Greg had no intention of leaving when Nora drove them back to Ophelia’s place. Greg would stay over at Ophelia’s place occasionally, provided that she allowed him to do so.After sending her parents back, Nora did not go into Ophelia’s house but instead said goodbye to her parents at the entrance. “Mom, it’d be better for me to go back to my own place. It will be more convenient for me to go to work tomorrow.”Nora was not good at lying and felt extremely guilty when she said these words. Fortunately, her mother did not care too much about her because Greg had drunk a little too much and rushed into the bathroom as soon as he entered the house. “Send me a text message when you arrive to let me know that you got home safely,” Ophelia responded before she turned around to follow Greg into the bathroom.Nora then closed the door for them and left. She intentionally drove slower on the way back. He was so shameless, and he even used various means to force her to go back. However, she
Julian did not respond after she was done speaking. Only then did Nora realize that she had thrown herself into his arms without any clothes on. She had been so focused on making sure that the human resources manager would not find out about their relationship that she had forgotten that she had gotten out of bed directly. Julian’s eyes darkened as he looked at her. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to get off him quickly, but he hugged her and threw her down on the bed. His hot lips then fell on her body and went all the way down. She was late for work in the morning. Julian drove, and they went to the company together. Nora initially insisted on driving by herself as she did not want to go to work with him to avoid bumping into her colleagues. However, she did not really have the strength.Nora became angrier when she thought of it on the way to the company and protested to Julian, “Can you stop doing this in the future? I don’t want to be late for work!”If he did thi
He felt incredibly hurt, but Nora then exclaimed again, “Wow, there are even several designs of bags in this attachment!”Rowan was short of designing a full-body outfit for her. Nora was really happy. She did not expect Rowan to be so thoughtful, and she even felt closer to him because of this. Julian was pissed off because of Nora’s reaction. Why didn’t she have her guard up against Rowan at all?Julian felt inexplicably insecure whenever he thought of what Rowan had done. Rowan had kidnapped Ophelia and Autumn before. Although he was angry and worried at the time, he did not feel too distressed. However, he felt that he would have the urge to kill Rowan if he dared to do anything to Nora in the future. Nora was still immersed in Rowan’s beautiful designs after Julian parked the car in the underground parking lot. Julian snatched her cell phone from her and said, “You’re not allowed to accept these design drafts. I will take care of you if your brother doesn’t care about yo
Nathan left after he was done speaking. Benjamin came back to his senses after the initial shock when he heard that Nathan and Yvonne had broken up. He stepped forward to stop Nathan and asked, “Weren’t the two of you still together last night? When did you break up?”Benjamin was confused. The two brothers went back to their hometown to visit their parents together over the weekend. They came back in the afternoon yesterday, and Nathan went to look for Yvonne. The two of them were happily in love, so how could they have broken up?Nathan stopped in his tracks, and he had an angry expression as he said, “This morning.”He entered Julian’s office after replying to Benjamin’s question. Benjamin stood still in shock.‘They broke up this morning? Damn! Could it be that Nathan failed to satisfy her last night?‘What should I do now? I secretly told Mom that Nathan had a girlfriend when we went back home over the weekend, and I even showed her a picture of Yvonne. She was ecstatic to he
Nora was busy. When she picked up the phone and heard Julian’s voice, she did not feel like talking to him at all, so she asked, “What’s up?”Julian clenched his teeth in annoyance after Nora responded coldly to him. He asked, “Don’t you want your cell phone?”“No, you can keep it. I feel even more free without my cell phone!” Nora did not care about her cell phone at all.“If there’s nothing else, I’m going to continue working.” She then hung up the phone directly. He was so domineering and unreasonable, so she figured she should just ignore him.Julian glanced at the phone interface and felt a little annoyed because she had ended the call when he hadn’t even started speaking yet. Hence, he tried calling her office landline again, but nobody answered the call.Julian rubbed his chin before he took Nora’s cell phone from the table and left his office.‘She has quite a temper. It seems that she wants me to coax her.’However, Julian was reluctant to humble himself and admit his
“Give it back to me!” Nora did not bother to say anything more to him and stood on tiptoes to grab her cell phone. She wanted to get it back quickly so that she could get back to work. Julian did not bother about her cell phone anymore and happily returned it to her. He also added, “By the way, your lock screen photo is pretty nice.” He then came closer to her and added, “I had a reaction to it.”Nora was embarrassed.Her lock screen photo was a selfie of herself, and only half of her brows and eyes were exposed. The most important thing was that she had deliberately messed up her hair to cover her forehead to imitate that charming drunken look with slightly parted red lips and blurred eyes. “But I have something that looks better.”Julian kissed her lips gently. Puzzled, Nora asked, “What do you mean?”Julian then took out his cell phone and showed his photo gallery to her. Nora felt like killing him after she saw it. The pictures he had were all pictures of her sleeping. She
“I thought you would have seen something because you were outside.”Her colleague looked envious as she said, “The person said that he could not see the woman’s appearance clearly because our boss was protecting her, so he doesn’t know she is. She’s actually in a relationship with our boss. She’s really lucky. Our boss is the perfect lover.”‘The perfect lover?’Nora complained a little in her heart. His perfection was just a facade. One would realize how petty and domineering he was after they got to know him.However, she could only complain about this in her heart. She simply smiled on the surface before she continued working. Several other colleagues were still discussing who the woman could be. Nora did not feel that nervous anymore because the man did not see her clearly. Fortunately, the Finance Department was not the only department on this floor as there were two other departments on this level. Therefore, no one guessed that the woman could be Nora. Julian had to attend
It was a simple and elegant three-storey villa. Silvia entertained them with dinner that she cooked herself. When Terrence and the others heard that Julian was coming to Winsterdam, they wanted to host a banquet to welcome him. After all, he was a well-known figure in the business world, and they had met him several times on various occasions. What’s more, they were all talented young people, so they admired each other very much. In addition, Ryan had already come to Winsterdam to collaborate with them, and Julian was Ryan’s former business partner. Therefore, Terrence and the others were eager to befriend Julian.However, Ryan declined their proposal because he felt that Julian would need to rest after driving for more than two hours. It would be too tiring if he had to attend a banquet, so it would be better for him to welcome Julian and Nora with a home-cooked meal instead. After all, they were not strangers. One was his sister, and the other was his friend for many years, so
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