“Where are you?”“I’m buying vegetables at the market. What’s wrong?” the person on the other end replied to him leisurely. Julian was so shocked that he was about to have a stroke.“Mr. Ex Chairman, you actually went to the market to buy vegetables? Don’t tell me you went there in your Bentley, dressed in Armani!”Julian felt that the image was too brutal to imagine, but Ryan replied indifferently, “Is there anything wrong with that?”Ryan had not met with Julian properly since his stepping down. Julian was busy, and Ryan had devoted himself to preparing dinner, so they had no time to meet up at all. Therefore, Julian was not aware of Ryan’s recent changes. “You’re really calm and leisurely, but there is chaos in Pierce Group.”Julian complained angrily. “Rowan Pierce didn't show up to work today, so the senior executives of Pierce Group came to me when they could not contact him. They demanded that I contact you!”Julian was frustrated when he thought of the group of senior e
Rowan looked away because he knew that he had said something irresponsible. Ryan continued, “Since I’ve already taken my hands off it, I won't take it back again no matter what. I’d rather start my own business than take back Pierce Group.”Ryan gloated and added, “You should manage it well by yourself. I’ll leave first.”He then turned around and left.Rowan felt even more frustrated because of Ryan’s sarcastic remarks. He could not continue sleeping after Ryan had made such a fuss, and he had to go to the company. If he did not go, Ryan could really notify all the senior management to come here to look for him, so he had no choice but to get up and get dressed to go to the company.He went to the company slowly and lazily. The members of the board of directors rushed into his office aggressively in an accusatory tone, saying that he was irresponsible, incompetent, and unworthy of being the chairman of Pierce Group. They demanded that he returned Pierce Group to Ryan immediately
However, he could not tolerate others’ contempt at his ability in that aspect. After Silvia came back from taking a shower, she was thrown directly onto the big bed. The man nibbled her earlobe as he whispered seductively, “Did you put on weight recently?”Silvia dodged his kiss and was somewhat depressed as she replied, “Yeah, I gained two pounds.”The man’s hand began to probe into her pajamas. “Let’s do some exercise, then.”Silvia wailed and raised her hand to push him.“No, I don’t want to. I’m so tired. I want to sleep.”“You can sleep, and I’ll do my thing. I’ll help you to exercise.”The man had already started his attack and stripped her clothes off when she was dodging him.“Where’s the fat? Let me touch it.”The man’s hands wandered all over her body.“Here? Or here?”The man chuckled softly. “You’re so defenseless against me, huh?”Silvia blushed. “Do you want me not to feel aroused by you?” she asked.“Of course not! I like you like this. I like how def
Ophelia finally hung up the phone in anger. Greg cursed at himself so viciously, so that could only mean that it was probably not Greg who had instigated Nora to do so, but how could Nora come up with such a scheme if Greg did not instruct her to do so?After Greg heard Ophelia hanging up the phone on him, he grabbed his car key and left the house immediately. He could not sit back and wait idly. He had to go and prove his innocence to her. Otherwise, she would think that he was the one who had instigated it, and he would lose everything. Greg did not know whether he should be mad at his daughter or praise her. He should praise her for destroying the divorce agreement, which instantly lifted the burden in his heart.However, Ophelia was now blaming him for this incident, so he should be mad at his daughter for what she had done. "Sigh…"He had mixed feelings. Greg called his daughter and asked her to go over to Ophelia’s place quickly so that he could prove that he was rea
“You should leave too.”Greg was finally here at Ophelia’s place, so he was reluctant to leave so soon. He clutched his chest and sat down on Ophelia’s couch while saying, “I feel some tightness in my chest because I’m so mad at Nora. I’ll just sit down for a while to calm down.”He had just been discharged from the hospital with a heart condition, so this was a reasonable excuse. He smiled at Ophelia and said, “You don’t have to worry about me. You can get busy with your own things.”Although he was saying this, his eyes revealed his longing for Ophelia.Ophelia glanced at him and said calmly, “I’m going to take my afternoon nap. Make yourself at home.”She left after saying that, but she eventually poured a glass of water and placed it in front of Greg without looking back before she returned to her room, leaving Greg all alone. Greg was already content to receive such treatment. After Ophelia had left, he drank the glass of water that seemed to taste even sweeter than honey.
Moreover, how could Rowan accept the fact that both Greg and himself were no match for Ryan alone when it came to managing Pierce Group?“No way!”Rowan rejected Greg’s proposal angrily as soon as he mentioned it. Greg was a little annoyed. “Do you really want to stand by and watch as you single-handedly destroy Pierce Group by refusing to ask for his help?”Greg slammed the table in anger when he said this. “Yes, I know you won’t feel bad even if you watch Pierce Group go to ruins. Didn’t you say that it wouldn’t matter to you because it was not your hard work and effort anyway?!”Greg thought about what Rowan had said when he first returned to Crosavia and felt even angrier when he saw Rowan’s current attitude.If this was in the past, Greg would have been furious, but the father and son had gradually gotten along and worked together these few days, so their respective tempers and personalities were greatly restrained. Greg did not get angry at Rowan and yell at him as e
Rowan almost fainted as he stood still. He wanted to turn around and leave, but he could only endure it when he thought of his current situation.He glared at Ryan’s back as the latter left leisurely, then he threw the document in his hand aside and resigned himself to sit down on the fishing bench as he prepared to fish. Rowan was good at fishing. He used to go fishing occasionally as a pastime when he was free, but now, he would have to catch a bucket full of fish in one afternoon. Rowan looked at the empty bucket and could not help but clench his teeth when he saw the size of the bucket. Ryan went back to his room and had a good nap. After he woke up, he went to the pool to swim and played tennis in the tennis room to pass the time. When the sun set in the evening, he slowly wandered to the edge of the lake. Rowan was sitting there fishing. He had taken off his expensive suit jacket and thrown it aside casually on the rock, so it looked wrinkled. He probably did not expec
“Uncle, thank you for designing such a beautiful dress for me.”No one could refuse a sweet and pleasant child, especially when she was so adorable. Rowan smiled. “You’re welcome.”These designs were just a piece of cake to him. Ryan and Silvia walked over together. Rowan looked at them, whereupon Silvia greeted him politely. “Hello.”She should greet Rowan out of courtesy and reason.In fact, she did not have any deep grudges or hatred against him. She had panicked for a while when he took her daughter away at that time, but there was a harmonious relationship between him and her daughter now. She did not have any issues with him either because he had designed all these beautiful dresses for her daughter. “Hello,” Rowan glanced at her and replied briefly in response, then he put the fishing rod in his hand aside and looked at Ryan. “Thank you for today. I’ll get out of your hair now.” Ryan glanced at the bucket that was half filled with fish.“Don’t leave. You’ve caught s