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
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
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
Hannah had just parked her car when she coincidentally ran into Kendall, who had also just gotten out of her car."Hey, we were quite in sync."Hannah rolled her eyes and said, "Who has a telepathic connection with you.""Something's not right, you seem so upset today. Who did you upset?"One of the main reasons Hannah didn't like Kendall was because this person had a big mouth and liked to blabber about everything.She completely ignored him, entered the elevator, where there were other people, and only then did Kendall shut his mouth.The elevator went directly to the last floor, where there was an authentic French restaurant serving traditional French cuisine. The average cost per person was 1888.If it weren't for the per capita amount, Hannah wouldn't have come today.Kendall had already made a reservation before coming. As soon as they entered, they gave their last name at the reception, and the waiter immediately led them to a table by the window."Feeling down?"Hannah glanced
The sky was hazy tonight, with no stars and the moon not being full.Hannah got on the car, lowered the window, lit a cigarette, leaned back in the seat, and didn't immediately drive away.Her car was parked in a parking space by the roadside. At that time, there were plenty of parking spaces and no one was urging her to leave.The lady felt that the cigarette was lacking in taste. She didn't feel like smoking it anymore halfway through, so she extinguished it, wrapped it in a tissue, and put it aside. Hannah fastened her seatbelt and then drove away.As the car turned into the villa, there happened to be a 24-hour convenience store. Hannah stopped the car and went inside. Inside, there were several high school boys, leaning on each other's shoulders, drinking beverages and chatting about interesting things at school.Several boys visibly paused when they saw Hannah.Hannah glanced at them, and one of the boys immediately blushed.Hannah looked and found it funny. She smirked, chuckle
Hannah bit her lip and stared straight at him.Foster felt as if his heart had been heavily hammered in his chest, "No, it's not."He looked at Hannah, wanting to speak and explain, but he realized that his justifications seemed so powerless in the face of Hannah's questioning voice.He did not consider the idea of fooling Hannah as a fool, he just didn't think about letting her know those things.But these words, when he spoke them, had no meaning.In those silent moments, Hannah had a touch of innocence, innocently waiting for him to speak.However, besides silence, it was still silence.When the tears fell, she suddenly laughed.The once quiet villa suddenly echoed with her laughter, which seemed inexplicably frightening."Isn't it? You told me your name was Dominic, but now you're telling me it's Foster. When I first met you, you were just a club waiter, and now you've transformed into the United States CEO of Kangse
Hannah sat in the living room for what seemed like a long time. After a while, she finally snapped out of it and picked up a can of beer from the table. She started drinking it, sip by sip.She actually didn't like to drink beer, but it was still better than drinking white wine.After finishing a can of beer, Hannah wanted to open a second one. She grabbed the beer and pulled on the metal ring, which broke off immediately.It couldn't be opened.She placed the beer on the table and lost interest in continuing to drink.The beer was not placed steadily, and after it fell, it rolled a few times and directly dropped under the table.Hannah looked as the beer rolled to her feet, feeling a bit absent-minded.After a while, she picked up her phone and made a call.Kendall had just arrived at the hotel when he saw Hannah's call, and he was quite surprised: "Rarely do you call me on your own initiative."A few days ago, his numb
Upon hearing his words, Foster's expression immediately darkened, "How does Mr. Hawthorne know that there won't be any accidents?"Kendall looked up and met his gaze, giving a slight smile. "Even if there were any unexpected events, it doesn't matter. It's just a matter of time.""You didn't love her.""How did you know?"Two men stood silently facing each other, the surroundings eerily quiet, even the air felt tense.Kendall's rhetorical question said it all. Foster's face remained as still as water, but neither of them wanted to admit defeat, so they silently held their ground.It was unclear how much time had passed when Kendall spoke first, "Mr. Carroway, you are a smart man. It would be effortless for Hannah's parents to uncover the truth about your family's affairs. And as for deceiving Hannah, there is no need to mention it. What do you think, what do you have to compete with me?"This statement was like a blow to the head, every word Kendall said was a hit.Foster stood there,
So many people, but Jessica still knew Hannah the best.Hannah made this trip and also came to know her own thoughts.She arrived early, and Jessica started chatting with her before she had breakfast. They chatted for about half an hour, and when they walked out of the living room, Terry was already getting ready to take Kelvin to kindergarten.Seeing Jessica come out, Kelvin stood at the door unwilling to leave.Jessica had to go over and give her son a hug, and then she kissed him: "Be good, Dad will take you to kindergarten."Kelvin glanced at Hannah and said, "Okay, goodbye mom, goodbye godmother!"Hannah awkwardly waved her hand and said, "Goodbye to the Winter Solstice!"In the past, it was always both mom and dad who would take him to kindergarten, but today only Terry took him. Kelvin, the little boy, had a sad expression on his face when he left.Jessica waved her hand, exchanged a glance with Terry, and turned around to say, "You haven't sorted out things with Foster, should
The Howell family and the Hawthorne family had been neighbors for so many years. When Hannah was just born, Georgia said that Kendall's mother would come to the Howell family every day, saying that she just wanted to have a daughter.Later, as she grew up a little, Kendall's mom would always mention how envious she was of Georgia for having a daughter like her.As she grew older, she even mentioned, intentionally or unintentionally, about having her and Kendall become doll siblings.However, Georgia did not agree and has always been refusing.Ever since Kendall's parents divorced, Hannah hasn't seen Kendall's mom much.I didn't expect that this time, Kendall's mom would call her directly.The person on the phone seemed to have changed, as soon as they spoke, they asked her if Kendall was with her.Hannah didn't feel anything was wrong at first, and politely explained that she was on a business trip.No sooner had she finished speaking than the woman on the other end of the phone sudde
It was a dinner party in the evening, and Hannah returned to her hotel room after 9 o'clock at night.At tonight's dinner party, she was offered quite a few drinks, even though it was just red wine with a moderate alcohol content. However, Hannah hasn't really been drinking for over half a year.At that moment, the person returned to the hotel room and didn't feel like taking a shower. They collapsed on the sofa and just wanted to sleep.Sophia worried about her and, not knowing where she got it from, made her a cup of honey water."Ms. Howell, drink some honey water slowly."Hannah squinted her eyes and looked at Sophia, then smiled and said, "Sophia, was I great today?""Yes, yes, Ms. Howell performed really well today!"Sophia had been Hannah's secretary for almost three years, so she knew Hannah quite well.During this period, Hannah suddenly made great progress, which surprised everyone in their company.Sophia knew that Hannah had a childlike personality, and she had been praisi
The train arrived at four o'clock, and Hannah and Hollis got off the train only to find that it was already dark. Both of them were momentarily stunned and asked, "Did we miss our stop?"How did it get dark around four o'clock?The wind blowing over was especially cold, and Hannah's face felt like it had been scraped by a knife. She looked at the weather forecast on her phone and said, "There will be a heavy rain today. I need to hurry, or else I'll have to spend the night at this Train Station!""It was quite cold today!"Hollis straightened his clothes and said, "Let's hurry up and go!"The two of them dragged their suitcases and walked outside. It was difficult to hail a taxi in this weather, but luckily there was a subway.Hollis had no plans to look for a job and followed Hannah back to the villa.The two of them came out of the subway station, and the rain had already stopped.Hannah took a taxi half an hour in advance, so she didn't have to wait for long.With such heavy rain,
LA in November became completely cold, Hannah made an appointment with Hollis to go to the hot springs.Hollis recently became unemployed as well, with nothing to do all day, he went to look for Hannah.Two idle people gathered together, always thinking about how to have fun every day.Hannah booked a villa just for her and Hollis. The villa had a hot spring, so they didn't have to go to a public hot spring pool to soak."Hey, I heard that Kendall was going to get engaged to that Sabrina Novak. Do you know about this?"Hannah paused for a moment with her phone in hand and said, "I haven't heard.""Did Kendall look for you before?"Upon hearing Hollis' words, Hannah glanced at her and said, "Who's been feeding you nonsense again?""My younger brother, he said that one day he saw you with Kendall, and you two seemed quite close. He originally wanted to go up and say hello to you, but then he thought it would be better not to.""Drake had a bad look in his eyes, how could the word 'intim
All of her belongings from her student days are inside the miscellaneous room at home. Georgia only allows people to organize them, but she has never thrown away any item.Hannah quickly found the gift that Kendall had given her back then. After nearly fifteen or sixteen years, the outer wrapping paper had become slightly worn.Hannah held the package and returned to the room. The adhesive tape had completely stuck the wrapping paper, and she couldn't open it, so she had to tear the wrapping paper directly.Underneath the wrapping paper, there was a gift box. She opened the box and inside, there was a bed of lavender. The first thing she saw was the postcard placed on top.Hannah raised an eyebrow, picked up the postcard, and turned it over to see the message Kendall had left for her.To say or not to say, Kendall's handwriting was quite nice.Hannah, there's something I've been hesitating about for a long time, but I feel like I should tell you. I don't even know when it started, but
That night, Kendall indeed did nothing. The two of them, rarely calm and peaceful, sat together, reminiscing about the things they had experienced in the past decade.Many things were brought up again, and Hannah realized that she had many misunderstandings about Kendall as well.For example, it was not Kendall who told Georgia about her failing mid-term exam, but Georgia went to school to bring her some snacks and casually asked about it.Back in college, the incident where Kendall switched the love letter she intended to confess with was because that senior was not a good person. Kendall knew that she wouldn't listen if she told her, so she took matters into her own hands.The two of them chatted until after three in the evening. Hannah didn't even know how she fell asleep, but when she woke up, Kendall was already not in her villa.The mess on the desk has been tidied up, and everything on it is neatly arranged. Under her water cup, there is a takeout receipt, on which Kendall left
The box was just sitting there on the side, and Hannah found it to be in the way. She had just put on gloves to eat the crayfish, but she couldn't resist and took off one glove. Then she took the box and walked over to a shelf nearby, and stuffed the box into it.When she turned back, Kendall looked up at her.Hannah glanced at him and said, "What kind of look is that?""Did that box offend you?"Hannah sat back down and, as she put her gloves back on, she hummed, "If you keep asking, you will soon offend me.""OK, I didn't ask anymore."Hannah ate four or five crayfish and felt like something was missing. She looked at Kendall beside her and said, "Don't you think we're missing something?""What was missing?"Kendall handed her the peeled crayfish, and Hannah didn't hesitate to take it: "Beer, huh? Don't you drink beer when you eat barbecue?""There were a few cans of beer in the refrigerator, go and get them!"Hannah kicked him directly, Kendall took off his gloves, and got up slowl
Hannah started the car and returned to the villa, paying no attention to Kendall: "There are guest rooms on the first floor, don't come up to find me unless it's necessary."This was Kendall's second time coming to Hannah's place. Last time, Kendall didn't stay for long before being chased away by Hannah.This time, I came over...Wasn't it a little better, at least he got to sleep in a guest room on the first floor, right?Hannah finished speaking and went upstairs. Kendall didn't feel like guessing what idea he had in mind, and he didn't have the patience to play with him either.Since he was coming to stay over, she decided to give him a guest room, as there were plenty of rooms in her house.As for the rest, he can dream on!However, she thought well, but reality turned out to be somewhat contrary to her wishes.Hannah had just played two rounds of King of Glory by herself when Kendall's phone rang."What's up?""Were you playing King of Glory?""Yeah, do you have any opinions?""
Mona was not surprised at all. She only became acquainted with Hannah after junior high school, when she was young and naturally couldn't see the constant arguments between Hannah and Kendall.Later in high school, she also had a crush on Kendall, and when she saw what Kendall did to Hannah, she vaguely understood something.She remembered in her sophomore year, she even told Hannah that Kendall might like her.Hannah's reaction was very strong, telling her not to make such jokes, she couldn't handle it.Not long after, it was heard that Kendall had a girlfriend, and Mona even briefly doubted if she had sensed something wrong.Later on, Kendall went abroad after studying in her home country for only two years. After going abroad, she also vaguely heard from mutual friends in the circle that Kendall had a girlfriend again. Mona no longer mentioned Kendall's feelings for Hannah.Five years ago, Kendall came over to this side of LA to find Hannah. She was quite surprised because at that