It was Maison. Jenna smiled and was about to walk over…“Little Bun, we’re here. Come down.” Maison reached out his arm to pull another little girl out of the car. The little girl was dressed in a princess dress with her black hair pulled back into a bun. On her forehead hung a cute little bang and underneath those bangs was a cute and exquisite little face as white as porcelain and as sweet as a doll. Yulia Lockhart! It was Xavia’s daughter! How could she be together with Maison!! Jenna’s hand was trembling. She was afraid, terrified and speculating in her head. Zivon had already gotten out of the car. He walked to the kids and greeted them gently. His actions had made Jenna even more surprised. “Zivon, this… this…”Zivon thought she was curious about Yulia, he smirked. “Xavia’s adoptive mother’s daughter. Haven’t you met her before?” Back in S City, that gathering at the KTV, Yulia was there. Did that mean that he had not found out about Yulia’s identity? He b
Xavia was going to leave. She was going to turn around and leave. “Xavia Lockhart, don’t you think we should talk?” Jenna suddenly spoke. In fact, the tone of her voice was not very friendly. Xavia frowned. She did not anger her today, right? She had also explained that their coincidental encounter was because she was there first, and now she wanted to talk? What was there to talk about? She did not want to hear her bragging about how good her relationship with Zivon was or how loving they were last night, and she did not want to get mad because of her anymore.So she said, “There’s nothing for us to talk about. I still have work. So, goodbye.” “Really? Are you sure we don’t need to talk about your daughter?” asked Jenna softly and profoundly. Xavia took a step forward and stopped. Her tiny figure stiffened.The next second, gritting her teeth with certainty, she said, “My daughter has nothing to do with you, and we don’t have to talk.” After saying those words, she mad
“Maybe the situation is just as you claim it is, but what would be the consequences?“Not only did Yulia come in contact with Maison, she even appeared before Zivon multiple times. So how can you make me trust you again? How can I know that you’re not going to expose all of these, make Zivon accept Yulia, and destroy everything for me?” The harsh and cruel rhetorical questions made Xavia’s face turn pale. Once again, Jenna said, “Xavia, I haven’t been mean to you, right? “If it weren’t me who is helping you cover up this whole thing, your reputation would have been ruined. Even if you did manage to marry Zivon because you’re the birth mother to the children, everyone in this country would still be cursing at you, and your daughter, she would have to carry the burden of being the child of a mistress for the rest of her life. “Is that what you want to see? Why aren’t you grateful for the things you have, and why must you highlight your existence repeatedly? Why would you risk ex
“Yeah. She never said anything because taking this child away means nothing, and it would do no good to the current situation. She doesn’t want Yulia’s existence to expose what happened back in those years.” Dolly, “... If that’s the case, we can continue living our life as it is. As long as she doesn’t bother us, Yulia wouldn’t be exposed.” “Ugh! If only it’s that simple, I wouldn’t be so troubled.” Xavia sighed. She said, “If Jenna could tell, it’s only a matter of time until Zivon finds out about it. If I continued working here, I might be successful in my career, but I might lose my daughter, and what happened back then would be exposed. This will cause huge havoc and is not something I would want to see. “You should go rest for a bit. I’ll talk to the person in charge about terminating the contract. I’m sorry.”Xavia brought Dolly here and troubled her to talk about the contract, the workplace, and other issues, and now she had not even worked for two days, and she had to c
“Are you nuts? Previously she messed around, but you seemed like you know how to handle things, so I even praised you for that. But now, you’re the one who messes things up again. Do you two think that this company is a place where you can come and go as you please?”“You want to terminate your contract? Sure, no problem. Just go home and look at the contract. According to the contract, you have to pay double compensation to the company. After that, you can come back to me and be cocky!”She had to pay twice the amount to compensate the company. In other words, if the initial contract amount was ten million dollars, then twice that amount would be twenty million dollars.The person-in-charge was pretty sure that Xavia didn’t have that kind of money, so he glared at them fiercely, tugged his tie and chided, “Seriously! You two should know your own place before saying those words out loud!”Surprisingly, as soon as those words left his mouth, Xavia’s voice rang out. She said, “Wond
‘Termination of contract? If I remember correctly, Xavia is actually fond of the live streaming work. Also, she does have a good ability in her line of work. The last time when I was there, she seemed like she was working hard and poured in a lot of good effort. That girl even personally told me that she wanted to make a career out of it, and yet she wants to terminate her contract now?’Zivon’s hand regained its mobility as he continued to sign his name on a document before asking, “What is her reason?”As expected, Young Master Burton did recognize Miss Lockhart the last time he saw her.Nathan lowered his head and explained, “The person-in-charge said there was no reason. However, Miss Xavia seemed very determined. She is waiting at the company right now, and she wants to leave by tonight.”‘She’s leaving by tonight?’Zivon raised his eyebrows while looking quite profound.He had drawn a clear line with Xavia. The two were no longer affiliated with each other. Her departure ha
No matter how brave Dolly might be, it was impossible for her to go against the real badass! She walked up directly to the person-in-charge and tugged on his arm. Then, she softened her expression and said, “Boss, I admit my mistake. A great man like you won’t mind the faults of peasants like me, so please be generous and forgive my mistakes. As a matter of fact...the truth is, our Sweetie has her own embarrassing reason to terminate the contract.”“Oh? What kind of embarrassing reason?” The person-in-charge was curious.Dolly sniffed and began to put on a dramatic performance.She told the story, “Sweetie, her...her first love is coming home. Four years ago, the couple was deeply in love with each other, but a sudden accident separated the lovebirds. Sweetie had lay in the hospital, not even knowing that he would be leaving her. So she didn’t even get to meet him for the one last time.”“They didn’t keep in contact for four years after that. Our Sweetie is a girl who prioritize
Sensing the rude undertone in Lily’s words , Xavia opened her mouth to turn her down right away. “I am sorry, Miss Whitman. I have something going on at the office right now. I don’t have time to be there.”Lily replied, “Is that so? It seems like you don’t really care about Stefan after all.”Lily’s strange words caused Xavia’s eyebrows to frown. Finally, she asked, “What’s wrong with Chairman Talton? Is there something wrong with him?”Lily replied coldly, “Wouldn’t you know the answer when you reach here?” With that, she hung up on Xavia.A bad feeling surged up in Xavia’s heart. After a moment of hesitation, she still decided to go there.In any case, it was Lily who called her up personally, so there shouldn’t be any problems that might arise later.Half an hour later, Xavia arrived at Bay View Mansion. It was a private villa by the sea. The environment there was clean and well-maintained. Dense greenery which created cool shade surrounded the villa, and the air smelled re
Staring in shock at the kneeling man, Yulia mustered her remaining sanity as she replied, “B-but you’re younger-” “Even if that’s the case, doesn’t that mean that I’m much more ‘capable’ than your older pursuers…?” …Why were his words so suggestive all of a sudden?! Forcing herself to calm down, she took a deep breath before saying, “…Elliot, I’m not sure what spurred this decision, but… I’m not the one for you. Please find someone your age. I’m sorry.” After saying that, she strode straight for the car… but before she could start the engine, she couldn’t help but notice how desolate he looked standing under the pouring rain… Clenching her fists, it took her a while to finally sigh and walk back to him… “…Are you really sure about this?” asked Yulia, much to Elliot’s delight. “I am! Please! Give me a chance! You won’t regret it!” …When he put it that way, all Yulia could do was help him up before finally deciding to return his kiss… Sure, things had taken a sudden, unex
She stared in horror as he removed his shirt right there and then! “W-what are you doing?!” yelped the startled woman as she quickly looked the other way. “…Huh? I mean, I’m drenched, so…” “E-even so, you shouldn’t change right in front of me!” “…Yulia, we bathed together as children… It’s not like you haven’t seen everything already…” “Y-you can’t compare that to this situation…!” “Fine, fine, I… Um… Go cook, I guess… I’ll go get a change upstairs first…” muttered Elliot as he headed upstairs. Yulia herself had to try her best to calm down! After all, Elliot had been plaguing her mind in the past few days, and… she even had dreams where he had… …No! She couldn’t be thinking about such things! She needed to cook! Maybe that would help get her mind out of the gutter! Once that was done, she’d leave and finally start devising a plan to get rid of him…! As Yulia scurried off, Elliot himself was currently staring at an old photo that showed him eating some candy in Yulia’
Just as she had arrived at her car, the president of the Halls Group suddenly walked up to her, a bouquet in hand! The Halls Group had collaborated several times with the Burtons before, and because of that, she was well acquainted with the man. Sadly, he had also proposed to her on multiple occasions… and though she kept rejecting him, he never seemed to get the hint! “There you are, Miss Burton… Since you’re off work, I was wondering if you’d join me for dinner tonight…” asked the charming man. Feeling awkward, she was just about to come up with an excuse when Elliot suddenly grabbed her by the waist and said, “Oh? Another one of your admirers, Yulia…? Sorry, but she already has a boyfriend, my man. If that doesn’t deter you enough, then you should know that she prefers her partners younger. Now please leave.” Startled to hear that, the man glanced at Yulia, his eyes begging for an explanation… Yulia herself was eager to just escape this embarrassing situation, but before s
With that tale done, it was now time to return to Yulia’s story… Ever since she was a child, she had undergone countless hardships with her mother… and even after she was able to reunite with her father, things didn’t go much easier from there. To make matters worse, Fabiola ended up getting kidnapped for the longest time, resulting in Frank ending up the way he was today… Because of all that, it only made sense that she’d mature much sooner than others her age, and unlike the naïve girl she used to be, she was an extremely competent woman today. Alas, because of how used she became with working, she soon lost the urge to find herself a romantic interest… Things continued that way until… Well, that time that Elliot… …Wait, what was she thinking?! He was younger than her, for heaven’s sake! Quickly shaking her head, she attempted to force herself to concentrate on work again… But before long, a knock was heard on the door. After being allowed in, the department manager entered t
Knowing that there was no point in keeping things a secret anymore, Rea took a deep breath before saying, “…Alright, so… The truth is, I’ve always been highly competent, but… I’ve been pretending to be useless just so that you’d eventually marry me… The trip my parents are taking… That was my suggestion too…” Feeling speechless, it took Frank a long while to reply, “…So you weren’t really drunk when you did all that last night?” Pursing her lips, Rea awkwardly muttered, “…I wasn’t… Luna suggested it, and since it sounded like a good idea to accelerate things…” …Fucking hell, to think that he had fallen straight into her trap without even putting up a fight! Watching as he glowered at her, Rea gulped before adding, “A-anyway, now that we’re married and there’s potentially a baby in my belly, you won’t divorce me, right…?” “…Oh, believe me when I say that divorce is the easy way out! From today onward, I’m making you pay for your actions for the rest of your life!” Fast forwa
Fast forward to the next morning, Rea awoke with a yawn… What a nice sleep… Wait. Why was she naked? And why was Frank…?! Her following scream immediately woke the icy man up… and upon looking at her, he was immediately reminded of what had transpired last night! Essentially, Rea ended up clinging to him, and though he initially wanted to just carry her to bed to let her rest… Damn it! Had she really been that sensual?! How had he lost control so easily?! His train of thought was cut short when he realized that Rea was bawling her eyes out… and after rubbing his temples, he was prompted to say, “…Why are you crying when you’re the one who initiated this? I’ll have you know that I never forced you-” “I-I know, but…! I’ve just…! This is my first time…!” whimpered the quivering woman, prompting Frank to purse his lips. As if he wasn’t in the same situation… “…You’re not alone there.” “It’s not the same! Men are free to sleep with whoever they want but when it comes to women, I’l
“Say, wouldn’t you agree that the food smells delicious…? Why don’t I teach you how to grill, Rea…? Oh, but make sure to take your clothes off first before we start! Wouldn’t want them to get dirty…” With how drunk Rea was, she wasn’t able to fully register his words… and just as he was about to touch her clothes, an icy voice roared, “Stop right there…!” Instantly feeling a shiver run down his spine, the man turned around… and to his horror, it was Frank! Young Master Burton’s perpetually icy son…! Why the hell was he here?! Before the frightened intern could think of how to even react, Frank walked up to him and growled, “Leave now before I chop your hands off…! Don’t make me repeat myself!” Nodding in terror, the man frantically bolted off… and once he was out of sight, Frank glared at the tipsy Rea before adding, “This is what you meant by learning how to be more responsible…?!” “Huh…? But the food really did smell super good… I want to learn…” mumbled the drunk woman.
After leaving his office, he headed off to look for Rea. She had said that she wanted to use the bathroom, but… It had already been half an hour since she disappeared. What trouble had that idiot gotten herself into this time? Thankfully, it wasn’t long before he found her laughing along with some of his interns… When the interns saw him, they were quick to bow and say, “Good morning, Mr. Burton.” Barely even glancing at them, Frank looked at Rea and said, “It’s time to head home.” “I… Won’t be following you back…” “…And why is that? Are your parents back?” “No, it’s just… These are my good friends back from school, and they’ve been staying together to learn to be more independent… With that said… I think that staying with them will be a good start for me to learn more about how the world works. Thank you for taking care of me up till this point, Frank… I won’t bother you anymore.” Raising a slight brow, Frank then looked at the interns for a while before saying, “…Are you
Regardless, after leaving her in the room, Frank returned to the shower to cool himself off… but no matter what he did, he simply remained irked. It got to the point where he couldn’t relax at all, and after wrapping a towel around his waist, he grabbed his phone to send his father a text. ‘Was there really nobody else who could’ve taken care of Rea?’ ‘What? Can’t even care for a woman properly.’ ‘I’m a busy man.’ ‘I trust in your time management skills.’ …Though he really wanted to tell Zivon that he had misplaced his trust in him, he didn’t want to disappoint his father either. With that, all he could do was clench his fists before giving Rea’s parents a call… “Hello? Frank? Why are you calling at this time of night?” “…When are you and Uncle Saltman returning, Aunt?” asked Frank who wanted them to take back their idiot already! “…Huh? What was that? Sorry, the line isn’t very good… I hope Rea isn’t giving you too hard a time! Don’t worry, we’ll be back after about a