“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
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