Olivia immediately froze still when hearing Justin scold her. She looked at Rebecca pleadingly. Rebecca also wanted to plead for Olivia, but when she found out how angry Justin was and how cold Lucas' face was, she didn't dare to say anything. After all, she was never important in the family. "Dwayne, take Olivia back to her room. From today onwards, she's not allowed to leave the house!" Justin slammed the coffee cup heavily on the table. He continued, "Also, cancel Olivia's annual dividend." "Grandpa!" Olivia was just about to heave a sigh of relief when she knew that she would only be grounded, but she could not help but plead when she knew that her annual dividend was canceled. Without the annual dividend, she only had 20 thousand dollars of monthly pocket money. For ordinary people, this could be considered a large amount of money, but for socialites who often needed to go to social places, the money was too little. This meant that Olivia could no longer buy those
"Lucas, please, I promise that I will never harm Jessica again." Olivia cried and begged as two servants pulled Jessica's arms and dragged her out. However, Lucas stood aside with a deadpan face. He just watched the servant drag Olivia out of the dining hall. "Why? Lucas? Why are you partial to her? She's just your ex—wife! I am your sister!" Olivia cried hard. Her cry lingered in the room. It did not fade until she was taken away from the villa. Lucas waited until he could no longer hear Olivia's cry. He then said to Justin and Rebecca, "I'm going back to work. Have a good rest." Then, Lucas called the driver to drive back to the Thomas Group. He wanted to be left alone. When Lucas and Jessica had not divorced, every time he returned to the Thomas villa, Olivia would always say how Jessica bullied her. Yet Lucas never felt like looking into what had happened. Sitting in the office, Lucas lit a cigar while watching the glamour of Los Angeles through the French wi
Justin's heart skipped a beat when he heard Dwayne. He had a bad hunch. He frowned as he looked at Dwayne and asked, "What now? Trissy looked at Dwayne with a probing gaze. "Lucas had just released a statement under the name of the Thomas Group to clarify Miss Hall's scandal." Justin's face darkened, so Dwayne hedged a bit before he went on, "The clarification admitted that Miss Thomas was the plotter..." "Bastard! He's such an idiot!" Justin immediately knocked over the coffee cup in his hand when he heard this, and the loud noise attracted the attention of the restaurant waiter. Justin took a deep breath and held back his anger. He lowered his voice and said to Dwayne, "Go home, call Lucas and tell him to move his ass back now." "I see, Mr. Thomas." Dwayne sighed in his heart and quickly propped Justin up. "Mr. Thomas, then I..." Trissy stood up as well. She looked at the documents on the table with a lingering gaze. "Then, it seems that you don't need to be troubl
The frivolous young man was Olivia's admirer. He had read the Thomas Group's statement in the morning and learned about Olivia's current situation from Bailey. Originally, he had been trying to curry favor with Olivia, hoping to establish a cooperative relationship with the Thomas Group through her. Yet now all his efforts were in vain. Thus, he blamed it on Jessica. Facing Jessica's cold face, he was irritated. He said challengingly, "Miss Hall, are you looking down upon me? Do you think I'm not as rich as Mr. Davison? Why don't you name a price? How much will it cost to buy you a drink?" Jessica's face instantly turned grim, but before she could speak, the young man was kicked from behind. He fell to the ground and hurt his face. "Shit! Which bastard kicked me?" The young man got up angrily from the ground. He looked behind him and froze. It was Terry, who didn't have his playful smile as usual. Coldness radiated from his eyes. "Security, drag him out," Terry said in
Jessica saw herself as someone who could take it or leave it easily. When she decided to divorce Lucas, she intended to stay away from him and the Thomas family for good. However, Olivia just wouldn't stop causing trouble for Jessica. Jessica could let go of the misery she had suffered during the marriage, but that did not mean that any of the Thomas family could challenge her again and again. Jessica decided that the dinner with Lucas wouldn't be a pleasant one for him. Two days later, Wendy received a call from Vincent. The dinner would take place that evening. Vincent called, as Lucas had told him, to ask if there was any change in Jessica's itinerary and if the dinner needed re—appointing. After hearing what Wendy reported, Jessica put on a snide smile. When Jessica was still married to Lucas, he never treated her so meticulously. After work, Wendy drove Jessica to the restaurant where Lucas had made a reservation be
Jessica heard Olivia's stomach making a noise. She froze at first, and then covered her mouth with a napkin and chuckled. Jessica said, "It seems that Miss Thomas doesn't like the dishes I ordered. Should I add a few more dishes for you?" The Thomas and the Hall families were both rich and powerful families, so Olivia obviously knew that making such noises in public was very inelegant. Olivia blushed, yet the pain in her belly occupied her full attention. "Sorry, but I have to use the restroom," Olivia whispered with a bent head. She then hurriedly left her seat and ran towards the restroom. After Olivia left, only Jessica and Lucas were left at the table. Jessica put down the tableware, took a sip of water, and looked at Lucas. "Mr. Thomas, are you done eating? Can we start the point now?" "Miss Hall, I invited you to dinner today just to apologize to you." Lucas nodded. "Is that so? Now that we have done with the food, can
Lucas drove steadily on the road. The two of them remained silent, and there was only the sound of breathing in the car. The air conditioner kind of bothered Jessica. She gave a quiet cough. Then, Jessica saw Lucas turn off the air conditioner and lower the window on her side. The night breeze blew in. Jessica took a deep breath and felt relaxed. "Jessica, I heard from Miss Howell that you've had feelings for me since a long time ago?" Lucas suddenly asked as Jessica was about to close her eyes and take a rest. Jessica could not help but chuckle when she heard that. "Is my answer important to you, Mr. Thomas? I have to remind you again that we have divorced." The marriage between the two had come to an end. Thus, Jessica found Lucas' question pointless. "In the past, it wasn't, but now, it is," said Lucas. Jessica could feel a ripple in her heart. She wasn't sure what Lucas meant by that. Before Jessica could figure it
Jessica got out of the car and walked along the sidewalk for a while until she could no longer see Lucas' car. Jessica called Wendy and asked her to come over to pick her up. She sent her location to Wendy. Jessica then waited for Wendy on the roadside. It wasn't cold at night in LA, but Jessica felt cold when the breeze blew on her face. Jessica reached out to touch her face, only to find that she had shed tears at some point. Jessica thought she had already left everything behind. Yet her feelings for Lucas had been lasting for years. It wasn't that easy to let go of them. Jessica did not understand what Lucas meant. Jessica preferred Lucas to be the jerk he had always been. Olivia waited for half an hour at the entrance of the restaurant alone before she realized that Lucas had not informed the driver. She didn't have her phone with her, so she could only ask the waiter to call her family, feeling quite embarrassed. By the
Hannah fell silent for a moment, looking at Paige in front of her, and took a deep breath. "So, what did you come to see me for today?"Paige's emotions had stabilized, and so much time had passed since everything happened that she had no choice but to accept it, even if she didn't want to."I wanted to come and say sorry to you. Three years ago, I suddenly brought people to find you and caused you a lot of harm.""It has already passed, you don't need to care about it anymore."Paige looked at Hannah and hesitated for a moment, "You also had the right to know about this matter.""Thank you."Hannah's mood was completely disrupted like this, "If there's nothing else, I'll have my assistant send you."She had not fully processed this matter yet, and when facing Paige, she did not know what she should say.This time, Paige did not insist on staying any longer, “Today, I bothered you."She stood up and bowed deeply to
Marriage was impossible, and Hannah never thought about getting married.Hannah directly rejected Joseph's proposal, and as for Kendall, there was no need to even think about it.The Howell family had a good relationship with the Hawthorne family, even disregarding the Hawthorne family's troubles. Mrs. Howell had a good relationship with Kendall's mom.If the two of them got together, they would never be able to separate, even in death.Hannah could still see these problems very clearly.Sometimes she was just slow, she wasn't really stupid.Perhaps afraid that she would really do something foolish, Mona called her in the evening and analyzed the pros and cons of getting married according to the agreement.After Hannah repeatedly assured herself that she had not reached such a desperate point, Mona finally hung up the phone.After being "beaten up" by Mona like that, Hannah directly blocked Kendall's phone number.The ne
Kendall suddenly wiped the smile off her face and said, "You know about my family's situation, right? My grandfather is not doing well, and if I don't get married, the Hawthorne Group will have to fall into someone else's hands."Although Hannah and Kendall didn't get along since childhood, she was indeed aware of the things happening in his family.After his father had an affair, there was an illegitimate child born who was only a few years younger than Kendall. Later, his mother divorced his father, and the illegitimate child came back rightfully.At first, Grandfather Kendall was very biased towards Kendall, after all, he was the grandson of the legitimate wife.Kendall's mother took him away back then, and Kendall also rarely came home over the years because of his father.The illegitimate child used to accompany Kendall's grandfather every day, you know, the older a person gets, the more they long for a harmonious family.Kendall's gran
Hannah suddenly felt very tired, a tiredness she had never experienced before."Whether you are Dominic or Foster, our relationship had already ended from the day you left. If I were you, I would have had the decency to leave at that point, preserving some dignity for both of us."In the end, no one's face would look good.Is it necessary? Isn't it better to break up peacefully?Hannah's personality has always been carefree and bold. Foster still remembers their first meeting, when she openly expressed her liking without any hesitation.Later on, she became even more crazy, and he went from being bored to uncontrollably infatuated. She was like an everlasting fire, enveloping him, and managed to melt his icy heart.But now, she says it's over.The fire was extinguished, but he had already melted. How could he possibly let go!"I never thought about leaving you."He said he would find her, he just came back a little late.
Foster had no shame, while Hannah dared not lose her own face.His words did hit the nail on the head, and Hannah dared not move. She even kept her head down, afraid that someone might take a video and upload it online, which could lead to Jessica, Mona, and others recognizing her.Foster's car was parked in a nearby parking lot. He carried her over a small path and they arrived at the car after a few steps.Hannah struggled for a moment, but couldn't break free, and could only watch as he put her into the car.Hannah had been taking the stomach-aiding and digestion-promoting pills for several minutes when she started to hiccup. As she was fastening her seatbelt, she hiccuped twice. Coincidentally, Foster walked in from the side and watched her. Although he didn't say anything, Hannah could see the amusement in his dark eyes.Her face stiffened for a moment, and she glared at him, saying, "What are you laughing at? Haven't you seen someone hiccup before?"Making a mountain out of a mo
Foster glanced at her and didn't have any objections, “I'll listen to you."Hannah stopped talking and walked here for nearly twenty minutes, feeling tired and hungry.The thin slices of pork belly were quickly grilled to perfection. Hannah has always loved eating grilled meat. She is the kind of person who would rather gain weight herself than miss out on enjoying a good meal of meat.She didn't speak, a piece of grilled meat wrapped in lettuce, topped with sauce, and then she stuffed it into her mouth.Foster looked at her as she put the meat into her mouth. Her lips were like a squirrel hiding a pine nut inside its mouth, and her cheeks were puffed up, making anyone who looked at her feel an increase in appetite.Foster rarely ate these, even during the difficult years, he didn't really touch them. When he was hungry, he would just eat a piece of bread and drink a large bottle of water.He was not like Hannah, who always seemed to have the greatest enthusiasm for food.On the contr
Foster didn't move, just watched her.The two of them stood facing each other, neither willing to take a step back.It was the rush hour at this time. Hannah was standing inside the car, while Foster was standing outside, attracting the attention of many passersby.Joe arrived and saw Hannah standing inside the car, confronting Foster with a cold expression on her face.He hesitated for a moment before walking over and said, "Mr. Carroway?"Foster glanced at him and handed his phone to Hannah, saying, "I'll take you back, and Joe will handle the rest for you."Hannah took back her phone, "No need."She looked at the time and it had already been seven or eight minutes. Shouldn't the people from the 4S store have arrived by now?Hannah got off the car and was about to make another phone call to the person over there when she saw a trailer driving towards her."Miss Howell, I'm sorry, there was traffic on the way, so I arrived late."Hannah didn't say anything, she just told them to quic
No one knew what was going on between Hannah and Foster. Rowan and Abigail returned empty-handed from Hannah's villa and had no choice but to reluctantly visit Foster in Kangsel.However, the two of them went to Kangsel for several days in a row but didn't see Foster. Rowan was doing better, but Abigail's family couldn't wait any longer. Abigail had no choice but to secretly go and find Hannah again.This time she couldn't even see Hannah, Hannah's assistant directly said that Hannah was not in the company, and she didn't wait for Hannah at the villa either.After another four or five days had passed, Abigail finally managed to get an opportunity to meet Hannah.Hannah had just caught a cold when she was stopped by Abigail. She frowned, her face looking somewhat cold.Abigail looked at her and came out directly, asking her for help in front of so many people.Hannah was annoyed. She had been avoiding Rowan and Abigail for the past few days, and it was making her restless. She was trul
Hannah was also wondering when Rowan had become so humble, to the point of coming to the company specifically to apologize to her.That night, if it hadn't been for Foster coming out and mentioning Mr. Everitt, Rowan clearly didn't even want to say sorry.Hmm, that's strange.She had just wanted to call Sophia, but to her surprise, Sophia had already come in. "Miss Howell, Rowan and Abigail said they forgot to mention something."Hannah raised an eyebrow and said, "Let them in."She said it, didn't she?Rowan and Abigail turned back again, they looked at each other, seemingly discussing who should speak.Hannah didn't want to care about it at all, she tapped the table with the pen in her hand and said, "Cut to the chase, are you two playing telepathy over there?"Rowan's face stiffened, and Abigail took the opportunity to speak, “Miss Howell, you just said, that night's incident, that night has already passed, so can you please ask the influential figure behind you to go easy on the t