Audrey and Serenity exchanged a glance.“If nobody has any objections, Seren and I can rest assured, then. It wasn’t easy for Liberty and Duncan to come this far and we should support them no matter their choices.” Audrey smiled and added, “I heard from Liberty that she’ll be registering her marriage with Duncan first, maybe before Christmas, maybe after. She’s just so busy, she’ll only be able to get back on Christmas Day itself. She’s got no time for anything else when she’s swarmed. Even Sonny isn’t going to visit her for his winter break. He said he wanted to visit FC Manor instead.”Corey laughed. “I know. I was even thinking of Sonny staying with me during the winter break so that Seren could go to work undisturbed. The closer it gets to the holidays, the busier it gets. Seren’s vegetable farms must provide huge amounts of fresh produce every day, don't they?”Serenity hummed in agreement. “We’re almost unable to keep up with the demand.”“That’s a good thing! It means your b
After marrying Zachary, he prepared even more snacks for her, especially after she got pregnant. Zachary always worried that she and their baby were going hungry and would check if there were enough snacks in her car every day.He grew increasingly attentive and considerate toward her, but at the same time, more naggy. Still, she enjoyed having the attention of a handsome man and felt a tingly warmth in her heart. Out of anyone she could have married, she married Zachary. She really had married the right person.“Why don’t we get two boxes to go? It’ll take some time for us to reach Wildridge Manor from the city.” The three of them were worried Serenity would get hungry on the way there.After a moment of thought, she gave in and went with their suggestion, mainly to put them at ease. On their way out, the quartet bumped into Carrie in her guise as Mrs. Longbottom. With her were the two Longbottom family bodyguards, as always.“Mrs. York.” When Carrie spotted Serenity, she greeted
“Okay. I’ll treat you to a meal another day.”Carrie stood by the door with a smile and watched as Serenity and the rest left. Then, she went in and reappeared outside again not long after. Her entry into the place was simply for show. Carrie went there because Mr. Longbottom had received information that a tycoon had arrived in Wiltspoon and was related to the powerful families of Wiltspoon. He also heard that Serenity and Audrey were meeting Corey there, so he arranged for Carrie to rush over. Ignoring the weak state of her body that had not recovered from her recent abortion, Carrie put on her mask and went over with two bodyguards. However, she was still a step behind. Serenity and her group were already leaving. After getting into the car, Carrie called Mr. Longbottom. When he picked up, she said, “I couldn’t find out who the tycoon is, Mr. Longbottom. Serenity and the rest just happened to be leaving when I arrived. I didn’t dare to pry for information as Audrey and
Since Duncan was Zachary’s best friend, Liberty could meet him often as she was Zachary’s sister-in-law. Carrie did not know what Liberty had done to seduce Duncan. He was determined to marry her. Corey had objected to their relationship in the beginning. It was said that her ideal daughter-in-law had been an elite lady called Lily Harmon. Duncan had met Lily. She ultimately lost to Liberty after pursuing Duncan for some time.Not only that, Duncan even got into an accident because he wanted to be with Liberty. After the accident, Derek and Corey gave in and accepted their son’s relationship with Liberty. Carrie was annoyed by the entire situation.Jealousy burned in her heart when she heard the gossip after getting out of prison. Before her parents got into trouble, her mother had wished for her to marry into the York family. Paige said the Yorks were the wealthiest of all and that the Newman family’s assets were not worth mentioning compared to the Yorks’. Nevertheles
After a moment of silence, Mr. Longbottom said, “That’s a good idea. I’ll get someone to look for a woman with a figure and voice like yours. I’ll also make a few more hyper-realistic masks modeled after your features. The woman can pretend to be ‘Carrie’ and show up when you do.”“We just have to clear Serenity and Camryn’s suspicions of me,” said Carrie. She did not want the fake Carrie to appear before herself frequently. It would feel as if she was being used. “Don’t worry. I’ll arrange everything.”Mr. Longbottom knew what Carrie was thinking. “I’ve got nothing else. Go back and have a good rest. Your body belongs to you. You should take care of yourself.”Mr. Longbottom still needed Carrie as a pawn for a long time. He did not want her to be weakened from the abortion and become utterly useless to him. “If a pawn loses its purpose, it’ll probably meet its end soon.”Mr. Longbottom added in a gentle tone. Despite his soft voice, Carrie felt chills down her spine
Carrie was traumatized by the dogs chasing after and biting her last time. She dared not even drive closer to the house once she spotted them. She parked her car far away and could not get out. Carrie took her phone and called Trenton. He did not answer right away but called her back several minutes later. “Where the hell were you, Trenton? Didn’t you bring your phone? You didn’t answer my call just now. Am I not your sister anymore?“You must’ve been busy pleasing that blind sister of yours. I guess you’re living a comfortable life from sucking up to her since she’s so successful now.”Carrie started scolding Trenton before he could say a word. “I’m working. I couldn’t answer the phone. I only called you back after hiding in the bathroom,” explained Trenton. The siblings would always fight regardless of whether they were on a call or meeting each other in person. Carrie scolded him every time. “Work? Where are you working? I told you that Camryn would seize all Mom and
Despite being close to home, Carrie dared not step inside. Her resentment toward Camryn deepened again. She also thought of her parents, who had transferred their assets to Trenton. Since he was still studying, he had left Camryn in charge of the family’s businesses. Therefore, Carrie resented her parents as well.“I’ll make you all kneel before me and lick my shoes one day.”Although her words were vicious, she still dared not drive closer to the villa. In the end, she turned around and left. She drove to Spring Blossoms, but Camryn was not there either. The two employees of the store refused to tell her where Camryn was. Carrie had the urge to smash the store yet had no guts to do so. Camryn would not let her off the hook. “If she isn’t here, I shall create a scene at Wildridge Manor.”Carrie exited the flower store and drove to Wildridge Manor. She knew the York family would not change their opinion of Camryn because of the ruckus she made. However, if she did n
Carrie’s expression immediately changed. She cursed Camryn countless times mentally. She absolutely despised Camryn’s dogs. “Are your gates wide open because important guests are around today?”Carrie changed the topic and asked what was going on in the manor. The guard said, “Please leave, Ms. Carrie.”He did not answer Carrie’s question. She guessed that there must have been important guests around. Otherwise, the gates would not have been wide open. She looked around but did not see any unfamiliar faces. Ultimately, she had no choice but to drive away after the guards urged her to leave. Carrie dared not throw a tantrum like she did last time. If she dared embarrass the York family while they were hosting guests by creating a scene at the gates, Zachary would probably murder her. Killing her was as easy as squishing an ant to the Yorks. When Carrie first became Mr. Longbottom’s mistress, she thought she had finally found a strong backer and could disregard the
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