While Adrian had no more feelings for Emma, they used to have a good relationship. They had kids, and he was nice to their children. He doted on his daughter the most.When he discovered that Celine was not his biological sister and Caroline looked weak, he was overjoyed. He had hoped Belinda would make his daughter the next matriarch. Although his daughter did not seem capable, she was still young. She would do well if Belinda were willing to train her as the successor. Therefore, Adrian showered a lot of love on his daughter. When he heard Caroline’s question, he tried defending himself. However, he could not find any words and remained silent.Meanwhile, Caroline had finished reading the document and found no issues. She called Belinda to inform her about the contents of the documents. She would only sign after getting the green light from her mother to avoid falling into her brothers’ traps and getting scolded by Belinda afterward. “Adrian is here, Mom. He asked me when y
“Mom.”Adrian laughed sheepishly. “Dad will do no such thing. Although he made a mistake, he still has you in his heart.“Dad’s living at my place, and he’s been talking about you every day. He wonders who will be there to take a walk with you when you’re in a bad mood. He even reads romance novels on his phone to learn how the male lead pursues the female lead. He wants to beg for your forgiveness.”Hunter was already castrated. No matter how pretty and young the other women were, he could not have them. Belinda had utterly cut him off from indulging in his desires. Nevertheless, Hunter disagreed to a divorce. Although he despised his wife, he was unwilling to get a divorce because he knew he would barely get any assets and leave with nothing. He could never win against Belinda in Jensburg unless he lived longer than she did. That way, he could utilize his authority as an elder of the Fisher family after she died. However, that could only be achieved if the new matriarch
Belinda could not be bothered to talk to Adrian any longer. After scolding him, she said, “I’ll hang up if you have nothing else.”“I’ll help Carol out, Mom. I don’t have anything else to say. You get busy then.”Belinda ended the call.Adrian breathed a sigh of relief.He raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat that beaded his forehead when he hastily accused his mother earlier.Adrian must have been terrified for him to sweat on a cold day.Caroline passed him a piece of tissue.Adrian put the phone down and accepted the tissue. He wiped his sweat and said, “I was scared shitless just now. I don’t even know what came over me.”“You must’ve eaten a bowl of courage to say that.”Adrian glared at her. He complained, “It’s your fault. Why did you pass the phone to me when you and Mom were speaking? I fear her so much now. I feel like a mouse that has spotted a cat whenever I see her.”“Weren’t you the one who asked when she’ll be back? I didn’t know the answer and since I was
Caroline said, “My eldest niece is ten years younger than me. She’s not suitable to be my daughter. If I must adopt, then my youngest niece who’s a few years old will do.”That would be Jason’s youngest daughter, who was only six years old.Of course, those were empty words. She would not adopt her niece as her daughter. Caroline wanted a child of her own. If she could not wed a husband, then she would ask Darren as the sperm donor and try conceiving via IVF.Darren was clever and capable. She believed that their daughter would not be inferior in any way. Caroline’s nieces were mediocre at best. It would be difficult to train them to become future matriarchs. Otherwise, Belinda would have chosen one of her granddaughters instead of helping Caroline rise to the ranks.Darren was loyal to Caroline. He would be more dedicated to protecting her and their daughter if they shared a daughter. It would be a win-win situation. Although Caroline did not want to admit it, among all
“Those families are in Wiltspoon and have few businesses in Jensburg. They can’t interfere in our family affairs.“So what if Liberty is Aunt Tiara’s descendant? Aunt Tiara has been dead for decades. The current matriarch is our mom. Returning the position to Aunt Tiara’s descendants is understandable only if you are incapable. Since you’re competent, why should we surrender the position to them?”Adrian added, “Is Liberty even capable? Her establishing a company in Jensburg doesn’t mean anything. No one in our family is close to her. They didn’t even take you seriously when you first returned, let alone her.“While many family members are dissatisfied with Mom, they can’t do anything about it.”He then muttered softly, “Maybe Liberty is destined to have a short life like Aunt Tiara and dies when she’s middle-aged.”His hiring someone to hit Liberty with a car was unsuccessful. To circumvent this, he had sent two cars, yet the mission still failed. “What did you say?”Carolin
Caroline looked at Adrian and said, “You’d have better done nothing. I’m busy, and Mom isn’t in Jensburg. I don’t have the time to clean up your mess if you’ve stirred up trouble.”“No. I didn’t. I’ve been working or going to my mother-in-law’s place to argue with Emma. I don’t have time to be a troublemaker. Besides, I’m an adult. I can lie in the bed I make. I wouldn’t dare to let you do it for me.”“That’s great. You can go back to work. I’m heading out now.”Caroline got up and walked away from her desk. The siblings left the office together. Adrian had wanted to pry into what Caroline was going to do outside. He could not obtain any information but her tight lips. After entering the elevator, Caroline stood upright in front of him in her suit. She gave off an intimidating aura. Adrian cursed mentally but kept a smile on his face. The doors opened when the elevator arrived on his floor. Adrian exited the elevator. When he was passing by his secretary’s desk, he sto
If it were not for Liberty’s intervention, Celine would not have died. Although many factors contributed to Celine’s death, Adrian dared not bother his mother or Caroline. Therefore, he unleashed his anger on Liberty. While Liberty had three influential families—the Yorks, Lewises, and Stones—supporting her, they were based in Wiltspoon, not Jensburg. He would be fine as long as he was not too obvious. Caroline did not know what Adrian was plotting. Just as she exited the building and got into her car, she received the results of Darren’s investigation. She did not react when she saw it. Instead, she started driving calmly and left the company. A few minutes later, Darren called her. Caroline parked her car by the roadside before answering the call. “Ms. Caroline, Mr. Adrian was behind Ms. Hunt’s almost getting hit by two cars.”Darren had sent Caroline sufficient evidence that Adrian had been behind the incident. “I saw the outcome. I knew it’d be him.”Caroline said
After a moment of silence, Darren said, “There’s new information in Wiltspoon, but I haven’t confirmed the details yet. Maybe Liberty will disclose something to you.”“It doesn’t matter if she does or not. After all, we’re rivals. To be frank, I dare trust her fully, but she doesn’t. If she were to have full trust in me, she wouldn’t be a good fit to take over the Fisher family.”Before the truth behind Tiara and Alivia’s deaths was exposed, Caroline would not hand over anything that belonged to the Fisher family just yet. She promised that if her mother had indeed killed her Aunt Tiara and Aunt Alivia, she would cooperate with Liberty and return everything that belonged to Tiara’s descendants. After that, she would leave and not obstruct Liberty from becoming the next matriarch. However, if her aunts’ deaths were indeed an unfortunate accident, Liberty would have to compete against her fair and square. If Liberty could defeat her, she would willingly accept the loss.Therefore,
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
Trenton was relieved that Dalton was indebted to Camryn. That was why Dalton had been loyal to Newman Enterprise.If Newman Enterprise did not fall into Camryn’s hands, there was no doubt that Dalton would leave the company. If that happened, the company was doomed.When his parents went to prison, he was merely 18, and Carrie only knew how to spend money. Not only that, their relatives were hungry to get a share of the Newman family’s assets. He and Carrie could not have protected their family’s wealth alone.After Camryn regained her sight, she still could not strain her eyes for long hours. Therefore, Dalton remained in charge of the company.Luckily, they had Callum as well. Even if anything were to happen, Callum would not leave Newman Enterprise to fall because many of the Newman family’s assets belonged to Camryn.He would not let Camryn lose anything.“You’ve been brainwashed by Dalton after working with him. Our dad treated him well and trusted him, yet Dalton betrayed
Camryn said, “She’s just using her lack of money as an excuse to start a fight with me.“Do you really think she has no money?”Carrie had somehow become Mrs. Longbottom yet she was still hiding her identity. Camryn had not understood the entire situation yet.Nevertheless, she was certain that Carrie did not need money.After she spoke, a familiar car arrived.It was the car Carrie had always used in the past.When she returned to the Newman family’s villa after getting out of prison, she only drove that car. She could not take other cars. The cars were still parked in the garage. “Come out, Camryn.”Carrie had gotten out of the car and started shouting for Camryn.When the York family’s bodyguards saw her, they simply glanced at her and did not stop her from entering the store. They knew Camryn had always been lenient with her younger sister.Since Camryn did not give any orders to stop Carrie from entering, the bodyguards simply kept an eye on Carrie to ensure that sh
“I want to go to Spring Blossoms as Carrie,” she told the bodyguard who was driving. “Your sister’s people are keeping an eye on your apartment. She’ll get suspicious again if you head over in your outfit. Everything Mr. Longbottom arranged will go to waste,” the bodyguard reminded her.Carrie thought it over. “Okay. Let’s head home first. I’ll change my clothes and remove my makeup before heading over.”She would also check if her stand-in had damaged any of her stuff.If she did, Carrie would tell the stand-in to compensate her.The bodyguard remained silent.Once they arrived at Longbottom Villa, Carrie took off her hyper-realistic mask and removed her makeup. After changing her clothes, she returned to being Carrie and went out with her bag.Her two bodyguards did not stop her from leaving.She could do anything as long as it would not rouse Camryn and other people’s suspicions.Besides, Carrie had just gotten scolded by their boss on the phone. Although Mr. Longbottom