Ever since Guinevere had been diagnosed with mental illness; she had used it as an excuse to get Weston to visit her.It used to work, but Weston decided to stop granting her that courtesy.“From now on, you don’t have to answer these calls.”Daisy froze for a moment. “Mr. Ford, what do you mean?”“Mr. Ford means that he shouldn’t be bothered with the Cohen family’s matters anymore,” Ben chimed in.Daisy’s eyes flickered for a moment. “I understand,” she said after a moment and turned to leave.It seemed Weston was serious this time. He was breaking ties with the Cohen family for real.As soon as he turned down the Cohen family, Chris called.“I’m looking for Weston.”Weston knew this was coming. He gave Ben a look. Ben got the message and left the office at once.As soon as the call connected, Chris barked into the phone irritatedly. “What the hell are you trying to do?”Weston frowned. “State your business.”Chris took a deep breath. He tried to calm down, but he coul
Did Chris have any regrets about coming this far? If he did, he’d never admit it to his son.“Of course, I’m scared… I don’t want her to be sad and upset… What happened back then was an accident. If you kept your promise, no one would’ve known. Now that you’re treating Guinevere like this, we’ll be screwed when her memory comes back, and she’ll drag us all down…”“Then, so be it.”Weston was about to hang up when he heard Chris’s pleading from the other end of the line.“Did you forget?! Your mom just had her heart checked at the hospital. If she finds out the truth… It’ll be too much for her to handle!”Weston held his breath and remained silent for a long time.“Please, I’m begging you, just come and see her… Consider it a favor for your mother. Don’t hurt her anymore.”“If you don’t want to hurt her,” Weston snapped coldly. “You shouldn’t have done this in the first place.”Weston ended the call with a bang as he slammed his phone on the table. His eyes gradually turned dar
Weston consulted several married people, some of them business partners, about the wedding. Each of them couldn’t wait to impart their advice.“Mr. Ford, women are all the same! They like to see the man’s sincerity.”“She’ll say she doesn’t need an extravagant and wasteful wedding because she cares about you, but as the man, you shouldn’t be stingy!”“But if you listen to her and make an event as important as her wedding too simple… she’ll haunt you for decades!”“Whenever you quarrel, your wife will nag in your ear: when I married you, I didn’t even have a decent wedding! How dare you argue with me now?”“When it comes to that, you’ll wish you never listened to what she said!”The other married men agreed with this statement.Thinking that there was some merit to their advice, Weston shared them with Stella.The moment she heard it, Stella, in his arms, laughed. “I didn’t know your business partners were so funny.”“I heard them mention their wives in the meeting today, so I
“Do you have someone you like?” Yvonne continued asking.Angelina scratched her hair. “Nope…”“That’s strange. You’re the same age as us. Don’t you even have a crush on anyone?”“I’m going to be an idol soon. I’m banning love from now on,” Angelina explained.“Don’t be ridiculous. Many idols date in secret,” Yvonne said.“I’m not like them. If I could make that much money, I’d never be in a relationship,” Angelina replied.Yvonne looked around. “You haven’t officially debuted, have you? Why don’t I show you some handsome guys before your debut?”Stella had a bad feeling. “What are you doing? Don’t spoil her.”Yvonne beamed and put her arms around Angelina’s neck. “What can I do? I’ve just met her today, but we’ve already become good friends. I just want to take her out and open her eyes.”Stella narrowed her eyes. “What are you trying to do?”Yvonne patted her shoulders. “Well, I’m taking her to see some handsome men!”Stella looked at Angelina. “Do you want to?”Angelina l
Stella jumped in shock as a chill ran down her spine.Quickly, she pushed the young boy away and lowered her voice. “I’m outside with friends…” she explained.Weston furrowed his eyebrow and asked with an icy voice, “Yvonne?”Among her friends, no one else was as outrageous as Yvonne.Stella's silence seemed to answer his question. Finally, after a short moment, she said softly, “She drank a little, so I don’t think she can drive. Can you come pick me up?”She knew Weston would be mad, but at such times, all she could do was show her compliance and ask him to come over for her. In a way, her subservience was a silent admission of her trespasses.Weston’s reaction went according to her expectation. He was indeed angry and was quiet for a good while.After thinking about it, he warned, “Keep that ignorant man away from you.”Instead of rushing to lecture her, he left her a short and stern statement. “Stay right there. I’m coming right now.”Stella feared he would misunderstand
Moreover, he seemed about the same age as Roger.Stella could not help but feel reluctant. “At this age, you should be studying hard, not wasting your time in such places.”This was a fantasy tower that would drain one’s youth away.Perhaps he was young, tempted by the money, and immersed in it.But when he was older, he would certainly feel abandoned by the times, with nothing left behind.Those who squandered their youth were rarely treated well by time.Seeing her face become serious, Little Puppy was at a little loss. “Sis, you shouldn’t say that…”He would usually say such things to win the sympathy of women. As long as he pleased those elder sisters and stimulated their maternal instinct, they were more than willing to impart their money with him.He really had not met one like Stella.So he could not help but glance at Yvonne, who was not far away—Yvonne seemed to be enjoying her time a lot more than Stella, with teams of handsome young men surrounding her and pleasin
Even those who earned money with their faces could not help but cower in his presence.This was a man dearly loved by God.This time, however, he had come with a face as menacing as an approaching hurricane.He stared at Little Puppy with nothing but hostility. “Since you know you are small, don’t come out and embarrass yourself.”Little Puppy was very irritated by his comment.Disregarding the pain he felt, he looked up and tried to retort. “You…” But the moment he saw the man surrounded by a murderous aura, he shuddered subconsciously.The curses were already in his mouth, but he dared not say anything.The aura this man emitted was simply overbearing.His dark eyes were full of hostility, and his body was surrounded by an intimidating aura that would force anyone not to look directly into his eyes.Afraid that he might cause trouble, Stella grabbed his wrist and said in a low voice, “He is just a boy. Let him go.”Weston heard her and shot her a glance.The anxiousnes
Weston swept a glance at her, and the anger he had managed to suppress rose again. At Little Puppy’s desperate actions, Weston grabbed his wrist hard and tossed him to the side.And so he was thrown to the side like a helpless little chick as if he weighed nothing. It didn’t take much to fling him away.Thud.Before Little Puppy could react, he felt his head spinning as he was lifted off the ground and thrown onto the coffee table.Searing pain tore through his entire back. He gasped, then lost his senses for a good while…This man had a terrifying amount of strength, bringing credence to the fact that he had an excellent physique.Damn. If he was coming to compete for business, how were they even going to survive?Little Puppy was so upset that his eyes turned red.“You hit me? How could you!”He began to act pitifully.That was his style, anyway.The lady guests, all older than him, had their maternal instincts fired, unable to bear seeing him cry. It was why many of the
Stella had rarely ever woken up before him.He had always been terrifyingly strong, but their lovemaking last night must have consumed a lot of his energy, leaving him so tired that he was still sound asleep.She stared at him and suddenly felt like doing something naughty. She pinched his nose and held her fingers there, trying to suffocate him. Unsurprisingly, he soon knitted his handsome brows and quickly woke up.He was surprised to see her mesmerizing eyes as soon as he woke up, which made him pause. He then took her hand into his and kissed it again and again.“Are you okay?” he asked with concern, remembering how wildly he ravaged her last night.She had only been willing to be intimate with him because she was under the influence of a drug, yet he had taken advantage of her and had his way with her over and over again last night.Stella did not speak. Seeing her like that made his expressions turn a little colder. He fell silent for a long time before he got up and sl
The moment Stella saw him, she flew into his arms and clambered onto his body. She kissed him again and again, trying to search for his breath so she could explore his body even deeper. All she wanted was to let him extinguish the fire burning inside her.Half an hour had passed, and the effect of the drug on her body was its strongest now.Weston swallowed his saliva. Without any hesitation, he pinned her against the bathroom mirror and kissed her vehemently on her face, her shoulders, then her neck.Stella could not stop herself from letting out loud moans. The sounds she produced only drove Weston wilder. Even the corners of his eyes began to turn red now.Luckily, there was still a thread of reason in his mind. He pushed her away and, while panting heavily, asked her, “Who am I, Stella?”But Stella’s mind was occupied with her primal urges. She ignored his question and grabbed his shirt collar, saying, “Let’s do it…” The sight of her filled Weston with a desire to just give
Weston paused, then simply replied, “Okay.”When he saw her changing into a pair of high heels, he followed her around and asked, “Where are you going?”“Oh, to a private concert.”Then she added, “If you’re going to spend the night here tonight, then please take care of Elias and Emma. But if you have to leave, I’ll ask Roger to come over instead.”“Don’t worry,” he said. “Just go out and enjoy yourself. I’ll be at home and take good care of the kids.”Stella paused suddenly, feeling inexplicably weird about what Weston had just said. It sounded like she was forcing him to stay at home and take care of the kids while she went out to have fun without a care in the world. She turned around to look at Weston, feeling like he was acting like a poor neglected housewife.She shook her head and tried to shake this terrifying thought out of her mind.When they arrived at the concert, Hayden offered his arm to her like a gentleman. They then walked into the private concert together, w
Stella’s words rendered Weston speechless. She was right. He had been the one to agree to let Stella date other people, so he must seem like a fool saying all those things to her.He withdrew his hands and forced himself to calm down a little. “I have no intention to stand in your way,” he told Stella. “I was only worried about Elias and Emma. Since they’re also here, I think you need to take their feelings into consideration.”The children could sense the strained atmosphere between the adults, so they just waited patiently on the couch with Roger, occasionally poking their heads out to look at their parents.Seeing his kids like that, Weston slowly added, “I’m only here to see the kids, so both of you can go ahead with your date.”Stella said nothing and just took Hayden’s hand and left.When they got downstairs, Hayden glanced at her and asked, “Are you sure you want to just leave him like that?”“I don’t know,” Stella massaged the point between her brows. “I’m not sure wh
Hayden Quirk arrived half an hour earlier than Stella did on their first date.“You’re much earlier than I expected,” he joked as Stella walked in.Stella was actually on time, but she still felt a little guilty when she saw him already waiting for her when she arrived.“The traffic is terrible today,” she said.“Don’t worry about it,” Hayden said, handing her the menu. “Mr. Ford expected me to wait for you for at least an hour.”“I seriously don’t know what you guys are up to,” she grumbled, exasperated, “but I hope it will at least be over soon. Just don’t drag it out and cause me any trouble.”She ordered a few dishes, then handed the menu back to him. Hayden took it from her, ordered a few more signature dishes that the restaurant was popular for, then looked at Stella with a faint smile.“Did you think this is all just a joke?” he asked.“What else could it be?”“I am serious about this,” he told her, his voice suddenly turning grave. “Since even Mr. Ford agreed that we s
Weston raised his eyebrows at Ben’s words. “But he’s divorced. He has an ex-wife.”“What’s wrong with having an ex-wife?”Ben found Weston’s comment strange. “This man has good qualities. Upon investigation, he has a very good personality too. He was an active member during college. He also has an amazingly beautiful resume. It’s normal that a man like him has been married before… Besides, hasn’t Ms. Sealey been married before herself? She even has two children.”Weston’s expression turned cold at once. “Are you discriminating against her?”“I’m not.”Weston said, “Or do you think she can only find a divorced man for her second marriage?”Ben panicked. “I wouldn’t dare!”With Weston’s ridiculous amount of nitpicking, they could find no one that would match Stella.Hayden sat beside and quietly reviewed Weston’s latest psychological health report. As he turned the page, he suddenly said, “I’m actually a little interested in Ms. Sealey.”Hayden laughed a little and turned to Wes
Stella opened her eyes and shot Weston a cold look. Then, she turned her head the other way.Weston did not touch her again. He knew she was probably angry with him, so he stayed silent.A few moments later, he reminded her, “Don’t be angry. That man is unreliable.”Stella propped her chin in her palm. “And what does that have to do with you?”Weston pursed his lips, setting his jaw in a tight line. He said, “I’ve promised to stop pestering you. It’ll be a promise. I’m fine with seeing you with another man, but at least find someone who makes me feel at ease.”“Why do I need your approval when I’m just looking for a date?” Stella found his words funny. “You’re just my ex-husband. Don’t you think you care too much?”Weston rubbed his brow, and his voice suddenly went cold. “If you don’t want me to keep pestering you like I just did, maybe you should listen to me.”Stella questioned, “Are you threatening me?”“No. I’m suggesting.”Stella was lost for words. Then, she suddenly
Stella froze for a moment when she heard the voice. When she turned around, she saw that Weston had appeared behind her at some point.Weston stared at the man behind Stella with a cold gaze and an icy aura around him. Weston had always emitted a strong aura around him. Anyone who saw him would immediately be terrified because of his intimidating aura.The man froze for a moment at Weston’s sudden appearance. He took a step back and quickly steadied himself before greeting Weston, “Mr. Ford.”He still had the same calm and gentle look. “I’m sending Miss Cicily back.”“I know. Don’t ever show up in front of her again,” Weston told him. “You don’t have to send her back. Stay away from her.”It would be a little inappropriate for the man to act a fool at Weston’s straightforwardness, so he tugged at his collar and asked Weston with a polite smile, “Mr. Ford, you should give me a reason, shouldn’t you? I’m having a good time with Miss Cicily.”“You’re the one who thinks she’s having
Stella smiled. It seemed like he had come prepared.Stella enjoyed chatting with the man. He was sincere and introduced himself properly as soon as they started chatting.The man was also a pianist and came from a scholarly family. Although not super wealthy, he was doing considerably well in the middle class. Stella would not need to worry about the quality of life with him, but that was about it. She certainly could not live a luxurious life.Stella had a good impression of him. She also talked to him a little more about piano music.Stella twirled her hair and smiled. She told him with a nice voice, “I’m sure Roger has already told you about my situation.”“I know.”The man looked at her gently and set the coffee in front of her. He said to her, “I’m very interested in you. I think we’re very suitable for each other. Our living standards nowadays have improved quite a bit. Not many look for a partner purely because of material qualities. People with emotional needs will search