But now, her confidence was quickly waning!"Rather than letting me hold real power, turning me into a puppet CEO is more in line with the Hart family's interests. You'll also feel safer that way, right?" Terry's mouth tugged in a faint smile, but his eyes were ice-cold.Monica shuddered. She had always been a manipulative and proud woman, so she always felt that everything was under her control.But now, she realized that Terry was actually the one who was in control this whole time.He knew what she and the Hart family were planning, but they were fooled by his acting!If he had been obedient and accommodating, she would have been suspicious, but his behavior, his struggling, his desire for power, and his conflict with her in the past five years... made her lower her guard!He's a very, very calculating man!He's a monster!Monica turned around to leave without a word! There's nothing more to say. She had to think up a countermeasure as soon as possible!But she was stopped
The biggest news in the past couple of days were without a doubt the news that the Hart Group had urgently suspended a large real estate project that they were preparing for pre-sale, and the White Maple Group announcing that they would halt all cooperation with the Hart Group. At the same time, a series of scandals about the Hart family was uncovered, including financial fraud.No one knew how serious things would become, but the current situation was already enough to put the Harts in serious trouble.There were even reports that the Hart Group's cash flow was in jeopardy, and their next loan payment to the bank was due in three days. If the pre-sale project was not approved in the next three days, the Hart Group's capital chain would crumble, which may cause the entire company to collapse.Due to the change in the relationship between the Hart family and the White family, the gossip about Lisa had died down. What was originally a cliché love triangle scandal had become a business
"Don’t worry, Mom. Once all this is over, I'll definitely find a boyfriend," Lisa joked, not wanting her mother to worry too much about her.Her parents had been worrying about her a lot. If her marriage could give her parents peace of mind, then... she would do her best to find a partner!Serenity received a call from Jacqueline's kindergarten teacher, who told her that something had happened to her daughter in the kindergarten and hoped she could come over.Serenity's heart skipped a beat. "What happened?""It's like this... Jacqueline got into a fight with another kid, and the other kid... got slightly injured..." the teacher said.Serenity thus learned that Jackie and Anna got into a fight at the kindergarten, and Jackie tore off a small patch of Anna's hair.Every girl wanted to be pretty, so when Anna saw that she had a small patch of bald spot on her head, she immediately burst into tears and insisted on tearing Jackie's hair back.Because one of them was the adopted dau
Micah looked at the mother and daughter indifferently. For the first time in his life, he was experiencing regret. He shouldn't have told his father that he wanted a sister, causing his father to adopt Anna.He didn't like this sister of his. The first time he saw Anna and her mother, they were getting bullied and yelled at, so he felt sorry for them, but now, they make him feel uncomfortable."Jackie's my sister." That was all Micah said, as if that was enough to explain everything!Anna's little face instantly turned red. Did that mean... Micah did not recognize her as his sister anymore? Just because she's not Mr. Valor's biological daughter?Anna realized that her mother was right. This was all Serenity's fault. Serenity's the reason why her mother couldn't marry Mr. Valor, and the reason why Anna couldn't become his real daughter.She really hated being called the Valors' adopted daughter. She preferred to hear people call her Miss Valor or Micah's sister.But ever since Jac
"News? You showed her that kind of news?" Serenity questioned with raised eyebrows."Of... Of course not. She must have seen it when she was playing with my phone," Gwen denied with a dry chuckle."Wow, Anna sure knows a lot of words, huh? She can already read the news. Why don't we let Anna read a news article right now and see if she can understand it?" said Serenity."Well... the news might have been in the form of a video!" Gwen quickly said."A video?" Serenity questioned coldly. "Show me a news video that uses the word 'homewrecker'," Serenity said. The word "homewrecker" would only appear in the comment section of the videos. The news themselves wouldn't use an unprofessional word like that.Serenity was very clear on that because she had asked Jack to remove a lot of videos that slandered Lisa.And she was not the only one. Terry White was probably doing the same thing on his end. Therefore, there's no way there were still any videos that called Lisa a homewrecker online.
Serenity almost laughed out loud."I’m glad to see you two get along," Serenity said as she tidied up her daughter's clothes. "I know you got into a fight with Anna today because you care about Mommy and Auntie Lisa, but fighting is wrong. You two have to understand that fighting is not the way to solve problems. In fact, it often makes the problem worse and might even turn a small problem into a big problem."Micah listened attentively, his eyes showing hints of understanding. He clearly understood that fighting was not a good way to resolve issues. After all, there was no way the Valor family would raise their heir to be a ruffian. Moreover, Micah was more mature and intelligent than most children his age.Jacqueline, on the other hand, listened with a puzzled look on her face. She obviously still believed that fighting was the easiest way to solve problems.Seeing the different reactions of her children, Serenity sighed inwardly. Her daughter was intelligent too, but clearly not
Before Jacqueline could answer, Micah pulled her behind him and stared at Anna warily, "If you're done apologizing, you two can leave now."Anna looked at Micah unhappily. When she saw Micah protecting Jacqueline like this, she felt as if something that originally belonged to her had been taken away from her.Micah used to be her brother and her brother only!"Micah, I know I shouldn't have talked about your Mommy like that. Please forgive me," Anna said pitifully. This apology was much more sincere than her apology to Jacqueline earlier.After all, Anna really, really didn't want Micah to hate her.Micah said nothing, but his eyes were cold.Then, another pair of similarly cold eyes stared at Anna."Anna, who told you to say that?" Jackson asked.Anna was taken aback. She quickly said, "Sir, I... I wanted to apologize myself. I... I just said what I thought."Jackson's eyes turned even colder. "Really?"He abruptly turned to Mr. Knot and said, "Take the kids away to have som
"Umm... the one about Serenity and her mentor. I don't know what kind of videos Anna watched on my phone. Of course there's nothing going on between Serenity and her mentor. The rumors on the internet are all nonsense. They say Edward Klein's being way too kind to Serenity, even losing a case to Serenity on purpose in order to improve Serenity's status in the industry..."On the surface, Gwen was explaining and speaking up for Serenity, but in truth, she was repeating the malicious rumors on the internet to Jackson."You sure know a lot," Jackson snorted with a half-smirk."That's because I care about Serenity. After all, the Valor family helped Anna and I a lot, and I regard myself as a member of the Valor family too," Gwen said. She then turned to Serenity and said, "But, to be honest, Serenity, I really think you should stay away from Lisa Quest. After all, people might say that birds of a feather flock together."Serenity looked at Gwen coldly. "That's none of your business. Al