Zayden remained calm, took a sip of his coffee, and put down the cup. “Mr. Brown, you misunderstood me. I juts speculate that you came to the celebration for the sake of Alice,” he said.His words were tactful and Martin’s serious expression softened.Speaking of Alice, Martin said proudly, “Alice has been stable since she was a child. And she is conscientious and capable in work. But the working condition at home is different from abroad. Mr. Collins, Alice has just come back from abroad for a few months. It must be because you have helped her a lot that she could do her job well.”“No, it’s because she is excellent.” Zayden said as he remembered that on the day when Alice came here for the interview, she confidently promised him that she would achieve the performance goal within two months. “I have never specially provided help for her. I just gave her necessary assistance as her boss.”There was nothing wrong with his words, but it was not what Martin wanted to hear. With a frown,
When the other four male artists announced the results of the lucky draw, the fans all looked at the winners with envy. Finally, it was George’s turn to announce the result and Alice looked in the direction of the stage.George had a large number of fans. When he drew the lots, his fans fixed their eyes on him with expectant looks. “The one who will go travelling with me is No. 28.” His clear and pleasant voice echoed in the hall.The fans on the stage looked at their numbers and sighed. Suddenly, a childish voice came from the crowd, “I am No. 28! George! It’s me!”The voice was so sweet that it attracted everyone’s attention. The crowd then all looked in the direction of the source of the voice. Then they saw a little girl in a yellow T-shirt and blue suspenders jump and cheer excitedly.After the crowd made a way for her, the girl quickly ran toward the stage, climbed onto it, and threw herself into George’s arms. “Yeah! I can go on a trip with George!”“The winner is a little girl
More than ten hours later, the flight arrived at Maldives International Airport. As soon as Alice and the others got off the plane, they felt fresh and cool, and the breeze made them feel comfortable.Eliana had been staying by George’s side all the time. After getting off the plane, she felt tired and lay in George’s arms with her arms around his neck, dozing off on the way to the hotel.When they arrived at the hotel, George took Eliana, who was asleep to his room on the first floor and then moved the luggage into it. Then he arranged the room for Alice.“Alice, you and Eliana will live in the room upstairs. That room is larger. And I live in this room.”Alice handed him a glass of water and said, “Thank you. Drink some water and have a rest first. I will go upstairs to have a look.”George couldn’t help laughing and said, “You don’t have to be so nervous. I am not used to your politeness.”Alice looked around and thought with a helpless look, “How could I not be nervous? There are
Alice looked at Max in disbelief. Shouldn’t he be at home at this moment? Why is he here?At this time, the waiter came over and asked Alice if she knew Max. Alice picked Max up and explained, “This is my friend’s child. He should be staying in this hotel. I will send him back to his room later. Don’t worry.”Seeing Max clinging to Alice, the waiter didn’t doubt Alice and left with relief. After the waiter left, Alice put down Max, squatted down, and asked, “Max, what are you doing here? Where is your dad?”With his eyes wide open Max kept making gestures. Considering that he couldn’t speak, Alice changed the way of asking questions. “Did your dad come with you?”Max nodded. Alice frowned and asked, “You two live in this hotel?”Max nodded again.“Then why are you here alone?” Alice was confused. Hearing this, Max pouted with an unhappy look.Does he feel aggrieved? Alice wondered. She couldn’t understand his gesture and had no choice but to call Zayden. “Sorry, the person you are cal
“Me? I won’t go.” Thinking of taking a boat, Alice quickly waved her hand and said with a hint of fluster in her eyes, “I don’t want to go there.”As soon as she finished speaking, she lowered her head and saw Max clenching the corner of her clothes with one hand and looking at her expectantly with a note in his other hand.“I want you to go with me.”Alice was stunned for a second. Then her heart was softened and she couldn’t bear to see him disappointed. She caressed Max’s head and said, “OK. I will go with you. I will go back to my room and change my clothes first.”Max doesn’t have a mother, and Zayden is indeed not an attentive father. They have been here for just a day and due to Zayden’s carelessness, Max was sunburned. What if they go to the island but Zayden doesn’t take good care of Max again? Besides, Max can’t swim. I had better go with them.“Okay.” Zayden nodded and said. He looked expressionless and cold but, to be honest, he was very delighted. Early in the morning, he
“No, I don’t want to go there…”Alice’s whimper came from time to time. Holding her tightly in his arms, Zayden felt sorry for her. Alice’s life experience was different from that of him. When his father passed away, he was thirteen years old. Although his mother had left him, his grandfather brought him up and they were in a good relationship.As for Alice, she lost her mother not long after she was born. Later, her father remarried and had a new family. And Alice had to live with her grandfather when she was young.After her grandfather, who loved her dearly, passed away, her father took her back to the Brown family. However, she was in an embarrassing position in the family. As a member of her family, she was like an outsider.Trevor, Zayden’s only friend since he was a child, had never said that Zayden was stubborn. Zayden always thought that it was the environment that he grows up in that made him stubborn. In his opinion, Alice should have been more stubborn than him because she
It was already midnight, and Zayden who had been in a deep sleep, was awakened by Alice’s scream. With a frown, he sat up with a drowsy look. After a few seconds, he became lucid and said with displeasure, “Why did you shout? Relax. We are still dressed.”After looking blankly at Zayden for a long time, Alice looked at his pajamas and then at hers. The next moment her face flushed with embarrassment. Zayden knew what she was thinking at a glance. Then he said tonelessly, “It was the hotel staff who helped you change your clothes. As for why I slept next to you, you took my hand and kept talking in your sleep. I can’t just sit there all night without sleeping.”When Alice heard that, her face turned even redder, and she wished she could disappear in front of him immediately. How did he know what I was thinking about? It was so awkward. “Then why I am here?” she asked in embarrassment.The decoration of the room that was in was similar to her room, but there was no camera here so she co
As soon as Max heard Eliana call him, his eyes lit up with joy. He loosened up his grip on Zayden’s hand and rushed over smiling at Eliana.Then like a chatterbox, Eliana began to tell Max what had happened in the past two days, including what happened on the plane, the beach, and the island. Zayden pulled out the chair next to Alice naturally and deliberately asked, “Do you mind if I sit here?”Alice forced a smile and said she didn’t mind it. But the look in her eyes showed that she wished she could get out of there immediately. Zayden turned a blind eye to the reluctance on her face and nodded at her with a smile. Seeing this, Alice was speechless and annoyed, roasting him in her heart.At the same time, George, who looked at the interaction between the two of them, felt very upset. Alice had always regarded him as her younger brother for so many years. Although he always said that he wanted to marry Alice, she seemed to just take his words as a joke and never thought of being toge
“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