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
Mr. and Mrs. Sommers were helpless as well. This matter was spreading like wildfire. Besides, the internet was very developed now, which made it impossible for them to gain a foothold in big cities. The only way was for them to hide in a small town.Mrs. Sommers did not know where she and her husband had failed in educating their daughter. They were both university professors, and their daughter had been very sensible and well-behaved since she was a child. However, after growing up, she had somehow become irritable and reckless, especially in the past few years when she was abroad. ‘She got involved with an evil man.’ Mrs. Sommers thought that this might be the reason. In fact, she was very satisfied with Ryan when Mariah was with him. Although Ryan was not eloquent, he was quite reliable. Later, her daughter insisted on going abroad and met Rowan. Mrs. Sommers felt that her daughter had changed since then. They never knew how their daughter spent her days abroad for the past few
When Silvia and Ryan met again, it was six months later. It was already close to the end of the year, and Silvia was going to Detroit to deliver some new year’s goods to Mr. Sage. Silvia and Ryan hadn’t seen each other since their daughter’s incident. Ryan had never showed up even when Silvia went to Detroit to visit their daughter on the weekends or when their daughter was sent to meet her. It was unlike the past when Ryan would always look for all sorts of opportunities to meet Silvia, and she could not even avoid him.In the past six months, Silvia had been focusing on her work. Mr. Sage had placed the first batch of orders with her, and she managed to operate it successfully. Mr. Sage was very satisfied with her work ethics, her details in various aspects, and her ability to coordinate with the factory workshop and various departments. Since then, Mr. Sage had been placing more and more orders with her. In addition to Mr. Sage, Silvia had secured a foreign client as well;
Love was the least of her concerns now. If she did not think about it, she would not yearn for it and would not miss the good old past.Mr. Sage was her biggest client now, so she brought some local specialties made by her mother and sent them to Mr. Sage since the new year was approaching. She asked Wendy out to have dinner together as well. After arriving at the restaurant at which she had agreed to meet with Wendy, Silvia parked her car and walked inside. She had bought a car some time ago. It was an ordinary car worth about a hundred thousand dollars, but it was convenient for her to get around in. When she arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, a group of people happened to be coming out. Silvia looked up and saw that it was Ophelia and another woman, with Ryan and another young girl walking behind them.To an outsider, this scene seemed like a blind date at first glance. They seemed like the couple on the blind date as well as their mothers. Silvia did not expect to
Silvia did not show any extra expression after hearing Ophelia’s explanation. She simply smiled gently and said, “You don’t need to explain anything to me. Everyone has the right to pursue their own happiness.”Silvia had hardly thought of Ryan at all in the past six months. It was as if the intense love that she had felt for him was frozen and sealed in the last incident. She acknowledged that the time she came dangerously close to losing her daughter had left her so traumatized that she did not want to think about Ryan at all, because doing so made her hands shake and her stomach churn.Besides, she had been too busy with her daily work. She was so busy that she did not have extra time to think about love.Therefore, she felt bewildered for a moment when she met him here today. She felt so lost that she seemed to have forgotten that he was her daughter’s father, and that he was the man that she had once loved so passionately. He felt like a stranger. He was just a stranger t
For a moment, he felt lost, not knowing what to do.Of course, he looked calm and composed on the surface even though his emotions were a mess.However, as he was feeling waves of emotions, she simply lowered her head and gently walked past him. She did not look at him, nor did she say a word to him. She was just like a gentle cloud that floated past his side, leaving no trace.Although he had long known that she might not even acknowledge him, Ryan still felt very hurt by her indifference.Ophelia had to call out to him several times from the side before he finally came back to his senses. Ophelia was somewhat helpless.“Let’s go. We should go and pick Autumn up.”He hummed in response before walking away.When Ophelia said goodbye to her friend, Ryan was smoking at the side, completely ignoring the daughter of Ophelia’s friend when she bade farewell to him. He did not care if he seemed impolite.Ophelia knew the reason for the sudden change in his mood. She simply said a fe
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