Needless to say, Wendy did not welcome him, so it was impossible for her to invite him.As for Caleb, he considered that his good friend, Ethan, would definitely be there that day, so he did not invite Ryan either.Caleb also felt that they were actually Silvia’s friends, so now that Ryan and Silvia were divorced, they had nothing to do with him and it wouldn’t be inappropriate if they didn’t extend an invitation to him.In the parking lot at the hospital. Silvia felt that her encounter with Ryan today should end here. He could drive Autumn home directly, and she could take a taxi to the bus stop to catch a bus home.She originally thought that she would take her daughter to take the bus. After arriving in Detroit, she would take a taxi to the hospital, then take her daughter back to Ophelia’s place and exchange pleasantries with Ophelia, which would take a while. She thought that she would have to take the last bus back in the afternoon but she ended up saving a lot of time beca
She was really reluctant to leave her daughter. Ryan also opened the door and got out of the car. When he saw that her eyes were red, he snorted angrily.Silvia knew what he meant by snorting. He was expressing his contempt as if he was saying, “Look, you’re the one who wanted to get divorced, so both you and our child are suffering.”Silvia knew that he would react this way. He always thought that the divorce was her fault and that she was unreasonable for finding fault for no reason. He always thought that he was not at fault.Silvia was in no mood to argue with him now. Since he thought that he was not wrong, he could continue thinking that way.He stood in front of the car. Silvia glanced at him and said, “Thank you for today. Goodbye.”She then lowered her head and tried to walk past him.Ryan pulled her back and said inexplicably, “I meant the words that I said the last time.”Perhaps the two of them had a tacit understanding after being together for such a long time, so
It was a heinous crime to go against the rules, even just a little.After Silvia ran into the bus station, Ryan stood in place and raised his hand to wipe his lips, which still seemed to be stained with the scent of the fragrance of her lips.It made his heart sway.After standing like that for a while, he turned around and returned to the car.Autumn in the back seat watched the two people’s every move very carefully as they stood outside. After Ryan started the car and drove away, she asked him curiously, “Papa, do you like Mama?”It was said that children had no inhibitions when they spoke.Ryan was dumbfounded by his daughter’s question.Did he like her? He suddenly did not know how to answer this question, so he turned and asked his daughter, “Why do you ask that?”Autumn put her hands on her cheeks and answered adorably, “Aunt Nora said that you will only be willing to kiss someone if you like them.”As her aunt had instilled such thoughts in her, Autumn took it for gran
After Mariah told him that his father, Greg, had forced her to be with Rowan, he had always felt a tinge of guilt toward Mariah; after all, Mariah’s current miserable fate was caused by his father.Before Ryan went to the place, Mariah had just gone crazy once, tearing up the piano score until it was scattered all over the piano room for no other reason other than because her nurse had come back from a trip to the hospital and had told Mariah that she saw Ryan and his family of three in the hospital.Mariah thought she had heard her wrongly at first. How could it be their family of three? He and Silvia were already divorced, right?As far as she knew, Silvia had already returned to her hometown to live in the city where her parents were and she was isolated from everything here in Detroit. However, after Mariah saw the photos that the nurse had secretly taken, she realized that it was really the three of them.He was carrying their daughter and Silvia was walking next to them.H
Mariah turned around and left after explaining this to the nurse.After Ryan answered the phone and went upstairs, the nurse came to meet him. He asked, “How is she doing these days?”The nurse answered him according to Mariah’s instructions. “She’s doing much better and she’s cooperating with treatment every day.”Ryan’s brows relaxed a little. The nurse went on to say, “Miss Mariah just finished playing the piano for a while and has gone back to the bedroom now.”When he heard that, Ryan grunted and went upstairs. He raised his hand and knocked on the door when he arrived in front of Mariah’s bedroom. After Mariah answered him from inside, it took a while before she opened the door for him but the scene that caught his eyes caused his expression to change in an instant. Mariah was wearing a black silk halter nightdress. The hem of the nightdress only reached her hips. She was not wearing lingerie, and her exquisite body could be seen at a glance. Mariah opened the door, wal
“I’m sorry, just now I—"“I’m the one who should say sorry.”Ryan quickly interrupted her. Mariah was a little puzzled , but he did not explain further and simply changed the topic. “The nurse said that you’ve been cooperating with the treatment in the past few days?”“Mm-hmm.”Mariah nodded, walked over, and sat down on the soft stool in front of the piano. “Didn’t you say that I should get well soon for my parents’ sake? I thought about it and reflected a lot after you hung up the phone that day. I had been blindly immersed in my own sadness, which only caused my loved ones to get hurt and make my enemies happy.”Mariah’s expression was very serious and firm.“My parents are getting old, and I’m their only child. If I continue going on like this, what will they do in the future? I should hurry up and get better, find a job, and work hard to earn money to support myself and my parents.”Mariah’s words caused Ryan’s slightly frowning brows to relax a little. “I’m glad you
Surprisingly, he did not have any physical reaction just now when Mariah was dressed like that in front of him. The first thing that came to his mind was the one time when Silvia also wore pajamas of almost the same style, which stimulated him, and he could only give up halfway through dealing with his emails to hug her and have sexual intercourse with her.This thought made him feel a little annoyed, especially when he thought of how she scolded him and called him disgusting when he kissed her today, which was why he’d deliberately allowed Mariah to approach him just to get that damn woman out of his mind. However, before Mariah could kiss him, he could not take it anymore and pushed her away. This was why he apologized to Mariah. So, he called Julian again and asked Julian to help him find another woman.He needed a woman desperately now to prove that he did not necessarily want that particular woman.Julian was surprised when he heard Ryan’s words. “What’s this about?”Rya
Ryan had dinner with Julian and was slightly tipsy after he drank a lot of wine. Julian had already booked a room for Ryan and prepared a so-called woman for Ryan. As soon as Ryan opened the door to the room, he was greeted with an array of women in front of him. There was a row of women dressed provocatively (basically almost naked) standing beside the bed. Some of them were standing and some were sitting. All of them had provocative postures as they looked at him seductively. Julian smiled and explained, “You said ‘anything,’ but I really don’t know your preferences. After all, you haven’t had a woman outside for so many years, so I had to find a few more ladies for you to choose from.”Ryan had a terribly ugly expression on his face and almost instantly sobered up. He even felt a bit of a headache coming up.Julian pointed at those women and said, “You can choose.”Ryan wanted to throw Julian out. When Julian saw that Ryan had been standing at the door without respondin
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