“Didn’t we agree that we would not get involved anymore in the future?”They had nothing to do with each other now, so there was no need for her to report her whereabouts to him, right? She’d also made it clear to him that day that the incident between them that night was just a hookup between a man and a woman who needed to satisfy their needs.Ryan was furious. “Silvia, what do you take me for? Do you think I’m someone that you can have sex with and simply kick aside when you’re done?”Silvia was speechless. He was clearly the one who had initiated sex with her, so why did it seem as if he was suffering when she was not even feeling aggrieved? Ryan hung up the phone angrily before she could say anything else. Silvia was confused.It was then that her suitcase appeared on the baggage carousel, so she grabbed it, then went out of the airport with Miss Cullen and Mr. Snow before they took a taxi to the hotel.After Ryan hung up the call, his secretary happened to knock on t
Coincidentally, this client was also from Detroit and was known as Mr. Sage. He was in his early forties and operated a large-scale trading company that exported clothing, textiles, shoes, and leather products, such as leather bags, wallets, belts, and so forth. He came to the trade fair because he was looking to collaborate with another factory; the clothing factory he had previously been working with in the past went bankrupt. He’d happened to meet Silvia and the others at the trade fair.After a day of comparison and selection of various clothing manufacturers at the trade fair, he finally decided on Silvia because he felt that Silvia had a serious work attitude and was meticulous. Silvia’s factory also had certain production conditions so he finally made a decision to collaborate with this factory as their new manufacturer. Mr. Snow was very happy to hear this and had insisted on hosting a dinner to invite Mr. Sage and his party to dinner tonight. In fact, they were both in th
“So, you’re out socializing with a group of men now?”What Ryan did not lack was socializing experience, so he knew that on most social occasions, it would be mostly men there, and in such social occasions, a young and beautiful woman such as Silvia would most likely be coveted or be the subject of inappropriate sexual jokes by men with bad intentions. Although Ryan had always been decent during such social occasions and would never violate any female guests present with his words or actions, he did not allow himself to be violated by other women either.However, that did not mean that all men were like him. Even if the men who went out to socialize were originally decent, eight out of ten men would become indecent with alcohol as a catalyst.When Ryan heard that Silvia was socializing, his first reaction was anger, followed by all kinds of anxiety. He could not tolerate any man teasing her with words, let alone seizing the opportunity to touch her.Silvia noticed his sudden ange
He had been calling her over and over again all night. What did he want? She was so tired and simply wanted to sleep now!In fact, Ryan called her this time just to see if she had already returned to the hotel. She would be safe if she had already gone back to the hotel. As he thought of this, he then told her, “Lock the anti-theft lock on the door and keep both locks on when you go to bed at night.”The doors of every hotel had an anti-theft function, but there was also another layer of security which was a chain lock. Many people were not accustomed to locking this, which was actually very unsafe. Silvia suddenly remembered that she did not lock the chain lock after Ryan’s reminder, so she quickly got up and went over to lock it. After that, she told him out of politeness, “Thank you.”“When will you be coming back?”Ryan asked again. Since he reminded her to lock the chain lock, Silvia told him truthfully, “On the day after tomorrow.”“Let me know your flight time. I’ll pick
As a result, after she answered the call, her mother’s panicked voice sounded on the other end of the line.“Silvia, something happened. Your father was just hit by a motorcycle and was sent to the hospital—"“What?!” Silvia was shocked when she heard that.Her mother was in tears at the other end of the line. “Didn’t you say that Autumn would be going back with us today? Autumn’s grandmother went to the kindergarten to pick Autumn up just now. Your father and I also went along. After we picked Autumn up, we walked back to her grandmother’s house together, but a man on a motorcycle suddenly came out of nowhere. In fact, he wasn’t going to run over your father, but was going directly for Autumn. There was another man on the motorcycle and he was going to grab Autumn. Your father was hit when he was fighting with them.”Silvia’s legs went weak as soon as she heard that the other party was going directly for Autumn. When she heard that her father was in the hospital, she almost fe
She let go of her tightly clenched fists and raised her hands to cover her face.Mr. Sage ordered his driver again from the side, “Faster!”Silvia’s cell phone rang several times along the way but she did not answer the call, especially when she saw that it was a call from Ryan. After calming down a bit, Silvia analyzed why her father and daughter would suffer such a thing today. The foreboding feeling that she had when she saw Mariah in the supermarket rushed into her mind again. Her woman’s intuition told her that Mariah was probably responsible for this incident again. Silvia did not want to think so badly of Mariah. It wasn’t that she was delusional and wanted to blame Mariah for everything whenever something happened, but she simply couldn’t help the sickening gut feeling that it was her. So how could she be in the mood to answer Ryan’s call at this moment?Whenever she saw Ryan’s name, she would think of his entanglement with Mariah and how Mariah was so determined to
“Mom, how is Dad?” Mrs. Alberich blamed herself when she saw that Silvia was so anxious that her face already turned pale. She calmed Silvia down, then said to her, “He’s okay, don’t panic too much. I was just frightened just now so I must have affected your mood. Your father is fine. He simply suffered injuries to his head after hitting his head on a tree. The doctor brought him to do a CT scan to see if there are any injuries to his brain.”However, even though Mrs. Alberich said that it was nothing serious, Silvia still felt very distressed when she heard that her father had hit his head at such an old age. What’s more, she did not know if he had a concussion or not.While Silvia spoke to her mother, Ryan’s eyes were fixed on the man who came with Silvia. Silvia forgot to take her suitcase as she was simply concerned about running inside as soon as she got out of the car, so Mr. Sage helped to carry her suitcase in. After all, Mr. Sage was a few years older than Ryan, so Ryan
Silvia went over to take her daughter from Ophelia and hugged her tightly in her arms. She hugged Autumn tightly with all her might, as if she was afraid that she would lose her.Her tears flowed uncontrollably. She did not want to cry, but she could not control her emotions.Her heart was pounding. Aside from trembling from the fear of loss, she could only feel hatred at this moment.She did not hate anyone else—only Ryan.If he did not give Mariah false hope, would Mariah be so unwilling and reluctant to part with him now? If he did not continue pestering her endlessly after the divorce, would Mariah be making things difficult for her over and over again?It was all because of him!It was because he was so half-hearted in their relationship that she almost lost her daughter and father today!Silvia was furious. She was even thinking that she would never be able to forgive Ryan in this life if her father and daughter were not so fortunate today!“Mama, Mama, you’re hugging me