“Dad, this is my boyfriend, Jason Maton.”She then said to Jason, “This is my dad.”Jason quickly greeted Henry with a smile, “Hello, Mr. Carter.”Henry glanced at Jason, nodded in response, and said to Miya, “Why are you standing downstairs? Take Jason upstairs.”He turned around and left after saying that. Based on her father’s expression, Miya was initially afraid that her father would not allow her to bring Jason into their house. Jason also sighed in relief, then he turned around, opened his car trunk, and took out the gifts that Miya had not accepted and carried it upstairs with her. Henry had already taken an elevator up first, whereas Miya and Jason took another one.When they were in the elevator, Jason, who was carrying the gifts, leaned against the elevator wall and said quietly to Miya, “I was so nervous just now that even my palms were sweating.”He was really nervous. In fact, Jason had never felt so nervous in his life. Miya glared at him angrily and said,
Miya was speechless, and she turned around to go to her bedroom to clean up. Jason followed her in, closed the door, and hugged her from the back as he said quietly, “In fact, what I want most is for you to sleep here with me.”Miya was standing by the bed as she planned to help him change a new set of bedding. Her face felt slightly hot when he said such shameless words, so she protested, “You’re really shameless.”He pretended not to notice her hints and was now saying that he wanted to sleep with her after succeeding in staying over at her parents’ house. Wasn’t this shameless? Jason took advantage of the situation when Miya stood next to the bed to push her onto the bed. He pressed her under his body as he said in a deep voice in her ear, “You slept on this bedsheet, didn’t you? You don’t need to change it. I’ll just pretend as if you’re sleeping with me.”His gesture was too ambiguous, so Miya raised her hand to push him away, but he kissed her. She moaned softly and could no
“Were you asleep?”Miya responded, “Mm-hmm. I accidentally fell asleep.”He then invited her cheerfully. “Come over for dinner. I’ve prepared some delicious food here.”“Okay. I’ll wash up and go over.”Miya did not think that there was anything amiss because they already had plans to have dinner together at night. She got up, washed her face, and tidied herself up before she went to the apartment across from hers. Miya had initially thought that they would go out for dinner tonight, or that he would come over to her place so they could cook something; she did not expect that he would invite her to go over to his place to eat instead. He even said that there was delicious food there, so she was very curious about what kind of delicious food there could be because she knew that he was not a good cook. However, when Jason came to open the door for her, Miya saw Mrs. Maton in the living room and Mr. Maton, who was coming out of the kitchen while holding freshly prepared dishes. Mi
“I think he is really good at taking care of people as well.”“Is that so?”Mrs. Maton was very happy, especially when she heard that Miya was very satisfied with Jason as well. She almost asked Miya when they would be getting married out of excitement, but fortunately, she was still a little rational. Mr. Maton had given her a reminder before they came here. He told her not to be too enthusiastic or to rush the couple into marriage so as not to scare Miya away. Therefore, Mrs. Maton endured it and did not say anything.The dinner prepared by Mr. Maton was very sumptuous. They had just had dinner with Miya’s parents, and now, they were dining with Jason’s parents, so everything felt surreal to Miya.The dinner was rather pleasant. Both Mr. and Mrs. Maton did not put on any airs, nor were they picky about Miya’s family background. In fact, Miya had also considered these differences before she agreed to date Jason. After all, when it came to Julian and Nora’s relationship, Nora’s fam
After the wedding, Nora still felt exhausted even though she had not participated much in the entire process, let alone Julian, who had been socializing all day.However, no matter how tired Julian was, it was still a joyful event, and he did not stop smiling throughout the entire day.It was already very late after the wedding dinner. Nora was tired and sleepy when the driver sent them back home. She fell on their bed and did not want to get up at all.Julian initially wanted her to come back home earlier and rest, but Nora felt that it would not be good for her to leave Julian there alone since this was their wedding after all. Therefore, she insisted on accompanying him to send all the dinner guests off before going back.Julian glanced at Nora, who was lying on the bed in exhaustion. After taking his suit jacket off and putting it aside, he unbuttoned his shirt sleeves and walked toward her. After unbuttoning the buttons, he rolled his sleeves up to stretch his arms more comf
The cab finally stopped at the entrance of the hospital. Evelyn got out of the cab with her suitcase after paying the fare and headed directly to the ward where her mother was hospitalized. If their neighbor, Mrs. Wilbur, hadn’t called her, she would not have known that her mother was ill.She received a phone call from Mrs. Wilbur that day. The lady choked up as she spoke over the phone. “Evelyn, come back quickly. Your mother is ill! She suddenly fainted when we went grocery shopping the day before yesterday. I called for an ambulance to take her to the hospital. After the medical checkup, they found that your mother has a tumor in her head, and she needs to undergo surgery as soon as possible.“I told her to inform you immediately and ask you to come back, but your mother said no. She even said that she wanted to be discharged from the hospital and go home without undergoing surgery. The doctor said that your mother wouldn’t be able to live much longer if she didn't have the surge
Evelyn had never felt any resentment toward her father for abandoning her mother, but she really felt very resentful at this moment.She hated her father for being unkind and unrighteous. She hated her father for cheating on and abandoning her mother. If his father had not divorced her mother, they would not be in such a helpless state now that her mother was ill.Natalie continued provoking her as she asked, “Have you gotten the money for your mother’s surgery?”Evelyn clenched her teeth and suppressed the anger in her heart. She did not want to be bothered with Natalie anymore, so she turned around and left. She had never bothered to pay attention to Natalie’s malicious provocations as she never wanted to appear as vulgar and uneducated as Natalie was.Ever since Natalie became the rightful young lady of the Stewarts, she had always been keen on imitating Evelyn and provoking her in various ways, but Evelyn had never taken her seriously. In her opinion, Natalie’s behavior was jus
“We’ll see who will make it impossible for the other to gain a foothold.”“Just wait and see!” Natalie was so angry that she ran away in tears. She couldn't care less about putting on airs in front of Evelyn anymore. After Natalie had left, only Evelyn and the man were left in the area. Evelyn did not know what to say. It did not seem appropriate for her to say thank you as the other party had never clearly mentioned that he was doing this on her behalf. It would make her look very pretentious and embarrassed if she took the initiative to thank him if that was not his intention. After hesitating a little, she chose to turn around and leave. “Are you addicted to being bullied?” The man’s sarcastic voice sounded behind her. Evelyn turned to glare at the man with some annoyance. She had to acknowledge that the man had a very pleasant voice, which was low and seductive, but the words coming out from his mouth were really harsh.Forget about what he had said to Natalie just now; wha
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