Since Cooper wanted to reintroduce himself, Kelsey would play along too.“Hello, I’m Kelsey.” Her voice was icy. She would not even look at Cooper. She made her way to the hall. Kelsey did not respect Cooper enough to shake his hand. Cooper knew that she was going back to Tyler. He gave chase right away. “Now that we are reacquainted, why don’t I buy you a drink, Kelsey?” Cooper’s eagerness and sincerity made it seem like he was serious about getting back together. However, Kelsey knew that he was a hypocrite. “Why should I drink with you?” she asked with a sneer. “It’s my birthday today. Can’t you do it for me?” Cooper made up an excuse. Kelsey cocked her head back as if it just struck her that it was Cooper’s birthday. “Oh, that’s right. It’s your birthday today. Sorry, I forgot. I didn’t get you a gift. Tyler only brought me along since Braun gave an invite.” Cooper’s smiling face scowled. Kelsey’s words broke him. She forgot it was his birthday, did not g
Kelsey smirked. It was not up to Cooper alone whether they would stay together or break up.Kelsey was about to refute when Cooper’s phone rang. He grabbed his phone for a look. The call was from Josephine. Josephine seemed to always get in his way. She had the nerve to give him a call. Cooper rejected the call and looked up to meet Kelsey’s gaze. He put on a happy face and explained, “The call was from someone irrelevant. Don’t worry about it and get back to drinking.” Cooper put away his phone and poured Kelsey a glass of wine.Did Cooper just call Josephine irrelevant?Since Tyler got Josephine kicked out, Josephine must be calling Cooper for help. Though Kelsey saw through Cooper, she did not call him out on it. Cooper’s phone rang again right after he poured her a drink.“You’re a busy man.” Kelsey taunted. Cooper rejected the call again, feeling embarrassed.“Nothing matters more than having a drink with you.” He grinned ingratiatingly. Kelsey held him
“So what if I’ve gone mad? You slept with my sister behind my back. It’s only fair that I pay back with a glass of red.” Kelsey looked askance at Cooper. “Still, you want me to give you another chance. I’m sorry, but I don’t take back trash.” She stressed on the word “trash”.Chatter filled the room. Even the rich love engaging in a little gossip. The mishap between Kelsey and Josephine earlier was fresh in everybody’s mind. The sister fell out because Josephine slept with her older sister’s man. The man could possibly be Cooper. “I can’t believe Cooper can’t keep his hands to himself.” “That explains his upbringing. His poor old man threw him a birthday party for nothing.” “If I were Kelsey, I wouldn’t just be dumping wine on him. I would be holding a knife.” Cooper turned ashen. He looked at Kelsey grimly. A sinister presence approached Kelsey. Cooper inched closer to Kelsey. Rage consumed him. Kelsey felt a grip around her waist. Tyler showed up onc
On the way home, Kelsey nestled in Tyler’s arms. She put her arms around his waist. Tyler clutched her chin, his eyes locked onto hers. “Were you drinking with Cooper just now?” Kelsey paused for several seconds before refuting, “I was just trying to teach him a lesson.” She did not want to pay Cooper any attention, but he kept clinging to her, asking for forgiveness. It took a good wine soak to drive Cooper away. “Are you done with straightening him out?” Tyler narrowed his eyes offhandedly. “No. It would take more than beating him up for me to get over it.” Kelsey pouted. Her feud with Cooper went more than a glass of red wine. Cooper took hers and Tyler’s lives in the previous life. Kelsey was back for vengeance. “Do you hate him that much?” Tyler’s eyes deepened. Kelsey gritted her teeth. “I can’t say that I hate him. I just don’t want the vile man to have it easy.” Vile man? Kelsey’s description of Cooper dispelled Tyler’s jealousy. He reached out to
Previously, she asked him to task someone to keep an eye on James.Kelsey cocked an eyebrow and replied, “I’m worried something is going to happen to him because of Cooper, and that will give Cooper the chance to raise his status in the family.”Tyler narrowed the look in his eyes. “So your goal is just to stop Cooper from having his way?”Kelsey smiled grimly. “What else? You don’t think that I was interested in James, did you?”Something stirred in Tyler’s eyes and his voice suddenly dropped to a deep, grumbling bellow. “Are you interested in another man?”Kelsey stared at him blankly for several seconds.Then, she burst out laughing. “Oh, you look so cute when you are jealous!"Tyler fell speechless, his thin lips were pursed into a straight line.He would not deny that he was jealous.However, he did not intend to bicker with her about this either.Instead, he sat still as if he had turned into a statue.Kelsey continued to snuggle in his arms and stopped teasing him.F
“Kelsey!”Tyler hissed through his teeth with a strained expression.“Honey, it was my fault!” Kelsey immediately confessed to her grave mistake.Tyler regarded her with a look. “How so?”Kelsey hung her head low, “I shouldn't have snuck pictures of you.”Tyler stated solemnly, “Your mistake was not in taking pictures of me, but because you have taken such unflattering pictures of me!”He finally got a picture with Kelsey and yet, the man in the picture hardly resembled him at all.How was he supposed to not be upset about that?Kelsey's eyes suddenly sparkled upon hearing this. “Are you saying that you don't object to me taking pictures of you?”“Delete it and take another one!” Tyler ordered.“Alright!” Kelsey agreed cheerfully.Just as she was about to lower herself to pick up the phone that fell between Tyler's legs, she hesitated again.“You… Why don’t you… You can just delete it yourself, can’t you?” She blushed and hardly dared to look him in the eye.She started to
Oh my god, did Kelsey just pin Tyler to the back seat and kiss him?The driver was still in the car…So embarrassing!At first, Tyler was not very pleased with getting interrupted while he was in the middle of getting it on with Kelsey.Upon checking his phone, he realized it was his grandmother calling.He did not know if it was because something urgent came up and immediately picked up the call.“Hey, Grandma!”“Tyler, come back here to visit me when you are free, I miss you.” The voice of an elderly lady came from the other end of the phone.“Sure!”Tyler agreed without any hesitation upon hearing that his grandmother missed him.After hanging up, he turned to look at Kelsey.Kelsey took advantage of the brief window when he was distracted by the phone call to grab her phone between his legs.“What's wrong?” she asked in a confused voice upon noting the way Tyler was staring at her.Tyler suddenly reached forward and seized her free hand that was not holding the phone.
The morning sun spilled through the window and into the luxurious house.Clothes were scattered all across the floor, from the entrance up to the stairs.There was an array of men's shirts, ties, trousers, a dress, and underwear…Kelsey woke up and found herself in a heated embrace.Her bones were sore, it felt as if she had been crushed by something all night.She struggled even to pry her heavy eyelids open. Then, she realized it was Tyler who had his arms wrapped tightly around her.They were practically skin-to-skin.The moment she made the slightest movement, Tyler tightened his embrace in his sleep.She nearly had the breath choked out of her.“Tyler, easy!” She immediately turned to him and yelped in a raspy voice.Tyler finally came to upon hearing her voice.His eyes remained closed the entire time. He took a deep breath to take in her natural scent as if he wanted to catch one last whiff of the sultry scent of their lovemaking last night. He wanted to take it deep
Seeing how much thought Tyler put into her birthday, Susan felt confident that Kelsey was in good hands. Kelsey was lucky to marry a man like Tyler. The family was blessed to have Tyler. “All that matters is that you’re happy.” Tyler tended to Susan’s needs with respect. “I haven’t been this happy in a long time.” Susan nodded with a delightful smile. Kelsey could tell that Susan was a lot happier today. Susan had been feeling hurt since Charlie sent her to live in a nursing home. She felt like Charlie prioritized his side piece over his mother. It had been a while since Susan smiled again.The smile on Susan’s face was infectious. Kelsey’s face beamed. Tyler smiled along too. The lounge was filled with laughter and joy. After lunch, Tyler drove Kelsey and Susan to the nursing home. Susan, being elderly, fell asleep in the car. Tyler carried Susan back to her room in the nursing home. Kelsey could see how much Tyler cared about Susan. Tyler had to leave d
“Please… Save my baby…” With Steve walking away, Megan pinned her hope on the restaurant staff. The restaurant manager and staff had witnessed Megan insulting Tyler and Kelsey. They would not risk upsetting Tyler by helping her. The restaurant staff looked the other way and went back to their own business. Megan held her belly as resentment consumed her. Tyler’s support was the only thing helping Kelsey to take Megan down. Otherwise, Megan would still be living her life. First, Charlie threw her out. Even Steve left her. Steven beat her up, causing her to lose her baby. Megan blamed everything on Kelsey. She would make Kelsey pay. Megan vowed to get her revenge. Losing her willpower to the pain, Megan lost consciousness. It was a kind female patron who called the emergency line for Megan. …Kelsey helped Susan into the lounge on the top floor. The place was definitely remarkable. The interior was lavishly appointed, with each piece of furniture carefully
Steve mounted Megan and punched her face left and right. Megan would hurl abuse at him at first, but her tirade quickly turned into pleading. Steve smacked Megan over two dozen times, only stopping when Megan lay limp on the floor. He turned to Tyler, his grimacing face replaced with ingratiation. “I have taught the bitch a lesson, Mr. Lang.” Stoic-faced, Tyler did not spare a glance at Steve. Steve was irrelevant to Tyler. Tyler took strides to Kelsey and grabbed her hands. He murmured in her ear, “Do you feel better now?” Kelsey looked back at Megan’s swollen face and curled her lips. “She’s not worth my time anyway.” The constant struggles with Charlie and Megan over the years had hardened Kelsey emotionally.Megan’s verbal abuse was like water off a duck’s back. Besides, Charlie had kicked Megan out of the house. Megan’s words were nothing more than a desperate cry now. Steve was no better than Charlie, and Megan had it coming. Despite his age, Steve went
Megan widened her eyes in disbelief at Steve. “D-Did you just hit me?” The last thing Megan expected was Steve to attack her. She thought she had compromised enough by dating a man so much older.Steve had been spoiling her rotten lately, giving her everything she wanted. Megan had gotten a big head. She thought she had Steve in the bag. Yet, to her dismay, Steve assaulted her. “Bitch!” Steve made a face of disgust. “Why did you slander Ms. Young?” In Steve’s opinion, Megan was more trouble than she was worth. Steve had gone to great lengths to curry favor with Tyler. Megan had gone and insulted Tyler’s woman right in his face. To make matters worse, Steve was caught up in the mess too. Steve regretted spoiling Megan, and she had gone in over her head. Megan’s eyes welled up. “Steve…” Her lips quivered as she looked at Steve with a hurt expression. Paying her no mind, Steve was occupied with ideas to please Tyler. “She’s just an escort to me, Mr. La
Steve felt embarrassed. He had been wanting to make Tyler’s acquaintance, but a chance to meet him was hard to come by. Now that he ran into Tyler, Steve was determined to make the most out of it. “Let me be a host to you today, Mr. Lang—” Megan cut Steve off. “Mr. Lang, you might not know this, but Kelsey’s father is facing bankruptcy. He’s deep in debt too. Kelsey and her father are just going to be your burden. Don’t let Kelsey’s seemingly innocence fool you. They are just going to leech off you. My daughter, Josephine, is a nice and sensible girl. She’s a better companion than Kelsey. I’ll be delighted to introduce you to her.” Kelsey was impressed with Megan. Even now, Megan had not given up on pushing Josephine into Tyler’s arms. In Kelsey’s past life, Megan went to lengths to matchmake Josephine and Tyler. Nevertheless, Tyler never took an interest in Josephine. Megan was just as delusional as ever. However, Kelsey had no idea that Charlie owed a lot of mon
“She’s just a bitch.” Megan hissed through clenched teeth, her jealousy showing. She had a hunch. The sudden change in the manager’s attitude toward Kelsey was likely due to Tyler. Megan wished she had Kelsey’s luck to meet a good-looking and rich man. Steve did not believe Megan. If Kelsey was just an ordinary woman, the manager would not take her up to the exclusive top floor. That was a height Steve could never reach despite a lifetime of hard work. However, Kelsey had no plans to accept the manager’s invitation to dine on the top floor. Since Charlie would not be attending or taking Susan out of the nursing home, Kelsey had no reason to dine alone on the top floor. Kelsey was better off getting back to her new office and ordering a takeout. Her discussion with Rosette about the costume design for Adrienne’s new film would continue this afternoon.However, the manager stopped her from leaving and apologized to her frantically. “Please see it in your heart not to
It was upsetting enough for Kelsey since Charlie managed to deceive her once more. However, Megan had to gloat. “What did I tell you? I told you Charlie can’t afford this place. He can’t even show his face because he’s expected to pay the bill.” “Oh, quit it!” Kelsey glared at Megan. To think Kelsey would give her an attitude. Megan had Steve on her side now. She was no longer the other woman who lived off Charlie’s good graces. Surely, Megan earned the right to mock Charlie. “You’re the manager. Has St. Gills lost its exclusivity? It’s a disgrace that you let just about anyone in,” Megan said sarcastically. Kelsey retaliated. “Oh, aren’t you a picture of poise, Megan? With your sugar daddy, you can’t even make it past security.” “You!” Megan looked daggers at Kelsey. Livid, Megan commanded the manager, “Throw the bitch out now before I’ll make sure your establishment ceases to operate.” The manager narrowed his eyes on Kelsey and Megan. Judging by Kelsey’s mod
“Kelsey, what are you doing here?” Megan asked harshly.With Megan and Steve approaching, the manager drew close and welcomed them. It then dawned on Kelsey that Megan and Steve were the VIPs who took the private lounge from Charlie. The manager explained the situation, and Megan sneered. “Charlie is going broke. I doubt he can afford to dine at St. Gill’s. With his mounting debts, he’s embarrassing himself when the time comes to pay the bill.” Kelsey narrowed her eyes. Charlie must be using Susan’s birthday as a pretext to ask for more money from Tyler since the family business was going bust. However, Tyler had given Charlie a large sum of money. It was puzzling how Charlie managed to burn through it. Kelsey snapped back with a smirk. “Even so, Charlie is paying with his own money, unlike some people who can’t live a day without a sugar daddy.” Color drained from Megan’s face. Kelsey was basically calling her a gold digger. Megan would not be in this position in th
Kelsey and Rosette discussed the specifics of auditioning for Adrienne’s new film’s costume design role.As the time neared noon, Kelsey glanced at her phone. Tyler had not replied to her text message. It was nearly time for Susan’s birthday celebration at St. Gill’s. Kelsey decided to go ahead to St. Gill’s. While on the way, she gave Charlie a call to inform that Tyler would not be available for the celebration. Charlie’s voice reflected his disappointment. “What’s this? Why can’t Tyler make it?” Kelsey bit the bullet and explained, “I haven’t been able to reach him.” “I thought Tyler adored you. Why couldn’t you get in touch with him? Did you upset him?” Charlie grilled her. Kelsey refuted, “Things have been going well for us, thanks for asking. He has an emergency today.” Her bond with Tyler could not be stronger. Heck, they nearly went all the way this morning. The nerve of her father to put her down. Charlie was furious. “I knew I couldn’t count on you.” He