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After a satisfying meal, the family went home. The kids fell asleep on the way home. When they arrived home and got out of the car, Sylvia and Odell carried them back to their room. Aunt Tonya and Sebastian were in the living room. Sylvia tugged on Odell’s sleeve after putting the kids to bed and whispered, “Let’s go back to our room.” He hummed a reply before turning around and striding away without waiting for her. Sylvia furrowed her brows. She carefully closed the door before she strode to her and Odell’s room. The door was left open, so she went in without knocking. “Why didn’t you tell me about what happened?” the man asked gruffly. Startled, Sylvia looked at him with surprise. His towering figure leaned beside the door and his stern expression shadowed his handsome features. He peered down at her, waiting for her answer. Sylvia looked into his eyes. “It’s history. If I didn’t run into Haytham today, I wouldn’t even have remembered.” “Why didn’t you tell me
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Sylvia was suffocating from the hug. “Odell, I can’t breathe.” The man’s grim expression softened and loosened his hug. It took him a while to hide his frosty look, and only then he released her. He stroked her face and said, “I’ll go make a call. Rest if you are tired. I’ll be back soon.” Sylvia asked, “Why are you making a call at this hour? Who are you calling?” His face was emotionless. “It's a work-related call.” Sylvia was worried. “Odell, I’ve gotten over it already, so please don’t do this. Don’t start a war with the Springsteens, or whatever you’re going to do.” The Springsteen Corporation might not be as big as Carter Corporation, but the family was still one of the biggest families in Westchester, and they were Carter Corporation’s business partner. Odell smiled. “Don’t worry. I know how to differentiate private and work matters.” “Great.” Sylvia sighed a breath of relief. She went to the closet and changed into her pajamas. Odell took his phone outside.
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She sat in front of her piano by the window with furrowed brows. Her eyes stared out of the window blankly. Her grandfather had rightfully scolded her, and it made sense, but she refused to accept it. She refused to accept defeat from Sylvia, not in this terrible way. Ding. Her phone rang. Her assistant from the company called her. Annoyed, she answered the call and put the phone next to her ear. “What is it?” “Ms. Springsteen, something has happened to the project with Carter Corporation. They just informed us that they have some problem at their side and are taking back their workers. They said they wanted to pause the project.” Lily bolted up. “Pause? What happened? Why are they taking back their workers?” While the Springsteen Corporation might have proposed and become the major stakeholder of the project, the core personnel and workers were mostly supplied by Carter Corporation. Carter Corporation was needed to solve many of the critical problems, and the project c
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Both Madam Springsteen and Mrs. Springsteen stuck their ears to the door to listen to the noises inside. Their eyes widened in disbelief when they thought they heard Lily say sorry. Madam Springsteen got nervous. “Lily, what are you talking about? Open the door now. Don’t scare me.” Given her understanding of Lily, the girl would never say something like this. Something must have happened. Just before Madam Springsteen left to find the spare key, the door opened. With teary eyes, Lily appeared behind the door. Both Madam Springsteen and Mrs. Springsteen looked at her in shock. Madam Springsteen said, “Lily, don’t be sad. She’s just better than you at painting. You don’t need to be mad about someone of her status.” “She’s better than me at drawing, she’s better looking than me, and she’s better than me at almost everything,” Lily said as she looked at her grandmother calmly. “Grandmother, you don’t need to cheer me up anymore. Please don’t look down on Sylvia either. Grand
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“What should we do now?” A thought rushed into Madam Springsteen’s mind and made her say, “Why don’t you go to your grandfather and ask him to contact Odell?” Lily pursed her lips. She debated the idea for a moment and said, “Grandfather is not young anymore. He’s upset after learning what I have done today. I’ll go to Sylvia and apologize to her.” Madam Springsteen said, “No! How could you lower yourself and apologize to that woman?” “Stop it!” Mrs. Springsteen said, “I came from a lesser family too. Are you going to be prejudiced against me as well?” Shocked, Madam Springsteen was rendered speechless. “Enough, you two. Don’t worry. I know what I am doing.” Lily then went back into the room and locked it. Mrs. Springsteen glared at her mother-in-law, and the annoyance drove her to walk away. “Alison, I didn’t mean…” Madam Springsteen was left alone without having the chance to explain herself. Grievance caused her to stomp her feet before she left in the other directio
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As soon Sylvia hung up the phone, Isabel asked, “Mommy, what did that bad lady say to you?” Liam and Flint also looked at their mother in confusion. Sylvia patted their heads. “She’s just trying to apologize in person.” Shock widened Isabel’s eyes. Liam was baffled as well. He asked, “Why is she apologizing all of a sudden?” Sylvia pondered. “Maybe her family scolded her?” There was a crowd when they had confronted Haytham earlier, and Master Springsteen might have witnessed it himself. Even if he was not present, the news would have reached his ears soon enough. Sylvia might have only seen the man a few times, but she could tell he was unlike Lily or Madam Springsteen. If he found out about what they had done to her, he would be unhappy. She wondered what Lily wanted to talk to her about other than apologizing. …Sylvia left the kids' room after putting them to sleep and returned to her room. Odell came back from the study and had washed up for bed. He lay on the
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“Okay.” Without thinking much, Sylvia put Flint into his arms and said, “Take care of Flint for a while. The first round of competition is this afternoon, so I have to get ready.” The judges' duty was to rate the works of the participants, but as head judge, Sylvia had much more responsibilities than the others. Sylvia went upstairs and left the father and son alone. Odell pursed his lips at Sylvia’s back which disappeared beyond the stairs. He then grabbed Flint and stopped him from reaching his neck. Sylvia went up to her studio on the third floor. She went through the competition agenda once more and tidied up the necessary documents. After she was done, she glanced at her watch and noticed that there were twenty minutes left until ten o’clock. She performed one last check on everything and went downstairs. Odell was sitting on the couch in the living room. He had a book in one hand while his other held onto Flint’s bum to prevent him from falling off the couch. Wh
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Sylvia was surprised. She expected an apology, not Lily confessing that she had looked down on her. It seemed like Lily had turned over a new leaf. Sylvia assured, “It’s okay.” Lily smiled. She pushed the box to Sylvia once more and wore a sincere look. “Sylvia, I picked this for you. Please accept it. If you don’t, I won’t be able to forgive myself.” Sylvia felt helpless. “It’s fine. It’s history, and you’ve apologized. I don’t hate you anymore, so why are you doing this to yourself?” Lily lowered her head. “I heard… from my grandfather that you suffered from severe depression back then.” Sylvia pursed her lips. “I’m sorry, Sylvia,” she said. She sounded much more natural and sincere than before.“It’s okay.” Lily looked at her and saw a smile. In turn, she smiled back. A thought rushed into her mind and she lowered her head again. “Actually, other than that, I worked with Thomas before this to separate you and Master Carter.” Sylvia was slightly stunned before she sa
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Decker was smiling quite earnestly at Isabel. Isabel threw a deeply suspicious look at him, then she glanced at the stack of documents laid out on top of the table in front of her. “Transferal of Shares.” She was dumbfounded. "I've gone through the contract, it’s safe to sign so go ahead.” Roland picked up a pen and handed it to her. "Roland, I..." "Sign it first, I’ll explain when we get home.” Isabel frowned and tried to protest. "I—" "Don't make me have to beg." Isabel did not know how to respond. Fine. She briefly scanned through the contract. The contract stated Decker’s agreement to transfer the remaining forty percent of his shares in Rockwell Corporation to her. Roland must have talked to the shareholders of Rockwell Corporation about this as well. They all regarded Isabel with polite smiles. Isabel had flipped through the final page of the document. She signed her name on one of the marked-out sections. She proceeded to sign all thr
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They ended the call shortly after that. Isabel glanced at Martha and was hesitating if she should break the news right away. Martha seemed to have sensed her staring and suddenly turned to her with a flash of concern. "Isabel, what's wrong?" Isabel took a deep breath and broke the news. "Auntie, Master Rockwell just passed away." Martha's eyes widened. After a lengthy silence that lasted more than ten seconds, she started to break out in tears. She covered her face with her hands and expressed amid bouts of tears mixed with laughter, “Wonderful! About time! I hope he enjoys life in the underworld. God knows that someone like him will never deserve a spot in heaven!” Isabel did not know whether she should celebrate with Martha or console her. Soon, Martha began to collect herself. She briefly wiped away her tears and joyfully took Isabel's hand. "Isabel, let’s go shopping! I’m in such a good mood today, I’m going to go on a shopping spree!” "Okay. But Roland w
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Isabel held onto Roland's hand firmly during the entire drive home after leaving the hospital. It was because Roland’s hands were cold and rigid. Isabel sat with him and tirelessly rubbed his hand to keep them warm. After one hand was warm, she would shift her attention to the other. By the time she managed to warm the other hand, the original hand would turn cold again. She decided it was easier to take both of his hands and caress them with the warmth of her palms. Roland looked at her with a gentle glow deep within his eyes. “Thank you, Isabel,” he said softly. Thank you for loving him, and for sticking by his side all this time despite circumstances. Isabel smiled. “I’m just warming your hands, it's no big deal. Still, you’re welcome." Roland smiled faintly and left it at that. Soon, his hands began to warm up off of the heat of Isabel’s palms. When Isabel felt that his hands were no longer freezing, she prepared to pull her hand away. That was when
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"How did you and Roland meet?" Decker suddenly asked. Isabel turned away, fully intent on ignoring him. "Did you meet each other at Carter Corporation? Or did you meet him outside of work and gradually fell in love with him, then you decided to set him up with a position at Carter Corporation?” What did he mean by that? Was he insinuating that Roland was relying on her to snake his way into Carter Corporation? She threw a sideways, belittling look at him. "Do you think Roland is anything like you? He wouldn’t latch on another woman to further his goals.” Decker was not upset by this as he continued with a smug smile. "Oh? Then how did he get into Carter Corporation?" “He proved his worth.” Isabel realized that she had been roped in by Decker again. Nevertheless, she continued, “He passed the interviews himself. I was one of the interviewers and initially planned to dismiss him, but he managed to leave a very good impression on my father and the rest was history.” "
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"I never meant to kill him! Roland, you have to believe me. Why would I still try to deceive you when I’m in this state?” “In that case, you can go ahead and explain things to him in the afterlife.” Master Rockwell was taken aback by this, his demeanor tightened. "You...you..." Roland looked at him calmly. "Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. It was Grandma and my parents who raised me. They instilled morals and virtue into me and made sure I’d grow into a decent man.” Master Rockwell was briefly relieved to hear this, but before he could rid himself of his trepidation, Roland continued in a dark voice, "But I won’t forget about you and Decker bribing all those media outlets to defame Isabel. I know you manipulated the stock prices to try to kick me out of the corporation. I’ll make sure to settle our score through the legal system.” If convicted guilty, they would have to rot in prison. “Roland… listen to me, Roland. Decker is your uncle. If you want revenge, you can come
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Master Rockwell must have heard their shifting movements and opened his eyes. When he recognized the faces of Roland and Isabel, there was a brief glow in his murky eyes. He motioned to the nurse to have her help him sit up from the bed. After he managed to position himself seated up against the head of the bed, he asked the nurse to leave. Then he cast a loving, tender smile on Roland and Isabel. “Roland, Isabel, please have a seat.” Roland said disinterestedly, "We have things to get to, just hurry up and tell us what you have to say." Isabel stayed silent. A look flashed in Master Rockwell's eyes. Then, he turned to Isabel and expressed regretfully, "Isabel, I’m a foolish old man, it was me who told Decker to leak pictures of you two. He had no choice because I forced him to do so. If you have to blame someone, blame me!” Isabel frowned. She was somewhat impressed by how smoothly the old man switched his mask from one to another. From a forlorn and sad state t
