Serenity smiled. “That’s great. Since you think of us as old friends, you won’t refuse our request, right?”“I… I’ll ask my senior to investigate this for you,” Sugar agreed resignedly. Nothing to blame but her big mouth.Serenity did not feel bad at all. She took her plate of snacks and passed it to Sugar, saying, “You can have one more piece. You’ll still fit lunch in later.”Sugar chose a small piece and said while eating, “Your snacks come with too big of a price.”“It’s not expensive. Help yourself. It’s free.”Serenity smiled. “Tell your senior that I’ll pay whatever amount he wants. He won’t be working for free.”Sugar quickly said, “You don’t have to pay us. I was just joking. I’ll definitely help you, but I need my senior because I’m not capable enough. It shouldn’t be too difficult of a task for him.“If he finds it tough, then it must be really challenging.”Sugar’s senior had an intelligence network that spanned the globe. It was he who discovered Laurence’s true
“I don’t want to eat. I have no appetite. You don’t have to serve me. Don’t enter if I don’t call for you all. I’m irritated now,” said Belinda coldly. She paced around the living room and kept smoking. Elaine persuaded her softly, “You haven’t eaten anything since you came back. You can’t skip this lunch too.”“I said I’m not hungry. I’ll eat without you all nagging me if I want to. Get out. You don’t have to be on standby here.”Elaine had no choice but to leave, still having no clue of the problem Madam Fisher had encountered that put her in such a bad mood. Although Madam Fisher had times when she was upset in the past, Mr. Hunter was always there by her side to cheer her up. She would also vent her anger at Mr. Hunter and feel better afterward. Now that Mr. Hunter was no longer there to stabilize Madam Fisher’s emotions, the employees on duty felt tense and did everything cautiously whenever she was in a bad mood.Putting aside Mr. Hunter’s mistakes, he and Madam Fisher h
“I wouldn’t dare go home without her asking. It would only make her even angrier. Call Caroline and ask her to go home and check on her.”Evan said helplessly, “Alright, I’ll call Ms. Caroline now and ask her to check on the madam, then.”Since Celine was dead, Caroline was the only daughter left so there was no need to consider seniority.After they hung up, Hunter wondered why Belinda was in such a bad and anxious mood. What was it that even Gordon could not do anything about? Could she really have found the man she truly loved?It seemed Belinda was not the one who found him first, but the other party. Belinda’s two nieces were both staying in Wiltspoon and although her younger niece Lisa had been dead for over a decade now, she had left behind two children; one of whom was Liberty, who had come to Jensburg.Meanwhile, her older niece Audrey was the madam of the Wiltspoon Stones, who was also a legend in the Wiltspoon business world in her own right. The Fisher bloodline ran tr
Unfortunately it did not seem like it would work again this time.“What is it, Elaine?” Caroline asked coldly.Hayden brought a hot cup of coffee and placed it before her. She nodded at Hayden in thanks. Hayden then sat down opposite her and started doing her work, not paying attention to Caroline taking her call. It had to be said that Hayden was unflappable, which was expected of the president of Queen Enterprise.“Ms. Caroline, please hurry back. The madam has refused to eat even a single bite since last night and has been in a foul mood.”Caroline was silent for a moment before she said, “My mother isn’t eating because she just isn’t hungry yet. It’ll be fine, just don’t disturb her. I have an appointment with a client and if I flake on them, I’ll end up pushing them Ms. Hunt’s way.”“Ms. Hunt” referred to Liberty. Elaine knew this too. Caroline was not lying either, she was treating Hayden to a meal later.“It’s not because she’s not hungry; it’s because she’s in a bad moo
“That’s true, but you don’t look like one at all. There are lots of girls who still like you. Their hearts broke when they learned you were a woman but they still can’t get over you.”Hayden was silent for a moment before she responded, “I never gave them a chance and never led them on. There’s nothing I can do about that.”She had always been famous throughout Jensburg for being cold and indifferent to women. In the past, people speculated it was because she was gay or unable to get it up. Now, everybody knew she was a woman. Of course, she did not like women and was indifferent to womanly charms—she liked men.“That’s true, it has nothing to do with you. It’s us who can’t control our hearts, which keep falling for you. To tell you the truth, even I was particularly interested when I first met you. If you were a man, you would have been the first man I was interested in.”Hayden smiled slightly. “I’m lucky I’m not a man, then. Mr. Fletcher would hate me otherwise.”Caroline gave
Hayden smiled. “There’ll be plenty of opportunities in the coming days.” After a pause, she continued, “It would be better if you weren’t the heir to the Fisher family.” The title of the Fisher family heir was an extremely heavy burden for Caroline to bear. It was suffocating. Caroline smiled too but did not reply. Instead, she accepted her mother’s call.“Caroline, come home. I need to talk to you about something.”“Alright.” After Caroline agreed, Belinda hung up.Shoving her phone back into her pants pocket, Caroline finished the rest of her coffee and stood up. Apologetically, she said to Hayden, “I’ll treat you to a meal some other day.”Hayden got up to walk her out, all the way to the first floor. After watching Caroline get into her car, Hayden walked toward her own car. Her parents were waiting for her to have dinner at home together.Kevin had gone over earlier to do the cooking himself. Every time he went to her home, he would take her private chef’s job, but the chef
“You might not have had much to drink, but you still had some, and it was hard liquor. It would already be considered driving under the influence. For your safety, I think you’d better get someone to drive you home. If you don’t want me to do it, it’s fine. This is your family’s hotel. You could just get anyone to drive you home.”Most of the hotel employees knew how to drive.After a moment of thought, Hugh agreed. “Alright, I’ll get someone to drive me home. I won’t drive. You haven’t eaten much and probably haven’t had your fill yet. You should go back.”Selena smiled. “I don’t have much of an appetite and I’m pretty full. It doesn’t matter if I eat or not, I just like spending time with my friends. Are you only taking today off?”Hugh nodded. “My sister just got back, so I can have a short break. After this, it’ll be back to the grind again.”Before Hayden and Kevin started dating, Hugh lived a very relaxed life. After all, his sister bore the heavy burden. Now that Kevin had
Hugh did not think he was treating Selena any differently. He knew Selena had not eaten much because she had been sitting right opposite him and he could see every single thing she did.Likewise, Selena had been able to see every move he made too, so it was normal that she was concerned about him. After all, they had been friends for many years now. He had even watched Selena go through three boyfriends during their friendship. Every time they broke up, it seemed to have been triggered by minor issues that blew up into major fights.Whenever Selena got into a relationship, he would stop inviting her to meet up, so that her boyfriend would not misunderstand. He had been very sensible about it, but whenever her ex-boyfriends bumped into him, their expressions would grow dark and they would refuse to acknowledge him, as if he was the cause of the break-ups.“You’re not that young anymore. You should settle down if you’ve met a good girl. Don’t always be so cynical and make Mr. Queen wo
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