“Mr. Ryan.”Ryan took a step back indistinctly and turned to look at the person who had walked over.He did not know who she was, nor had he ever noticed her. The woman had a hot figure; she was wearing a bright red dress with sultry makeup on. At this moment, only one word came to Ryan’s mind—vulgar.He raised his brows, looked at the other party coldly, and asked indifferently, “Can I help you?” Ryan had met his fair share of such women. Every time he went out for a social gathering, these women who would throw themselves at him. They felt that as long as they were pretty or had an attractive figure, men would be as contemptible as they were and sleep with them. After the news of his divorce from Silvia came out, there were even more women who couldn’t wait to try their luck with him.He really could not care less about them. Not everyone could be Silvia. Unfortunately, this group of busty but brainless women could not understand this logic. The woman spoke in a flirta
These three words rang in a low and deep voice from the other end of the line. The voice sounded as pleasant as mellow wine, stirring up her emotions in the silent night.Silvia felt inexplicably confused again. In order to hide her emotions, she replied angrily, “You’re drunk.”He answered leisurely at the other end, “I’m drunk, but don’t they say that people only speak the truth when they're drunk?”Ryan, who was on the other end of the line, threw himself on the comfortable sofa in the living room. He felt at ease as he lay in a very comfortable posture. Hearing her voice and feeling her presence calmed him down.He had just returned from the dinner party. His clients wouldn't let him go, and he only called her at this hour after taking a shower. He was annoyed that she had only sent a thank-you text without even calling him, but he still took the initiative to call her in the end. Silvia began unconsciously picking at the blinds next to her as she ignored his confession o
‘How should I face all the cold and warm winds that paint my face with sadness?‘How should I think of the past and the future that are all filled with pain? ‘From now on, my heart will never be clear again.‘From now on, the mountains will never look green again.‘I’m afraid to look at the fallen autumn flowers.‘I’m afraid that the flowers in spring will look like tears.’ After Silvia read the poem word by word, she felt goosebumps all over her body again.‘Gosh, what kind of cliché poem is this?’ She could feel a wave of literary and artistic aura fill her.After searching online, she found that it was an ancient love poem.Silvia thought of the collection of poems Ryan had put on the bedside and was utterly speechless. It was said that a mere age difference of three years would lead to a generation gap. She was six years younger than him—that would make a wider generation gap. However, she had to admit that it seemed appropriate for him to use this poem to describe h
Ophelia had a good impression of Mrs. Maton’s youngest son, so she agreed immediately when Mrs. Maton brought this up that day. Jason had completed his studies some time ago, but Mrs. Maton said that he did not return to Crosavia for the time being because he had been doing his internship elsewhere for a period of time. He happened to come back during the New Year and would immediately start working as a lecturer at a university after coming back.Ophelia was very fond of Jason’s job. He was a scholarly man, so he left a very good impression on others.Nora had already started working, and Ophelia had always disapproved of her daughter’s job. Ophelia thought that Nora would join Pierce Group directly after graduation, but she ended up working at Maton Group as Julian’s subordinate.According to Ryan, Nora was asked to go to Maton Group to learn the ropes to avoid being criticized by the people in Pierce Group for nepotism if she were to join Pierce Group right away.Although Op
She would not do anything for him anymore when her love for him was gone.Greg was drinking alone when Ryan delivered food to him. He watched as Ryan took the dishes out from the thermos box one by one, then he laughed to himself and asked, “Nora was the one who asked you to send these dishes to me, right?”Ryan acquiesced to Greg’s words without saying a word. Greg knew that his daughter was the only one who had him in mind at this moment. “Sit down and have a drink with me.”Greg poured himself another glass of wine after Ryan had arranged the food. He then grabbed a glass from the side for Ryan, but Ryan raised his hand to stop him.“I won’t be drinking. I still have to drive back later.”Even though Ryan refused to drink, he still sat down across from Greg.Only the father and son duo were in the big dining room.There should have been a family of many people sitting here, old and young.This seemed to be the first time Ryan and Greg had sat face to face calmly since they
She had gone out to pay New Year’s visits early in the morning, and she was very busy. There were many friends and relatives that she needed to visit, especially Mr. Snow and Miss Cullen, who had helped her. She had to visit them personally.In fact, Silvia had received a text message from Christina after midnight last night.Christina wished her a happy New Year in the text message and said that she now had a boyfriend that her parents had helped to introduce to her, and she planned to get married next year. She hoped to get Silvia’s blessing.Christina said that she might live in guilt for the rest of her life for almost hurting Silvia’s daughter if she could not get Silvia’s blessing for her marriage. Silvia was not stingy with her blessings; she replied to Christina, wishing her a wonderful marriage and endless bliss.If Christina was looking for psychological comfort and relief, she would fulfill that wish.Silvia was not Mother Mary. She knew that she would never contact p
Ryan was thinking that when Silvia went back to work, she would be as busy as she was in the past six months and have less time with her daughter, so he thought of letting her spend more time with Autumn during the holidays. It did not matter even if he had to go back and forth to pick up and drop off his daughter. However, the little girl shook her head and said casually, “You don’t need to send me back. Mama will be coming to Detroit to work in a few days, so I can see her more often then.”For a moment, Ryan thought he had heard wrongly. It sounded like heavenly music to him.‘She’s coming to work in Detroit?’Ryan gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands and finally calmed his emotions down before he continued asking his daughter nonchalantly, “Your Mama is coming to work in Detroit?”His daughter was the only informant if he wanted to find out more about Silvia. “Oops!” the little girl exclaimed when he asked her as she realized that she had accidentally revealed
It was the so-called Lover’s Knot. Silvia felt that Ryan was a stubborn person. ‘This bracelet was from so long ago! He did not give it to me at the time, but he brought it here and left it together with the silk scarf that he did not give me the last time.’It seemed as if he was using this method to tell her that he would not give up.Silvia was a little helpless. She put the gifts away and did not put either of them on. Her mother had accepted this gift on her behalf, but that did not mean that she accepted it, so she would just leave them there for the time being.However, since she had received his gift, she would have to buy him a gift in return. Silvia decided to head to the shopping mall after returning to Detroit to buy him a gift in return.Mr. Sage’s company would start work on the seventh day of the New Year, so Silvia returned to Detroit on the sixth day of the New Year. The factory had not started its operations yet, so she did not need to go to the factory to 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