Julian was speechless. ‘This lassie really knows how to push my buttons.’ When Nora saw his dark expression, she quickly ran away with the menu as she said, “I’m sorry! I was just concerned about your health.”Nora felt that she only had good intentions. After all, how could anyone drink so much water? He had chugged a whole jug of water. When Nora came back, she brought a big jug of water back with her and asked him to drink to his heart's desire.Julian did not know whether he should be mad at her or laugh at her. He was mad because she thought that there was something wrong with his body or that he was ill, but he also wanted to laugh because she was considerate and even prepared plenty of water for him when she saw that he kept drinking water. Julian thought that when it came to dating a young woman, once in a lifetime was enough. He also had to remind himself to never date someone younger in the future. He must find someone similar to his age so that there would be no ba
There was a strong hint of jealousy as soon as she spoke. Julian, who was behind Nora, had a slight frown. He glanced at Gina in the meantime. ‘This girl is really ugly. Her face looks mean and petty, and she does not have any temperament to speak of.’In fact, Gina was not ugly. On the contrary, she was a beauty and was considered one of the well-known beauties at Detroit University. Otherwise, she would not have been so proud and confident in front of Nora. Although Gina came from an ordinary family background, all of her pride stemmed from her beauty. However, a truly classy man with discerning taste would not only value a woman’s beauty. Although external beauty was important, a good personality was essential. However, Gina did not have a good character, so she was an extremely ugly existence to Julian. Nora glanced at Gina, smiled faintly at her as a courtesy, and intended to continue walking away, but Gina refused to let her go so easily. She noticed Julian, who was next
In the past few years, Gina had intentionally created many misunderstandings in order to cause these two people to hate Nora and isolate her, but she had always failed.Now that Julian had taught her a lesson, it did not even cross her mind that he would not have scolded her if she hadn’t been vicious first. After Julian and Nora left the cafeteria, Nora broke free from his arms and asked, “Why did you scold her so harshly?”Apart from him, there was no one else she knew who would scold a girl and call her trash directly. Julian shrugged, then leaned against a tall French plane tree behind him and replied lazily, “Why can’t I scold her if she deserves to be scolded?”Although Julian was a philanderer, the women he was interested in would still have some basic qualities and would never be as lowly as Gina was. Therefore, he had absolutely no sympathy for annoying women. There were villains like Gina everywhere in life, including in the business world, and he showed them no merc
Nora only had her thesis defense in her mind as she wanted to be able to graduate successfully. Furious, Julian snorted coldly. “Fine. We don’t have to meet up, then.”He was really pissed off. Nora blinked as she looked at him and asked, “Mr. Julian, are you angry?”He chuckled and said in anger, “Angry? Why would I be angry? It’s great if we don’t have to meet each other. In that case, I won’t have to waste my time and effort to teach you how to be in a relationship.”Julian only said these words in the heat of the moment to maintain his self-esteem and pride. He instantly felt guilty as soon as he said that because these words were quite hurtful after all. However, Nora showed no signs of being offended at all. Instead, she looked at him and said with a smile, “That’s great! I’m relieved that you’re not angry. I’ll get out of the car first, then. Goodbye.”She then got out of the car.Julian was furious and speechless. He was so annoyed that he simply stepped on the accel
As Julian’s secretary, Benjamin handled all of Julian’s tasks at the office every day. Benjamin was also in charge of scheduling his dates as well as sending flowers and gifts to his girlfriends in the past. He was the one who had been handling affairs regarding all of Julian’s girlfriends in the past. Julian was initially in a good mood, but when Benjamin mentioned dating, he remembered that Nora had asked to not meet him temporarily, and he suddenly felt very upset.Therefore, he directed all his anger at Benjamin. “Are you done with all your work? Mind your own business! Get out!”Benjamin eventually became a punching bag and was kicked out unceremoniously. This revelation allowed Benjamin to confirm that his boss had actually broken up. He wouldn't be in such a bad mood otherwise.Even though he was certain that his boss had dumped the lady, he still believed that since it was a breakup, his boss should be allowed to feel down.Julian and Ryan had dinner together at night.
It would be different if she joined Maton Group—she could hide her identity and be an ordinary employee.Besides, if she did not do well at Maton Group, others would only laugh at Julian, who brought her in, and not her brother. Julian had suggested for her to join his company, and she had agreed, so Ryan did not have any objections either. He only told her to work hard when she joined Maton Group, and Nora assured him. Ryan was still worried, so he emphasized at the last moment, “Don’t get involved with Julian too much aside from work matters after you join Maton Group. He’s not someone that you can afford to mess with!”Nora wanted to cry. She had already gotten involved with him, so what should she do?!When Ryan noticed that she did not reply to him, he raised his voice and asked, “Why aren’t you saying anything?”Nora laughed and said, “No, I was just digesting your advice.”“Okay, I’m going to hang up now. Good luck on your thesis.” Ryan hung up the phone after saying th
Yvonne tried to get some information out of Nathan on the way back. “Why was your boss in such a hurry just now?”Nathan could only laugh awkwardly as he replied, “As you can see just now, even I was completely unaware.”Nathan really did not know what was going on. He only saw a group of graduates. Yvonna could only change the topic and ask, “Has your boss gotten a girlfriend recently?”Nathan felt as if he was about to break down, but he could only pretend to be confused. “I’m not too sure about this.”Yvonne was dissatisfied as she complained, “You’re his personal secretary, but you don’t know this? Who will know about this, then?”Nathan explained innocently, “I’m sorry, but I’m the older brother, Nathan, and I’m Mr. Julian’s personal assistant. I’m responsible for the external work. My younger brother, Benjamin, knows more about aspects regarding Mr. Julian’s life.”When Nathan explained his identity, he wittily pushed the blame to Benjamin. After all, Benjamin was not p
“He’s really trying hard to impress others by pretending to be rich. He’s only driving a car that costs 25,000; how could he afford to treat the whole group of us to all these?”Gina had a gloomy expression as she started to slander Nora and Julian after Nora had left the private room.One boy replied to Gina’s remark nonchalantly, “Do you think Nora would get an average guy with her family background?”Gina clenched her teeth in anger and looked away. After Nora had left the private room, a waiter came over to her and said with a smile, “Excuse me. Are you Miss Nora?”Nora nodded. The waiter then said to her respectfully, “Mr. Julian is already waiting for you. Please come with me.”Nora followed the waiter to another private room. She saw Julian sitting there alone after the door was opened. Julian was dressed formally because of his dinner with Yvonne tonight. He was wearing a pure black suit, a white shirt, and a black tie, and he looked extremely well-dressed. Nora though
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