Ryan still had lingering fears over Mr. Alberich’s brutality the last time, so he still let Silvia go although he was very reluctant. Silvia hurriedly took a step back as she pulled away from him and avoided him as if he was a scourge. “There is already nothing to talk about between us long ago. You can leave first. I will send Autumn back.” After saying that, she turned around and walked home.Mrs. Alberich hugged Autumn at the door. She pushed a very angry Mr. Alberich back into the house, not allowing him to stay outside and cause trouble.Ryan obviously had something to say to their daughter.Mrs. Alberich felt that Ryan’s behavior in the past few days was a little abnormal. He came personally to deliver their daughter’s suitcase and even drove Autumn over personally. Could it be that he still had so much affection for their daughter? It was just that she did not know how much this affection was—after all, there was a big difference between one point and nine points.Ry
“If it’s not convenient for you, I have the doctor’s business card here and I can give you his phone number. You can make an appointment with him and get him to come to your house to take a look at you.”After Silvia said this, she walked past him and sprinted back home, leaving him outside abruptly. Only then did Ryan realize that the Springfield Hospital that she mentioned was the most famous psychiatric hospital in Detroit.The reason why she had the doctor’s business card was because she suffered from depression after her miscarriage and had gone there to see a psychiatrist there once. She really made him angry.She was going in circles just to curse at him and say that he was crazy!But no matter how angry he was, there was nothing he could do. She had already returned home without even looking back. He simply stood there and looked at the closed door of her house, and suddenly felt extremely depressed.He drove so far so early in the morning to bring their daughter to
”Silvia already explained that Ryan Pierce sent their daughter to meet her today. But he’s always given me the impression that he’s very proud and condescending, especially in front of Silvia. How could he be so gracious to send Autumn all the way to meet Silvia?”Wendy said indignantly, “One who is offering unsolicited hospitality must be harboring evil intentions.”Silvia burst into laughter when she saw this, but after laughing, she also thought about it carefully. Why was he the one who came to drop their daughter off today? Last night, Ophelia had clearly agreed to send a driver to drop Autumn off.As she was unable to figure it out, she opened the door and called her daughter who was having fun with her parents outside. Autumn’s face was red as she ran in while smiling. She asked her, “Mama, are you looking for me for something?”Silvia squatted down and asked her daughter in a low voice, “I want to ask you something. Didn’t your grandmother say yesterday that the driver wi
This was followed by: “Sisters, I’m dying.”After that, there were no more text messages from her.Silvia guessed that Wendy must be in so much pain that she did not even have the strength to speak.Since Wendy was about to give birth, Silvia was not in the mood to do anything and she simply waited for news from Wendy.During this period, she received a call from Ryan, asking where she planned to take their daughter to play in the next two days. She did not think that it had anything to do with him at all, so she gave him a vague answer. He then said that he found a hotel nearby where he could stay, so if she wanted to take their daughter out by car, she could notify him.Silvia almost broke down emotionally when she read that.She called him angrily. “We can just take a taxi when we want to go out to play. We don’t need your car, thank you. You should just go and do whatever you should be doing. For example, leaving this place.”Silvia did not hide the fact that she did not w
After returning to live with her parents for the past few days, she realized that her parents’ health was not as good as they had always said over the phone. She even saw her mother secretly taking medicine. When she took a look at the medicine her mother had taken, she found that it was an anti-inflammatory drug. It was only after she asked her mother repeatedly that her mother finally told her that her gallbladder was not in good condition. She’d gone to the hospital for a checkup and the doctor told her that she had cholecystitis so she could not eat anything that was too greasy or get angry.Silvia felt very guilty. Her mother was taking medicine again these days, so it must be because she was troubled by the divorce and had gotten angry.Therefore, she did not want to tell them these things anymore. She did not want them to worry about her anymore.She should live a good life and work hard so they could feel at ease. While Mrs. Alberich was preparing lunch in the kitchen,
Her introduction was particularly detailed. She did not only introduce the food to him but she also introduced the interesting places in the city and some interesting cultures to him. She wanted him to learn more about the city she grew up in and thus learn more about her.She’d introduced the beautiful scenery, food, as well as the beauty to him.The so-called beauty, of course, was referring to her. At that time, she was shameless and referred to herself as a beauty. It was his first time coming to her house and she kept pestering him in her room. She’d showed him photos of herself from childhood to adulthood, then introduced each photo to him.She knew that she was very noisy at the time, but she was just desperate for him to get to know her, and she desperately wanted him to fall in love with her. He listened to her with slight interest and he finally could not take it anymore when she continued chattering endlessly. He pushed her on the bed, saying that he did not need to
He organized his words as best as he could. “You should also get well soon for your parents’ sake.”Mariah was very sad and she began to sob as she said, “Ryan, can you come here for a while? I feel very, very upset. I used to be the pride of my parents, but now that I’ve become like this, I really don’t want to live anymore.”Ryan suddenly felt a little annoyed when faced with Mariah’s crying.Some women whom he wanted to see cry and show weakness simply refused to do so. She was so stubborn that it made people feel resentful.Meanwhile, some women whom he wanted to be stronger simply cried all day long.Mariah was the latter and a certain woman was the former.Ryan’s mood became even more irritable when he inexplicably thought of Silvia again. “I’m out of town now so I can’t go back. Don’t think too much, just go to bed early.”Mariah refused to hang up the phone.“Ryan, don’t leave me alone. I’m really scared. I’m afraid that Rowan will find me, I’m afraid that I’ll go cra
“I’d have forgotten if you didn’t mention it. When Autumn came here the last time, she really loved playing at the park here. Her grandfather said that he was going to take her out to play today. Since you have time, you can come over and pick them up.”In fact, her daughter did not say that she wanted to go out and play. Silvia was just using her father’s trick to make him back off so that he would stop bothering them.He had been beaten several times by her father with scallions the last time so he probably had lingering fears when he saw her father now. Silvia felt that he definitely would not dare to come if she heard that her father would be going out with Autumn.Sure enough, as soon as Ryan heard that Autumn’s grandfather would be taking her to the park, he immediately fell silent. She was glad to be free at last. “Goodbye.”He continued questioning her without giving up on the other end of the line, “Wouldn’t you be going along?”She casually replied, “I have other thi
Evelyn was worried about this, but Rowan did not take it seriously as he said, “This small amount of snow is nothing.”Evelyn was extremely worried. The temperature was so low now, so the road must be icy. The snow was too heavy and would block his sight. Evelyn did not want him to be in any danger, so she suggested in a low voice, “It’s better if you don’t go back.”Rowan looked at her in surprise and smiled as he asked, “Where will I stay if I don’t go back? Do you want me to stay in the car all night?”Evelyn shook her head and said, “Y-You can go home with me.”She had just taken the initiative to invite a man to spend the night at her home. It was truly embarrassing for a shy girl like Evelyn to say these words, but she was willing to do so for his safety.“My mother should be asleep now, and she wakes up later in the morning. We can just leave before she wakes up in the morning.”She explained with a red face, “Don’t misunderstand me. I just don’t want you to be in danger o
She held her cell phone and said hurriedly, “I’ll go down right now.”She ended the call and hurriedly put on her down jacket. She was wearing warm and soft polar fleece home clothes. She did not have time to change, so she simply put on a down jacket and went out. She opened the door and walked out stealthily, out of fear that she would wake Helena up, and Helena would find out that she was going down to meet Rowan in the middle of the night. Helena would surely think that this kind of behavior was inappropriate. When passing by the living room, Evelyn glanced in the direction of Helena’s bedroom. The lights had been turned off, so she was probably asleep. Helena’s physical condition was not as good as it was before the surgery. After all, she was getting older and had undergone craniotomy, which was a major surgery, so she could not keep up mentally and physically. She would go to bed very early at night and wake up late in the morning.After Evelyn left the house quietly, sh
Cassie’s expression turned ugly when she heard Helena’s words. She was shocked and humiliated as she asked in disbelief, “Is it Rowan Pierce?”Cassie knew that it was the Pierces and Matons who were maliciously targeting the Sullivans. Julian and Nora had just gotten married, and it was said that Julian loved Nora very much, so it could not be Julian.As the person in charge of the Pierces, Ryan was a married man as well, and the couple usually kept a low profile and rarely displayed their affection. However, Cassie heard that Ryan’s wife had just given birth to a son, and it was widely known that Ryan was a family man now.Rowan was the only single man, so could it be Rowan?Cassie recalled the scene when she saw Rowan shopping with them in the mall that day. At the time, she wondered why Rowan would be willing to go shopping with them, but now, it seemed that he was there for Evelyn’s sake. Cassie was so stunned when she thought of this that she felt like she would choke on a m
In the end, Natalie was pushed to a dead end and had no choice but to hold a press conference in a hurry. During the press conference, she cried and apologized for the plagiarism and the fact that she had looked for someone to draw a design for her, and announced that she would be quitting the design world.However, few people accepted her apology or showed sympathy for her even though she apologized and admitted her mistakes. The general public opinion was still scolding her in various ways, so Barry simply drove Natalie home and asked her to stay at home to avoid the limelight. One night after Natalie’s incident, Evelyn was accompanying Helena on a stroll in the neighborhood when they ran into Cassie.Natalie’s life had been completely gloomy and dark in the past few days, but Evelyn’s life was stable and practical.Rowan insisted on picked her up from work every morning. If Rowan was at the company at noon, the two would have lunch together. Considering that Helena would be at
Natalie never expected that Rowan would play these dirty tricks behind her back. She did not know that Rowan was best at these tricks. She had cried and begged Barry to plead for mercy on her behalf, but when Barry came back, he told her that there was no room for redemption. She was desperate and was filled with hatred and resentment. Over the years, she had tried every means possible to trample all over Evelyn, but in the end, she was the one who suffered the most and could not turn her life around. Natalie clenched her teeth angrily in hatred as she dug her nails into her palms and tried to calm her emotions. So what if her career in design was ruined? She never truly liked this industry anyway. She had only learned it at the beginning in order to crush Evelyn. She could still do other things even if she did not do design, right? There were so many different industries in this world, so she did not have to make a living in jewelry design. Besides, she was a Stewart, so s
She laughed loudly when she was happy, shed tears when she was sad, never hid her true self, and was a frank and sincere person. Why wouldn’t men like such a girl?Rowan laughed. He did not mean to slander Selena; he was simply analyzing Selena’s current situation from his perspective as a man. Selena might indeed be a good girl in Evelyn’s eyes. After all, Evelyn was a woman who only cared about Selena’s personality, but men paid more attention to a woman’s temperament and charm sometimes. Everyone naturally had their own preferences. For example, Rowan preferred someone simple like Evelyn, whereas some men might prefer someone with a stronger personality like Selena. Evelyn had to call Charles after she could not reach Selena. “Charles, is Selena home? I can’t seem to reach her on her cell phone.”Charles frowned when he heard Evelyn’s words. “She’s not back yet. You can’t reach her on her cell phone?”“I can’t. I tried calling her several times, but her cell phone is switch
He was wrong. He was really wrong. He treated the person he wanted to protect so coldly and harshly. It seemed that he had not been in a relationship for too long that he had forgotten how to love. Fortunately, it only took him this once to understand the crux of his problem. Therefore, he stroked her cheek gently and reassured her in a deep voice, “It won’t happen again.”Evelyn chose to smile slightly in relief in response to his apology and assurance.When two people are together, they need to understand and accommodate each other in terms of personality, temperament, and living habits. Since they had only officially been together for a day, this was even more essential for them. As he said, he was an ordinary man, and she was an ordinary woman. Their relationship was that of an ordinary couple, so it was normal for them to quarrel, have disagreements, and lose their temper. Evelyn felt that there was nothing that could not be solved as long as it did not involve principles
“Getting dinner!” Rowan announced angrily, then he placed her in the passenger seat, got into the car, and drove away. Evelyn had no other objections since they were going to eat. Anyway, she had already called Helena earlier to tell her that she would not be going back for dinner tonight as she would be having dinner with Selena. Not long after the two had gotten into the car and driven out, Selena called and asked Evelyn worriedly, “Evelyn, how did it go? Did you manage to coax him yet?”As Rowan was sitting next to her, Evelyn could not answer whether she had managed to coax him. Therefore, she hesitated without saying anything.When Selena heard this, she knew that they must not have reconciled yet, so she gave her advice on the other end of the line. “It’s fine. There’s no man that can’t be coaxed. Just one kiss will do. If he still can’t be coaxed, give him two kisses. If that doesn’t work, just kiss him all over until he’s no longer angry!”Selena’s voice was loud enough,
Selena’s tone was full of annoyance as she said, “I initially thought of giving Evelyn a surprise, but it turned out to be a shock!”Selena had good intentions as well; she just wanted to introduce the most handsome, stylish, and reliable man that she knew to Evelyn, but it turned out to be self-defeating. As for Shane, who was to be introduced to Evelyn, he simply stood there leisurely the whole time, looking at the three of them as if he was watching a good show. He watched as they got jealous, explained themselves, and felt depressed. Even though both Evelyn and Selena had explained the whole story entirely, Rowan still felt angry and annoyed.After glaring angrily at Evelyn, he simply turned around and walked away.Evelyn and Selena could only exchange glances as they were at a loss for what to do.In the end, Evelyn said to Selena helplessly, “I’ll go and see how he’s doing. You two can enjoy dinner together. I’m sorry.”Evelyn chose to pay attention to Rowan this time an