Summer immediately recovered her senses. She burned with rage. “Why are you here? You shameless b*tch, are you stalking Mr. Eiger?! Eiger frowned. “You shouldn’t be here.” North drawled, “Why can’t I be here? Do you own this building?” Eiger was annoyed. “You—” “North, did you come to look for Alexander too?” Melinda spoke haltingly, “He’s eccentric and doesn’t see every Tom, Dick, and Harry.” Eiger immediately understood the entire story. Disgusted, he said, “So, you followed us because you wanted to meet Alexander. Give up! I won’t bring you to him. Melinda wants to nail down the contract with him. You’d better behave.” North blinked. “All of you do look very confident!” She asked skeptically, “Are you sure that Melinda can appoint Alexander to be her landscape designer?” Melinda turned pale. She looked aggrieved. Eiger grew even more annoyed. “Even if Melinda cannot appoint Alexander as her landscape designer, could you? Enough. Get lost and stop making a fuss!”
The air turned still. Eiger looked embarrassed. “Melinda didn’t do it on purpose. Besides, it’s been so long. What else is there to say about it? “Stop putting pressure on me just because you’ve saved my life. As Melinda mentioned, it’s just a scar. You’re still alive. Regardless, you were wrong to strike her!” North raised an eyebrow. “Melinda, I must admit that I’m not as good as you at playing tricks on others.” “It’s just a scar. You’re still alive.” This was how Melinda had brainwashed Eiger over the years. This made Eiger believe that North was asking for it at the time when she nearly lost her life in saving him.Melinda’s expression turned white. She subconsciously threw herself into Eiger’s arms and said weakly, “Eiger, I’m so scared…” Eiger’s heart ached for her. He grew even more furious. “North, look at what you’ve done! Indeed, you’ve saved my life. What of it? You are still alive today. It’s not a big issue. Why must you dig up the past?!” North’s scar remind
Melinda’s head buzzed. She was so pale that she was on the verge of collapsing. “North is Alexander’s guest for today? “Alexander turned down his appointment with Eiger because of North? “How could that person be North? Why is North able to see him?!” Eiger stumbled backward with wide eyes. Summer incredulously shouted, “How could it be?! Did you make a mistake? My cousin is Melinda, and not North!”Eiger also believed they must have made a mistake. After all, both Melinda and North shared the same surname, and they were siblings. Perhaps—… William impatiently frowned. “There’s no mistake. It’s North. Mr. Alexander explicitly said it to me. I certainly didn’t mishear. Are you questioning me or Mr. Alexander? Does Mr. Alexander need your approval to select his guests? “What’s with this nonsense from you lot?” Right after William spoke, he turned around. His attitude completely changed. “Ms. North, please go upstairs. Mr. Alexander is waiting for you.” North ran her
“His wife did not major in landscape architecture, but she is interested in design,” Alexander hummed.North continued praising. “Wow, that’s amazing.”A little while later, footsteps could be heard outside the door.Alexander suddenly remembered something. “By the way, I heard that you got married a few days ago. Don’t you have to marry someone from the South family? Why did you get married so soon?” he asked. North stopped peeling the orange in her hands and nonchalantly said, “Oh, it’s okay. I’ve taken care of everything.”Alexander thought she was married to someone else from the South family, but after giving it some serious thought, he was unable to think of any reliable men in the family, which made him worried. “North, you can’t just marry someone on a whim. What’s your husband’s name? I’ll help you do a background check on him. If he treats you badly going forward, you can divorce him after getting your mother’s inheritance.”North frowned. They had known each other
However, Gerald stopped her from escaping. “Didn’t you tell Alexander that I was the person you’re married to?” he gently asked. North awkwardly explained, “N-not yet…”Alexander was speechless for quite some time. He could not help but think about what North had said moments before.Did she say that her husband cooked for her, drove her to and from college, and was overly clingy? That was Gerald? North gulped and decided to escape while Alexander was still confused. “Thank you for your help, Mr. Alexander. Since there’s nothing more to do, I think I’ll leave now.”She dashed out faster than a rabbit after saying that, and she was gone like the wind. Alexander’s thoughts were interrupted when Gerald asked, “North was the friend you said you owed a favor to?”Gerald raised his eyebrows. She was a skilled designer? Alexander’s compliments seemed to indicate that North was more than just “a little interested” in design, as she had previously stated.After all, Alexander ha
“You did, after all, tell Alexander yesterday that I would coax you out of bed, cook for you, ask about your day, and personally pick you up. I probably can’t coax you out of bed or make you food, but I still can give you a ride.”“N-no, it’s not like that!” North almost passed out. She did not expect Gerald to still remember what she said the day before! “Mr. Gerald, please don’t misunderstand. I was just running my mouth off.”Gerald put his hands on North’s and smiled. She felt a tingling numbness spread through her hands, and then her seat beat clicked into place.The man asked in a low voice, “Mrs. Howard, are you shaking? Are you nervous?”North felt like there was no way she could explain herself, so she just slumped back into the passenger seat and muttered, “I-I’m not nervous.”Gerald grinned knowingly. His wife was truly a hard-headed person. The car soon arrived in front of Myers Corporation’s building. After getting out of the car, North looked around to check
Marcus smugly scoffed. “Ms. Melinda, I’m sure you’re aware of North’s arrogance. She repeatedly claimed that I was an outsider. I have been working at Myers Corporation for more than twenty years. I should be given credit for my efforts, at least!”With resignation, Melinda bit her lip and uttered, “North, how can you say that? Mr. Marcus has worked hard for Myers Corporation. Please apologize to him.”Marcus looked at North smugly. North sneered. “So, you do remember that you have worked for over twenty years at Myers Corporation. Do you still remember who your former boss is?”Marcus’ expression changed, and he immediately went speechless. His former boss was the major shareholder in Myers Corporation, Estella Smithson! “My mother, Estella Smithson, founded Myers Corporation. I hold fifty percent of the shares of Myers Corporation. Do I not have the right to visit the company?” North asked coldly. Marcus never expected that North would act in such an imposing manner. His f
Every shareholder and manager in the room shook their heads. They were extremely disappointed with the young lady. North looked for a place to sit. She heard Linda bragging right after. “North, I heard that you visited Alexander yesterday too? Well, it’s a pity that Melinda secured the spot for the collaboration in the end. But you shouldn’t hold a grudge against her, North.”Many people had taken notice of what Linda had said.“Ms. North paid Alexander a visit too, right? Instead of agreeing to work with her, he agreed to work with Melinda?” “It would be great enough if North doesn’t offend Alexander, and you still want to count on her to do this?”“I would choose Ms. Melinda too if I were Alexander. What more can North do besides causing trouble? She brings bad luck.”“It seems like nobody is satisfied with you,” Linda said smugly. “You should learn more from Melinda.”“Yeah, okay,” North rolled her eyes. Melinda entered, and everyone got up to greet her. They surrounded