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
The little one went into the bathroom as soon as she entered the house, and she stood on a small stool to wash her hands. Meanwhile, the man raised his hand to take off his coat in a leisurely manner, as if he had entered his own home. Just as Silvia was about to protest, Ryan inquired in a seemingly puzzled manner, “Why did you come to Detroit? Are you here for Rosaline? Where is she?” Silvia was about to have a stroke. ‘He obviously found out everything from Autumn, but he’s still making such sarcastic remarks to tease me. Does he find this funny?’Furious, she turned around and went to turn off the music on her computer. She had prepared the red wine, food, and music for herself. Now, he had brought their daughter here to disrupt her comfort and ease!“Why did you turn off the music?” The man’s voice suddenly rang in her ears, startling her. Only then did she realize that he had stood behind her at some point. “It sounds pretty good. Don't turn it off.”With that, he st
“This wine is pretty good.”He figured that since he had drunk the wine from her cup, she definitely would pass it to him if she did not want to drink it anymore, so he would end up with a glass of wine. However, if she continued drinking it, he would still be happy as it would be equivalent to her kissing him indirectly.Silvia was enraged by Ryan’s behavior. She stared at the glass of wine in front of her and was silent for a long time. She was so pissed that she pushed the glass of red wine to him, along with the freshly opened bottle of red wine.‘He can drink all he wants. He can drink himself to death, for all I care!’In the end, Silvia really regretted letting Ryan stay and eat because he actually got drunk!After he drank the whole bottle of red wine, he lay on her sofa, refusing to leave.As Silvia shooed him away, he looked at her drunkenly. “How can I drive when I’m so drunk?”Silvia was furious.“Ask your driver to pick you up, then!” Ryan rolled his body over
After Silvia got up and tidied herself up, she opened the bedroom door to go out, only to see Ryan coming out of the kitchen with two plates of spaghetti in his hand.Yes, it was spaghetti. Silvia was not mistaken.She froze on the spot because she could clearly see that they were two plates of spaghetti.Ryan was oblivious to her shocked emotion. He looked at her as he said, “You’re up. Go wash up and have breakfast.”Silvia felt that the scene in front of her was a little bizarre. After staring blankly at Ryan for a few minutes, she rushed into the kitchen immediately. She wanted to see what a mess Ryan had made out of the kitchen she had just cleaned…Silvia had absolutely no memory of Ryan cooking at all. All she could think of was how she had always been the one slaving away in the kitchen while he simply ate and enjoyed the food she had prepared. He had zero cooking skills.Therefore, Silvia was worried that her kitchen would suffer because of the spaghetti he had made. Aft
Silvia felt ripples in her heart as she recalled the scene where the three of them went their separate ways after they left the apartment because it was simply too heartwarming. If they hadn't gotten divorced, how would they be like now?Would they be strangers that treated one another respectfully, or would they slowly make peace and become closer, like how they were now?Silvia didn't let herself dwell on this thought because that would be useless. There are no ifs in life, and there is no redo button. The past is in the past, and we can only focus on creating a happy future.Since this was Silvia’s first day at work, it was surely a busy day for her. The human resources personnel introduced her to her colleagues from each department in the morning, and her seniors explained to her about the company’s business operations in the afternoon. After all, Mr. Sage ran a trading company, and things worked very differently here compared to the factory.At night, Mr. Sage said that he wan
Silvia slept from morning to noon. If it wasn’t for the clock showing the time, she wouldn’t really believe that she had slept for so long. She initially thought of coming in to change her clothes and go out with Ryan to buy a gift for their daughter, but she was really too tired, especially after seeing the big soft bed. So, she thought about lying down to rest her eyes for a while, but she fell asleep instead.When she thought of this, she quickly sat up from the bed. She had made an appointment with Ryan to go and buy a gift for their daughter, but she had slept for so long. She had no idea where he had gone.She looked down at the quilt covering her body. She had fallen asleep almost as soon as her body touched the bed, so she could not have covered the quilt herself. Only Ryan could have done it. The image of Ryan gently covering the quilt over her surfaced in her mind. Stunned for a moment, Silvia shook her head vigorously before shaking those images out of her mind. Her mi
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