Upon receiving Julien's order, Joel waved his hand and several security guards rushed up to surround Levi. The one thing that Levi had learned since young was not to fight back when the odds were against him. Seeing that Julien was being serious this time, he surrendered in an instant. "Young Master Julien, please let me go. I'll walk out by myself. Ask your men to leave first. At least save me some face, okay?" However, Julien was not having it. He ordered, "Take him out now!" Levi shouted, "Don't push my limits, Julien!" However, Julien ignored him and ordered the security guards to drag him out of the office. "What happened?" Seeing that Levi was being carried out of the president's office, the people in the secretary's office were all craning their necks. "It's a misunderstanding! Really! This is just a misunderstanding! You guys can get back to work already. There's nothing to watch!" Even when he was being carried out of the office, Levi still
"Have more if you like it. We'll continue with our work after you're done eating." Joel put the lunchbox in front of Vanessa. "Belinda likes you a lot. She's been talking about you for so many times and when she has the time to prepare lunch for me, she'll definitely make your portion too." "Help me thank Belinda, okay?" Vanessa wanted to refuse, but Belinda's cooking was too good. It was even tastier than what she had eaten at restaurants. As the aroma rushed into her nostrils, Vanessa could no longer resist it. Vanessa couldn't help but praise the food from the bottom of her heart. "Joel, you're really blessed to have a wife that cooks this well." "Well, yeah, I'm indeed blessed." Joel didn't know what to say. Could he complain that he never wanted such blessing? It was really torturing to watch her eat but could not get to taste any of it. "By the way, Joel, have you eaten your lunch?" The food was so good that Vanessa had only realised after a few mouthfuls
On the call, Marvin Love, who was rightfully the head of the family, answered obediently, "If Vaness wasn't filial, she wouldn't have tried so hard to help the family in the past year. Just give her a bit more time." Every time Fiona complained about Vanessa, Marvin's attitude was like this. He was always trying to avoid conflict. Upon hearing this, Vanessa was furious. "If you want me to be filial, then please ask yourselves if any of you deserve it?" Marvin pleaded, calling Vanessa by her nickname, "Vaness..." "Don't call me that." Vanessa didn't want to listen to their irritating voices anymore, so she decisively hung up the phone. To tell the truth, if they weren't related by blood, she would have stopped caring about them for a long time. But apparently, this family didn't seem to realise that they had stepped out of the line. They were always trying to get money out of her, treating her like a cash cow. She didn't want them to suck her dry, so after
After coming back to his senses, Levi immediately greeted Julien with a smile, "Oh, Young Master Julien, I said that I don't need you to come and apologize to me in person, didn't I? But you actually came. I really feel honored." Julien maintained his aloofness and kept his silence. When he came over, the people sitting around Levi unconsciously dispersed, vacating the seat beside him. Levi casually dusted the seat next to him and said, "Young Master Julien, please take a seat." Julien sat down and looked at the liquor glasses on the table with a grim look. Levi was a smart person. He immediately knew what Julien was thinking so he said, "I'll ask someone to get another glass here. Would you like some drinks?" Julien was still silent, but Levi knew what he was thinking. He grew up with Julien, so he knew him the best. He immediately asked someone to bring a glass and poured some liquor for Julien. "Young Master Julien, we don't always get good liquor like this o
Lawrie had been in poor health all this while. Now that he was having a fever, Vanessa couldn't care about anything else anymore. She must see him now. If she could, she really wished that she could grow a pair of wings and fly to Lawrie immediately. For some reasons, Vanessa did not dare to let Lawrie stay by her side. She did not even dare let Lawrie live in Chatterton Town. In desperation, she had to entrust Lawrie to a trustworthy nursery in Hogward City, a city located next to Chatterton Town. After getting together with Julien, Vanessa did not even dare to visit Lawrie often, nor did she dare call Lawrie on the phone. Although Lawrie's birth was the last thing Vanessa wanted to talk about, Lawrie was still her baby whom she carried for nine months. Her love for Lawrie was no less than any other mother's love for their child. Vanessa's mother had passed away and her father would only listen to her stepmother, Fiona. Lawrie was the only person Vanessa cared for, a
Julien's cold voice sounded, "Where are you?" Why did he suddenly ask where she was? Did he go to her place again? She was not sure. Vanessa asked him back, "Where are you?" Julien repeated his question, "Where are you?" Julien's words were cold as usual. Vanessa could feel that his patience was running thin, so she'd better answer him quickly or she would have to suffer. Vanessa thought for a moment and asked, "What's the matter?" Julien asked again, "Where are you?" Since she could not dodge the question, Vanessa racked her brain for a solution. She thought that Julien probably was not at her place. Moreover, he looked angry when he left her house the night before. According to her understanding of Julien, she was almost certain that Julien wouldn't go to her place in the coming few days. Vanessa answered, "I'm at home." Julien said, "Go freshen up now. I'll get the driver to pick you up in five minutes." "What?" Vanes
Vanessa was willing to be with him only because of money. She would try her best to please him for money. Now, the reason she got in touch with him was also because of money. Besides money, what else did they have between them? Julien, who had always been calm, was so angry that he threw his mobile phone onto the coffee table, causing a loud crash. However, after he had cooled down a little, he picked up the phone and made a phone call. "Check where did Vanessa last use her credit card." ...... Listening to the disconnected tone, Vanessa put away the mobile phone with disappointment. It seemed that she had really gone overboard and offended Julien this time. He was cutting off all her finances so that she would give in and admit her mistakes. When they first got together, they had agreed that they would not interfere with each other's lives during the weekends. In the past year, both of them never had any issues with this. Hence, Vanessa did not know why h
Lawrie enjoyed the chicken wings not only because they were delicious, but more so because they were personally cooked by his mother. He loved anything she made! At the dining table, Vanessa kept reminding him, "Baby, slow down. Don't choke yourself." Lawrie wiped his mouth and said sweetly, "Mommy, it's so delicious." Vanessa took a tissue and wiped his mouth. "You can't eat too much even if you like it. You'll get an indigestion." "Okay." Lawrie nodded his head, but he still couldn't stop eating. As they were munching on the chicken wings, Lawrie's kindergarten teacher, Winnie Ziglar had arrived. Vanessa greeted her warmly. "Miss Ziglar, have you eaten yet? You can join us if you haven't." "I've already eaten." Seeing that Lawrie was enjoying the food so much, Winnie could not help but shake her head and sigh. "Vanessa, it's really better for a child to stay with his mother." "Yeah I know, Miss Ziglar." Vanessa wanted to take Lawrie with her
...... Eight months later. Adrienne had given birth to a daughter, gathering the entire Yard family in Chatterton Town. Everyone was in high spirits but Jefferson had a sour expression on, as if that was the worst day of his life. Sierra found a moment and went over to Jefferson. "Hey, Jeff. Adrienne just gave birth but why do you have such a long face on? Did you want a son instead or something?" Jefferson responded rudely, "It doesn't matter to me whether it's a boy or a girl. That little girl is our daughter, and I'll love her no matter what." Sierra continued, "Why do you look so upset then?" "Must I have a reason for that?" Well, he was angry at himself. Adrienne had almost lost her life in the labor room earlier, but he hadn't been able to offer any help. Throughout Adrienne's pregnancy, Jefferson had done an enormous amount of research and found out that a C-section birth was relatively safer. Hence, he'd insisted that Adrienne und
...... Johan was still clamming up. Maxtor was so anxious that he couldn't stand still. "Johan, what happened between you and Sierra? Can't you at least explain the situation to me?" After a long silence, Johan looked up and out of the window. "There have been so many fights and misunderstandings between us in the past years and it seems that the past was a time that we can never go back to." Upon hearing this, Maxtor seemed to have put his finger on the crux of the problem. "Did Miranda make Sierra misunderstand you?" Maxtor said earnestly, "Johan, I've told you before that woman has a twisted psyche and you need to stay away from her. You pitied her for being an orphan, but look at what she has been up to." "It has nothing to do with Miranda. It's me. If I..." If he had explained everything to Sierra back then, she wouldn't have felt that insecure about their relationship. He knew everything, but he still got mad at her. Maxtor continued, "He
...... On the first day of school, Miranda was once again met with an unpredicted truth. She found out that Sierra was the top scorer in the entrance exam. She was the overachiever that every university was dying to recruit. Not only did Sierra come from a good family, but she was smart and beautiful to boot. Sierra possessed everything she could have in life. Miranda couldn't figure out why she had to take Johan away from her when she already had so much. What made Miranda even more disappointed was not her inferiority but Johan. On the first day of school, she was over the moon to see that Johan was at the gate to receive her. However, when Johan took her luggage from her and she was wallowing in her excitement to see him, He said to her, "Miranda, that is the girl I like, Sierra. She will be your sister-in-law in the future. You should get on well with her." She didn't want to be nice to her. Instead, she hated her. Mirand
...... Johan's words frightened Miranda so much that her face turned pale. "Johan, Mrs. Silas adopted me. I would have died a long time ago if it weren't for her. How could I have nothing to do with the Silas family?" Johan's face was somber, and his voice chilled Miranda to her bones. "You know that my mother was the one who took you in, but look at what you've been up to all these years?" "Johan, what-what did I do?" Miranda said, trembling with fear. Miranda was an expert at feigning a pitiful appearance and reaping sympathy from others. She even managed to tear up and gazed heart-wrenchingly at Johan at that very moment. However, Johan did not buy into her ploy at all. Not only did his eyes demonstrate her no pity, there was also a trace of disdain that Miranda had never seen before. He loathed her. Upon realizing that, Miranda's heart was broken. Johan had been her dream for those past years. She had worked so hard to do so many things in
...... Sierra wasn't able to refute because what Miranda said was the truth. It was indeed true that many could never compare with her background. However, although she was born privileged, that didn't spare her from putting in effort for her own future. Prestigious universities wanted her because she was the top scorer in the entrance exam but not because of her family background and connections. All of a sudden, Miranda smirked sinisterly. "I know you like Johan, and you want to be with him. Sierra, I like him too, and I want to be with him. You have everything so why do you still want to take my man away from me?" "Excuse me? Who took your man?" Displeased, Sierra said, "Miranda, you were the one who told me that you two were siblings, and that there was nothing going on between you guys. And mind you, you were also the one who encouraged me to go after him." Miranda shouted in a low voice, "Sierra, if I hadn't told you that, would you have remained fri
...... Averting her gaze, Sierra turned around with difficulty. However, just as she had taken a step forward, Miranda's voice sounded from behind. "Sierra, I didn't expect you to come to the airport to pick me up. Imagine my delight to be able to see you on the first day of my return." "You've misunderstood, Miss Attwood. I'm not here to pick you up." Sierra did not conceal her hatred for Miranda as she could not even be bothered to dole out the niceties at her. Miranda chuckled. "I haven't seen you for so many years, but you're still so adorable." It seemed that Miranda couldn't sense the despise Sierra had for her. She approached Sierra with a smile and wanted to give her a hug. Sierra stared at Miranda's outstretched arms and quickly dodged her. A single glance at Miranda and her eyes would be sullied. Sierra thought that she would even throw up should her body come into contact with Miranda's. Miranda was never good at reading between the
...... Stopping her car, Sierra quickly got off to check the situation. No sooner had her feet been on the ground that four men got off from the car in front of her and surrounded her. One of them pointed at her and barked, "Don't you f*cking know how to drive? If you don't, then don't drive. Say it, how much are you going to pay for the damage!" Sierra was driving in accordance to normalcy, but the other party had, so suddenly, cut into her lane without a signal. As hard as she had stepped on her brake, she still collided with the car. They were supposed to be the ones held accountable for the collision. However, they got out of the car and shouted at her, extorting compensation. Sierra suspected that these men had done so deliberately to scam her. She took out her mobile phone and was ready to call the police. However, before she could even unlock her phone, one of the men had already wrenched the phone away from her. "We have something important t
...... In the middle of cleaning the table, Rosie said, "He doesn't only come here to have meals, but he would also get one to go every time. No jalapenos on the one to go. He says that you can't take spices because your stomach doesn't handle it well." Sierra did have a stomach problem, but it wasn't till the point that she couldn't take spicy food at all. Moreover, Johan had never brought any tacos back for her. Sierra figured that he was probably getting it for someone else so she asked, "What did he say to you when he asked you to pack it?" Rosie smiled and said, "He said that he was going to bring it for his girlfriend. He's obviously talking about you, isn't he?" "Oh, his girlfriend." Smiling, Sierra did not put forth any more questions as she knew that Johan had never regarded her as his girlfriend. For him, she was nothing more like a leech that he couldn't shake off. Rosie looked at Sierra and said earnestly, "I know you two fought tod
...... "My ability to act coy?" Sierra said inwardly. She had no idea from where did his temper sneak in again. However, she knew that somehow everything she had done seemed to piss him off. If he didn't like her, then why did he come looking for her? Did he have nothing else better to do? She smiled and said, "Mr. Silas, since you don't like being around me, then let's not meet anymore in the future, nor have any meals together. I'm afraid your appetite will take a nosedive when you see me." "You shouldn't say that, Sierra." Rosie handed one of the plates to Sierra and said, "Every couple gets into fights, but you must know your boundaries. Some words are too hurtful, and you shouldn't just say everything that comes to your mind." Sierra didn't make a sound. She wasn't a fan of others poking their noses in her affairs. Besides, she was not close to Rosie either so she found her rather meddlesome. Rosie didn't seem to register in her mind that Sierra was d