When Nora saw that Benjamin was silent, she glanced at her watch and exclaimed, “Mr. Benjamin, let’s get going. We’re going to be late!”She grabbed her bag and started trotting toward the elevator. Benjamin did not want to go to work at all because he could imagine how his boss would torture him after seeing him and Nora hugging after they had just broken up. Nora ran toward the elevator, turned the corner, and saw a certain man who should have taken the elevator up long ago. He was still standing there, leisurely waiting for the elevator, and he glanced at her coldly when he saw her trotting over. Nora was embarrassed. She smiled at him, then she took a step back and stood away from him as she waited silently for the elevator. She wondered why there was no one else waiting for the elevator. It was obvious that everyone had already left in the previous elevator. ‘Why is he still here?’Benjamin was frowning when he rushed over, and he felt like crying when he looked up and
Julian asked Benjamin this question indifferently as he sat down in his office chair after he threw the handkerchief away.When Julian passed in front of Benjamin, Benjamin could smell the vague trace of alcohol. He thought of Julian’s behavior when he came out of the bathroom earlier, as well as his action of wiping his mouth with a handkerchief, so he instantly guessed that Julian must have drunk too much last night. He must still be hungover now, so he went to the bathroom to throw up.Could it be that he had gone drinking because he was in a bad mood after the breakup?Benjamin’s guess was correct. Julian drove to the bar directly after he left Nora’s house last night. He drank alone until midnight even though he did not know why he was drinking.Logically speaking, he should feel relaxed and at ease after she ended their relationship in such a straightforward manner without dragging things out. After all, he had been thinking about how he could end this relationship without hu
She still had some self-awareness and knew that it was better for her to keep her distance in this situation.Julian’s anger had originally subsided a little before she came in, but his anger rose again when she referred to him as ‘Mr. Maton’. He closed the laptop in front of him forcefully, and the loud noise scared Nora, who was already feeling very apprehensive. She then saw him stand up with a cold expression as he strode toward her. He took the report in her hand and looked through it. The sound of him turning the report gave Nora chills all over as the wind blew. She felt as if her face was frozen when the wind hit her face. She could not help but protest in her heart, ‘Did he have to flip through the report so loudly?’She did not like such behavior when he was playing mental games. He could just express himself if he was dissatisfied. She felt that it was quite excessive for him to torture others with such actions. After confirming that there were no errors in the repor
Benjamin replied casually, “How would I know? Mr. Maton was the one who bought this.”Nora’s hand that was holding the box of dessert froze when she heard this.Benjamin was depressed as soon as he realized that he had misspoken. Meanwhile, Nora shoved the box of desserts back into his hands immediately as she said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Benjamin, but I can’t accept this box of desserts if he bought it.”Nora wondered what Julian was thinking. He had reprimanded her so harshly in the morning, but he sent someone to deliver desserts to her in the evening.Besides, they had already broken up, so it was hard for her to accept anything from him anymore.Benjamin said anxiously, “Listen to me. He felt sorry for reprimanding you in the morning, so he sent me to deliver this box of desserts to you. This is an indirect apology from him.”Nora shook her head. “He doesn’t need to apologize to me. It was my fault in the first place. He is the boss, so it’s only right for him to reprimand and sco
Julian initially thought of torturing her in this manner, but he did not expect that he would be the one who ended up getting angry because she locked him out as soon as he sent her home. He was so angry that he almost kicked her door down.He then left her place angrily. Mrs. Maton called him on the way, but he was upset and refused to answer her call. Julian knew that Mrs. Maton was calling him just to question him about the model who was rumored to be his new lover. Julian had been telling Mrs. Maton that he had a proper girlfriend for more than half a year before this, and he had made a promise on New Year’s Eve to bring his girlfriend home after the New Year. Mrs. Maton had been waiting, but the media exposed that Julian had a dinner date with a model a few days ago, and Mrs. Maton called Julian to question him about this matter immediately. He could not tell Mrs. Maton that he was dumped for no reason because he would be very embarrassed. He guessed that Mrs. Maton would tak
Nora did not understand why he could be a gentleman and a considerate and perfect lover when they were in a relationship but became a completely different person after they broke up.She thought that they could break up amicably, but she felt that he was constantly targeting her at every turn, from the last time she made a mistake and was criticized by him to him choking her with cigarette smoke. He had an extremely bad attitude throughout. After dinner and spending time with her mother, who was down with a cold, Nora returned to her apartment. She felt that there was still the residual smell of cigarettes left in her car from when he sent her home at night, so she kept the window open to disperse the smell all the way home. Otherwise, she would think of his scary and cold face if she smelled the cigarettes. She was still sleeping the next morning when she was awakened by a rapid knocking sound on her door.She did not know who was knocking on her door so inexplicably so early in
‘He’s rummaging through my kitchen cabinets to look for pasta. Is he going to cook the pasta and eat it? What is going on?’ Therefore, she replied angrily, “I threw it away.”The remaining pasta had indeed been thrown away by her. Firstly, she did not cook at all, so the pasta would be wasted anyway if it was left there. Secondly, she did not want things that carried memories of him to continue appearing in front of her, so she packed up the pasta and threw it away when she was cleaning up one day. Of course, she did not throw away the earrings or other expensive things that Julian had gifted her. She was reluctant to throw them away, not because they were gifts from him, but because those things were bought at a high price. She cared about money. She collected everything in a small box and sealed it at the bottom of her cupboard so that it would no longer appear in front of her eyes and add to her messy emotions.It should be a complete break up. Julian’s expression turned g
“I’m not eating!” She planned to continue walking back to her bedroom. After all, one would be bound by the gifts one accepted. She did not want to eat the breakfast he bought. Julian went to a lot of trouble to buy the sumptuous breakfast, not just for her to ignore it. Moreover, he had heated the breakfast up in the microwave when she was washing up because the food had gotten cold earlier. When she refused, he got up and walked over to block her. As she walked, he looked down at her fair face and asked, “Why do you have to torture yourself by skipping breakfast even though you’re mad at me?” Nora rolled her eyes at him and asked, “Who said that I’m mad at you? I don’t like to eat breakfast. I’m on a diet, okay?!”He was saying that she was throwing tantrums and getting mad at him, and he was making it so ambiguous that it seemed as if they were a couple who were quarreling. It made her feel extremely uncomfortable. “You’re on a diet?” He chuckled softly when he heard thi
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