Tina subconsciously lifted her head to look at the newcomer.She recognized the man in front of her at first glance.“M-Mr. Beckett!”Mr. Beckett, also known as Leo Beckett, was a bigwig in the fashion industry. He was known as a genius who had garnered fame and reputation at a young age.He managed to blast his way out of the masses of veteran fashion designers in Paris and successfully made a name for himself. Hence, he was viewed as the pride of the Parisians.Not only did he have many popular designs under his name, but his tales of romance that involved multiple heiresses were also lengthy. Three days and nights weren’t enough for a storyteller to recount his saga.“You know me?” Leo asked, rubbing his chin curiously.Tina looked slightly nervous as she introduced herself. “Of course! I’m… I’m your fan! M-My name is Linda!”“So you’re Linda the designer? I know who you are!”Leo was instantly filled with interest as he continued, “I remember your designs. If I’m not mista
Before Tina could answer, Samuel opened his mouth and interrupted with his usual icy tone.“Simple. I was the one who kicked him out of the hotel.”Leo was flabbergasted to hear the answer.“W-Why would you…?”Samuel huffed coldly before replying in a domineering way, “Next time, choose a normal secretary. Don’t choose ones who cause trouble all the time without knowing who they’re messing with.”“O-Okay.” Leo had no choice but to comply.After all, this was Samuel’s personality. He was fine if no one provoked him, but he wouldn’t hesitate to humiliate anyone who dared to anger him. “I’ll have someone go to the hotel entrance and retrieve the documents from my secretary.”Samuel shot a cold look in Tina’s direction. “You don’t have to do it yourself, Mr. Beckett. I’ll let my secretary retrieve the documents in your stead.”“Huh? Me?” Tina couldn’t help but point at herself.“What else are you here for? Are you just going to leech off me?” Samuel sounded impatient.Tina bit
Leo opened the door first and walked out of the conference room.His tone was light and casual as he spoke. “I hope our partnership can be smooth and fruitful, Mr. Langford.”At that moment, the figure standing outside the conference room wavered unsteadily.Leo extended his arms out of instinct. “Hey, hey, hey! Are you alright?”Tina found herself being steadied by a pair of warm and strong hands. She realized that she had lost consciousness for a brief second, which resulted in her almost collapsing on the spot.She was shocked by the revelation. “I’m fine…”Just as she was about to push herself away from Leo, she felt a strong arm snaking around her waist and pulling her away from her benefactor. Then, she was thrusted into a firm and domineering embrace. The strength was so overwhelming that she found it difficult to breathe.Tina didn’t need to lift her head to smell the familiar stench of tobacco mixed with masculine pheromones. Right there and then, she immediately knew t
Seeing as someone had stood in her way, a surprised Tina lifted her head subconsciously.The next thing she knew…Slap!A heavy slap was delivered across her cheek.She stumbled two steps backward, cradling her face. Finally, she was able to recognize the one who slapped her.“Cindy!”“You d*mned woman! I heard you attended the banquet with Samuel in my place while I stayed at home to take care of my child!”Jealousy was written all over Cindy’s eyes as she eyed Tina’s clothes up and down.The latter happened to be wearing a set of men’s shirt and jacket.What made things worse was that Cindy was able to recognize the clothes immediately. They belonged to Samuel.That meant the reason why Tina spent the night outside was because…Rage filled Cindy’s heart as she immediately pounced on Tina.“I’ll f*cking ruin your face! I want you dead, you filthy wh*re! You f*cking b*tch!”Tina had no strength to defend herself from Cindy’s attacks at that time, so she ended up getting sh
Cindy was prepared to watch Tina getting beaten up.The moment she heard the panicking servant’s words, she couldn’t help but snap impatiently, “Can’t you see that I’m busy punishing this filthy b*tch? What happened? Why are you panicking so much?”“This is bad!” the servant exclaimed. “I just received news from the hospital that Young Master Keith accidentally tripped down the stairs earlier!”“What?!” Cindy was bewildered to hear the news. “How’s that possible?! Didn’t he remain in the ward the whole time? Why did he fall down the stairs?”“Apparently Young Master Keith noticed that you hadn’t returned for a long time, so he got very worried and wanted to sneak out of the ward to go look for you. That was how he tripped down the stairs in the first place.” After the servant was done speaking, she added as an afterthought, “Mr. Langford is at the hospital right now.”Ka-boom!Cindy looked as if she could hear loud thunder rumbling from within her head the moment the servant’s fi
Felicia exclaimed in disbelief, “How shameful are you, Tina Lynd?! How dare you chase me out of here!”Tina looked like she had just heard the best joke of the day.“I’ll return the exact words to you. Since all of you are so shameless, why would I care about anything else? Speaking of which, not only do I plan to chase you out of here, but I also want to return the two slaps that Cindy gave me earlier! Thanks to you, she came here to cause me trouble! Why wouldn’t I repay you the favor? You lot, slap her now!”Tina’s presence was so overwhelming that the servants around her didn’t dare to disobey her.Tina might look wretched right now, but the fact that she was Samuel’s favorite woman still stood.If this were to take place in the royal palace of the medieval times, Tina would be the concubine that was favored by the king. Hence, the servants didn’t dare to offend her.Slap! Slap!Under Tina’s order, the servants not only held Felicia in place, but they also delivered two migh
Tina couldn’t help but let out a mocking laugh when she read the text message.He had business with her? What sort of business was there between her and Desmond that required a physical meeting?“You can just tell me what sort of business it is here. As for meeting you? Sorry, but unless you’re dead and require someone to attend your funeral, I won’t be meeting you, ever.”Desmond was ticked off when he saw the message. “What the f*ck, Tina?! Are you crazy?!”Tina couldn’t be bothered to reply to Desmond. Just as she was about to blacklist his number, he sent her another message.“I know all about you and your daughter. It’s been a long time since you saw her, right? I won't dive into the details. If you’d like to hear more about this, come meet me at this café.”When Tina read the message, her complexion paled instantly.“What do you mean by that?!”Could it be that Desmond and Felicia decided to imitate Samuel by targeting Kara just because they weren’t able to exact vengeanc
Desmond sighed heavily before he started shaking his head. A smug expression was apparent on his face, as if he was the only one who knew the truth while the rest of the world was still in the dark.“I told you, didn’t I? I’m here to help you, not to exact vengeance on you! I’ve investigated your situation. You and Frederick Jackson eloped in the past and had a daughter together, but you were unable to stop Samuel from separating you from both of them. Your hatred for him must be over the charts, so you’re finding ways to get revenge on him, aren’t you?”Desmond continued, “Now, your chance has arrived! Someone offered me a huge sum of money to ruin the partnership deal between Samuel and Leo. Since you’re Samuel’s partner in bed right now, if you have the chance to sneak into his study and steal some documents…”Before Desmond could finish his words, Tina’s expression changed drastically. She threw the document away immediately, almost hitting him in the face.Then she rose to her
Chapter 826The man's breath was scalding her skin, and his deep, husky voice assailed her eardrums.Like a scared rabbit, Tina abruptly turned around and asked, "What are you doing..."She turned around, only to end up in his arms. The man happened to bend down, but she kissed him by accident. It was not her intention.Tina widened her eyes in astonishment.Samuel hadn't expected her to suddenly turn around. It was such a pleasant surprise.He didn't give the woman a chance to escape. He lifted the blanket to cover Kara and keep her out of the improper scene.In the next instant...He wrapped his arms around Tina's slender waist."Heh, did you do that on purpose, eh?" His voice was thick with playfulness."I didn't." Tina avoided making eye contact with the man.'Come on, it was just an instinctive reaction.'Unexpectedly, things went this way. She found it hard to explain.As expected, Samuel was not convinced. "Stop quibbling."This woman was full of lies.He found
Chapter 825Tina originally felt a little embarrassed. As she listened to Kara's words, Tina's fair face and ears turned red uncontrollably."What are you talking about? Why don't you hurry over here and take a nap?"Tina couldn't help but glare at her daughter.She couldn't understand why her daughter said that. Keith must have taught Kara such things.Tina thought, 'I should talk with Keith.'Although he was a genius hacker, and he knew a lot of things at a young age, he couldn't mislead his sister.Just as Tina was muttering inwardly, Keith, who was talking to Arthur, suddenly sneezed."Wow, boss, I didn't expect you to sneeze like an ordinary person."Arthur said with a voice changer, "Tut, tut. Is someone cursing you?Keith couldn't help but frown."Who dares to curse me?" He narrowed his eyes. Although his face was young, his tone was like that of Samuel. "Is it you?"At these words, Arthur immediately broke a sweat as if a big crime was pinned on him."Boss, I was w
Chapter 824Samuel was walking so fast that Tina had to jog to keep up. She was afraid of being left behind.Finally, Samuel stopped at the door to Kara's room.After he carried Kara inside, Tina came up.The sight of the woman appearing and panting made him frown."What happened to you?""I," Tina stammered, "you walked too fast. I couldn't keep up."She didn't know why she was so weak now.It was not a long way from the courtyard to the room. The trotting had brought profuse sweat to her forehead. Her face was a bit pale, and she was teetering.Samuel saw it, tensed up, and grabbed her despite his anger at her.Like iron, his robust arm wrapped around the waist of the tottering woman.His brows locked in a frown, he said coldly, "Did you cast the doctor's caution to the wind? You're aware of your condition and know that you need to recuperate, yet you ran so fast. You'd get yourself killed."In a deep voice, he reproached Tina for not caring about herself.To Tina's ears
Chapter 823"What?" Immediately, the maid got the attention of the other maids around. The maid glanced at Tina who was chasing after Samuel and gleefully told the others what had happened earlier. "Mr. Langford warned that woman that she was only a maid. "He also told the little princess that the woman was not her mummy. Only his wife could be the little princess's mommy!" The other maids were stunned. "Really, Mr. Langford really said that?" "If Mr. Langford treats her as a maid, how can she come to the party this afternoon and wear such a fancy dress..." "It must be due to the little princess!" "Mr. Langford gave her some decency for the sake of the kids, but that woman went too far. I heard she claimed at the party that she was Mr. Langford's woman. She went out of the boundary." "Mr. Langford must have been angry with this woman. He went to take the little princess away himself and warned..." The maids gossiped and chattered. They used to be careful
Chapter 822Samuel's tone was icy.Kara pursed her lips and said aggrievedly, "But Mommy is not a maid. Even if Mommy were a maid, she would always be Kara's mommy."Kara's words gave Samuel a headache.Samuel thought, 'Ah! Like mother, like daughter!'Tina always makes me nervous, and so does Kara. Kara is on her mother's side and doesn't take me seriously.'They may be secretly calling me a bastard.'Samuel stopped in his tracks and asked coldly, "You are very unwilling to let your mommy leave, right?""Yes!" Kara nodded her head repeatedly."Then tell me. Do you want me, or do you want your mommy?"At Samuel's words, everyone around was stunned.Tina was a little confused and wondered if she had misheard. How could Samuel possibly say this?Why...Tina was amused, feeling Samuel's annoyance. The originally cold and ruthless man looked a little childish.The drivers also lowered their heads, trying to pretend they had not heard anything.Samuel, however, did not bother
Chapter 821Once the words were out of Samuel's mouth, Tina's heart was in her throat again.She looked at his dark eyes that were gleaming with playful light and immediately had a bad feeling. Despite that, she asked, "What... is it?""Moving into my room!" Samuel replied.His authoritative tone brooked no argument.In fact, this couldn't be called a request.If he wanted, this woman should have appeared in his room last night. He wouldn't have let her go to the room next to the children's.Samuel was just upset that this woman had failed to appreciate his kindness. Through this, he hoped that she would cooperate.However...Tina subconsciously blurted out, "No!"…The air in the car was frozen in an instant."Say it again?" Samuel forced the words out of his gritted teeth.His scowl frightened Tina so much that a cold sweat broke out on her back.She was too careless to blurt out her thoughts.She had to explain, "It's... not like that. I mean, the children need care
Chapter 820"Haha, Daddy is really nice. Daddy was worried about me and Mommy?!" Kara immediately said. Samuel, who didn't want to admit he was terribly worried, snorted. "Yes, I really was. I was worried that your mommy would kidnap you!"When she heard Samuel had specially come over to pick up their daughter, Tina had had some inexplicable feelings. But after hearing her explanation, she felt like he had poured a basin of cold water down her head, making all her feelings disappear. Yeah, of course, Samuel was worried! He didn't trust her at all, but treated their daughter so nicely as if she was a little princess. Of course, he was afraid that she would kidnap his precious daughter!Feeling so uncomfortable, she could not help but say, "I wasn't thinking about kidnapping the child…""Really?" Samuel asked with a very suspicious eye, "Do you think I'll believe what you say?!"Honestly, this little woman just turned around and ran away without any hesitation. But she d
Chapter 819When the car came into Tina's sight without any presage, her face turned pale.She was afraid that someone would get out of the car to harm her, so having no hesitation, she turned and ran with Kara in her arms.Immediately afterwards, a man's shout came from behind..."Tina! Where are you going?"His voice was pleasant to the ear, though it was tinged with annoyance.Tina's heart skipped a beat suddenly, and a sense of security came over her.‘It's Samuel!’She stopped running. Before she could turn around, Samuel had caught her wrist.It seemed that he was worried that Tina would run away with their daughter.Samuel exerted so much strength that Tina gave a gasp in pain."It hurts!" She subconsciously cried out and struggled. "Release me..."However, upon hearing her words, Samuel got angry.He was going to be infuriated by Tina!He went to the hospital in the morning. During the examination and treatment, he missed Tina and their children a lot.However, w
Chapter 818Mireya was pissed off. She grabbed Madam Langford's arm and angrily complained, "Godmother, look! How dare she publicly say that? She is so ambitious! "We must not let her marry Samuel!" Madam Langford patted Mireya's hand and said, "Don't worry! Samuel will only marry you! Such a slut cannot marry into our family!" "What about our previous plans..." Mireya asked. After thinking for a while, Madam Langford replied, "We'll leave this woman alone for a few days... Then we will..."People saw Mireya and Madam Langford whispering to each other, and they thought that Madam Langford was very fond of Mireya. "Mireya will definitely marry Mr. Langford. Look how close she is to Madam Langford!" "Yes! As for that woman..." Speaking of which, they turned their eyes to Tina. Even though Tina was never conspicuous, and neither did she care about others’ opinion, those people were always picking faults with Tina and slandered her. "Although Mr. Langford loves