Azula purposely put down her knife and fork on the table with ill intentions, before she turned and entered the guest room. “Rafferty, are you living here alone?”A beautiful woman, who seemed to be in her twenties, was looking for him. Her slender figure made her look even more elegant. “Yes, I’m alone,” Rafferty replied briefly. “I’ve brought you some pizza rolls. I’m not sure if you’ll enjoy it.” The woman blushed, looking a little shy.Rafferty naturally took the pizza rolls and thanked her. “Um, Rafferty… see you at the office in a while.” There was a hint of disappointment in her eyes before she turned and left. She noticed two sets of utensils on the table.From the guest room, Azula saw the woman runoff. Her fingers felt a little numb. ‘Rafferty says that he lives alone… ‘He didn’t tell the other woman that I live with him… ‘It’s obvious that he fancies her.’“Do you like her?” Azula asked, pretending to be calm when she opened the guest room door.“I don’t h
At Plath Corporation… Summer initially wanted to rest at home for a longer time, but since it was Azula’s first day back at the corporation, she decided to drop by.“Oh, Summer. I heard that you gave birth to a son,” Olivia congratulated her as she lowered her sunglasses. “I wonder if Chairman Miller will dislike you for being out of shape after giving birth.”“I don’t know if he dislikes me or not, but as your boss, I dislike you,” Summer said with a smile as she gestured for Olivia to enter her office. “What’s the matter?”“Chairman Plath, I heard that a woman keeps pestering Chairman Miller. Do you want me to chase her away?” Olivia winked at her. “I don’t want any favor fees, I just want to be the main actress in the new movie, The Guide.”Summer narrowed her eyes. ‘I was away from Sea City for some time. Of course, a smart woman like Olivia would know that there are women pestering Jasper.’Olivia was a brilliant woman. The biggest difference between her, Isabella, and Scar
“Chairman Miller, Ms. Plath refused to help you with the handover to the partner company…” The assistant whispered. “Okay.” Jasper massaged the muscle between his eyebrows. Summer had complained about Isabella’s matter to him and he had dealt with it incorrectly. “Give Chairman Koch a call. Tell him to change the representative or else we’ll cancel the agreement.” After a long silence, Jasper had decided that nothing was more important than Summer. He would rather lose the agreement. And he would never give Isabella another chance to meet him alone.“Chairman Miller, this agreement is very important to Miller Corporation…” The assistant was worried. What was more, the partner company did not seem to have any intention to change the representative. “Is it more important than my wife?” Jasper snorted. “Um… no.” The assistant’s mouth twitched. He now knew what was truly important. After gathering his courage, he coughed a little. “Chairman Miller, after working with you for
At the Ocean Tea Room...Summer and Azula arrived early, and Natalie arrived after them. Emma was busy with work and rushed over after work.Rafferty was the only one who had not arrived yet even though a long while had passed."Chairman Plath, I just got off work, sorry," Emma said nervously with an apologetic expression on her face."It's okay. We’re not rushing for time. Rafferty hasn't arrived yet, you're not the last one." Summer liked Emma very much. This young girl was very practical and smart. If Rafferty liked her, they would have a steady life together."Wow, are you Miss Azula? I often hear them mention you in the company. You are really beautiful." Emma complimented.Azula's face turned pale, and she nervously clenched her fists. She did not dare to look into Emma's eyes.The purer and more innocent Emma was, the more Azula felt conflicted.She was such a pure and chaste girl, and she was… completely different from Azula. If she were a man, she would play with a w
"You don’t even have time to get married?" Summer curled her lips. She was not worried the slightest about him. It was Alaric who was afraid that Rafferty's heart was not in the right place, that he would not get married and would not start a career, and was just goofing around. "Don't worry about it." Rafferty was afraid that Emma was upset, so he did not say it very bluntly. "Rafferty, I... I like you very much, can we try to date?" Emma plucked up the courage to speak. Rafferty glanced at Azula subconsciously. Azula clenched her fists. He could not see any expression of joy or anger from her face. Natalie's observations were sharper. She looked at Azula suspiciously, and then at Rafferty. Was she seeing things? Why did she feel that there was something funny going on between the two of them? "I'm going to the bathroom." As expected, Azula stood up and went to the bathroom, seemingly a little uncomfortable. "Sorry, I really don't have time to date right now, you’re a ver
Azula was shocked. "What did you say?" Rafferty raised his hand to cover Azula's mouth. When he saw Summer and Natalie walking in their direction, he pulled Azula along and hid in the men's bathroom. "Huh? Where's Azula?" Summer looked around, but did not see Azula in the bathroom area. "I guess she went to smoke, I told you, you’re overthinking things." Summer smiled and washed her hands, pulling Natalie away. "How is it possible for Rafferty and Azula to be together. Rafferty who’s an insensitive, steely man and Azula are both completely from two different worlds, besides... Would Azula even like Rafferty? That would be bizarre." A woman with such a high standard like Azula would definitely not like Rafferty, right? At the men's bathroom... Rafferty's hand covering Azula's mouth froze. What did she mean that Azula would not like him? "Am I that bad?" Rafferty asked in a low voice and was somewhat a little cynical about life. Azula teared up inexplicably, as she lower
Rafferty let out a sigh of relief and turned to leave the bathroom. In the tea room... Azula sat nervously on the sofa. Looking at the table full of tea and pastries, she had no appetite at all. "Rafferty, this is exceptionally delicious, I can learn to make it." Seeing that Rafferty still liked desserts, Emma said happily and was careful with her words. Rafferty froze for a while and glanced at Emma. "Thank you, you can learn and make it for your future boyfriend. The person that would be loved by you in the future would be very happy." Summer almost choked herself while drinking coffee, and looked at Rafferty in astonishment. He could actually say such profound words. Emma's cheeks blushed, and she replied courageously. "You can be the one..." "Cough, cough, cough..." Benjamin, who at this point of time still did not understand what was going on, coughed, with a shocked expression on his face, stared at Rafferty in disbelief. Rafferty felt that he could not clear his
Rafferty was silent for a long time. He did not say a word. It seemed like he did not want to talk. Summer sighed. Since Rafferty did not want to talk, she did not ask further. Since Rafferty disappeared, she and Benjamin tacitly no longer brought up this person. The three of them had been living together since they were young. The friendship and kinship that they have for so many years had already been more important than anything. "I know that you’re hiding something from us, and I also know that you don't want us to be involved, and you must also think things through by yourself." Benjamin was silent for a long time, and said again in a low voice, "You can act recklessly, but you still have to think about us. You left without saying a word that year. I couldn’t stop you even if I knew you were leaving… Have you ever thought about us?" Benjamin's voice trembled and was slightly out of control. He had a point. When Rafferty left, he did not care about anything, and did not
“I just find it hard to accept the truth. I don’t actually hate you…” After staying silent for a long time, Summer spoke again. “It was… too sudden for me. Give me some time to process this.”Mabel looked at her in shock and covered her mouth. “Sum…”Summer smiled at her and said, “Before I’m able to completely accept it, can I continue to call you Madam?”Mabel covered her mouth in panic and nodded vigorously. “Sure… Call me anything you want…”She actually never cared what Summer called her. It was good enough for her as long as she did not try to avoid her. “Can I hug you?” Summer took the initiative and stretched out her arms. Jasper had told Summer quite a lot about Mabel’s family. Her family was in a very scary place. They started falling into decadence in the later years. In fact, they started showing signs of having a lack of sons. Every leader of the family became anxious about who the next leader would be. They were so worried about who would be the head of the family
Without realizing it, Summer had subconsciously returned to the Miller family’s mansion. “Wifey…” Jasper rushed over to her, wanting to give her a surprise. But instead, she did not react. Her face looked pale too. “Wifey?” He panicked and knelt in front of her. “Sum…”He truly panicked this time. ‘Did she find out about something that I did in the past and is now mad at me?’“Jasper, do you care who my mother is?” Summer asked softly. His heart stopped beating for a second. He felt both distressed and relieved. “No, I don’t. I only care about you.”“Why do I care so much, then…” Summer smiled and hugged him tightly. “I shouldn’t care about it too…”“Everyone has something that they don’t have control over. Sum, go easy on yourself.”Summer lay on top of him, picked up the glass of red wine on the table, and drank it.Jasper just realized that she smelled strongly of alcohol.“Sum…” He was a little worried. His heart ached for her too, but he also wanted to let her be.
Mabel was cooking in the kitchen of the Plath family's mansion. “Madam, stop cooking. Come and eat,” Summer called out to her softly. Mabel smiled at Summer as she emerged with her favorite dish, cinnamon-spiced beef stroganoff.“Sum, let’s eat.” Mabel treated her really well. She helped her with the dishes.Summer was also already used to it. She no longer felt shy. It was natural to her already. Alaric looked at Summer and smiled plainly. “Sum, follow me.” After dinner was over, he asked her to go to the study room. “Is Jasper treating you well?” Alaric asked. “Yes, he’s treating me well.” She smiled. ‘If Jasper hadn't been busy and gone to Mountain City, he would be sticking around, bothering me.’“He pushed back too much work to get ready for the wedding. He wants to finish making work arrangements as soon as possible and go on a honeymoon with me.”“Sum, there’s something that I’ve been hiding from you. You’ve always wanted to know your biological mother, right?” A
“Mr. Jasper Miller, do you take Summer Plath as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?”“I do,” Jasper said the two words confidently.‘I’m willing to take care of her and be by her side forever.‘I’ll always love her.‘She’ll always be my number one.’“Ms. Summer Plath, do you take Jasper Miller as your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?”“… I do.”She purposely hesitated for a long time. Jasper was so scared that his face turned pale.After she chuckled and said ‘I do’, he gritted his teeth, pulled her into his embrace, and kissed her.He kissed Summer even before the officiant had asked him to kiss the bride.She was so embarrassed by the kiss that her ears turned red.“Jasper!”Jas
Benjamin rolled his eyes at Aaron. “I belong to the bride's side. You should go to Jasper’s side.”“He doesn’t deserve it,” Aaron said stubbornly.Summer covered her mouth and chuckled. Everyone was immersed in the festive atmosphere of the wedding. ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if we could stay this happy all the time?’“Hey, should we play a prank on the groom tomorrow? Let’s spice things up a little!” The bridesmaids started planning something.“You guys better be careful. You’re all pregnant. Don’t stir up too much chaos,” Summer said with a smile. “Seriously, it’s as they say: women always side with their husbands once they’re married. Look at you, you’re already siding with him.” A few of them teased Summer. Summer blushed so hard that she could not say anything in response. “Congratulations, Sum.”Hers and Jasper’s friends and relatives came one after another. All of them would be attending the wedding ceremony tomorrow afternoon. Edward would be there with Trent too.
After all, this matter was related to Edward’s mother because of her meeting with Hanna’s mother.She sat on the sofa and thought a lot. Would they get a divorce? Would Edward’s father hate her because of this?Edward sat on the sofa and quietly accompanied his mother. “About this matter... Let's not tell Jen first. She may not be able to handle it.”Edward’s mother nodded, in tears. Then, she shook her head. “It was all my fault.”Edward’s father finally came out of the study. Edward looked at his father nervously. He was afraid that his father would blame his mother.“I... I really did not know anything about it. I just thought she lived a difficult life. I felt guilty, so I asked someone to send her some money. I did not know what happened to her after that!” Edward’s mother panicked and started crying. Edward’s father walked to her side. He did not blame her, but passed her a tissue. “Is this how you should behave in front of your son? Stop crying.”Edward’s mother sobb
“I deserve it!”Nieva was brought away by the police. She should have expected that this was the consequence of offending Jasper.Jasper was busy with the wedding and he did not care much about her. Otherwise, she might have gone through worse than being arrested.…… At the Reeves family house in Mountain City...“Are you Hanna Delacruz? Let’s talk.”Edward’s father asked Hanna to go into the study, leaving Edward and his mother in the living room.“Edward, I already know about the issue concerning your father.”“Mom...” Edward felt a little guilty. “I know about everything.” Edward’s mother shook her head. “This matter is related to your father and me. This is what owed Hanna’s mother, but if you two have to pay for our mistakes. We...”“Mom, this is no one’s fault.” Edward shook his head. In the study...Edward’s father asked Hanna to go into the room. His expression was dreary. “Are you Venus’ daughter?”“Do you still remember my mother?” Hanna smiled and kept a stra
Samson nodded as he watched Rose leaving.Charlie ran out of the courtyard and stood still. He looked a little distressed.He was just a child...Perhaps it was because he had a mother who set up a scheme against him and used him as a chess piece that he was more mature than other children.In the past, he wanted to live. He wanted not just to live but to prevent his mother from setting up a scheme against him.He was still Rose’s son, even if Rose had used a despicable way to give birth to him.“Let’s go home...” Samson walked toward Charlie and rubbed his head.“Samson...” Charlie lifted his head, and his eyes were red.“From now on, you have not just me, but your friends, younger brothers and sisters, and many older brothers and sisters who love you.” Samson smiled at Charlie.Everyone could be redemption for other people, and other people could be their redemption, too.Charlie nodded and ran back to the Miller family’s mansion.Melody was carrying her grandchildren and
Jasper did not care whether Thomas intended to hurt Summer or not.As long as Summer was shocked, he would not allow it.“Tsk, tsk, tsk. Do you know Aiden, who is always with Thomas?” He was Summer’s childhood friend. Summer did not know that Aiden was secretly protecting her. He was seriously injured and almost lost his life many times because of Summer.”Jasper frowned. “Since he did not want to let Summer know about this, why is he making Summer more distressed?”Jasper admired Aiden a lot because he never showed his love for Summer, but he had silently done many things for Summer.“Jasper, you can just confess if you’re scared. You don’t have to put yourself in a higher status.” Keane rolled his eyes.“Fine, you will go to Country T for a business trip.” Jasper was threatening Keane.“Jasper, I’m sorry, it’s my fault...”…...The wedding was getting closer. Everyone was busy helping Jasper and Summer with their wedding.“Look at the dresses and gowns for my grandchildren.