Travis seemed stunned for a moment and said, “How?”Hailey exclaimed with wide eyes. “You look different! You’ve trimmed your eyebrows!”Her jaws dropped, as if a whole egg could fit inside her mouth.Travis abruptly stood up and leaned over his desk to cover Hailey’s mouth. “Aren’t you usually pretty careful with things? Why are you being so loud today?”Now that Travis was up close, Hailey could see that he not only trimmed his eyebrows. As if possessed, she instinctively reached out and pinched his face. It was soft, which surprised her even more.Travis raised his eyebrows. “Ugh, this woman is pinching my face again.”His hand then moved to Hailey’s waist and grabbed her over the desk.Hailey didn’t scream this time. She covered her mouth with her hands. “What is Travis doing? He was just complaining that I had been loud a second ago! Isn’t he afraid I’ll scream even louder at such a gesture?”Travis pushed Hailey into his office chair and caught her with both arms, looking direct
In reality, Hailey wasn’t on the phone when Travis called. She was in her car, lost in deep thought. The signal was weak in the branch’s underground parking lot.She had seen Cynthia’s draft design for the first round. It wasn’t well developed, but it was very creative. It was undeniable that Cynthia had inherited the talent from the Yates family. She was much better than Annie, but still had a lot of work to do before she could catch up to Luna.Hailey didn’t plan on having Cynthia as a disciple. She wasn’t a professional herself because of some issues, so she didn’t have the courage to take on disciples.Although she could be friends with Cynthia, she no longer wanted any affiliation with Cirrus Embroidery.She leaned back in her seat and considered, but couldn’t conclude. “One step at a time,” Hailey sighed and looked at her phone, which had all the information she needed.She wasn’t sure if Helena knew Travis was hosting this competition solely for Luna, and she wasn’t certain how
Hailey couldn’t get any useful information from Helena. So far, Luna hasn’t registered for the competition. Could it be that Luna didn’t need to take part in the preliminary?Hailey gasped. She hadn’t even thought of such a possibility!Luna had already won the title of champion, so it made sense that she wouldn’t need to compete in the preliminary. As for when Luna would appear in the competition, no one could be sure.Actually, finding the answer to this question wasn’t difficult. However, Hailey didn’t want to call Annie. She also wanted to avoid any inquiries from Cynthia. The moment Luna registered, Hailey would have access to all the information about Luna.Hailey calmed down. The later Luna joined the competition, the better it was for Hailey. She looked at her phone. The list of candidates caught her attention. She would have to do her best and take excellent care of them. Of course, there could be more talented candidates in the future. If Luna automatically qualifies for the
Dalila did everything in her power to become Travis’s secretary; she exhausted all her intellectual capacity and fiercely competed against all his other rivals, all to get closer to him and spend more time with him. She desperately wanted him to recognize her merits.She wished they were soulmates—partners who worked together in everything.Despite her meticulous planning and calculation, she missed a crucial point. Travis actually said he would never date an employee!“Is it too late to resign now?”Dalila opened her mouth but didn’t dare ask this question. She feared losing the opportunity to get closer to him if she did.“There are many guests tonight. I hope you find someone you like,” After Travis said this, he stood still and waited for Delilah to leave. She was his secretary, so it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to embarrass her.Dalila suppressed the pain creeping in her heart and nodded. Then, she walked away. She couldn’t stay there too long, or she might lose composure in
Mark and Calvin shuddered simultaneously. This woman was addressing Travis with an abundance of affection!“Of course. Have a wonderful chat,” Calvin said, quickly glancing at Travis before ushering Mark out of the room.As the two exited the room, Mark turned to Calvin. “Is it possible for that woman to give birth to a cute and darling child like my niece?”Calvin replied sincerely, “To you, your niece is the cutest in the world. Who can give birth to a baby cuter than her?”Mark pondered for a moment, feeling that his helpful friend understood him very well. He vigorously patted Calvin’s shoulder. “You’re right!”Travis sat on the sofa, furrowing his brow inwardly. He had entered the room to take a break. Calvin and Mark were unimportant to him, but he did not welcome others.In fact, he hadn’t given this any thought. Many similar lounges, stocked with food and drink, existed. The Blakes had arranged everything for those who might have encountered their ideal companion. Compared to
“Oh, the fireworks have started,” Hailey reminded Christian.Christian moored the yacht on the river, then he carried a small iron bucket that he had prepared beforehand and climbed up to the deck to sit next to Hailey.When Hailey turned to look at him, she noticed the small iron bucket in his hand and asked curiously, “What is this?”“Flares,” Christian said as he took out the flares. He lit one and handed it to her.“Why do I suddenly feel like it’s New Year’s?” Hailey took it with a smile.Although Christian was sitting down, he almost fell off the deck at Hailey’s words.“Are you really telling me you feel you’re celebrating New Year’s right now in these circumstances?”Hailey waved the flare in her hand and looked at the large fireworks bursting in the sky. She chuckled and said, “I only play with flares during New Year’s. Don’t they also have fireworks shows during the Lantern Festival every year?”Christian wanted to cry. He thought his idea was romantic. Why did it seem like
Hailey hung up the phone, feeling restless. Travis continued to think about monitoring her while attending the matchmaking banquet. Could it be that he really didn’t plan to date anyone from the banquet? Why did he dress up so grandly and beautifully then? Was it to surprise everyone at the banquet? Did he intend to instill a sense of unworthiness in the ladies, leading them to instinctively retreat? Hailey deeply doubted it. There were many brave women in the world who were ready for a tough challenge and would gladly approach Travis.There was no way they would withdraw automatically. She smiled. Anyway, it was just a thought. Still, she was quite puzzled. Even as she drove, she couldn’t hold on to the steering wheel as usual. Maybe she was afraid of Travis, as that man always kept his word. She arrived at the Heron Peninsula and climbed the stairs. When she opened the door to her house, she still felt like she hadn’t fully recovered.“Where did you go? You’re back very late.” Travi
Hailey was confused. She wondered if she was sick; really sick. When Travis placed his hands on her waist, she shivered and felt her body instantly heat.She took a breath. Had she fallen in love with Travis? No, absolutely unacceptable. If this continued, she would be dead. After her horrified realization, she pushed Travis away.Travis suddenly felt disturbed. He grabbed Hailey’s wrist in confusion, pulling her over his head. “What are you doing?” he asked, a little annoyed.Hailey blinked and then gave him a fake calm smile. “Nothing.”Travis didn’t press further. Now was not the time for questions. He was excited to know that he and Hailey were only a hair’s breadth apart tonight, and that she had only discovered the location of his mating feast after her arrival.“A woman told me tonight that there were some issues in her family. If I helped her, she would become my wife. One of my women.” He wasn’t sure why he brought up Sophia Lambert to Hailey, but he felt a sudden desire to o
“The grandmother has already decided for Violet to leave the company.”That was all Hailey said in her report to Travis.Travis, who was currently attending a dinner, couldn’t help but laugh at the brief statement. He thought Hailey would at least give him a full report on what exactly Lilian had said, but she didn’t.She was a woman of few words, wasn’t she?“And the others?” Travis asked when she offered nothing else.Actually, receiving a call from his mother before Hailey came to him, he didn’t need her report to know what his grandmother had said. Thalia had told him everything.But Travis wanted to hear what Hailey had to say. He felt a little regretful about having to attend this dinner tonight.“You can ask your mother about the others,” Hailey replied.Travis inwardly sighed. She was really keeping him in suspense!“Mr. Blake,” a warm voice interrupted Travis’ thoughts.Looking up, he saw a young woman who seemed vaguely familiar, but he couldn’t remember who she was. He nodd
On this day, Hailey’s journey to the ancient chapel of the Blake matriarch was turbulent. First, she received a call from Rowena while on her way there.“What’s up with that video of Violet? Is it real or fake?” Rowena asked.Hailey was surprised. “You saw that video too?”“That video is all over her company right now. Why is it strange for me to see it too?” Rowena replied.“That video is real. Special effects were edited in, but the content is completely real,” Hailey responded.“You speak as if you were a personal witness to the incident.” Just as Rowena said that she halted. “It can’t be that you were the one who recorded the video, right?”Hailey covered up the truth, saying, “It had nothing to do with me. Someone else recorded it, but the content is true.”“Fine. Do you know what to say if your grandmother asks you about this?” Rowena asked.Mary Hewitt had played a good game, even shamelessly sending her niece to Travis. She had always exalted herself, and now she was going to
Hailey was stunned. What did he mean when he said he was disgusted with Violet that afternoon?“What’s wrong with him?” Hailey asked.Initially, she wanted to push Travis away. But when she heard his words, her resistant hands lightly settled on his waist.“During my lunch meeting, she hurried in, looking dirty, and asked for permission to go home and change clothes. It was really disgusting,” Travis said.Hailey knew Travis didn’t like Violet, but she didn’t expect him to feel disgusted by her as well. His obsession with cleanliness, which he was unwilling to admit, left her speechless.After giving it some thought, she couldn’t resist asking, “So, are you full now?”Travis was about to say he was fine, even if he wasn’t full, when a thought crossed his mind. He quickly changed his words.“No,” he said calmly.“So, would you like me to place an order for delivery?” Hailey inquired after a brief pause. Hailey inquired after a brief pause.“Forget it.” Travis hugged her without moving.
The middle-aged woman looked at Hailey, and she knew she was a secretary in the secretarial department. After a brief pause, she said, “That was the new secretary, right? When he passed by me, his leg twisted. He stumbled into me, causing my bucket to tip over. The dirty water from the bucket splashed on his body and dirtied his clothes.”Seeing that she was talking to someone from the secretarial department who could report to the boss on her behalf, the middle-aged woman recounted the dispute she had just had with Violet. She told the story vividly.Wiping away tears, she added sadly, “I can’t afford to compensate her with such expensive clothes, so she threatened to kill me. I’m uncertain about her intentions, but if Mr. Blake inquires about this incident, you were also present. Say something positive on my behalf.”Hailey was speechless. This cleaner had quite a talent for acting. Hailey thought Violet’s leg might have twisted because of the pain from her shoes. She might have acc
“I didn’t go for Mr. Blake’s sake. To fulfill my family’s task, I felt compelled to take part in the matchmaking party.”If Michelle had never said those words to Hailey, then even if the latter had found out that the former was interested in Travis, she wouldn’t have held a grudge. However, it was precisely because of those words that Hailey felt deceived. No one would feel comfortable with this kind of feeling, especially Hailey, who had fallen in love with Travis.Michelle was well aware of this. Although Michelle was unaware that Hailey also harbored feelings for Travis, that Michelle had deceived Hailey and planned to exploit her left a negative impression on this junior member of the Blake family.Even though Hailey didn’t hold a significant position in the family, she was still considered a young lady. Being part of the Blake family, she could meet the elders at any time. If she were to utter disparaging remarks about Michelle in their presence, she might face consequences.Mic
Helena listened to Travis’s words with fear. She had never mentioned Luna in front of Hailey, so the latter must have heard about her from others.“Mr. Blake, Mrs. Stewart asked me before if any participant required special care, but I didn’t tell her,” Helena said anxiously.“I didn’t ask you who revealed the news to her,” Travis replied.Mrs. Lilian learned about this matter from the moment she appointed Hailey as her secretary. Travis had no intention of assigning blame to anyone.And he continued, “I just wanted to tell you that in the future, if Hailey wants to know something about the competition, you can tell her everything. Luna is my friend, so I will take care of her specially. However, I want to avoid any rumors that suggest Luna and I are more than just friends.”Helena’s heart skipped a beat. Could it be that someone had told Hailey something they shouldn’t have? And did Travis also hear it? However, given his reluctance to probe into the source of the information, it’s l
“I am a person who is... practical and realistic. Hailey laughed and said, “If someone is ugly, then they are ugly, and vice versa.”Travis replied, “The range of people you think are charming is too broad.” He pointed with a finger at the hero’s face, where the video had stopped. “This guy is ugly. It’s a waste of time and life to look at them.”Hailey looked at Travis resentfully. Then, her gaze drifted to the ambiguous hero on the tablet. Suddenly, she felt that the TV drama she was currently watching was boring.The living Travis stood in front of her. He could defeat all the heroes with his looks and behavior. Indeed, his romance and sweetness paled compared to those of the drama heroes.At first, she didn’t find it difficult to eat or sleep without watching TV dramas. Sometimes, she found herself at a loss for what to do when she was with Travis. As a result, she would either play, read a book, or watch a TV drama as entertainment, just as she was doing now.She closed the video
If it were any other matter, Hailey would certainly accept it happily. She could learn many things from a project as it developed from scratch. Regrettably, the project required cooperation with Christian. She couldn’t meet Christian too often.“Let’s forget about it.” She pretended to consider it briefly before saying, “I don’t want to get involved with my friend at work.”Her response was in line with her attitude of always avoiding trouble. Therefore, Travis didn’t dwell on it too much.Hailey was reluctant, so he didn’t want to force her. Next time, he wouldn’t force Hailey to do something she didn’t want to. If Hailey didn’t want to supervise Christian’s new project, he would forget it.“By the way, Hailey. Do you know about Christian’s family background?” Matthew was curious and wanted to know if Hailey knew about Jodie.Hailey still had a blank look. “I don’t. I’ve never asked about that. I know his family established a company, and their family status is quite good. Regarding
“Yes,” Matthew said. “What did you talk about?”When Hailey heard Matthew’s question, she immediately perked up. Her eyes were still on her phone, but her attention was now fully on the conversation between Travis and Matthew.Travis described the conversation he had with Christian that day. In the end, he said, “I plan to accept his proposal and cooperate with the Ford family. Do you have any opinions?”Travis still hadn’t mentioned Jodie, Christian’s sister, to Hailey. Currently, Hailey held a grudge against Matthew. If Hailey learned that a celebrity was interested in Matthew, she might resort to the same tactic Matthew had used against them the previous day to exact revenge. The situation might lead to significant issues.Travis didn’t mention that. Certainly, Matthew also didn’t mention Jodie. Christian...Matthew said, “I have no opinions.” It is not possible to discuss those two distinct incidents simultaneously. We should distinguish between business and personal matters.Trav