"Alice, what are we going to do? I don't want my reputation to suffer." Rachel pursed her lips."I don't know either. 700,000 dollars is a lot of money. I don't want to blow my savings on something so stupid." Alice replied curtly as she paced back and forth, racking her brain to find a way out of their problem."Your dad might be able to help. Or... just ask your boyfriend. Noah's pretty rich. He can definitely get you $700,000."Hearing that, Alice stopped and smiled.It was true. Noah loved her very much. He would definitely give her the $700,000 for nothing.[Noah, help me. I just got robbed. They took all my money. I was going to buy a new bag and a new watch].[What? You were robbed? Alice, be careful. Don't let your guard down when you're out alone. Say, how much do you need?][Okay, Noah. I'll be careful next time. If possible, I'll need $700,000][$700,000? Alice, that's a lot of money][I know, I thought you could help me because you're my boyfriend. But never mind. I'll...]
In the end, Claire decided to take Alex's advice. She would come to the Golden Era party.Since Alex said he had important business, Claire was accompanied by Mike to a boutique to look for the dress she would wear tonight.However, Claire was surprised when Mike took her to "Glenca Boutique," a luxury boutique frequented by celebrities and other high society people."Grandpa, I can't buy clothes here." Claire slowed her steps as Mike led her into the boutique."Why?" Mike frowned.Claire's eyes took in the grand building of the boutique and it certainly didn't suit her."Looks like we're in the wrong place. This is a famous boutique owned by a popular fashion designer named Mrs. Glenca. I have heard that all the clothes in this boutique are very expensive. Our money won't be enough to buy a dress from this boutique. I'll just buy a dress from a cheap clothing store," Claire said, grabbing Mike's arm and trying to lead him away.But Mike didn't want to move. "Don't worry, Claire. I kn
Noah's jaw tightened, his mouth snorted in annoyance after getting a firm refusal from Claire.“Of all the dresses in this boutique, why do you want the one I'm wearing, Alice? As expected, you've always been ambitious to grab everything that belongs to others. No matter what, your envious nature will always stick with you.” Claire said as she folded her hands in front of her chest.Alice's face instantly turned black. Her eyes were wide open with her mouth hanging open.How could Claire dare to say such things about her.“You're wrong, Claire. Actually, since I came to the 'Glenca boutique' a few weeks ago, I've been eyeing that black dress you're wearing. I was going to pick it up now. But... it turns out that you came first.”“Really?” one of Claire's eyebrows rose. A look of disbelief shone in her eyes. “If it's true that you've been eyeing this black dress, why did you ask the boutique employees about it earlier?”Alice's mouth clamped shut. She was suddenly tongue-tied, unable t
Seeing the old man defending Claire, Noah grinned and said, “Hey, old man? You must be Claire's affair partner, right?” Noah accused, then his eyes scanned Mike's body from top to bottom. “Judging by your appearance, you look like a rich man. No wonder Claire had a lot of money all this time. Apparently, she sold her body to you.”A wicked smile spread across Alice's face.'Claire is really desperate. She wants to live a luxurious life so badly that she's willing to become the mistress of a wrinkled old man,' Alice muttered to herself, as her eyes scanned Mike and her lips sneered at how disgusting it was to be the mistress of an old man, even if he was wealthy.Hearing these accusations, Mike suddenly widened his eyes. His hands were clenched into fists.“How dare you say that about Claire? Who the hell are you?” Mike's voice conveyed an unstoppable rage.“I am Noah Sanders, the owner of Sanders Company. And I don't need to ask you about yourself, old man. I'm sure you're just anothe
As soon as Noah and Alice left, Glenca immediately told the security guard at her boutique to never let them visit again.“Mr. Mike, Miss Claire, I'm sorry. I feel so bad about what just happened. I promise, this will not happen again when you come back to my boutique,” Glenca said as she bowed half of her body towards Mike and Claire.“It's okay. The important thing is that they will never show up at your boutique again. So, next time, Claire and I can shop in comfort.” Mike put his arm around Claire with a big smile.However, Claire's face showed confusion.For some reason, Claire felt that there was something odd about Glenca being so respectful and obedient to Mike.Despite having many questions raging in her mind, Claire chose to try to ignore them.“Grandpa, is it true that this dress has been paid for by you?” asked Claire, looking at Mike's face.“That's right, dear. This dress is already yours.”Instantly, Claire's eyes widened. “No, Grandpa. I can't accept this dress. 3 mill
Golden Era's birthday party...With security guarding every entrance, the invited guests handed in their invitations, then joined the main room that served as the center of the party.Alice smiled widely, her eyes sparkling as she gazed at the tall building before her.“Let's go inside!” called Noah, answered by Alice with a nod of her head, then she flanked Noah's arm and stepped together.“Noah, your uncle is really great. He's really reliable. Thanks to him, we were able to get on the guest list at this party,” Alice said as she continued to walk beside Noah.“Keep your voice down! People will hear it. No one should know that we're dark guests,” Noah whispered, bringing his lips to Alice's ear.Alice nodded her understanding, and they arrived at the entrance of the party.Both of their invitations were checked, and then they were welcomed in.However, Alice and Noah stopped their steps, and frowned when they saw Claire walking in her black dress that made her look stunning.Claire,
“Mr. Knight!” Aaron's speech was cut off by the exclamation of a female invited guest who sounded excitedly approaching her friend.“I overheard Mrs. Nova talking to someone earlier that Mr. Knight is already here. He might be around us. Let's go and see the people, in case we meet him,” said the woman who was then greeted excitedly by her friend. They walked away towards the center of the ongoing party.'Mr. Knight is already here?' Alice murmured inwardly. Her lips turned up in a smirking smile. She must not be preceded by those flirtatious women.She had to be the first woman to catch Mr. Knight's attention.Having said that, Alice immediately pulled Noah's hand and stopped the argument between Noah and Alex.“That's enough. There's no point in us talking to them, we'd better go inside and find Mr. Knight.”Noah nodded. That was indeed their goal.The hope of being able to cooperate with the Golden Era was still soaring in their hearts, until now.After they left, Alex turned to C
Suddenly Ronald's eyes widened when he saw that his shirt was wet.His jaw hardened. His eyes glared angrily at Claire.“You bitch! Don't you know how much my suit costs? Even if you collected your salary for a year, you wouldn't be able to afford it. And now you're ruining it. I don't want to know, you have to pay compensation. I'm asking for 200,000 dollars!” Ronald said as he cleaned his suit with a tissue, then his hand gripped Claire's hand.“I'm sorry, Mr. Ronald. I don't care how much your suit costs and I won't pay any damages. You made me do this yourself,” Claire retorted, not to be outdone.Her chin was raised at Ronald. Seeing Claire's attitude that showed absolutely no fear, made Ronald even more furious.Clenching his jaw, Ronald said, “You're the only employee who dares to defy me, Claire. You will know the consequences. Today, I'll talk to Mrs. Nova to get you fired from Golden Era.”The threat surprised Claire a little.Claire had heard about Ronald often relying on h
“Alex, don't take too long! Poor Valen and Evans are waiting for us.” Claire spoke to Alex who was currently hugging her from behind.The two of them were soaking in a large bathtub. Claire sat on Alex's lap and let him touch her body freely.“Just a moment, dear. Just let them wait,” Alex replied. It was a bit lazy to get out of the bathtub. The man was still engrossed in his toys.“But aren't we going to your grandmother's house? She'll be waiting for us, right?”“In five minutes, honey.”“You always say five more minutes.” Claire's lips pouted.Alex grinned widely. His hands were still active, overwhelming his wife.“Mommy! Daddy! Let's go to great-grandma's house! Mommy! What are you doing? We're all dressed up!” they were suddenly startled by the sound of knocking on the bathroom door.It was followed by Valen and Evans' loud voices calling out to them."I told you. The kids are waiting for us. Let's hurry, I'm afraid they'll get suspicious about what we're doing together in the
“Alex, I remember. Of course I remember. In fact, I thought it was you who forgot.”The reporters and Alex's coworkers around could only smile at Alex and Claire's harmony.Claire smiled sweetly. She looked at Alex's face with the same look.“I think your gift is too much. This hotel is too luxurious for me.”“This hotel is nothing compared to everything you've given me. Think of this hotel as a small part of my gratitude for sharing your life with me, for giving me a beautiful and intelligent son like Valen, for giving me a handsome and smart son like Evans, and for always being by my side. I love you, Claire Knight. There is not the slightest regret in my heart for living with you.”“I love you too, Alexander Knight. May we always be together until the end.”The next second, the kiss scene was again photographed and immortalized. Then the portrait of a warm embrace became the sweetest moment taken by the reporter's camera.***Alex's award ceremony really succeeded in grabbing the a
A year later...Evans had grown into a handsome toddler, he could already walk and say the words 'Mommy, Daddy.' His adorable behavior makes Alex and Claire can't resist kissing his chubby cheeks.Alex was playing with Valen in the living room, there was a large carpet in the living room so Valen could play there. While Alex watched and kept her company.“Mommy.” Valen grabbed a plastic flower stem and showed it to Alex as she stood up.Alex shook his head. “No, Evans, that's not Mommy. It's a flower.” Alex tried to correct his little boy's pronunciation.“But Evans is still little, Dad. It's natural that he still can't pronounce words correctly,” said Claire who came from the direction of the kitchen and walked towards Alex while carrying a cup of coffee on a tray.Alex chuckled at Claire's words. Maybe he thought what his wife said was true too.“Your coffee.” Claire handed the cup of coffee to Alex.Alex accepted it happily.“Thank you dear wife. I love you so much,” Alex said whi
Alex thought for a moment. He did have a little trouble choosing a name for his son. There were actually many good names that Alex had chosen. But for some reason, the names he chose were not pleasing to Alex.At the same time, Claire entered the incubator room in a wheelchair pushed by Emma. Alex and Valen smiled at the sight of Claire who had been allowed to see their little son.“Mommy!” Valen exclaimed enthusiastically seeing Claire.Claire put her index finger in front of her lips, signaling Valen to keep quiet in the incubator room where there were several babies.“Claire said she wanted to see her son.” Emma told Alex.Alex nodded, putting Valen down and letting her be taken over by Emma. Meanwhile, Alex switched to pushing the wheelchair occupied by Claire and pushed it so that Claire could see her baby from a close distance.“He's very handsome, isn't he?” Alex asked.Claire watched her son's face. Staring with emotion, Claire nodded her head.“He's so cute. I feel like holdi
Alex should have left for the office by now. But Alex was still sitting on the edge of the bed in his room. Sitting side by side with Valen. It seemed that the boy was also curious. They were waiting for the results.Claire's test results! Yes! In the bathroom, Claire was trying out her pregnancy test kit to confirm whether she was pregnant or not.When the bathroom door creaked open, Alex and Valen immediately stood up straight and went straight to Claire. Storming in with different questions.“Claire, how did it go?”“I want to have a baby sister, right?”Claire looked alternately at her husband and daughter who seemed to be staring at her curiously. The pregnancy test was still in Claire's right hand.Alex saw Claire's sad face. Her lips were pouting. From the look on Claire's face alone, Alex could already draw the conclusion that the result might be negative.“It's okay, Claire. That means we haven't succeeded in making a sister for Valen. Don't worry, Valen's fine too. He can st
In the morning, Claire was busy preparing breakfast. Mia, who usually helps her, was currently cleaning the backyard.While cooking, Claire smiled as she imagined how gentle and romantic Alex was last night.“What are you imagining that you're cooking while smiling?” Claire was surprised when Alex suddenly came over and wrapped both of his burly arms around her stomach from behind.“Who cooks with a smile?” Claire was evasive.But Alex knew she was lying. “I saw it myself. You were daydreaming about something while smiling sweetly. You weren't imagining another man, were you? You must have been thinking about your handsome husband, right?” Alex asked, a jealous tone in her question.Still hugging Claire's stomach from behind, Alex rolled his eyes. “Whatever. Anyway, I want to tell you one thing. You can't smile for another man!”Claire put a smile on her lips. Claire felt funny hearing Alex's words. It seemed that Alex didn't know that the one Claire was daydreaming about while smilin
“So this is Valen's doing?” asked Alex. There was a big smile hidden on his lips."Yes. Who else. Mia and the other maids wouldn't dare lock me in Valen's room!" still with her back to Alex, Claire folded her arms across her chest. Her lips remained five centimeters forward in front of Alex."Valen is very understanding. She just knows what her father wants," Alex said, sighing with relief and standing up from his seat.Alex's steps moved towards Claire who was still standing by the door.“What do you mean, what do you want?” Claire knitted her eyebrows together. This time she turned her face to look at Alex, in order to examine the meaning of the meaningful gaze that was implied there.The two corners of Alex's lips pulled together even more, forming a wide smile. Now his strapping body had arrived in front of Claire's petite body.Realizing that they were very close, Claire took a step back until her back was against the wall. Then Alex quickly enclosed her and held both hands on th
"Claire! I'm so sorry. Let me sleep here tonight, honey. Don't get angry again. Tomorrow we'll buy more ice cream." Alex said as he knocked on the door."No! You go ahead and eat a lot of ice cream. I'll get diabetes later!""Well, tomorrow I'll take you to the diamond shop. You buy as many as you want. Yes, I will. But open the door, Claire. I'm sorry."“No!” Claire replied firmly from inside.Alex sighed softly while clutching the pillow to his chest. It looked like Alex's efforts to persuade Claire would be useless. Because Claire would be hard to persuade tonight.It was raining heavily outside. Even Alex already felt aroused when he saw his wife's body. The image in his mind was that they would forgive each other and finally do fun things on the bed.However, everything that happened was not what Alex had envisioned.In fact, Alex had to put his desires on hold and staggered into Valen's room.“Daddy?!” Valen was surprised when her bedroom light suddenly turned on and Alex was al
Three years later...“Valen, let's shoot Daddy!”“Bang ... Bang ... ” Valencia, the now three-year-old girl, was playing with Alex.In the living room, they were running around with each other. Alex would hide behind a table, chair or wall, and Valen would look for him until he found him. Then Valen swiftly raised his water pistol and fired it at Alex.Alex pretended to hold his chest which was hit by the water gun, then his body wavered and fell to the floor.“Daddy, you lost! Daddy lost!” Valen jumped up and down happily.Seeing Alex pretending to faint, Valen approached Alex and tried to shoot Alex in the face again. But before Valen could do so, Alex had already caught the water gun and fired it back at Valen's face and chest.This made the girl laugh out loud while trying to cover her face with both hands."Now you lose. Daddy wins!" Alex chased Valen who ran towards the kitchen.Meanwhile, Alex chased from behind while continuing to shoot with the water gun from behind."Mommy!