Dylan turned to give her a look before returning his focus to driving and he laughed. “In the past, the master thief stole from the rich to give to the poor, but now stealing is a crime and you’ll go to jail if you’re caught and convicted.“Actually, it was a crime back then too, but it was a chaotic time and hard to catch them. Now, there are surveillance cameras everywhere. If the police want to catch you, there’s always a way.“You’re still young and you’re pretty. It’d be better not to follow in your master’s footsteps.”Sugar laughed. “I’m just saying. I wouldn’t actually do anything illegal. My masters all say that times are different now too. They’ve always taught us to abide by the laws and not to commit crimes.”Dylan remarked, “Your masters are still worthy of respect, then.”“There’s nothing worthy of respect in that group of old men who only know how to nag us to get married every day. I don’t see them getting married either. If they did, I’d immediately get married my
After reaching Wiltspoon Hotel, Dylan led Sugar inside and helped her check-in, covering all of her expenses since Grandma May said she was the York family’s honored guest. Naturally, they had to be generous to their guests.After getting the room card, Dylan handed it to Sugar and said, “Do you need me to walk you up?”Sugar smiled and said, “There’s no need. Thank you for dropping me off here. I have to head over to my initial hotel and check out, and grab my things.”“Now? Do you want me to drop you off?”“No, it’s fine. Thank you. Please go ahead and let your grandma know you’ve dropped me off at the hotel so she doesn’t worry.” Sugar declined again, so Dylan did not insist and walked off after telling her to call if she needed anything.She watched him leave, thinking about something. It was only when he disappeared from her line of sight that she made a move and walked outside. First, she headed over to her temporary resting place and packed a small bag to move to Wiltspoon
“He always hangs up on me whenever I remind him about things like this. At his age, he still eats so much grilled food and drinks so much alcohol. I’ve told him countless times and he still refuses to listen,” Sugar grumbled, forgetting the fact that every time she and her fellow disciples went back to visit Silver, they always brought him good food and alcohol.He was more like a child than ever. All he liked to do was eat and drink. Anyway, with Lilian and Doc around, there was no need to worry about the old men’s health.The next morning, the Yorks arranged for a cavalcade of luxury cars to pick up the elders. Only Patrick, still not in very good health, stayed behind at the Stones’ residence. After having breakfast with Patrick, Audrey called Serenity. Last night, Audrey called Corey and arranged to meet her today. Audrey had asked Corey to meet to talk about Liberty and Duncan. Although Serenity was Liberty’s younger sister, their parents were dead and she was one of the few f
The common knowledge was that the elders’ disciples were everywhere and they were outstanding experts in their various respective industries. Only a handful of people could say they had met the elders before. Now that these old timers had suddenly come to Wiltspoon, even Old Mrs. York had gotten excited about it and rushed over to the Stones’ residence to invite them to visit, let alone the Buchams.Audrey laughed. “That’s true. I’ll grab you a bowl of porridge first. Once you get here, it’ll be just nice to eat and won’t scald you.”“You’re so considerate, Aunt Audrey. Thank you.” Serenity said sweetly, which coaxed a wide smile from Audrey.Elisa nudged Remy, who was sitting beside her, and whispered, “Ever since my mom reunited with Serenity and Liberty, she’s only ever smiled that gently and radiantly for them.”“Don’t I dote on you? You heartless little—you’re the one I dote on the most, and you’re still jealous of Seren?” After hanging up, Audrey heard Elisa’s comment and gla
Elisa said, “I hope our future children are as cute and well-behaved as your niece is. Let’s have a daughter. I would love to have a daughter like Clo-clo.”She was not the only one. Anyone who saw Chloe and babysat her liked her. She just seemed to keep getting cuter by the day. When she woke up, she would just play by herself in her cot or sit up and look around.Despite just being a seven-month-old baby, she was quiet and did not cause any disturbance at all, unlike Connor, who would cry so the whole house knew he had woken up.Remy took Elisa’s hand with a sheepish smile and said, “Our family’s pretty similar to the Yorks in this sense. We have a history of having boys and the chances of having girls are really low. Ben already has a daughter, so the rest of us will probably only have boys. We pretty much only get one baby girl per generation.”Elisa was silent for a moment before she asked, “Has that record never been broken?”After a moment of thought, Remy replied, “In any
On their way out, they bumped into Serenity, who was on her way to the Stones’ residence, and both parties stopped to greet each other. Remy let Serenity pass first.He then asked as he continued to drive, “The old-timers have all gone over to the Yorks’ place, but Serenity’s come here this early. I heard they’re going to meet Mrs. Lewis. Is Liberty and Mr. Lewis’s wedding on the horizon?”Elisa answered, “No, it has to do with the Fisher succession. Mr. Patrick’s still alive and he and the other old-timers are the best witnesses to prove my grandmother was murdered by Belinda Fisher. “After learning the truth, the other Fisher family members will definitely object to Belinda continuing as the matriarch. She’s been leading them for decades but hasn’t been very kind to them. She’s been overly domineering and forceful, and many family members haven’t received the care they think they should, so they’ve been dissatisfied with her for quite some time now.“Right after Liberty went to
Half an hour later, Audrey and Serenity left the Stones’ residence to head to where they agreed to meet Corey. Both Derek and Corey came and arrived first. They waited for just a few minutes before Audrey and Serenity arrived too.“Audrey.” When Corey spotted Audrey leading Serenity over to them, she got up to greet them with a smile.“Sorry, we’ve made you wait, Corey.”Serenity greeted Corey politely too.Corey laughed it off. “We just arrived and sat down ourselves. You guys got here before we could even have a sip of water, so we really didn’t wait long.”Then, she took Serenity’s hand in a genial manner and asked about how Serenity had been recently. She even looked at Serenity’s stomach and chuckled, “It really is hard to tell that you’re pregnant while you’re wearing a coat.”“Yeah, my belly isn’t showing much.” Serenity rubbed her stomach. Then, she took Corey’s arm and walked her back to Derek with Audrey. Derek stood up to say hi with a smile too.After they all sat do
“I heard from Duncan that he and Liberty plan to register their marriage after Christmas and only hold a wedding once Liberty has more free time. Derek and I’ve been preparing gifts for them and picking a date.” The gifting would have to wait until Liberty was back in Wiltspoon to receive them. Now, she was so busy that even her son had been left to Serenity to help take care of. Ever since she left for Jensburg, she had not been back to Wiltspoon. It was always Duncan bringing Sonny to Jensburg to visit. Naturally, their wedding would not be held that soon.“Liberty was even thinking of not holding a wedding, saying that it doesn’t matter because it’s her second marriage. That won’t do. We can’t deprive her of anything. Not only do we have to hold a wedding, we have to hold an extravagant one for her.” Corey did not want to deprive both Liberty and her son of a celebration.Of her four sons, when the first three got married, they each held grand weddings. Now that it was her youn
After a moment of silence, Imogen said, “You don’t like spicy food. Even drinking some spicy soup feels like taking poison to you. You don’t have to make yourself suffer. Just go back and never appear before me and my family again.“You’ve never liked me from the start anyway.”The person he loved was Chameleon Fox.Although it was one of her aliases, Imogen still felt that Dylan did not love her.She was probably the only person in the world who was jealous of herself.She raised the window and drove away.Dylan returned to his car and started following Imogen’s car from behind.Imogen initially wanted to go shopping with her friends. Upon seeing Dylan following her, she changed her mind and went home.When they arrived at the Doyles’ mansion, Imogen was able to drive inside while Dylan’s car was denied entry. Luckily, Leticia and the rest were not home.Otherwise, Dylan would be in trouble.He waited in front of the gates for some time. A security guard walked over and kn
A few minutes later.Imogen wanted to pretend she could not see the “statue” at the entrance of the company, but Dylan rushed out and blocked her way. Fortunately, she was not driving at a high speed and was able to stop the car immediately.She lowered the car window and scolded, “If you want to die, don’t die under my tires, Mr. Dylan. I don’t want to dirty my tires.”“I’m sorry for choosing such a dangerous way to stop your car, Imogen. However, you wouldn’t have stopped if I didn’t do this,” said Dylan apologetically.“What business do you have?”Imogen took a few deep breaths and added coldly, “It’s late and cold. Why are you standing here? Don’t blame me if you fall sick from the cold. I didn’t order you to stand here.“If you catch a cold, it's your problem. I’ve already said I didn’t need you to treat me to a meal.”Dylan smiled. “Considering that I’ve stood here for so long, will you do me the honor of letting me have a meal with you?”He handed her the frozen bouque
Imogen enjoyed the time she had spent with Grandma May. Therefore, she did not want to trouble the old lady.“I heard Old Mrs. York is a playful old lady. She loves having fun. She’s very healthy as well. I want to invite her to our place. She’ll be able to witness some interesting scenes.”Imogen replied, “You should unleash your dissatisfaction on Dylan, Layla. Don’t disturb Old Mrs. York. While she’s healthy, she’s already eighty. She shouldn’t travel far distances at her age. We won’t be able to bear the consequences if something happens.”Old Mrs. York was the anchor of the York family.Imogen dared not risk her safety.She liked Grandma May and the Yorks.Her teacher had also said he could be at ease if she were to marry into the York family. If it were any other family, he would be worried about her husband or his family mistreating her.“Does Old Mrs. York know how to use WhatsApp?”“Yes. She’s good with electronic devices.”“Okay. Give me her number. That way, I can g
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