"Please, Ned," Ingrid cried. "I'm sorry! I promise I'll find a way out!""You'll find a way?" Ned said furiously. "Fletcher Corporation signed the NDA, so we have to pay 30 billion dollars of compensation!" "I'm sorry, Ned!" Ingrid held Ned's arm. "Please calm down. We'll figure out a way together, okay?" Suddenly, Ned chuckled and thought this was his karma for treating Angeline the same four years ago. Gritting his teeth, Ned stared at Tommy, who was kneeling and dared not to stand up. "I should've let you rot in jail back then!" Four years ago, when Angeline insisted on getting Tommy punished by law, he shouldn't have used her relationship with Robert and Sean to threaten her, thus saving Tommy. If Tommy had been sent to jail back then, he wouldn't have sold the formula today."Ned…" Ingrid kept crying. She tried grabbing Ned again, but he pushed her hands away. "Ned! Wait! Don't leave!" Ingrid called for Ned, but he left without looking back. As Ingrid was about to
He wondered why Angeline was with Danny Reilly, the head of Vitality Biotech Group's Lonla Division. Ned was brought back to his senses by the honk coming from behind. He turned the steering wheel, parked his car on the roadside, and headed toward Angeline and Danny. "Could you walk properly, Danny?" Angeline struggled to help Danny down the stairs. "Tell me, boss! Do you think I, Danny Reilly, look unflattering?" Danny said drunkenly. "When I was at Cantabrigiae University, many people were pursuing me! But why? Why doesn't she like me? Why wouldn't she like me?"Danny waved a finger before Angeline while hugging Angeline's neck and continued, "I have never, ever in my life messed around in my relationship in my life. I've only liked one person. Just one!"Boss, tell me! Are all talented women like you this arrogant?" "Danny, please! If you keep stumbling like this, I'm going to film your drunk look and show it to Heather!" Angeline warned. "Heather has always thought you lo
"Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Reilly told me Fletcher Corporation had leaked Vitality Biotech Group's formula. Oh, was it your cousin-in-law, Tommy, who did it?" Angeline mocked. "I wonder how you'll save your cousin-in-law this time, Mr. Fletcher. Or is it the 30 billion dollars of liquidated damage that Fletcher Corporation has to pay you're worrying about?" "How did you know?" Ned stared at Angeline. "Did Danny tell you?" Angeline let out a cold laugh and walked toward Ned before jeering, "Let's see how far you'll go for Ms. Dalton. Are you going to sacrifice your whole company to save her precious cousin? I'm so curious!" Angeline walked past Ned after mocking him. "You were drinking." Ned grabbed Angeline's arm. "Here, I'll send you home." "If you have the time to send your ex-wife home, you should think about how to save Fletcher Corporation, Mr. Fletcher!" Angeline said as she pulled her arm away. As Ned watched Angeline call and get in a taxi, he closed his eyes and clenched h
"I drank, but not a lot. The wind made the alcohol go to my head." Angeline smiled. She bent over and said to Sean, "Now that you've ensured I reached home safely, you may go home and rest now, Mr. Lawson." As Angeline turned around to leave, she couldn't move her leg. She looked down and saw her heel stuck in the drain cover. Sean looked down and exited the car from the other side. Angeline took off her heels with one hand against the car and bent over to grab the heels. Below her fair ankle, a wound caused by her heels chafing was visible. Just when Angeline had removed the heel from the drain cover, Sean carried Angeline in his arms. Angeline gasped in surprise while wrapping her arms around Sean's neck. "M-Mr. Lawson, what are you doing?" "You've hurt your feet. I'll carry you to your house." Sean ascended the stairs with Angeline in his arms. "Is there a first aid kit in your house? I can send Taylor to get one if there isn't." "Yes, there is," Angeline replied and qui
Sean carefully placed Angeline's feet on the carpet and tidied up the first aid kit. "He helped you a lot?" He then queried, "Is he pursuing you?"Angeline laughed off the implication. "What are you thinking about? Danny actually likes..." She paused, then continued with a smile, "A friend of mine. He drank so much today because of her."Sean fetched Angeline's slippers and set them by her feet."Thanks!" Angeline said, slipping into her shoes and standing up. "What would you like to drink?""I could have some hangover tea from the upper left cabinet. I had too much tonight, and it's not sitting well.""Got it! I'll brew some for you." Angeline stepped away from Sean and headed to the kitchen.She reached for the tea box on tiptoe and glanced back at Sean. "The hangover tea is indeed here. He knows my place better than I do."After washing her hands and shaking off the dizziness from the alcohol, Angeline brought the tea out just as Sean emerged from the bathroom.She set the t
"S-Sean," Angeline stammered. Her ears were filled with the thunderous noise of her blood racing, paralyzing her brain.Sean gazed into Angeline's eyes, admiring her delicate, sharp nose and lustrous lips. His eyes finally rested on her slightly trembling pupils. His slender fingers gently caressed the corner of her lips.Angeline clasped Sean's strong wrist as her eyelashes fluttered even more intensely."Shane..." Sean's prominent nose touched Angeline's. He slowly leaned in and nearly made her stop breathing."My real name is Shane Kingston," Sean revealed. His Adam's apple moved as he spoke. His rich voice filled the air, and his lips almost touched Angeline's. Those words carried a seductive charm.Angeline felt her heart pounding. It threatened to burst out of her chest. She grabbed Sean's vest tightly, attempting to pull away. Sean held her by the back of her head.He pressed his lips down on hers, causing her body to shiver with goosebumps.Angeline found solace in Sean'
"Are you with my mom?" Xavier's youthful and steady voice came from the other end of the phone.Sean looked back at Angeline and responded, "Yes.""You'd better not bully my mom! I haven't accepted you as my and Yasmine's dad yet!" Xavier warned."Alright. Rest assured. I won't bully your mom," Sean replied, a smile tugging at his lips.Over Angeline's phone, Yasmine waved at Angeline. "Mommy, you should rest early! I'll call you again tomorrow. Xavier? Where did he go?"Yasmine shouted, "Xavier, don't you want to say goodbye to mom?""Forget it. Xavier might have gone out. You and Xavier, be good, okay? I'll hang up now," Angeline said gently."Okay! Bye, Mommy."After hanging up, Angeline clutched her phone tightly and met Sean's smiling eyes. He said, "Xavier called me, asking me to stay and take care of you.""No wonder he disappeared," Angeline replied while standing up with her phone in hand."Can I sleep in the guest room tonight?" Sean asked."I'm fine. You don't nee
Sean kept the lighter in his pocket when he saw Angeline. White smoke curled from his lips as he moved the cigarette aside and spoke into the phone. "Send it over as soon as possible."After hanging up, Sean began to button up his shirt from bottom to top.The visual impact of the man with dark hair, deep-set eyes, high nose bridge, sharp jawline, the cigarette at his lips, and the slender fingers buttoning his shirt was intense and filled with tension.Angeline's heart beat rapidly again.She cleared her throat and turned to enter the kitchen. Pouring coffee beans into the machine, she started brewing coffee for herself. Seeing Sean put out his cigarette and enter from the balcony, she asked, "Do you want some coffee?""Coffee at this hour?" Sean placed his phone on the dining table and walked toward the open kitchen counter."The data from several experiments in the lab are all incorrect, but I can't find the reason. I need to stay up tonight to watch the experiment videos,"