He hugged her from the back and whispered in her ear in a low and charming voice, “Hold on tight when love comes. Don’t hesitate or be timid.”Nora looked at the flower in her hand that was blooming brightly. Was he hinting and encouraging her to be brave and fall in love with him? She could love him with all her heart, but could he do the same? She could feel that he loved her now, but how long would this love last? Could it last forever? Could it last until the end of life?Some people might say that she was too paranoid and only thought about eternity and cared about the future when she could just love now, but she could not help it. Her concept of love was silly. She could either love with all her might or choose not to love at all.If she asked for his love, he would have to love her for the rest of his life. Of course, she would also do the same and love him for the rest of her life. Nora’s cell phone rang, interrupting her random thoughts that almost got her into trouble
He ended the call with Jason directly without saying anything else. After that, he squinted and glared at Nora dangerously. Nora felt inexplicably guilty after being stared at by him, so she could not help but ask, “Are you angry? It’s not like you don’t know that Jason was just spouting nonsense.”Nora did not know that Jason was telling Julian that she liked Ethan. When she saw Julian’s annoyed expression, she only thought that it was because he minded Jason’s love confession. Julian asked her coldly, “You like Ethan Goldberg?”Nora did not expect him to change the topic so quickly, so she replied directly and instinctively, “Of course. He’s so handsome; how can any woman not like him?”Ethan had been in the limelight lately. Television series and movies he starred in were being released one after the other, and his reputation and box office ratings had been soaring. This was particularly so because he had recently taken on another modern-themed romance drama adapted from a su
As she was not experienced, her attempt to bite his lips felt to Julian as if she was teasing him. The tip of her small tongue and teeth slid across his lips. It did not feel too light or heavy, and it brought out the yearning in his heart. He embraced her tightly and kissed her passionately in the cool night by the quiet and peaceful lake. He did not know the reason, but he just wanted to kiss her and feel her body against his. Ophelia had asked Nora to go back earlier because of her sudden breakup with Jason, so Nora and Julian drove back early the next morning.Nora felt very weak as she leaned back in her seat the whole way. He did not do anything to her after they returned from their stroll last night, and she was able to sleep peacefully. Unexpectedly, she was woken up from her sleep early in the morning because of him.She felt him embracing her from her back when she was still sleeping in a daze. The man’s muscular body was pressed against her, and she knew what this mean
“It’s such a shame. I really liked Jason.”Greg spoke up from the side, “It’s fine even if they broke up. Nora is still young anyway, and she’ll definitely meet a better guy in the future.” He then comforted Nora, “You don’t have to be sad either. I will ask my friends to introduce some better guys to you in the future.”Nora frowned and said, “Dad, Mom, please don’t arrange any more blind dates for me for the time being. I just got out of a relationship and have no intention of starting a new relationship for now. I need some time to heal.”Nora found another excuse to get out of the blind dates arranged by her parents. She would probably be able to use the excuse that she was still healing from her emotional wounds to avoid going on any blind dates in the near future. When Ophelia and Greg saw her response, they exchanged glances before Ophelia said, “Okay, I understand. I won’t make any arrangements for you anymore in the future. You can make your own decisions. By the way, Rya
Jason wondered how Mrs. Maton would react if she found out that Julian was the one who forced them to break up. Well, it would be best if she kicked Julian out of the house. Julian glanced coldly at Jason, who snorted angrily and looked away. Julian then looked at Mrs. Maton and said calmly and indifferently, “Why should we force them to be together if they can’t get along? You can’t force happiness.”Jason could not help but retort, “It’s not as if you aren't forcing it yourself!”He slept with Nora when she was clearly reluctant to do so, but he still had the nerve to say that one could not force happiness?Mrs. Maton was confused by them and was about to lose her mind. “What are the two of you talking about?”“Nothing,” Julian replied calmly to Mrs. Maton, then he went upstairs. Halfway up the stairs, he looked at Mrs. Maton and said, “I forgot to remind you that your eldest son is 33 years old this year, so if there’s an outstanding girl like Nora, don’t forget to introdu
Julian drove back to Maton Mansion, and the family of four had lunch together. Mrs. Maton’s rule was that Julian and Jason could have their own fun and leisure time outside, but they had to go home and spend time with their parents during the weekends. Mrs. Maton was also a self-aware mother, and she knew that children no longer liked to live with their parents when they were older. She felt that there would be a generational gap between children and their parents, and too much control from their parents would annoy them, especially if they were men.Therefore, she allowed them to live independently outside quite early on and never interfered much with their lives outside. This was with the exception of their marriage. Mrs. Maton could not stop talking about Nora at the dinner table, so Jason kindly suggested, “Mom, since you like Nora so much, why don’t you introduce her to Julian now that she and I have already broken up? She will still be your daughter-in-law if she ends up wit
Ophelia said with a smile, “Nora wanted to treat us to dinner tonight, so she brought us here, saying that she came here to eat before, and the food was really good.”Nora looked extremely embarrassed. She could detect that Julian had glanced at her faintly when Ophelia said these words. He was the one who had brought her here to eat. Mrs. Maton hurriedly talked about her family and even took the opportunity to invite Ophelia’s family to have dinner with them. “Julian is buying us dinner tonight. Let’s eat together since we bumped into each other. We were destined to share this meal.”Mrs. Maton smiled as she held Ophelia’s arm and said affectionately, “This shows that our families are really fated.”Mrs. Maton was hinting at Jason and Nora’s relationship, and she even looked at Jason as she spoke. Jason sheepishly ducked behind Julian and tried to lower his sense of existence so that Mrs. Maton would notice Julian instead. Julian snorted at his mother’s words as he thought to h
He then attacked her lips again, almost swallowing her breath. However, Julian only kissed her for a while before he let her go after considering that the timing was not right.Nora quickly gasped for air. She had forgotten to breathe just now because of her nervousness. Julian held her in his arms and smiled at her appearance. He rubbed his coarse fingertips on her earlobe, teasing her as he coaxed her gently, “Go back to your own apartment after dinner, okay?” Nora shook her head firmly and refused. “I don’t want to!”He smiled at her in an evil and ambiguous manner. “Why are you saying you don’t want to when I didn’t even say what I was going to do? Could it be that you really want to? Sure enough, women never mean what they say.”Nora growled angrily, “Hey!”She was then speechless for a long time, and she finally blushed in shame. When she said that she did not want to, she clearly meant that she did not want to go back to her apartment, but he was deliberately misinterpre
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