“There must be some misunderstanding, Maggie.” Alice tried to ease the tension between them. Besides, she couldn’t believe that Trevor would do such a thing.Although she hadn’t been in this company for so long time, she know that Trevor had a good reputation. He liked to flirt with others, but she had never heard that he did something bad.“I saw it with my own eyes. I knew he wouldn’t admit it, so I took a video.”Seeing that Alice didn’t believe her, Maggie took out her phone and played a juicy video for them.The scene of the crime was in the backseat of the BMW behind them. In the video, the car door was half open. Trevor put his arms around a woman’s shoulder, their clothes in disarray. As the camera zoomed in, they saw that Trevor was going to take off his pants and that woman suddenly struggled and shouted…“Help.”Trevor was about to drop his pants. “It's…” Alice couldn’t look at it anymore. She lowered her head and put her hand on her forehead with one hand pushing Maggie. S
After hearing what Maggie had said, Alice felt dumbfounded and her mind went blank.Maggie means that I have feelings for Zayden. How is that possible?“Besides, there is no pure friendship between men and women. Zayden is the CEO of the Dream High Group. He is very busy every day but spares time and cares for you and your child. Except for that he also had feelings for you, I can’t find any other reason for his behavior. That’s all.”“Max likes the food I cook so he often takes Max here for dinner. And he takes care of Eliana just to express his thanks to me,” Alice said.“Maybe he has made up his mind to be with you for the rest of his life,” Maggie said.“That’s impossible.” Alice denied it without hesitation.Hearing Alice’s denial, Maggie tutted and chuckled with a meaningful look as if she had seen through Alice.That night, Alice was sleepless. The words that Maggie had said today and the memory of these days, when she stayed with Zayden, ran through her mind again and again.I
By the time they got there, Zayden and Max, who seemed to be there for a long time, already collected a large basket of leaves.The father and son were sitting on the picnic blanket and talking about Max’s painting.When Max saw Eliana, his eyes lit brightened. He stood up at once and looked around. However, he didn’t see the person that he had expected to see for a long time. Then he frowned, turned to look at Zayden, and tugged Zayden’s sleeve.“She is busy and won’t come. I told you this morning before we went out,” Zayden caressed Max’s head and said patiently.“I have told him that Alice wouldn’t come when we went out in the morning. Did he think that I was lying to him?” Zayden thought.Hearing that, Max pouted with a gloomy expression.Maggie walked towards them hand in hand with Eliana and then greeted Zayden and Max, “Hi Mr. Collins. Hi Max. Wow, the weather is so good today. It’s a pity that Alice can’t come here.”“Does she have anything urgent to do today?” Zayden asked ca
“Drive me to Kingsford Neighbourhood,” Jessica ordered the driver as soon as she got into the car, completely ignoring her agent Dave, who had run out of the studio to stop her.“Today I will try my wedding dress for the first time. Zayden knows how important this day is to me. How could he suddenly break the appointment? Besides, he hasn’t had a wedding suit yet. The designer will come to measure his size soon. What on earth is Zayden going to do? It must be that Max who has done something to stop Zayden from seeing me!” Jessica thought.****When Alice arrived at Rose City Grand Hotel, she showed her invitation card and then entered the hall with the gift that she had prepared.The whole first floor of the Hotel had been reserved for the engagement party. The hall was magnificent, with white and purple balloons all over the ceiling. And guests were either rich or powerful.Alice looked around and didn’t see anyone she knew. She didn’t like such a noisy environment so she quietly wal
Since Ruby and Evan appeared in the hall at the same time, many people gathered around, including Ruby’s college classmates, two of whom were also Alice’s roommates when she was in college.Ruby held Evan’s arm on purpose and said to Alice with a fake smile, “Evan told me that you don’t want to come to our engagement party and said that there was no need to invite you. But I don’t think so. I know you would come to our engagement party as long as I invited you. After all, we are not only college classmates but also good friends.”Alice looked at her with the same fake smile and said, “Congratulations.”With a frown, Evan tried to pull his hand out of Ruby’s hand and said, “Well, we still need to entertain our guests. Let’s go.”“What’s the rush? I still want to talk with Alice.” Ruby said as she pulled Evan’s arm again and stop him.Then she raised her voice and said, “Alice, why didn’t your boyfriend come here with you?”“Alice has a boyfriend?” A lady behind Ruby asked and walked ou
After Alice retorted Alicia, Zayden also said bluntly, “Alice doesn’t care about her identity as the daughter of the Brown family. If you deliberately make trouble for her because of her identity. I will have to have a talk with Old Mr. Brown about what happened here. Guess what he will do when he knows that his eldest daughter bullies her younger sister arrogantly in front of so many people.Hearing what Zayden had said, everyone changed their attitude in an instant.Those who knew the truth about Alice’s identity but dared not speak before began to whisper.“I heard that Alicia’s mother is old Mr. Brown’s second wife. And old Mr. Brown had a daughter with his first wife before. This girl called Alice maybe that daughter.”“Maybe, Old Mr. Brown’s daughter with his first wife never showed up in public places with him so no one knows about her existence. But it can be seen that the old Mr. Brown protected his younger daughter’s privacy well.”Alicia trembled with anger when the fake im
Soon, more and more people came to propose a toast to Alice. As a result, Alice drank a lot, becoming unsteady and unable to see things.When she was about to lose her balance, someone suddenly held her waist tightly and said, “Come on. One more drink.”****When arriving at the gate of Kingsford Neighborhood. Jessica opened the door in a hurry and got out of the car before the driver opened the door for her.Then she walked into the house in her twelve-centimeter high heels. “Miss Hughes, are you here for Mr. Collins? He is not at home now.” The butler stood in front of the door and blocked her way.“He is not at home?” Jessica frowned and looked into the house. The next moment, she heard the laughter of the children. “You are lying!” She said angrily.Zayden never leaves Max alone at home. Now Max is at home so Zayden must be at home too!Then she pushed the butler away, changed her shoes, and walked toward the second floor.Following the voice, she came to the entertainment room on
Ruby was so scheming. To get engaged to Evan, she hid the truth about the baby from Evan. To frame Alice, she plotted an accident to fake her miscarriage. Besides, she colluded with Alicia to slander and humiliate Alice. If I didn’t go to the party, Alice would have been framed by them.Zayden turned to look at Alice, who was drunk and lying next to him and then breathed a sigh of relief.She is always smart and rational. How could she make herself so drunk today? Couldn’t she see that those who proposed a toast to her were with evil intentions?When he was lost in thought, Alice suddenly lifted one of her legs and put it on Zayden’s lap.Zayden’s face changed. Before he could push her leg away, Alice put her hands on his shoulder and sat on his lap.Then she held his face and asked drunkenly, “Who are you?”Zaydne was speechless. Gritting his teeth, he said, “Alice, let go of me.”However, it was meaningless to say anything to a drunk person like Alice at this moment.Before Zayden c
“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