"How long have I been asleep?" Elizabeth looked at nurse blankly."Thirteen hours. Mr. Marquez is outside. I'll go call him." The nurse turned and walked out of the room.Elizabeth found that the clothes had already been changed. She didn't want to figure out who helped her change her clothes."Oh you're awake." Ronald walked in. Seeing that Elizabeth had recovered, he relaxed a little.Seeing him again, Elizabeth's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and her face flushed red. She avoided his eyes, not daring to look at his face.Nodding lightly, she lowered her head and whispered, "Thank you for yesterday.""Everything is good?" He was more concerned about her health than her thanks."Yes. I feel much better." As Elizabeth replied, a rumbling sound suddenly came from her stomach.Having not eaten for two days, she was already starving.At this moment, Ronald heard the sound, and her face immediately flushed red."Come out. I ordered something for you to eat." Ronald saw her awkward expre
Elizabeth heard her heart thumping.This was his confession?He liked her?Is that true?"Tomorrow, after the bidding ends, I will leave Swynwick. You can consider coming with me or staying here." He did not force her to respond. Instead, he gave her two choices."...Why?" She still couldn't believe that this man, who was so high and mighty, would actually fall for her. How was this possible?Would Cinderella's fairy tales fall on her?"You want me to praise you?" There was a faint smile in his eyes.Elizabeth's face became even redder as a result. She didn't mean that, but purely wanted to know what had attracted him."Come here. I'll tell you." He waved at her, with his voice soft.Elizabeth obediently got up and walked in front of him. Before she could even stand steadily, he wrapped around her waist. With just a slight force, she fell into his embrace, breathing in his unique scent.His lips were near her ear. While he was breathing, a warm aura hit on her crystal earlobe, making
Brogan was her first love. He's the first boy that she had ever fallen in love with.However, their relationship didn't obtain the approval of their parents.Because there was an enormous difference in family conditions between the two of them, she was invited out to talk more than once by Brogan's mother. She was even asked to give her some money so that she could leave Brogan.Since she was in urgent need of money due to her brother's illness, after weighing the pros and cons, she decided to use the money for her brother's surgery, then made money and returned the money to the Pierce family.When Brogan heard that she had taken the money, he humiliated her severely without a second thought and chose to break up with her.Grief-stricken, she tried to explain, struggling to keep him, but to no avail. In the end, she could only accept the result of the breakup.Afterwards, she worked three jobs to earn money to repay the money. However, her younger brother's follow-up treatment was als
"I'm afraid he doesn't have the time." Elizabeth was a little hesitant. After all, a busy person like Ronald must have a lot of things to do in the company. How could he possibly have time to go home and eat?Dulce advised from the side, "Even if Mr. Marquez does not have time to come back to eat, he should be very happy to be able to receive Miss's call.""Is that so?" Elizabeth thought for a while, then picked up her phone and called Ronald.The phone was picked up after ringing for a long time. Ronald's low voice came from the other side of the phone, "What is it?""Um... I wanted to ask if you are coming back for lunch. Dulce and I made your favorite fish..." Elizabeth carefully probed.The other side of the phone went silent. Elizabeth thought that her sudden phone call had disturbed him, so she hurriedly continued, "If you don't have time, then it's fine. We can eat by ourselves...""Half an hour." Ronald said."Huh?" Elizabeth was startled for a moment, and then immediately rep
Elizabeth raised her head and looked towards the origin of the voice. She noticed that the woman who said these words looked familiar, but she could not recall where she had seen her before."You don't recognize her, do you? She's Avery Graves. "Alondra whispered into her ear.Elizabeth heard and frowned, "Avery? I remember she didn't look like that.""Sure, she did a cosmetic surgery. Can't you tell?" Alondra said in a low voice."..." So it was like this. No wonder she could not recognize her.When Avery saw they whispering to each other, she could not help but become even angrier, "What are you two talking about? If you have something to say, say it out.""Nothing. It's just that you've changed so much that Elizabeth couldn't recognize you, so she just asked me." Alondra said snappily."Alondra, what do you mean by that? What do you mean I've changed so much? What do you want to say? "Avery thought that Alondra was hinting at her cosmetic surgery, and she got furious all of a sudde
Lifting her head, she saw Brogan's angry, handsome face."Excuse me." She lowered her head, not looking at his face, trying to walk past him."Why did you come back?" Suddenly, he grabbed her wrist. His voice was filled with anger as he asked.Elizabeth struggled a little, only to realize that she was unable to fight back with her own strength. So she said, "Please let go.""I'm asking you why you came back!" He pulled her toward him. His big, bright eyes glared at her with obvious fury, as if he might swallow her in the next second."What do you mean? Can't I come back? "She mustered her courage and looked up into his eyes.She didn't owe him anything, so why should she be afraid of him?"It seems that I still underestimated the degree of your shamelessness. However, a woman like you, who can even treat love as a business, would definitely not care about the gazes of others. "Brogan laughed coldly.His words were like a thorn, fiercely piercing into Elizabeth's heart.Strangely, she
At two in the afternoon, Elizabeth punctually appeared at the Gardner Garden Cafe that Ainsley mentioned.Looking around, there was no sign of her."Miss, how many of you?" The waiter came up to greet her."I'm not sure yet. It might be two people." She was not sure if Ainsley only asks her out, or if Brogan would come along with her."Alright, I'll first bring you to find a seat to sit at." The waiter said as he led her to a seat for four near the window.Elizabeth ordered a cup of coffee and then looked at the time. From the time they had agreed upon two o'clock, five minutes had already passed.When the coffee was served, she took two sips and saw Ainsley walking in elegantly from outside. She was dressed in a high-end dress, wore a pair of sunglasses, stepped on high heels, and swayed through the door.Behind her followed a woman in her thirties. The two of them, one in front and one behind, were like celebrities and assistants.The moment Ainsley entered, she saw Elizabeth, who w
Although Elizabeth had never owned these luxury goods before, at least she had worked at a five-star hotel before, and had seen many celebrities, she can recognize these good things.Dulce was still looking at the pile of gifts with her eyes glowing. Elizabeth had already recovered from the shock. She picked up her phone and dialed Ronald's number.The phone rang for a long time before someone answered, but the one who spoke was not Ronald."Elizabeth, how is it? Did you get the gifts? Isn't it a surprise? "Oliver's excited voice came out from the phone."Um, where is Ronald?" Elizabeth asked."CEO is seeing an important guest right now, so he doesn't have time to answer the phone right now." Oliver said."Then do you know why he suddenly gave me so many precious gifts?""Didn't you want to go to your friend's engagement ceremony? So, CEO specifically told me to prepare these things for you.""..." How did he know she was going to the engagement ceremony?"Elizabeth, I'm a bit busy ri
After Shirley finished drinking the ginger soup, she laid on the bed, but for some reason, she could not fall asleep no matter how she tossed and turned.Outside the window, the rain gradually lessened. Occasionally, a few drops would be hit by the wind, but no sound would be produced.During her chat with Danica today, she found out quite a lot about him.She now knew the reason why he hadn't returned to the country in four years.She hadn't thought that after she was saved by him that year, he would not only be shot, but would also be in so much trouble.The problem had not been resolved until today, and he could be in danger of losing his life at any moment now.When she thought back to how he had caused Asher to lose everything and directly let him find someone to take his life, she couldn't help but admire his abilities.He always had the means to provoke people and put himself in danger.When she thought about the gamblin
Shirley knew that Danica would not give up until she got an accurate answer from her tonight.But how could she describe to her the past between her and Zackary?"I'm not lying to you, your brother and I...We did know each other before, but not for long..." She thought for a moment before replying."Then do you like my brother?" Danica saw that her words did not seem to be fake, and asked again."En... This ..."Shirley herself had yet to figure out what kind of emotion she had towards Zackary."With such hesitation, it looks like you like him." Danica answered for her.Hearing that, Shirley hurriedly shook her head, "No ... No, I don't know him at all. How could I like him?""Who says you have to like someone after know him? Don't you know that love at first sight? I like someone just by seeing him once. You and my brother have met many times already, right? Like is one kind of feeling, which is ..."Danica said as she racked her
"Get in the car." His tone was commanding, not allowing her to resist at all. The hand holding her wrist was also very strong, making it impossible for her to break free.Pulling her to the secondary driving seat, he released her and opened the car door. She was involuntarily pushed into the car by him.Her entire body was completely drenched, and the rain instantly drenched the seat.Zackary turned around and walked to the side of Driver. He put away the umbrella, and threw it in the back seat, then sat on the Driver himself.Zackary started the car and drove forward. She looked at him coldly and with a face full of displeasure, and said, "What are you doing? I don't need you to send me off.""Is that so?" he asked quietly."Yes, stop the car and let me go." Shirley didn't even fasten her seatbelt as she shouted directly.However, Zackary ignored her and focused on driving."Did you hear me tell you to stop the car? Who do you
Shirley followed Zackary out of the villa and they walked along the main road.At that time, no one said a word. Occasionally, the buzz of insects could be heard; it was extremely quiet."Today's weather is really good." After an unknown period of time, Shirley felt that this quiet atmosphere was simply too strange, so she started to say something.As soon as she finished speaking, it started to drizzle."Looks like you like rain." Zackary looked at her, amused.Under the dim yellow light, his face was covered by a layer of hazy mist. His sharp blade-like facial features had also softened quite a bit. In addition to the smile in the depths of his eyes, he looked increasingly handsome and charming.This time, she felt awkward. The gods were not giving her face, and they just slapped her in the face every now and then.Shirley wanted to bite off her tongue for a moment."There's a pavilion ahead. Take shelter from the rain." Zack
What did that mean?Did he do something wicked outside again?Or had he killed someone again?With that thought in mind, she immediately shook her head and told herself, no. Although Zackary looked very fierce, he was definitely not the type of person who would do whatever he wanted and disregard human life.Didn't Danica say that before?That time when he saved her, it was his first time killing someone.Clearly, he was not a murderous demon lord.She had already misunderstood him once, so she couldn't misunderstand him again."Never mind, you don't want to tell me, and I'm too lazy to ask." She pretended not to mind as she shrugged. She turned her head to look outside the window again to ease the slight disappointment in her heart.Actually, deep down, she still wanted to understand a bit more about Zackary.She didn't know why, but even though she knew he was dangerous, she couldn't help but want to investigate
Ronald nodded his head, "However, it seems that Asher did not lose willingly."So you came to be his bodyguard? He can order people around. "On one hand, Shirley admired Zackary's intelligence and on the other hand, she was slightly contemptuous of his methods.If he wants to buy a company from someone else, isn't he going to do it openly? It had to be a hostile takeover."I came to see your boyfriend." Ronald said with a half-joking and half-serious tone."...Not a real boyfriend." Shirley was a little speechless. Zackary really had a big mouth, selling her out the moment he opened his mouth."What's going on?" Ronald naturally did not believe that this girl would find a boyfriend without a word, and did not let him know either.Thus, Shirley told Ronald about what happened between her and Teagan.After Ronald heard this, he muttered to himself for a moment, "So, you believe that he simply wants to cooperate with you?""Believ
Zackary probably did not expect to see Shirley here, as his deep eyes slightly narrowed. "So it's Ms. Pollard. Are you interested in wine, too?""No, I came over with a friend to take a look." Shirley replied."A friend?" Zackary seemed to be very interested in her friend, as he revealed a playful expression."It's a boyfriend." Teagan saw that the expression in Zackary's eyes when he looked at Shirley was a little strange.Shirley was suddenly embraced by him like this. She felt a little uncomfortable and was about to struggle, but then she realized that everyone was looking at them and that she was currently his girlfriend. She did not push him away, but had an awkward smile instead."So Ms. Pollard is looking for a boyfriend. Congratulations." His smile and words of congratulations seemed to come from the bottom of his heart.But when Shirley heard it, she felt that it was a bit ear-piercing."Thank you, Mr. Rowe. Since you are Shi
In the evening, Teagan came to Pollard family to pick Shirley up. Mrs. Pollard was very happy and her originally depressed and unhappy face finally revealed a smile.Shirley changed into a set of normal small clothes and went downstairs. When Teagan saw this, he asked, "Don't you have any lively clothes?""Lively?" Shirley was startled, and then looked at Teagan's clothes, which was not an official suit, but a casual attire. She was a little curious, "Isn't it a royal ball?""It's a royal ball, but it's not suitable for business parties. You don't need to dress up so formally. You can wear whatever you like or the comfortable ones." Teagan said.After Shirley heard this, she immediately turned around and went upstairs. She changed into a jacket and jeans, carrying a small backpack, with her hair tied up neatly in a ponytail.Teagan sized her up, his eyes full of praise."Beautiful!" As he said that, he turned and bid farewell to Mrs. Pollard
Pollard Group.Inside Office of the President, Shirley Pollard had just finished her morning's work and was preparing to go out for lunch.Secretary Lorena Lopez walked in with a bunch of fresh flowers in her hands. She smiled widely and said, "Ms. Pollard, Mr. Solis has sent you flowers again."Shirley looked at the bouquet of fiery red roses, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "I already told him not to send me off. Why wouldn't he listen?""Looks like Mr. Solis really likes you, Ms. Pollard, and that's why he chased after you like this and was unwilling to give up." Lorena said, covering her mouth as she laughed, "Then why don't you accept these flowers?""Put it in the vase on your table. The next time he sends flowers over, just tell him that I'm allergic to flowers." Shirley shook her head speechlessly.Teagan Solis was the one she was forced to go date with by her mother. Only, she hadn't been able to find the time to go and meet hi