“I know the way.”He had stayed here several times, so how could he not know which room was the guest room?However, Julian insisted on following him. He pushed Ryan away when Ryan walked toward the guest room he used to stay in, then shoved him to the room at the end of the corridor. He then smiled and explained to him, “That room is currently under renovation, so you should stay here instead.”Ryan felt that Julian was acting a little strange. Besides, he also saw a watch on the cabinet next to the staircase when he was about to go upstairs. It looked familiar to him and seemed to belong to Nora.Ryan could remember that Nora had this watch because it was his gift to her. It was a limited-edition watch with Nora’s initials on the back of the dial.However, he was not in the mood to think about anything else in his current situation. He turned around, pushed the door open, and walked in before he threw himself on the big bed and closed his eyes.Julian leaned against the door an
“Alright. Please talk to her kindergarten to get a leave of absence for Autumn, then.”Silvia was reluctant to leave her daughter as well, especially after the shock the little girl had experienced. After packing up everything, Mr. and Mrs. Alberich got into the car. Ophelia stopped Silvia and asked her to hand her daughter over to Mrs. Alberich first as she had something to say to her. Silvia handed her daughter to Mrs. Alberich, who was in the car, then closed the car door and looked at Ophelia. Ophelia stood opposite her and uttered in a low voice, “Ryan asked me to ask you if you wanted custody of Autumn. He’s willing to give up custody of Autumn, if that's what you want.”Ryan had not appeared since he left yesterday. He probably knew that Silvia did not want to see him and would not welcome him to visit Mr. Alberich. Therefore, he asked Ophelia to pass the message about the custody of their child to Silvia.Silvia’s emotions had calmed down completely today. After listenin
“What else do you think I should do? She must hate me so much right now. She doesn’t want to see me.”After all, Ryan was still her son. Even though she was angry that he did not handle his past relationship with Mariah well, she could not help but speak up for him. “You should let go for a while for a better future.” Ryan curled his lips in a self-deprecating manner after remembering what Julian had said to him.“All of you keep saying that.”Ophelia was a little curious.“Oh? Who else gave you such advice?”“Julian.”Hearing that, Ophelia nodded appreciatively while feeling curious. “He has rather high EQ.”Ryan did not say anything else. All of them were advising him to let go for the time being, but who could understand the reluctance and sadness in his heart? When he realized that he had fallen in love with her, it was already too late. He finally drew closer to her again thanks to the Browns’ visit to Crosavia, but such a thing happened, which caused him to feel ex
In the video, a piano teacher was teaching a little boy to play the piano, but the little boy was very mischievous and refused to cooperate. The female teacher then kicked the child to the ground and threw the piano score at the little boy.In a society where the internet was well-developed, every child was the apple of their parent’s eyes, and everyone was a keyboard warrior, such a video of child abuse was quickly reposted and made viral by the netizens when it went public.They found the female teacher’s identity in no time. She was Mariah Sommers, a thirty-year-old female who graduated from Royal Axe Institute of Arts and had studied abroad for over five years. The piano school fired her immediately, and she became the subject of public outrage as soon as she was identified, getting berated all over the internet. The latest news was that the parents of the child brought thugs to her house, and she was then sent to the hospital with a broken rib and a swollen face.Others mig
Christina’s parents broke down in an even more heartbreaking manner when they saw Silvia turning to leave. Silvia held back her emotions and turned around to leave quickly. After returning home at night, Silvia told her parents about this incident. Mr. and Mrs. Alberich glanced at each other, then sighed heavily. Mr. Alberich was recovering well, and the injury on his forehead had almost healed. Mr. Alberich could be said to be a forthright person. When he heard Silvia’s words, he thought for a moment and waved his hand. “Why don’t we just forget this matter? We’re all parents ourselves. It must be hard for them to watch their daughter go to prison.”Mrs. Alberich, who was at the side, spoke up. “You can’t say that. If Autumn had been taken away at that time, can you imagine how upset we’d be, and what kind of pain we’d be going through now?!”Mr. Alberich stopped talking after Mrs. Alberich said so, while Silvia continued eating in silence.Christina’s parents did not show up
They could only kneel and humble themselves. If Silvia persisted in pursuing this matter, Christina would definitely be imprisoned. Ryan obeyed Silvia’s decision in every matter now. He also knew that she was soft-hearted, so in the end, he could only be the villain behind her back. When facing Christina’s parents, he was very ruthless and cold. “I think that you bear the greatest responsibility now that Christina has come to this point.”“Yes, yes, it’s all because we failed to educate her.” Christina’s father nodded repeatedly, then shook his head and sighed as he reflected on the situation and said, “We only her at an old age, so although our family conditions aren’t that great, we’ve spoiled her since she was a child, which led to her being selfish and completely indifferent toward other people’s feelings. She thinks that everyone should give in to her.”In fact, Christina’s parents knew her best.However, they had failed to correct her selfish and willful nature in time
If Mariah felt that such a ‘treatment’ was not enough, he did not mind continuing to damage her reputation. That’s right. He was the mastermind behind what happened to Mariah. Since she liked to play dirty, he figured he should level the playing field.In the hospital, Mariah—who was lying on the hospital bed with a bruised, swollen face and broken ribs—was unable to move. She bit her lips tightly as this was the only way for her to endure the pain in her body and contain the hatred in her heart. She seethed as she thought about the phone call she had received that day. It was a phone call from Ryan the next day after his daughter was almost kidnapped. She answered the call without hesitation because she was certain that they did not have any evidence to prove that she was behind that incident. “Ryan, what a surprise.”She remembered that the first sentence she said was cheerful and bright.But she then heard him laughing in a low voice on the other end of the line. She was
She was certain that Silvia was using her daughter to keep Ryan around. That was why she had sent someone to kidnap their daughter. With their daughter gone, the bond between them would also be gone.She figured he would be able to abandon Silvia and be together with her then.Unfortunately, her wish did not come true, and her plan had failed. However, his daughter was traumatized, and Silvia’s father was injured; that was enough for Mariah to be happy for a while. After all, she figured Silvia must be feeling very distressed.Well, seeing Silvia in pain made Mariah happy. She continued speaking in agitation, only for Ryan to hang up the phone on her ruthlessly. Not long after that, the video of her hitting a child went viral on the internet, and she ended up in a hospital. Mariah was lying on the hospital bed at this time, thinking about Ryan’s warning phone call to her while seething with hatred and annoyance.She did not expect that he would be so cruel and actually lay hand
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