At first, Alice thought that Zayden refuse to play because he didn’t want to trouble her, so she kept telling him that it was alright. After pushing the swing for a few rounds, she finally sensed the anger and reluctance in his tone.He said, “Alice Brown. Stop it now.”She quickly let go of the rope, “What… What’s wrong?”Zayden stepped on the ground and controlled the swinging ropes, his expensive leather shoes leaving two “skid marks” on the ground.He turned around and glared at Alice, and said word by word, “Did I say I want to swing?”“Didn’t you just think that it was not safe? You should try it for Max.” Alice still hasn’t realized what a wrong she had done and said naturally, “Besides, staying with a child means playing the things they like. Haven’t you played with Max before?”“And that’s the reason why you think I should swing right here and right now?” He stared at Alice with annoyance in his eyes.Alice looked at Zayden up and down in confusion. Then, the smile on her fac
Zayden looked out of the window, but he was not in the mood to appreciate the street scenes.Jessica’s words reminded him. Thinking back on his behavior during this time, he suddenly realized that he did treat Alice Brown differently.Was it because she saved Max?No, that was not at all. His assistant, Henry, and butler already had shown thanks to her. It was not part of his plan to help her daughter to go to Fairy Tale and let Max study with her. These thoughts lingered in his mind and made him confused.He was caught up in the heavy traffic, and it had been noon when they arrived at the hotel.The hotel manager and the foremen stood in two neat rows. Zayden walked between the staff and took a glance at them. He saw that Alice stood at the end of the row. When he passed by her, he couldn’t help but check her out twice, and thought, “How odd. The ordinary uniform looked inexplicably beautiful on her.”Alice became worried since Zayden didn’t go away and kept staring at her, so she as
Henry immediately stooped talking under Zayden’s cold gaze, fastening his seat belt silently, and starting the car.It was not difficult for Henry to figure it out. Alice Brown has a bet with the boss. If she can’t achieve the KPL in three months, she has to leave the hotel. All the interviewers present that day witnessed the bet. Although Alice has gained great performance since she started working here, it is still far away from the target she promised. After two months of passing and staying in the hotel for a while, she doesn’t have much time left. It seems that she won’t be able to reach her goal. The boss lets her take charge of the anniversary.But the thing that Henry couldn’t figure out was why his boss paid so much attention to Alice Brown. Is it only because she saved his son?Boss, didn’t you say you were satisfied with the driver's skills? Why did you suddenly want to fire him?”“He talks too much.”Henry did not dare ask more and started feeling worried because he talked
Standing on the escalator, Alice turned around and laughed, “I am very busy. Unlike you, I have a lot of things to do other then thinking bout how to inherit the family fortune and marry into a rich family.”Alicia was furious, almost dinning her nails into her palms.Six years ago, she almost raked her brains to frame Alice to completely ruin her life. In Alicia’s plan, her father would loathe Alice, and she wouldn’t be able to inherit the fortune of the family. However, Alicia didn’t expect that she managed to escape and hid for six years.During this time, Alicia felt free and relaxed without Alice. But now, Alice had come back. What is planning for?After returning home from work, Alice was cooking dinner for Ellie. Suddenly, her phone rang. She wiped her hands on the apron and took out her phone.The look on her face froze when she saw the caller ID. It was her father.“Dad.”“I heard you have come back.” Her father said in a deep voice. She hadn’t contacted him for a long time.
The sound of Max hitting the ground echoed in the house. He had fallen and fainted on the ground of the first floor with his body covered by blood when Jessica realized what had happened.Jessica's face turned pale. She quickly looked around and ran back to the bedroom before the servants came. She pretended that she didn’t know what happened and walked to the bed, taking off her clothes.Soon, the servants started shouting anxiously, “Max fell down the stairs.”“Call the ambulance!”“Where is Mr. Collins?”“We should immediately tell Mr. Collins!”“Mr. Collins.” The door of the bedroom was pushed open with a bang. The maid immediately turned pale when she saw the two people on the bed. Her words stuck in her throat.Jessica suddenly screamed in a high pitch and quickly pulled the sheet to cover her body.Zayden was startled out of his sleep. He opened his eyes and frowned. He suddenly sobered up when he saw Jessica who was lying beside him half-naked. He asked unpleasantly, “Why are
After getting to the hospital, Eliana dragged Alice to the inpatient department.“Eliana slow down. You are going to pull off my arm.” Alice reluctantly followed her out of the elevator. She couldn’t believe what Eliana said until they walked into the ward and saw Max lying in bed.“What happened to Max?” There was no one other than Zayden’s grandfather in the ward.He was delighted to see Alice and quickly stood up. He asked deliberately, “I am sorry, you are?”Alice hurriedly introduced herself, “I am Alice Brown, the manager of Dream High Hotel. My daughter goes to the same kindergarten as Max. Are you Max’s relative?”She seems to have a clear mind and is very polite to me. Besides, she somehow looks like Max. The old man comes to like Alice. He looked at Eliana, who was making a face, from the corner of his eyes and said amiably, “I am Max’s great-grandfather.”“You are the president of Dream High Group?” Alice immediately stood straight up. “I am sorry I didn’t recognize you.”“
What Jessica didn’t expect was that Zayden’s grandfather criticized Zayden after he told Alice to leave, so eventually Alice and Eliana stayed.“I think it is more likely that Max doesn’t need you.” The old man said coldly, giving an angry glance at Zayden. He scolded him bluntly in front of Alice, “What Miss Brown said is true. Look at yourself. Can you say that you are a good father? How much wine have you drunk? Where were you when Max fell down the stairs? Were you lying in your room? How careless you were!”Having been blaming himself, Zayden felt more and more guilty as his grandfather criticized him. He didn’t insist on Alice’s leaving, frowning restlessly, “She can stay if she wants. Grandpa, you can also stay here if you want, okay?”“Why am I supposed to do staying here?” The old man snorted coldly, “I am too old to clean up the mess for you. I still want to live for a few more years.” Then he called his butler and left.Before he left, he secretly made an OK hand gesture to
Zayden looked at Max’s pale face and realized that Max was looking at him with bitterness. Regretted, he secretly drew a sigh and asked Max carefully, “Do you blame me for not taking care of you.”Max didn’t respond to him and leaned into Alice’e arms, with his left hand tightly gripping Alice’s clothes.Alice found that Zayden looked a little frustrated. She was kind of sorry for him and had to console him reluctantly, “Maybe he was scared last night. Give him some time to calm down and he will be alright.”You don’t even care about your son. It’s reasonable that he is closer to other people than to you. What a normal thing! Alice added in her heart.As they stayed silent in awkwardness, Eliana suddenly rolled her eyes and pulled Zayden’s sleeve. She said cutely, “Uncle Collins, I can’t pass this level. Can you help me?”Zayden slowly stopped frowning when he was distracted by Eliana. He turned to her, “Which level?”“Here. Here. I can’t beat the boss.”The situation was lightened up
“Mom, don’t come over!” Eliana and Max yelled at the same time.“Alice, you are such a lucky bitch. You have such two wonderful children. I have worked hard my entire life, but now I have nothing in the end,” Jessica said in an envious tone.‘Did you just mention children? Could be that you suddenly wanted to meet Gary before you die because he’s your only family?’ At the thought, Alice gently asked “Jessica, do you want to meet Gary?”Instead of answering Alice's question, Jessica remained silent. She then bowed her head and began trembling.“I will call him right now. He just left, so he will come back soon,” Alice added.“Is Gary really coming back?”“Yeah. He’s doing great this year. He has always get high grades on his test and he is popular school. He is just as smart as you are.” Alice praised Jessica in the hopes of changing her mind.“He didn’t want to see me. I tried to talk to him this year, but his maid always mistook me for a beggar and told me get lost.” Jessica spoke in
A woman in a janitor’s uniform rushed out of the tool room as Eliana and Charlotte left the restroom. The woman then pressed a fruit knife against Eliana’s neck. Eliana had no idea what was going on because it happened so quickly. She could not stop shaking when she felt the cold metal against her skin.Charlotte was so scared that she screamed. Then she immediately covered her mouth. After hearing her voice many people made their way to the restroom. However, no one dared to approach them, they all stood back and watched.Eliana grabbed the woman’s arm from behind as she wanted to wrestle her to the ground. She thanked Alice were forcing her to take so many taekwondo classes at this moment.However, the woman realized what Eliana was trying to do. She whispered in a husky voice, “Don’t do anything. I will slit your throat if you move one more time. By then your blood will flow like a water flower and you will die tragically.”The woman’s voice was so husky that it made Eliana feel li
Dominic saw Eliana the moment she walked into the room. He looked at her as if he could not take his eyes off her. Eliana shone like a star that was even more dazzling than the bright chandelier. Whenever he looked at her, his heart beat faster, and his palms sweat.Ever since Eliana entered the hall, Dominic had been looking at her. He watched her as she walked around the venue and to greet the guests and he was disappointed when he noticed that many young boys were looking at her as much as he was.Later on, the host asked Eliana and Max to come on the stage. They sang the birthday song together and then catch the multi-tiered cake. Zayden then announced that the party was started.It was not until then that Eliana was free. When she saw him after she left the stage, Eliana moved quickly towards Dominic. Every step she took seemed to step into his heart, causing it to beat like a drum.Dominic had been waiting for Eliana to become an adult for the past two years, but she had no idea
After dinner, Eliana comes back to her apartment. She took a quick shower before going to bed. As she lay down in bed, she checked her phone and found tons of unread messages in the Team Wolf Chat Group. Eliana was supposed to join her teammates in celebrating their victory after the game, but she didn’t because her parents showed up unexpectedly.Eliana’s teammates not only posted pictures from dinner in the chat room, but they also mentioned for several times. Eliana was about to go to bed after replying to everyone's message, but the moment she discovered Dominic had also texted her, she perished her thoughts.Dominic had become extremely busy since he retired from the e-sports circle two years ago and returned to London to take over his family’s business. Recently, instead of having time to play games with her, he could only teach her practical strategies occasionally.Dominic returned to Rose City this time just to watch their game. However, Dominic and Eliana didn’t even have ti
After the game was over, the lights in the hall lit up and the host invited two teams onto the stage after congratulating the winners.Max and his parents took a seat in the first row. People around them began to whisper in surprise, and they only stopped when Team Wolf showed up on the stage.The stage was well-lit, but the auditorium was dark, so Eliana had no idea her parents, whom she had not seen in a long time, had arrived on the scene.Standing on this stage, Eliana smiled while waving at the audience. She sparkled like a diamond and nothing seemed to be able to dim her light.Meanwhile, Alice looked at Eliana as if she was her biggest fire. She felt proud of Eliana from the bottom of her heart.Initially, Alice was furious when she learned that Eliana wanted to become an e-sports player. However, she began to regret it after Eliana became a world champion. ‘If I stopped her back, then I would have stopped her from succeeding. Thank goodness I didn’t do so. Alice thought to her
Two years later, an important match took place in a hall in the center of Rose City. Eliana’s team, the Wolfs would play against a team from another country.Teen Wolf had previously won the world championship twice while their opponent was a dark horse team that had only recently formed. As a result, game lovers from both countries eagerly anticipated this match.At the same time, this was the most crucial match for Eliana since she joined Team Wolf two years ago. She would be a member of the world championship team if she won the game. However, she would lose her best chance to win the World Championship if she lost it. Therefore, Eliana took this match very seriously.Because the Dream High Group was one of the match sponsors, the live room was packed with people Eliana knew. Although ticker prizes had risen to several thousand dollars per person, Max could still obtain tickets for his family.At that moment, Trevor, Maggie, and their children sat in the center of the front row. Da
Henry was very efficient. Two days later, he managed to place the information he had gathered about Dominic on Max’s desk.Then Max started reading it carefully.Dominic Deleon was Dominic's full name. He was born and grew up in London, and he was twenty years old. His great-grandfather was a politician who once held a high govt position. His grandfather was a successful businessman who owned a large corporation. As for his father, he was a businessman who made the company well.Dominic was the family’s only child, but he was uninterested in business. He fell in love with e-sports in college and soon signed up with an E-sports company. Later, he made it to one of the best teams in the country and was named captain due to his outstanding performance. He once led his team to a world championship victory.Before moving to Rose City Dominic attended a university in London. However after he fell out with his parents, he transferred to a college in Rose City because several of his teammates
“Do you really want to know about it?” Dominic asked after some thought.“Yes!” Eliana said.“I might tell you after we get to know each other better. But, you know, we are not even friends now,” He said.“Well, I’m not interested in that anymore.” Eliana said. She became impatient, so she stopped talking to Dominic.“Are you angry?” Dominic asked.“No.”“I know you won’t get angry that easily.”“That’s because I know getting angry easily is bad for my health. It’s nothing to do with you.”Hearing Eliana’s words, Dominic burst out laughing. He knew Eliana loved sashimi, so he gave her that plate. “Well, we are friends now,” he said.At that time, Charlotte was talking to Kevin and Max was talking to Jason. On the other hand, Max kept a close eye on Dominic and paid attention to his every move.Dominic quickly realized this, so he turned to look at Max. The two boys then locked their gaze on each other. Max appeared weary and hostile whereas Dominic didn’t seem to be bothered by Max’s
Alice nearly fell on her knees and then stood up straight with all her strength. Seeing that Zayden was in more pain. He wanted to rush to Alice and help her out of the situation at that moment, but he had to wait for the right time. Therefore, he stood in the crowd, silent.“I’m just a doctor. I’m not that capable enough to defeat mercenaries.” Alice said, through gritted teeth.Hearing that Victoria kicked her once more. “Are you trying to fool me? I’m sure you know some special forces! Isn’t Adrian Taylor is your brother-in-law.”Alice let out a painful groan. She took a deep breath and said, “I had no idea you know it. But sadly, none of them in Flesoil.”“That’s fine. I can wait! They will agree to my request, as long as you are my hostage.”Zayden’s gun was in his pocket, but he didn’t have the guts to touch it.At that time, Victoria’s gun remain pressed against Alice’s temple, making him nervous. His hands were sweating, and he was even more nervous than he had when he saved E