She glanced at her daughter, and the little girl came close to her and whispered, “Daddy answered a call in the car when we were on the way back and there was an aunt who kept crying on the phone…”Silvia did not need to think much to know who the other party was in the call her daughter was talking about—Who else could it be but Mariah?Perhaps it was because Silvia already felt that her relationship with Ryan had already hit rock bottom, so she did not have any other feelings after hearing her daughter’s words at this time. She simply smiled at her daughter faintly as a sign that she already knew about this matter.However, the little girl did not give up and kept pestering her as she asked, “Mommy, aren’t you angry?”Before Silvia could figure out how she should answer her daughter, the little girl snorted heavily. “I’m angry!”She then pouted her small mouth as she announced in a domineering manner, “Daddy can only be good to me and Mommy!”Silvia did not know what she felt a
Silvia only realized that what she said was not quite right after the little girl’s emotional breakdown, but there was no way for her to take it back.In fact, she couldn’t say that what she said was wrong because Ryan would be together with Mariah after she divorced him. They would have their own children then, and her daughter would have to face that reality one day.So, she could only be ruthless and simply watch as her daughter cried. She did not know what words to say to comfort her daughter because what she said would all come true eventually. Her daughter’s crying was so loud that Ryan, who was in the next room, also heard it and knocked on the door outside.“What’s going on?”Silvia did not want Ryan to know about this, but their daughter cried even more after hearing his question, so Ryan knocked on the door even more urgently.Silvia felt discomfort in her stomach, and her head hurt from her daughter’s crying. She turned around and opened the door to let Ryan in so tha
“What do you mean? Say it clearly!”Silvia was angry that he was now blaming her indiscriminately. Her shoulders trembled slightly out of anger. The little girl in her arms also felt it and she turned to look at Ryan with teary eyes as she shouted, “Go away! I don’t want to see you! You can go and have a baby with someone else!”Silvia’s expression instantly turned cold when their daughter shouted at Ryan.“Autumn, you’re not allowed to be so rude!” After all, Ryan was her father and an elder, no matter what. Even though she was sad, she should not be shouting at her elders like this.The little girl was already sad and after being reprimanded by Silvia, she turned back to Silvia and cried in a heartbreaking manner. Their daughter’s words made Ryan’s expression awkward and stiff. What kind of feeling was this? His own child was asking him to go and have children with other women…These were mixed feelings of irony and embarrassment!Their daughter was just over three years old,
“Go and wash your face, then I’ll bring you out for dinner.”The mother and daughter duo hadn’t eaten until now.After comforting her daughter, Silvia planned to carry their daughter to the bathroom, but Ryan stopped them.“Wait a minute!”He went over and looked at his daughter, then softened his tone and explained gently to her, “Autumn, Daddy and that aunt are just friends. Daddy won’t be having any children with her.”He was speaking to his daughter, but his eyes fell on Silvia, who was holding his daughter.Silvia sneered. Anyone could sugarcoat lies. But how could he have the conscience to deceive his daughter like that? Her daughter’s reaction to Ryan was quite different as she looked at him with tears in her eyes.“Really?”“Yes, really. When have I ever lied to you?”Ryan tried his best to explain himself to his daughter.“Look, I really brought you to Disney when I said that I would.”The little girl who was very angry with him began to waver after he said those
“You can pick. I can eat anything.”Ryan frowned.“Just say what you want to eat!”Silvia really hated his domineering appearance. She’d frowned impatiently at every turn and had held back from protesting against him before, but she was nonchalantly showing her disgust now.“I had something I wanted to eat before, but I have no appetite now because you’re here with us!”“You…!”Ryan was speechless because of her words and he could not say anything. He could not even say a word to her now as they would quarrel whenever he spoke.He did not want to quarrel, but it was like a fuse had been lit in her, and she would talk back to him eloquently each time. She left Ryan, who was the chairman of a company who was feared at the negotiating table, speechless and angry. After Silvia left him speechless, she took the lead and left the room. Ryan held his daughter in his arms and followed behind her. He could not help but feel indignant. “What a bad temper!”The little girl did not agr
Silvia ordered a bowl of udon noodles in the hotel restaurant. She only wanted to eat a bowl of hot noodles to warm herself up because she was having her period. Most of the dishes in the restaurant were raw and cold, so she was not interested in any other food.On the other hand, Autumn, who was in Ryan’s arms, was fascinated by the delicacies in front of her and ordered one dish after the other, which Ryan indulged her in.Silvia could not stand it and gave her daughter a reminder.“Autumn, what do I usually tell you? It’s not easy for farmers to grow food, so we can’t waste it. If you order so much food, wouldn’t it be a waste if you can’t finish eating it all?”The little girl blinked her big black eyes as she realized that she shouldn’t have ordered so much food.“Mommy, I was wrong. Daddy, let’s not order any more food. I’ll just eat these.”However, Silvia’s method of educating their daughter drew Ryan’s displeasure. “Don’t make it sound as if I can’t afford to feed you
After ordering the food, Ryan returned to his room next door to take a shower and change his clothes. Silvia did not want to move at all, and simply continued resting on the sofa with her eyes closed.Her cell phone, which was lying by her side, suddenly rang. It was an unfamiliar number. She answered the call and heard a woman crying on the other end of the line. It was Mariah.“Silvia, you should return Ryan to me—"“Please, please return Ryan to me, okay? You’ve already had him for five years so it’s time for you to return him to me…”It was only logical for Silvia to be angry when she heard such words, but she did not feel angry at all. Rather, she couldn’t help but feel that this situation was rather funny, so she was smiling as she talked to the person on the other end of the line.“Miss Sommers, I think you’re mistaken. I’ve already filed for divorce a long time ago. Ryan’s the one who refuses to divorce me quickly. Why don’t you persuade him to get the divorce over with as
“What did you just say to Mariah?” Silvia instantly understood that Mariah must have complained to him. He was then here to seek justice for Mariah’s grievances. She did not cover up what she did and simply leaned back against the wall. She looked up at him with her arms crossed in front of her chest as she admitted, “I scolded her. I said that she was sick and asked her to hurry up and go to the hospital for treatment instead of yelling at people as if she was a mad dog.”Since she dared to do it, she would never do nasty things such as backstabbing others. After she finished answering, Silvia felt that Ryan was so angry that he wanted to strangle her to death. His eyes were full of anger.“Why did you have to say that she was sick?!”“Did you know that she—”Ryan held back before he could finish his sentence in anger. He simply glared at her fiercely and he looked like he was very angry with her.“Oh, you’re feeling so distressed just because I scolded her?”His sweethear
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