She became anxious again when she thought about what Rowan had said about detaining her here to make Ryan feel anxious and worried. She had never felt even more anxious than this moment, hoping that Ryan would never call her. That way, he would not know what happened to her, and he would not be sad or anxious. Rowan’s plan would fall through then. She was sure that Rowan wouldn't detain her for several days. However, what she was most afraid of happened.Her cell phone rang in the living room outside. Silvia instantly lost her composure. However, she could only hold back the nervousness as she tried to calm herself and talk to Rowan. “Rowan, what exactly are you trying to do? Does tormenting us this way make you feel better?“Don't they say that the effect of force is mutual? The same is true for injury. Don’t you feel hurt as well when you hurt us?”Silvia tried to attack Rowan’s conscience with words, but Rowan reprimanded her coldly, “Shut up! What does your suffering have
He even secretly vowed to himself that he would definitely chop Rowan up into pieces if he dared to hurt her!Silvia’s cell phone kept ringing, but no one answered. He persevered in calling over and over again and uncontrollably became a little restless.Ryan did not dare to imagine what he would do if something happened to Silvia. He felt that he might even kill Rowan. Rowan was sitting leisurely on a chair in the hotel with a smile on his face as he watched Silvia’s cell phone ringing non-stop at the side.He just wanted to make Ryan feel worried, tormented, uncomfortable, and miserable, so he was deliberately delaying answering the call.Silvia, who was in the bathroom, nearly broke down emotionally. She fell to the bathroom floor, sat down, and buried her head in her arms as her eyes flushed red. Ryan must be extremely worried and anxious since he was unable to contact her. Rowan tormenting Ryan in this manner was equivalent to him tormenting her as well. After a while,
He had no other thoughts now. All he could think about was the sentence he had said to Rowan earlier. He would never abandon her no matter what happened to her. He truly understood the meaning of the words ‘never abandon’ for the first time.In the past, he had always read about these two words in books or on television, but he realized now that all the feelings from outsiders were not as real as his own personal experience.Ryan arrived in the small town about half an hour later. Julian and the others had helped him look for the name of the hotel where Rowan was staying, so he drove there directly. Rowan did not hide his identity when checking into the hotel, and he used his passport to check in, so it was easy to find him. He seemed to have no intention of hiding it either. His real purpose seemed to be just to infuriate Ryan.When Ryan was rushing all the way to the small town, he received another call from Mrs. Alberich, asking about the result of his call to Silvia.Ryan
Rowan’s target had been Silvia the entire time, and he just felt that the driver was in his way, so he decided to incapacitate him. Fortunately, he did not harm the driver; otherwise, if the driver faced any threats to his life, Silvia would not be able to live in peace for the rest of her life. Ryan held her in his arms. “I don’t blame you. Since he has already planned this, you’d fall into his trap next time even if you didn’t this time.”Rowan was such a scheming person, and Silvia was no match for him at all, so she would be tricked by him sooner or later. However, Ryan was also thankful for Rowan’s attack this time because Silvia now had a legitimate reason to withdraw from this collaboration with Rowan and be able to stay away completely from this psycho. After settling the driver in another hotel, Ryan drove Silvia back to her parents’ house. The two originally did not want to alarm Silvia’s parents. After all, Ryan had an injury on his face now, so the two also plann
“What?!”Silvia’s legs went weak, and she fell to the ground after she heard his words. Ryan endured his heartache and helped her up. How could he not be in pain when something like this happened? One was his beloved mother, and the other was his beloved daughter, both of whom were the most important people in his life.Mr. Alberich had just returned from his morning walk outside and rushed over when he saw this.“Silvia!”Silvia was in a semi-frozen state. Ryan and Mr. Alberich helped her sit down on the sofa, and it took a while for her to regain her breath. Ryan told Silvia and her parents what he had just heard from Greg. Ryan had rushed to the small town because Silvia was on a business trip, so they could only hand their daughter over to Ophelia, who was not feeling well. Greg thought of going over to accompany Ophelia to pick Autumn up, so he waited below Ophelia’s apartment early in the morning.However, Ophelia and his granddaughter did not come down even after he had
She could not be so selfish and stay here to heal her wounds while he bore so much pressure and pain alone.In fact, he was in more pain than she was. After all, apart from Autumn, Ophelia, who was his closest relative who gave birth to him and raised him, was also missing. Therefore, she could not leave him at a time like this. She had to stay by his side.Ryan wanted to say more, but Silvia stepped forward and held his hand, then she raised her head to look at him. “Didn’t you say that you won’t abandon me no matter what happens? I…"Silvia could not help but feel a lump in her throat when she thought of what he had said last night.“How can I leave you alone now?”When Ryan heard her words, he smiled with some relief, then he raised his hands to hug her tightly. In fact, Ryan wanted her to be by his side, but he was taking her emotions into consideration, so he figured that it would be best for her to stay here. He did not want her to bear the darkest and most painful thi
Ophelia flattered Rowan in that manner to restrain his attitude toward them in the future. Rowan took the phone away angrily, then he raised his hand to beckon the little girl to come over and asked her to talk. The little girl spoke innocently into the phone. “Papa, Uncle Rowan invited me and Grandma to be his guests. When will you be coming to pick us up?”After Rowan’s people brought Ophelia and Autumn here, Ophelia immediately negotiated with Rowan when Autumn was still sleeping. Rowan’s people attacked them early in the morning. When Ophelia got up to prepare breakfast, she heard someone knocking on the door. Rowan’s people broke in as soon as she opened the door.She told them calmly that she would follow them, but she asked them not to wake the little girl up.The men agreed. She packed up some things, carried Autumn, and came here with them. This seemed to be a villa Rowan had bought. Ophelia settled her granddaughter down on the sofa so that she could continue sleep
He wanted to turn around and leave her alone, but her appearance was too distressing. Ophelia had been sitting quietly on the sofa as she watched all this without stepping in to help.Rowan finally squatted in front of Autumn as he tried to soften his voice and asked, “What’s wrong?”Rowan thought that if this was a boy, he would surely beat him up unceremoniously and make him cry again, but since she was a girl, especially a girl who was crying, he could not even think of beating her.The little girl raised her hand to wipe away her tears and looked at him with an aggrieved expression as she cried and asked, “Did I make you unhappy? Otherwise, why would you hate me so much?”The little girl blinked after she was done speaking, and a series of tears rolled down again.He could only ask, “Why do you say that I hate you?”“Why else would you ignore me? I’ve been talking to you so much, but you’ve been ignoring me. Sob, sob…"She protested aggrievedly, and this was accompanied by
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