Celena looked back and saw Liam looking at her gently. Both of them were enveloped by an indescribable mood.Suddenly, the mood became a little more flighty."Really?" Celena was interested. She turned to look at Liam, but she suddenly thought of something, and the excitement on her face disappeared.Shaking her head, she said with disappointment, "Forget it. I've got too many things to take care of at work. I can't be away at all right now. Besides, if I were to take time off to enjoy myself now, Cheryl and the others would use it as an excuse to criticize me."Besides, other than rushing the project for Max Group, we have the collaboration project with Mr. Miller as well, which is going to start soon. There's just too many things to handle." Celena got a headache at the thought of all that. However, since she mentioned Mr. Miller, she asked solemnly, "Oh yes, Liam. Mr. Miller has helped me so many times in the past. Do you think I should buy him a meal to thank him?""Huh?" Li
After Celena started having dinner, Liam said he wanted to go for a smoke, and then he grabbed his phone and went to the front yard. It was after he sent a text that he lit a cigarette and took his time to smoke it.Celena was having dinner when her phone on the couch suddenly rang.Once Celena saw the number that was calling, she picked it up without hesitation. After the person on the phone said a few words, Celena thanked him in excitement."Alright. Thank you very much," said Celena.The person on the other end of the phone hung up the call after saying a few more things.Celena still could not recover from the excitement even though a long time passed.By the time Liam returned to the living room, he saw Celena standing in front of the dining table, holding her phone in exhilaration.Celena immediately walked up to Liam after she saw him. She grabbed Liam's arm in excitement and said, "Liam, guess what? Mr. Miller just said yes!"Liam smiled and acted just as excited as
Celena was too stunned for words. Her father never spared her so much as a second glance before this, so one could understand how taken aback she was by this abrupt change in attitude. Not only did he approach her willingly, but even spared her a smile when talking to her. Celena would never have imagined such a thing could happen, not even in a million years.Despite her initial shock, she still nodded, looking rather bewildered, and replied, "He, he's inside."Yafe's smile widened at this, and without another word, he circled past Celena to enter the house. Sherah and Qemal both followed suit, with Sherah even pausing to scoff haughtily at Celena as she passed.Celena decided that her work could wait—she was far more concerned about her family's sudden appearance and was secretly worried that they were here to harm Liam. Without missing a beat, she turned around and followed them into the house.Meanwhile, Liam just strode out of the bedroom, carrying Jovie in his arms, when he c
"Mr. Stone wants you to lend a helping hand by persuading Mr. Gibson to drop all of Wasyl's charges so that he can be released." Sherah said all of this with such arrogance, as though she expected Liam to feel honored to be given such an opportunity to prove himself.Liam, however, scowled upon hearing this, and his expression turned cold as he gazed at Sherah incredulously.Sherah, however, seemed oblivious to this and instead went on pompously, her arms crossed in front of her chest, "Liam, I do hope you will realize the urgency of this situation. Wasyl and Cheryl's wedding is coming up soon, and how can the wedding go on with the groom still stuck in jail? Surely you must know how important it is for you to speak to Mr. Gibson and get this straightened out."We've already sent out the invitations, and what will happen if the day of the wedding comes and the groom is nowhere to be found? Cheryl will become the laughingstock of the town!"It was at this point that Sherah suddenly
Trying his very best to quell his resentment of Liam, Yafe plastered a smile on his face and said, "Liam, please take no notice of her. She's just a little agitated. My father is incredibly worried about the two issues that we have brought up and wishes that they be resolved as soon as possible. Cheryl and Wasyl's wedding is to be held on the twenty-eighth of this month, and we have already sent out invitations to all of the rich and famous here in Drunham City. You wouldn't want our family to become the laughingstock of the town when no groom shows up for the wedding, would you?"To Yafe's horror, Liam showed no inclination to care about this at all. His expression was impassive as he shot back, "What does the Stones' public humiliation have anything to do with me?"The smile froze on Yafe's face. Both Sherah and Qemal seemed equally aghast to hear this. Sherah stepped forward, and, upon noticing Celena cowering in a corner of the room, turned her attention to Celena and snapped,
Celena was so stunned by the abrupt change in attitude that she froze for a few moments, then replied glumly, "I was just about to set off for work."Yafe, however, would not have any of this. He merely scoffed in response, then turned and strode out of the house with Qemal on his heels.Celena watched them leave with her lips pursed ruefully. Then, she turned to Liam and said, "Well, I'll be off now."Liam, still carrying Jovie in one arm, reached out to gently stroke Celena's hair with his free hand. He nodded. "Alright. Be careful."With that, Celena changed into her work shoes and left to catch the bus for work.Liam, on the other hand, dropped Jovie off at kindergarten. Even after accomplishing his task, he did not rush to set off for work and instead took his sweet time taking out his phone and making some calls, one of which was to Howard.The moment Howard got off his phone, he summoned his second-in-command and relayed Liam's orders to set Wasyl free.Wasyl's days spent
"What? Don't think about this for now?" Wasyl clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles cracked threateningly. There was nothing but white-hot fury in his bloodshot eyes, and he hissed, "Do you have any idea what I've gone through the last few days? I will not let this matter be written off just like that!"His experience in jail, albeit short-lived, was so agonizing that he could not quell his anger toward Liam every time he thought of it. Hatred and fury seemed to seep right out of his every pore.Cheryl wanted to talk some sense into him, but she was so startled by his outburst that she merely stared at him, terrified. Wasyl, suddenly realizing how rashly he acted, immediately took a deep breath to try to calm himself down. Gone was the maniacal sneer on his face and was instead replaced by an expression of deep remorse. He took Cheryl's hand in his and patted it gently. "Cheryl, please don't worry. I'll make sure everything goes smoothly for our wedding on the twenty-eighth.
Not only that, but Liam could not help but feel that there was more to Corie than she was letting on. He had a distinct feeling that she was after him for something else. However, since he had nothing better to do anyway, he decided there was no harm in finding out what she was up to, so he shrugged and got into Corie's car.Corie seemed delighted that she successfully charmed Liam into going with her. She leaped into the driver's seat, stepped on the gas, and the car sped off.Meanwhile, Celena was busy with work from the moment she arrived at the office. All of a sudden, she heard the familiar, though unwelcome, clacking of heels against the tiled floor.The next moment, her office door was flung open, and Cheryl stormed inside, looking furious. Celena lifted her head to gaze at Cheryl in disbelief, then, after a brief moment of confusion, she asked, "Is there anything I can help you with, Cheryl?"The unassuming look on Celena's face only seemed to anger her even more, which