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
After breakfast, Autumn walked out the door happily with her grandfather. Autumn wanted to pester Silvia to come along, but Silvia did not want to spend any time with Ryan at all, so she had to tell Autumn that she would be starting work soon and had a lot of preparations to do. She somehow managed to coax Autumn in this way.Ryan had been waiting outside. Silvia went out to call him once when their daughter was washing up and having breakfast. She asked him politely to have a seat inside the house to wait. After all, it was not good to keep him waiting outside.But he did not come in himself. Silvia felt that someone as proud as him must not be able to stand her father’s cold attitude toward him after he entered the house. After calling him, if he did not come in, Silvia’s task would have been completed. She turned around and walked home. He stopped her and asked unwillingly, “Are you sure you don’t want to come along?”“I have to start work tomorrow and I need to prepare many th
“If she finds another man again this time, her mother and I will definitely keep an eye on her this time no matter what it is. We will make sure that she finds someone who treats her well this time. What’s the point if she finds someone that she likes but the man does not like her back? In the end, she will be the one getting hurt.”Mr. Alberich glanced at him. “However, after having suffered a loss, I believe that she has also learned to be smart. She will definitely find a man who treats her well in the future.”Mr. Alberich’s words were clearly aimed at Ryan. Mr. Alberich wanted Ryan to know that there were men who were willing to cherish those whom he did not know how to cherish.His daughter might not mean anything to Ryan, but she would be a treasure to other people. After Mr. Alberich was done speaking, he turned his attention to the little girl on the carousel and ignored Ryan.He glanced at Ryan out of the corner of his eye, watching as he turned around and walked out, t
When Autumn explained this, Ryan instantly understood that the Aunt Wendy that Autumn was talking about, was Wendy.He knew that Wendy was pregnant and was about to give birth. Silvia had mentioned it to him before the divorce.After thinking about it, he asked his daughter, “So, your mother will also be going to Detroit in the afternoon?”Autumn nodded. “Yes, Mama said that there will be a bus going to Detroit at one o’clock in the afternoon. We will be taking that bus. She will take me to the hospital to see the little baby before she sends me to Grandma’s house. She will then take the bus at five o’clock in the evening to go home.”Autumn told Ryan about Silvia’s itinerary immediately.Ryan was furious when he heard that she was going to take their daughter to take the bus.“She is going to take you to ride on that kind of short-distance bus?”Why was she so stubborn? She obviously knew that he was still here, but she refused to contact him and was even taking their daughte
Her mother invited him to stay for lunch?Silvia understood her mother very well, so she knew that her mother must have invited him out of courtesy and as an exchange of pleasantries. It was not really because she wanted him to stay for lunch.She believed that he should also have the self-awareness to know that they did not really want him to stay for lunch, but why was he still staying then? What was going on?When did he become so shameless?Mr. Alberich and Mrs. Alberich then entered the house. Silvia glanced at her mother, who came over to persuade her. “In any case, he accompanied the child to play for a long time. He can stay for lunch if he wants to. It doesn’t matter if he has a meal here. Don’t show him an angry expression later.”Silvia did not say anything. She turned around and went back into the kitchen to continue plating up the dishes.She would not be so petty to treat him coldly the whole time, but she would not be warm or enthusiastic toward him later, let al
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