He put his cell phone on the coffee table next to him after sending the text message, then he lay on the couch as he stared at his cell phone, waiting for her response. She would surely feel uncomfortable if she received a photo of another man’s abs when she was having a formal dinner with her boyfriend, brother, and sister-in-law.He was so immersed in taking revenge that he had failed to notice his lack of emotional intelligence at this moment.Julian, who was recognized by the public as having a high emotional intelligence and IQ, was the best at making women happy, but at this moment, his emotional intelligence was nonexistent. No, it could be said to be negative. Mrs. Maton saw his depressed expression when she came over, so she sat down next to him and asked with concern, “Baby, what’s wrong? You look like you’ve fallen out of love.”Julian did not want to acknowledge Mrs. Maton, the culprit who had single-handedly brought Jason and Nora together, let alone talk to her. He w
He then realized that if she was asking him to behave himself, that could only mean that she did not notice his injury. Therefore, he calmed his anger and replied to her again.‘I’m injured. Benjamin kicked me.’Nora was embarrassed after she received his reply. She took a closer look at the photo and noticed that there was indeed a bruise on his abdomen. She also had a better look at his amazing physique. Her face became even redder. She bit her lip and tapped hard on her cell phone.‘What has your injury got to do with me? I wasn't the one who kicked you! You've sent the photo to the wrong person. You should send it to Benjamin so that he can heal you instead.’ Nora put her cell phone on silent mode and returned to the private room to continue the dinner after sending this text message. Julian did not receive any concerned inquiries from Nora after he had tried so hard to get her attention. Instead, she said that he had sent it to the wrong person, which made him feel extrem
Jason thought that it was probably because of his brother’s reputation as a playboy and philanderer. If Nora’s parents found out about this, they would probably panic. After all, Nora was a simple and decent girl, so her parents definitely would not allow her to be in a relationship with a playboy such as Julian.However, despite Jason’s high IQ, he could not figure out why or how they got into a relationship in the first place. Of course he could not figure out the reason, because the reason Julian and Nora got together was because of the active request from a person with an extremely low IQ. A person with a high IQ would never be able to imagine the behavior of a person with a low IQ. Jason did not expect that the first thing he would do after returning to Crosavia would not be to work on his research, but to study his brother’s secret relationship. If Julian and Nora ended up getting married one day, he felt that he would have to make Julian give him a generous research fund
No matter how similar the twins looked, they were still two different people. If she could not tell them apart, that could only mean that she did not care about him at all. Besides, they had already slept together, and he was her first man.Benjamin clicked his tongue when he heard Nathan’s words, and Yvonne walked to their table right then. Benjamin deliberately put on a serious expression to imitate Nathan, who was across from him. When Nathan looked at Yvonne, there was a deliberate coldness, indifference, suppressed anger, and also love radiating from the bottom of his heart. Benjamin followed suit, but he noticed that Yvonne seemed to be ignoring him. She did not even glance at him from the corner of her eyes. After standing in front of them, she looked at Nathan, who was across from Benjamin, and asked with a frown, “What happened to your face?”Benjamin was embarrassed. ‘Yvonne did not mistake me for Nathan? Has my acting been in vain, then? It’s not fun at all.’She was no
At the same time, she found out about his thoughts about her and his character as a person. When a man says that he wants to marry a woman without any hesitation as soon as he hears that she is pregnant, this proves that he truly loves the woman. Why would he get married to her just because of the child if he did not love her? He would ask her to abort the child. His commitment to marriage proved that he was a responsible man. Yvonne had never thought that she would end up with such a remarkable man through such an unintentional incident. Although Julian was a good man, he was a playboy, and she could not control him. Besides, Julian was only interested in that girl now, and she would never be able to win his heart. She did not think that she was settling for second best by choosing Nathan. Having the second best was no good. Yvonne did not think that Nathan was inferior to Julian; in fact, she felt that Nathan was better than Julian because he had feelings for her. No matter
Rowan said, “If you’re worried, you can seek your parents or Ryan’s opinions and ask them whether you should accept my invitation.”Since he had already said this and had a rather sincere attitude, Nora could not turn him down. “Tell me where we’ll be eating, then.”Rowan let her know the location. It was a restaurant near her company, and she only had to walk there. Rowan was quite considerate in this regard. Therefore, Nora went to meet Rowan during her lunch break. She ran into Julian and Nathan, who was back from running an errand, in the lobby on the first floor. Nora silently walked past them with her head lowered. Her relationship with Julian had been very tense lately, so she figured that it was better for her not to provoke him.Unexpectedly, she received a phone call from Julian as soon as she left the building. His tone sounded very indifferent as he asked, “Where are you going?”Nora replied nonchalantly, “Out for lunch.”He asked again, “With whom?”Nora felt that
When something happened, he could only protect Nora as her brother’s best friend and not as her boyfriend or her man. Rowan laughed and said, “Mr. Julian, why don’t you have lunch with us, and you can think of it as you helping Ryan to protect her?”Nora, who was aside, could not stand their confrontation, and she did not want Julian to eat with them. It was already very awkward for her to eat with Rowan, so she felt that she would suffer from indigestion during this meal if they ate together. Therefore, she spoke up to break their stalemate. “Both of you should stop talking so sarcastically.”She then looked at Julian and smiled faintly as she said, “Thank you for your concern, Mr. Julian, but I believe that Mr. Rowan will not make things difficult for me. You should go and have your meal elsewhere since it’s lunchtime.”Nora finally came up with a title that was neither too embarrassing nor uncomfortable for her to call Rowan: Mr. Rowan. Julian’s expression instantly turne
“Why don’t you ask your boyfriend out for dinner together sometime?”Nora was instantly embarrassed. She had just had dinner with Ryan, and Rowan was inviting her for dinner with Jason again. Jason and her did not have any intentions to meet up initially, but they had been meeting so often lately. Firstly, she went to Maton Mansion for dinner that day, and Ryan then invited them to have dinner. Now, Rowan was inviting them to have dinner again. Rowan was a little disappointed to see her expression. “What’s wrong? Is it because you don’t want your boyfriend to meet an incompetent brother like me?”Rowan was a man who was good at scheming. After a brief interaction with Nora, he could already tell that Nora had a kind and soft heart, so he deliberately made himself look pitiful so that she would be softhearted and agree to take her boyfriend to meet him for dinner. He wanted to meet the boy so that he could check him out and prevent her from getting hurt.“No, no…”Rowan looked
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