After Fox left Dylan PLC, she quickly hailed a cab and left in it. She even looked back to make sure Dylan had not come after her. She had to admit that she put a bit too much strength into that kick. He had probably fallen back onto the floor and could not get up in time.Half an hour later at the Stones’ residence, a stranger stood at the entrance. She looked around and glanced repeatedly at the plaque to confirm she was in the right place. Then, she rang the doorbell. Soon, a female employee walked out and saw the pretty but unfamiliar girl in her twenties standing at the entrance, dressed in regular clothing and holding a little bag. She even looked a little timid when she spotted the employee.The employee did not immediately open the door and asked behind the gate, “May I know who you’re looking for?”Was she Ms. Elisa’s friend? It did not look like it. Ms. Elisa did not have many good friends, and the closest was Tasha House. Most of the other rich socialites did not like int
The girl replied, “I don’t remember his name anymore. I’ve never heard anyone call him by his name. Everyone just calls him by his code name, Silver. He texted me and told me he was here and to look for him here.”When the helper heard the girl was looking for Silver, she breathed a sigh of relief although she did not know who that was, having confirmed that the girl was not looking for Mr. Stone.“Miss, we don’t have someone called Mr. Silver here. Are you sure you’re in the right place? This is the Stones’ residence.”“This is the location he sent me. It can’t be wrong, he said he was at the Stones’ home,” the girl said as she dug out her phone from her pocket and looked for the specific message before showing it to the employee. “There’s no mistake. This is the place.”The employee took a look at the address. It really was the place.She suddenly recalled the VIP guests who arrived that morning and asked in realization, “Miss, did the Mr. Silver you’re looking for just arrive i
The employee gestured Sugar into the house. She then walked ahead and up to Audrey, who was sitting on the sofa, before saying respectfully, “Madam, a certain Ms. Sugar is here to look for Mr. Silver.” Silver turned to beckon for his little girl. “Over here, Sugar.”Audrey did not know Silver had called Sugar over. When Silver called for Sugar, she looked over and saw she was a young girl who looked slightly younger than Elisa. She was dressed simply, but had an outstanding air about her. She looked a bit timid, but from the way she walked, she seemed confident at the same time.Either way, the first impression Audrey had was that Sugar was a complicated and contradictory being. Not knowing if Sugar was Silver’s granddaughter or disciple, Audrey could not randomly guess either. Regardless, there was no way she was a useless and timid person.She was most probably a wolf in sheep’s clothing. How could any of the old gentlemen’s disciples be timid and easily intimidated? Sugar walke
Gabe walked over to respectfully inform Audrey that lunch was ready. She then called for everyone to go ahead and eat. Sugar deliberately slowed her steps to walk beside Silver and then tugged on his sleeve. He matched her pace and the two fell behind the group.“Master, have the two girls the Old Mister was looking for been found?”Silver remarked, “Didn’t Hawk tell you? They’re not girls anymore. It’s been four or five decades. One of the two girls from back then is Mrs. Stone here, the Fishers’ previous matriarch Tiara Fisher’s oldest daughter, Audrey Fisher.“The younger one is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yorks, Serenity Hunt’s biological mother, Lisa Fisher, but she passed away in a car crash around a decade or so ago, leaving behind just Serenity and her sister, Liberty.” Sugar replied, “Hawk didn’t tell me. And here I was still asking around everywhere to no avail. So it was Mrs. Stone. And Serenity’s mother was the previous matriarch’s daughter too? In that case, the
After the meal, apart from Patrick, the rest of the old gentlemen took their leave. The Stones warmly urged them to stay.Audrey said, “Old Mrs. York will be coming over later. She called me and told me to make sure you guys stay back because she wants to have a meal with you.”At this, Silver and the rest looked around at each other. Finally, Doc conceded, “Old Pat hasn’t woken up yet. If we leave like this, he’ll definitely complain about us abandoning him without a word when he wakes up. Why don’t we stay in Wiltspoon for a little longer and head back tomorrow or the day after?”He added, “Even I’m not in a rush to go back and see my grandson. You guys don’t even have any grandchildren, so why are you in a rush to head back? To stare at each other? How boring.”Audrey chimed in, “That’s right. Since you’re already here, just stay a few more days so that I can thank you gentlemen properly for taking such good care of Uncle True all these years. You’re the reason I could see him a
“Isn’t Suzy married?”“She’s married, but you’re still single.”Sugar smiled. “I can earn a lot of money and take care of myself when I’m old in the future. I’m really busy. Besides, I haven’t found someone suitable. Men who are too capable might not even want me.”After speaking, Silver tugged on her sleeve and said, “Where has the money you earned gone? You can’t even bear to wear better clothes. Are you trying to depend on me even when you’re old by showing me such plain clothes?”Elisa laughed. “Sugar’s clothes may look plain, but they’re branded. Her whole outfit is expensive.”“That’s right. Elisa has a sharp eye. My teachers know nothing about women’s clothing. That’s because they don’t have a wife themselves.”The old gentlemen looked as if they wanted to give her a beating. Sugar quickly escaped, making everyone laugh. “We’re old men, yet our disciples keep urging us to get a partner. Whenever we urged them to get married, they’d target us instead and ask us to find
“It makes us feel like failures when none of our disciples are getting married. It’s embarrassing to say that the ones we taught cannot get a wife or husband.”The old gentlemen nodded in agreement. Sugar quickly grabbed Elisa’s arm and said, “Let’s go, Elisa. I’m tired of listening to them bugging me to get married.“I’m only twenty-six, not thirty-six or forty-six. Do they have to bug me? They’re even older than me. Why didn’t they get a wife when we were urging them?”Elisa exited the house with her. As they walked, she smiled. “You’ll get used to it.”The girls left. The old bunch also said they wished to go on a stroll without Audrey and Darrell’s company. Audrey arranged for Clive and Remy to accompany them instead. Remy was a young master of the Johnsons, who were in-laws to Doc. He could definitely engage in conversations with the old gentlemen. Meanwhile, at Wiltspoon Hotel, Dylan leaned against his chair after eating and called Zachary. When Zachary picked up,
Dylan was speechless. “Zachary…”“Since she doesn’t want to meet you, it’s useless to find her. You should wait until she comes to you. Give her back her stuff. The more shameless you are, the less likely she’ll fall for you.“Be an honest person and a responsible man. Don’t cheat or deceive her. Serenity almost wanted a divorce because I lied to her back then. “Haven’t you learned anything from my experience?”Zachary refused to help Dylan. He wished Dylan would take a long time to court his future wife. Who asked him to choose the difficult path instead?Grandma May’s choice of women would never go wrong. She even gave Dylan hints multiple times. He was too dumb to decipher her words. He was asked several times if he would regret his choice. He was also told that he should not beg her for help if he were to change his mind. However, Dylan did not take the hint. Who could he blame?Zachary did not tell Dylan that Imogen and Chameleon Fox were most likely the same person.
Layla scoffed. “Who knows if you’re truly sincere?”“I know you all won’t believe me no matter what I say, Ms. Doyle. I’ll prove that I’m serious about Imogen through my actions.”Dylan spoke with honesty, “If there’s a sliver of possibility that I’m playing around with Imogen’s heart again, you don’t have to teach me a lesson. My family will gladly do the honors. Besides, I’m not that kind of person. Back then, I thought of developing a relationship with Imogen because of Nana’s orders.”“That’s right. You listened to your nana and came to pursue Jen for three months. Jen was young and naive. Just when she started getting attracted to you, you ran away and said you realized you couldn’t fall in love with her.“Is Jen’s love worth so little? Would you even have given an explanation if Jen didn’t go to you for one?“It’s been months since then. Just as Jen has moved on, you reappear and disrupt her peaceful life. You came back to pursue her because you couldn’t get the woman you lo
“We can talk about this next time. By the way, Layla already left.“I still have some work to do. I’ll hang up now. Don’t call me again even if the world is ending. I’ll hate you if you disturb me and make me work till late at night.”Dylan said, “Okay. I won’t disturb you. Go on with your work. Remember not to exhaust yourself.”Imogen hung up without another word.Before Dylan could even put his phone back into his pocket, he saw a luxury car exiting the parking lot.Since it was past working hours, most employees had already left.That luxury car probably belonged to Layla.Dylan had met members of the Doyle family before. However, he did not have a deep impression of them.Layla Doyle was the president of Davidson Group. Although there was still a board of directors above her, she still called the shots for most matters.Therefore, she was extremely busy. Back when Dylan deliberately approached Imogen and treated her well to pursue her, he had only seen Layla once from afa
Dylan smiled. “Look, Imogen. It’s dark, and it’s time to have dinner. Aren’t you hungry? Why don’t you come out and have dinner with me? I can take you back to the office to continue working afterward. What do you think?“How much work do you have left? I bought two movie tickets. We can go watch a movie after you’re done working.”Imogen rejected him coldly. “I’m sorry, Mr. Dylan. I’m not free. I’ll be heading home for dinner after work. Since it’s a rare day where I don’t have to attend an event, I want to have a good rest.”She had already made an appointment with a few of her best friends to go shopping at eight o’clock that night.She had no time to accompany Dylan.How could he think of having dinner and watching a movie together? It had only been one day since he decided to pursue her again.Dylan could dream on.Imogen had not even admitted she was Chameleon Fox. How could she possibly accept him?Did he think she was an easy target?In the past, Imogen had loved him s
“Besides, he caught a cold just from standing outside for half an hour without his jacket last time. He was only fine because he drank some spicy soup and took some medicine. Also, he has a strong body, because if it were other people, they would’ve fallen sick.“I just wanted to torture him a little. I don’t want him to die. I still need him so I can marry into the York family.”Layla smiled. “The York family has many young masters. It doesn’t have to be him. His cousins are of similar age as you, right?”“Peter is close to my age, but he already has a fiancée. Austin already has an arranged partner too. River and the rest are too young. Even if they were offered to me, I wouldn’t want them. I don’t like being the older one in a relationship.”Rowan was not even a legal adult yet.Layla said, “Okay. Old Mrs. York is a weird lady, but I can’t deny that she has a good eye for people.“I think Dylan isn’t even good enough for you. He can’t win against you in a fight, and his IQ and
If Imogen hated the noise and excitement in the air, she would not have snooped around as Chameleon Fox. That identity allowed her to explore and have fun. Sometimes, she would step up to help someone or be a troublemaker and offend someone.Layla walked over and sat down. She watched Imogen’s charming face and smiled. “That York guy is here again. He’s waiting at the company’s entrance. He has a bouquet in his hands, and his new car is parked behind him.“It looks like he wants to invite you to have a dinner date with him.”Layla asked, “What is he trying to do? Are you still planning to accept him?”Dylan had been living in a hotel since his arrival in Huntington. He was already looking at houses but had not found one he liked yet.Grandma May suggested he learn from Remy and buy a house right beside the Doyle family's. It would make it more convenient for him to pursue Imogen.However, none of the Doyles’ neighbors intended to sell their houses. Those people did not lack money
Imogen did not give Dylan a reply. She was still in the office.She did not even have time to look at his messages. She just wanted to finish her work as soon as possible so she could leave and eat.Did Dylan not need to work?He also had a company under his name. Even if he was not involved in managing York Corporation, he still had to manage his own company, right?Imogen was extremely busy.She had been overwhelmed with work since she resumed working yesterday. She would be at a meeting, on her way to see a client, handling documents, or solving issues at a branch company.Imogen barely had time to take a sip of water, let alone reply to Dylan’s messages.Seeing Dylan being so relaxed while she was working so hard put her in a bad mood. Her urge to ignore him gradually increased.As her parents had mentioned, she had other men to choose from. Dylan was not her only option.She could fall in love with someone else.Even if Imogen were to choose Dylan in the end, she would m
However, they had heard that this man had previously pursued Imogen, and those who had a good memory and had seen Dylan before, had already recognized him.When Imogen seemed a bit interested, this man then said he did not love her and went to pursue someone else. After failing to win over that person, he backtracked to pursue their vice president once more. This behavior left many people with a bad impression of Dylan.What did he take their vice president for?It was worth noting that Imogen was the chairman’s niece and the president’s sister. The chairman treated his own daughter and niece the same, and in the Doyle family, she was very much favored by her elders. The Doyles were one of the top families in Huntington, and as part of it, Imogen did not have to worry about finding a husband.Dylan ignored the looks people gave him. His gaze fixed on the cars coming out of the Davidson Group building, afraid that if he blinked, Imogen would pass him by.He watched the employees le
Duncan called Serenity to inform her that he was taking Sonny to the Lewises’ for dinner and would send him back later. Naturally, Serenity had no objections. With her nephew being well taken care of by Duncan, Serenity had time to go shopping with Jasmine. Jasmine was buying baby supplies as she was eight months pregnant and it was high time to prepare for the baby’s arrival. Watching Jasmine pick up items for her baby made Serenity feel the itch, and she ended up buying a ton of stuff for both her baby and Sonny.In the evening, Zachary and Josh came to pick up their wives.They both managed to cancel their appointments, leaving the task of handling work engagements to Callum and other senior executives. The two men who were once the busiest had now become the ones who most enjoyed slacking off.“Why did you buy so much? Where’s Sonny?” Zachary asked as he walked toward Serenity when he got out of the car. He saw his wife and her bodyguards carrying a bunch of shopping bags. T
Olivia cursed Duncan one last time. “You won’t have a good ending bullying the weak!” she spat before she was pulled away by her husband.Duncan watched them leave, his expression cold. “Dunc, don't be angry. My grandmom is always like that. When Lucas wanted my toys before, I cried and refused to let him take them. My mom wouldn’t let him either, but she always scolded my mom. I still remember that.”Sonny could vaguely remember some things from when he was two years old. It had only been a little over two years since then, after all.As he comforted Duncan, he gently touched Duncan's face, speaking softly, “Aunt Ser says we shouldn’t get too angry. If we get too angry, we’ll grow old faster. I don’t want you to get old, Dunc. I want you to stay just like this forever.“Dunc, please don’t be mad anymore. I won’t eat the fried chicken my grandmom buys for me anymore.”Duncan could not help but feel both amused and heartbroken for both Sonny and Liberty, who had been mistreated b