivered food to them.“Janice, Lucy, Madam Rosella said you guys have worked hard and asked us to bring chairs over for you two to sit on, as well as dinner for you both. She also asked us to tell you that for every hour you stand watch here, she’ll pay you one day’s wage.”Janice and Lucy said smilingly, “Thank you.”The two of them worked every day in the flower fields at the foot of the hill, which had honed their strength, so it was very easy for them to handle a pampered girl like Carrie.They were very delighted Madam Rosella had entrusted them with such a task. It was much easier than working in the flower fields and they had not expected Madam Rosella to pay them handsomely for it.Since they were being paid one day’s wage for every hour they stood to watch over the girl, they wished she would sta
Imogen had been really worried that Dylan’s reaction to the chili peppers would leave him suffering for several days.“Okay,” Dylan hoarsely replied.Imogen let him eat the porridge by himself. There was nothing else to go with it, but the porridge had a little bit of salt sprinkled in, giving it some flavor.Dylan was hungry, so he quickly finished the bowl of oatmeal porridge. “Do you want more? There’s another bowl’s worth in the thermos.”Dylan shook his head. It was late, and he did not want to eat too much, afraid of gaining weight and ruining his good physique. He still had not won over his future wife, so he had to take care of his figure and maintain his handsome and charming look.Once Dylan finished the IV fluids and took his medicine, Imogen finally left the hospital around ten o’clock. Having slept twice in the day, Dylan was not able to fall asleep again, and Imogen did not let him accompany her downstairs, so he stood by the window and watched her walk out of th
A few minutes later, Imogen took the thermometer from under Dylan’s arm and looked at it. She said to him, “It’s 100.4. Your fever hasn’t completely gone down yet, but compared to when you were admitted at 103.64, it’s come down quite a bit.“What time did you take your medicine? It should be time for your next dose.”Dylan shook his head, indicating that he did not remember when he had taken the medicine.Imogen thought for a moment and said, “I think it’s about time. Take your medicine first, then sleep for a while. I’ll have dinner brought over for you. In your condition, you can only have something light, maybe some oatmeal porridge.”Considering Dylan’s sore throat, Imogen knew he would not be able to eat much, so she called home and asked the housekeeper to bring over dinner, specifically requesting a bowl of oatmeal porridge for Dylan.Dylan could only nod in response.After giving instructions to her housekeeper, Imogen looked at Dylan, who could only nod, and said, “The
Kade had once been so gentle and kind. Was he really that kind of person?Imogen did not believe so.It was possible that the Butcher elders were simply being too pragmatic. Seeing that Maria’s family was on the verge of decline, they thought that Maria was not worthy of Kade and tried to stop them from being together.But wait—Maria said that Kade had never told her he loved her or anything of the sort. Maria had basically been secretly in love with Kade, waiting for him to confess, but she had waited in vain all this time.Imogen internally sighed. What a mess. She could not understand what was the problem between them. She would just have to wait until Kade came back, and then she would find a chance to get some answers from him. “Imogen…” A hoarse voice called out from within the room. It was not very loud; he could not speak loudly. Though it was better than this morning when all he could get out were moans.He had received several bags of IV fluids, which had had some eff
Imogen did not know that Dylan had woken up. She was still on the phone with Maria outside.Maria felt reassured when Imogen mentioned that the person she liked was a member of the richest family in Wiltspoon. All was good as long as he was not a social climber. Imogen asked, “Maria, when are you coming back? It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other. Kade will be back soon. Are you really not coming back?“Maria, Kade and I are like siblings. Please don’t misunderstand or overthink it. Actually, you should know this—the person Kade likes is you. You two are the real childhood sweethearts, you grew up together.”Imogen and her mother’s godchildren had known each other since they were young, but the three of them had not actually spent much time together as she had always stayed with her master while she learned the trade, only returning home during the summer and winter holidays.Once the holidays ended, she would leave again. Even her formal education was completed in th
There were so many other possible choices. Why were they so fixated on him?Leticia sighed. “Alright, just pretend I never said that. You youngsters will decide for yourselves anyway, we don’t have a say in it. Remember to fetch Kade from the airport on Saturday.“I’ve already told him and he knows you’re supposed to be picking him up. And remember to get some flowers too. You two haven’t met in ages and you should give flowers at a reunion.” She reminded Imogen.“Mom, I can pick him up, fine, but I’m not giving him flowers. Who said you’re supposed to give flowers at a reunion?” Imogen refused to give Kade flowers when fetching him from the airport. “Oh, Mom, I gotta go. Bye!”Imogen quickly hung up, not allowing her mother the chance to speak further. Then, after a moment of thought, she texted Kade to ask when he was expected to arrive at Huntington Airport.It took a while before Kade replied that he would arrive around eleven in the morning on Saturday.Imogen replied wi
“I know you only view Kade as a brother, but who knows, if you nurture the relationship, those feelings might turn romantic? Jen, before you agree to be with Dylan, give yourself another option.“Make Dylan nervous. He’ll get jealous. He was jealous when he overheard our conversation that day.“You need to make him realize that even without him, you can still marry well. The Butchers like you a lot, and our families have a close relationship. You and Kade have known each other since you were young, so you guys could be considered childhood sweethearts.”Imogen said weakly, “Mom, I’m worried that if I get too close to Kade, not only will Dylan misunderstand, but even Maria might misunderstand. Kade and she are a thing, after all.“I really don’t understand what’s going on with Kade. He and Maria clearly have feelings for each other, they just haven’t made it official yet. Don’t their families see this?”She did not have any romantic feelings for Kade, but both families were trying
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