"Everything is under control."Blair held Mable's hand, paused, and said, "When we finally close in, I still need to go to Monafett myself."Mable frowned, gripping his hand tightly. "Then I'll go with you.""You need to stay home and take care of the kids."Mable looked at him sternly. "The children have someone to take care of them at home. Anyway, I want to go with you!"She could not let Blair take risks alone anymore.Mable squatted down, leaning on Blair's legs, her voice soft as she said, "You said it yourself. We'll never be apart again. You can't leave me here."Blair stroked Mable's long hair, sighing somewhat helplessly. Finally, he relented. "Okay, we'll go together."Mable looked up at him, a smile finally appearing on her face. "It's settled, then."Tracey was preparing to stay at Royal View Villa for a while. With Arthur not around, she felt lonely living alone. Royal View Villa was livelier, with more people around.Plus, the three kids all liked Tracey. The
Across the ocean, in an airport.Adam went to the airport early in the morning and waited for over two hours before Paul arrived.When Paul saw Adam come to receive him, he took off his sunglasses and said expressionlessly, “The flight was delayed.”“Yeah, I heard the announcement. Let’s go.” Adam took the luggage from him. After getting into the car, he looked at Paul and asked, “Would you like to go straight back to the castle or eat something first?”Paul looked out the window, his tone devoid of any emotion. “The castle. I want to see Coral first.”“Okay.”When they passed a flower shop, Paul asked the driver to pull over and got out of the car to buy a bouquet of flowers.Before long, the car stopped at the cemetery under Linders Range.Paul walked to Coral’s grave with the flowers in his hands, crouched down, and placed the bouquet in front of her tomb. He ran his slender fingers over the photo on the tombstone.“Coral, I’m here to see you.”The girl in the photo had
Rory’s alter ego liked dark environments. Except for handling affairs in the study during the day, he mostly locked himself in the audiovisual room alone.After he left, Paul looked at Adam with a frown. “How long has his alter ego been out?”Adam’s expression was worried. “It’s been a while now. I’m not sure exactly when it appeared, but this time, his alter ego has been around longer than ever before.”Paul thought about it and said, “Find a way to install surveillance cameras in the rooms he often stays in.”“...Okay.”Paul went back to his room. He had originally planned to catch up on sleep after returning. However, seeing Rory just now made him realize that his situation was much worse than he had imagined. He needed to carefully consider how to awaken Rory’s primary personality.As a specialist in mental disorders, Paul had encountered many patients with dissociative identity disorder before, but Rory’s case was different from anything he had encountered.Rory had an exce
At Richworth, Ines received an invitation from Caleb for the third time, asking her to have dinner together.Since she rejected the previous two invitations, she thought it would seem a bit disrespectful if she refused again. After all, Caleb was Director Shawn’s nephew. It was not a big deal just to meet him for a meal.Moreover, her mind had been in a mess the past few days. She should definitely find something else to do to distract herself.Thus, Ines agreed to have dinner with Caleb after work.Caleb decided on a high-end Western restaurant.When it was time to leave work, Ines touched up her makeup and took the elevator downstairs.Just as the doors closed, a person slipped in—Queenie.Queenie greeted with a smile, “Miss Matthams, not working overtime tonight?”Ines was a workaholic and often worked overnight. Recently, Queenie heard that she worked late every day.Ines smiled gently and said, “I have plans tonight, so I won’t be working overnight.”Queenie noted, “It’s
Ines did not expect him to pick her up and felt a bit embarrassed. She smiled politely and greeted, “Hello, Mr. Chain.”“Just call me Caleb. Get in.”Caleb gentlemanly opened the passenger door for Ines.“Thank you.” Ines got into the car.When Queenie came out of the TV station just in time to see Ines get into a black Mercedes with an unfamiliar man.She asked the colleague next to her, “Who’s that man? Miss Mattham’s boyfriend?”The colleague worked in the same department as Ines and knew more than Queenie, so he said, “I heard that Director Shawn introduced his nephew to Ms. Matthams and wanted to matchmake them. That man should be Director Shawn’s nephew. He’s actually quite handsome.”Queenie smiled. “He really is.”“What? Are you interested, too?” The colleague teased.Queenie flicked her hair. “Not at all.”She was interested in Solomon Rowland, the heir of Rowland Corporation!Director Shawn’s nephew was indeed handsome, but he was still far inferior to Solomon.Qu
Ines paused, and the smile on her face stiffened slightly. Then, she smiled politely and did not answer.She felt that Caleb was nice. She was worried that the first blind date with him would be awkward, but she felt surprisingly comfortable throughout the dinner and movie.It went much better than she imagined.Caleb was excellent in all aspects and was a good man, but...Ines looked out the window, a trace of sadness appearing in her eyes.Half an hour later, the car stopped in her neighborhood.“Thank you for driving me home.” Ines unbuckled her seatbelt and prepared to get out of the car.“Wait a moment.” Caleb also got out.Ines watched him open the rear door, take something out, and soon saw him walking toward her with a bouquet.Ines instantly became nervous. Was he going to confess to her?“Um...”Seeming to notice her awkwardness, Caleb smiled widely and handed her the flowers. “The service center gave it to me when I sent the car in for washing this afternoon. It’s
The person on the other end of the phone said, “Mm. I’m in Richworth. Are you free? Let’s meet up.”Ines’ palm sweated. Her godfather came to Richworth!“N-Now?”“Later. Shall we have lunch together?”“S-Sure. Send me the address. I’ll head over in a while.”“Good.”...After hanging up the phone, Ines slumped weakly on the sofa, feeling her head buzz.Why was her godfather suddenly in Richworth?Did he want something from her?Ines knew it would not just be a simple meal.After sitting in the living room for a while, she finally went to dress and put on makeup restlessly.At noon, she arrived at the address her godfather had sent her.It was a restaurant in a five-star hotel.As soon as she entered, a middle-aged man walked over. “Are you Miss Matthams?”“Yes, and you are...?”The middle-aged man said respectfully, “Hello. I’m Master Connor’s assistant. You can call me Simon. Master Connor is this way. Please follow me.”“Of course.”Ines followed behind Simon and
Ines raised her head to look at her godfather and nodded slightly. “What do you want me to do?”Connor took a sip of tea and asked, “Do you know about Jeremiah?”Ines was taken aback but quickly guessed what he wanted her help with.“Yes, I do.”Back then, it was she who told Connor the news about Jeremiah being captured by Kyle.She knew Jeremiah was the young master of the Muller family, and Connor would not stand by and watch his son in trouble. Connor would definitely think of a way to save Jeremiah, so Ines did not pay attention to what happened afterward.Unexpectedly, Connor ultimately asked for her help.He sighed and said, “Jeremiah’s situation isn’t looking good. I came to Richworth to rescue him from the Goodman residence.”“Is he in danger?” Ines looked at Connor in surprise and said with hesitation, “Ms. Astrid is on good terms with the Goodmans. She won’t just watch them harm Mr. Jeremiah.”Ines was referring to Mable.Back then, it was also thanks to Ines that