“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
Nora’s position was at a corner of the Finance Department, and her back was facing the door, so she could not see who came. She only heard the sounds of several colleagues behind her gasping, followed by the sound of them hurriedly pushing away their chairs and getting up. Someone finally exclaimed, “Hello, Mr. Maton!”The other employees in the Finance Department were also shocked as they turned to look at the man who had a serious expression as he came in from the door. Some employees even stood up respectfully to express their welcome.That man seemed to be born with the aura of an emperor. He received looks of admiration from the employees around him no matter where he went. After Nora came to Maton Group, she had learned from her colleagues that although Julian seemed very free and uninhibited, he was still very capable in leading Maton Group.He was resolute and decisive, and made wise decisions. Any project he took on was bound to be very profitable. In the past few years sin
When Nora saw his sinister smile, she hurriedly explained, “My mother is really ill. You can ask my brother about it if you don’t believe me. I think you know that my mother hasn’t been in a good mood lately.”Nora was referring to the situation where Rowan was back and had caused chaos for the Pierces. Julian ignored her. He was too angry to continue arguing with her, but he turned at the intersection ahead and headed directly to Ophelia’s apartment. Nora secretly heaved a sigh of relief. As it was the rush hour after work in the evening, the road was heavily congested. It seemed that there was an accident at the intersection ahead, causing the entire road to be congested. The two of them could only travel slowly in the congested traffic.When Nora saw that they had been stuck in traffic for nearly half an hour, she wondered how long it would take for them to get out of this congested road. She got a little impatient. It was fine for her as she could arrive at Ophelia’s place at a
Mrs. Maton replied to him in dissatisfaction, “I'm not very satisfied with her, but you are older now, and if there is a woman who likes you so wholeheartedly, you should stop being so picky. It doesn't matter whether I am satisfied as long as she can treat you well.”“There are so many women who love me wholeheartedly!” Julian emphasized righteously. What did she mean, he was too old? She made it sound as if he could not find a woman who wanted to marry him when in fact, he was not looking for a woman to marry. Mrs. Maton was urging him to get back together with his ex-girlfriend a few days ago, but she was now trying to set him up with Yvonne. Her stance had changed too quickly.He definitely would not understand the complex mentality of a mother who wanted her son to start a family, especially when she saw other people with their grandchildren running around. She could not wait for him to grab just any woman and get married.After saying this, he quickly changed the topic. “Is
She felt a little sad and a little aggrieved when she thought of this. He was the first and only man in her life, but she was among the most inconspicuous among his many women.It was unfair—it was really unfair. But what could she do? It was impossible for a man like him to settle down for her. Just look at how often he changed girlfriends. When Julian suddenly hugged Yvonne, Benjamin, who was behind him, was startled. His first reaction was to look at Nora, who was far away, fearfully. Nathan, who was relatively calm, wanted to step forward and separate his boss and Yvonne. After all, he knew that Julian was deliberately doing this to irritate Nora. Such behavior was too childish and risky. If Nora was agitated, she would think that he was a playboy and ignore him more. It would not be worth it at all. However, Julian’s original image was already that of a playboy. As for Julian and Yvonne, who were the parties involved, Julian was doing exactly what Nathan was thinking—he was
That unknown girl was the end of him.Nathan waited until Yvonne was tired of crying and venting, then he helped her get into the car before he took her home.This night was chaotic; it was so chaotic that Nathan, who had never been late for work in so many years, was late for work for the first time. He was half an hour late, and he was even wearing the same clothes he was wearing yesterday.Julian did not say anything, but Benjamin kept pestering Nathan for a long time and asked him what happened last night. Nathan never said a word, and Benjamin was so anxious that he almost jumped off the building.In the next few days, the employees of Maton Group were all discussing the scandal between Julian and Yvonne, and some people even pictured their wedding.Nora originally thought that Julian had a new girlfriend, so she could finally have peace. As a result, Julian stopped coming to look for her, but his name was constantly lingering in her ears all day long. Several colleagues arou
He always felt that she was still a little girl. Julian had to admit that Greg asking Nora to go on blind dates and what he was saying to her about marriage made Julian feel a little flustered. An inexplicable feeling of tension arose in his heart. After the break up, he had always believed that he was the perfect lover, and that no man could be compared to him.However, he had forgotten that there was a 10-year age difference between them. There were so many young, capable men in Detroit, and there were many outstanding men in every age group. If she kept to herself, he was indeed the most perfect among the limited people she knew, but if her parents intervened and helped to plan her marriage, she would have her choice among all the young bachelors in Detroit. It was Greg’s words that made Julian calm down a bit. She would eventually get married and have children, instead of always being the shy little girl who asked him to teach her how to be in a relationship.He felt even more
“Why are you here?”Julian sat down directly across from her and spoke up expressionlessly. “Benjamin went out on an errand. Just talk to me if you need anything.”Nora did not feel like talking to him at all. If she spoke to Benjamin about the same thing, it would feel like two friends helping each other, but if she spoke to Julian, she constantly felt as if something was not right. She pursed her lips and stopped talking. At the same time, she wondered why Julian was here when she had clearly made an appointment with Benjamin. Her head was spinning as she thought of ways to end this embarrassing meeting. She thought of saying that she was in a hurry to leave because she had something to do, so she smiled at him and said, “Mr. Julian—"As soon as her words fell, he interrupted her. “Benjamin mentioned that you wanted to sell your car.”Nora stopped talking. However, she had nothing to hide since he already knew everything, so she lowered her eyes and replied, “Yes, I want to sel
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