Upon entering, Sally only glanced at Callum before averting her gaze.She had no chance with him in this life, having offended the York family because of her crush on him and her jealousy of Camryn.She had to give up on the man who did not belong to her.Sally stood up to apologize solemnly to Camryn once more.“Ms. Camryn, it was wrong of me to do that last night. I apologize—I’m sorry, I’m so sorry!”“You’ve already apologized to me last night and since you did so, I said I would let the matter go for now,” Camryn said graciously.Sally said apologetically, “I really did regret it very much after saying those terrible things last night. I should have given myself a tight slap. I consider myself a cultured person, but I still uttered such nonsense.“Not only have I hurt Ms. Camryn, but it also didn’t benefit me in any way. I regret it and feel so guilty about it.“I’m sorry, Ms. Camryn, I’m really sorry!”Camryn replied, “I accept your apology. I just hope you won’t make the
Josh laughed and said, “Alright, we all know you guys are in love. There’s no need for you to flaunt it.”“Pot calling the kettle black. Before I got married, you and Zachary shoved so much PDA in my face,” Callum retorted.“Now, I want to do the same every single day to agitate my unmarried cousins.”Austin immediately excused himself, as he was the only one single among everyone present.The other unmarried York gentlemen were not back at the manor.“Austin, why are you running away so quickly? You should sit here and listen to our experiences. In the future, you can apply it to pursuing your wife and won’t have to take the long route,” Josh teased.Austin was already at the door by now and he said without looking back, “I think I’m talented and smart enough without being taught, thanks.”Josh laughed. “I’d believe that about your cooking.”Then, he turned to say to Zachary, “Austin really does love cooking.”“If he didn’t, you wouldn’t be able to eat such delicious food.”
The doctor said, “If you decide not to keep it once you’re too far along, you’ll have to have an induced abortion, which will cause greater harm to your body.“I still recommend that you make a decision now. If you have an abortion soon after conception, the harm isn’t as great.“The next time you want to conceive, you should pay attention to the condition of your body. Don’t take medication indiscriminately, and don’t do any tests that involve radiotherapy.”Carrie was silent.She picked up her results and thanked the doctor before walking out of the clinic.After exiting, she did not leave right away and instead found a spot outside to sit down.She felt very helpless at the moment and did not know what she should do.It would have been great if her parents were still around.If her parents had not gone to jail, all this would not have happened to her. Ultimately, this was all that blind bitch’s doing.That blind bitch might have gotten married but had not gotten pregnant ye
“What’s wrong, Carrie? Don’t cry. Tell me how you’re unwell.”Trenton was shocked by Carrie’s crying.She was temperamental, unruly, and unreasonable, but she rarely cried.Carrie sobbed, “Do you even still care about me? I thought you only cared about Camryn.”“Carrie, we’re siblings. How could I not care about you? Tell me what’s wrong.”Carrie wiped her tears away and said resentfully, “Trenton, I’ve already caused so much harm to Camryn. If you still care about me, stop helping her and join hands with me to take back everything that belongs to us.“Stop listening to Camryn. Whatever she’s told you, that our family’s assets were left to her by Uncle Abel—they’re all lies.”Trenton was silent for a moment and he did not sound as anxious anymore when he spoke, “Carrie, what on earth has happened? What has Camryn done to you?”Trenton did not believe Camryn would do anything to Carrie.It was true there was no sisterly love between them, but Camryn would not take the initiativ
“Send me whatever you have.”Trenton did not say anything further.Soon, he hung up and transferred five thousand dollars to Carrie. Then, he sent her a voice note, “Carrie, a minor surgery shouldn’t cost much, so I’ve transferred five thousand dollars to you. Once it’s done, you should rest well and make sure to eat well too.”Once she received the money, she replied angrily via a voice note, “You stingy bastard, Trenton Newman, why are you getting stingier by the day? I told you to send me whatever you have. How could you only send me five thousand dollars?“You’re just treating me like a beggar. The family assets Mom and Dad gave you should amount to at least over a hundred million. You should give me half.“If you don’t want to, even fifty million will do.”Carrie claimed that all the Newman assets were her parents’ but she was in fact aware that some of it belonged to Camryn, bequeathed by Uncle Abel.Before her parents went to jail, she heard Paige say that they had arou
Despite knowing his sisters were at odds with each other, Trenton still gave Camryn a call. When Camryn received his call, she was walking down the hill with Grandma May and the rest while admiring the purple orchid trees planted along the path. She stood beside one of the blooms and answered Trenton’s call. Before her eyes, purple flowers were blossoming on the drooping branches. She could touch them just by raising her hand. Camryn had forgotten the colors of flowers after living in the dark for ten years. Ever since she regained her sight, she found the flowers in her shop extremely beautiful. Now that she saw the purple orchids, she thought they were gorgeous too. The purple orchids usually bloomed from November to April. “What’s wrong, Trenton?”Camryn asked while touching a flower, “Don’t you have classes?”“It’s the weekend, Cam.”“Oh, I forgot. I’m not even working today, yet I still asked you that.”Camryn laughed. “Aren’t you outside? Hang out with your fri
After inheriting his parents' assets, Trenton handed over everything related to business to Camryn while keeping the money himself. He was not short of money. Nevertheless, it was great that he still went to work instead of just spending the money he had. “I know, Cam.”“Okay. Go on with your reading. I’m back at Wildridge Manor. Grandma May and I are taking a stroll and admiring the flowers now.”Trenton hung up and Camryn caught up to the rest. Serenity asked, “Who were you on the phone with for so long?”“Trenton.”“Doesn’t he have classes today?”Camryn smiled. “You asked the same question I did. Today’s Saturday. We don’t have to work, let alone him. He usually tutors during the weekends, but he has a day off today because his student got sick.”Serenity laughed. “I really did forget.”They smiled at each other. After that, Camryn made a call to get someone to check if Carrie was really sick. Not long after, she received a reply. No hospital had records of Carri
“Why don’t we keep the baby, Mr. Longbottom? I’m still scared. I searched online just now, and it mentioned some people will have excessive bleeding or even die during abortion.”Carrie’s face turned pale. “I’m still young. I’m scared of death. I don’t want to die.”Mr. Longbottom flicked her forehead lightly and laughed. “Silly girl. The doctor’s still downstairs. She’s very skilled. She even saved a patient from amniotic fluid embolism during child delivery.“Nothing will happen to you with her around.“Everything has its risks, but only a very small probability of it. There’s no need to be scared. As I said, I won’t let you die because you’re still valuable to me.“Besides, you’re young and beautiful. I can’t bear seeing you die.”Mr. Longbottom pinched Carrie’s cheek. “You’ve taken contraceptives. It has side effects and will affect the baby. We can’t keep the baby. What if it is deformed or has brain damage? You’d be making the baby suffer its entire lifetime.“Let’s sa
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