“I don’t care who you befriend outside of work. At work, however, it’s best not to get too close to anyone,” Travis repeated.Hailey nodded.Travis was right. Considering her identity, it was better to keep a little distance from others. Anyway, once she left the Blake family in the future, they would employ her. By then, she probably wouldn’t stay in touch with anyone from the company.Suddenly, she felt relieved. Why did she fight so hard to leave the Blakes? Wasn’t her goal to break all ties with the Blake family someday? If that was the case, there was no need for her to feel frustrated about her inability to make friends with the other employees.“I understand,” Hailey said.Travis observed Hailey’s expression and confirmed that she responded seriously, with no negative feelings or resistance.This gave him a slight sense of relief. “You...” He suddenly hesitated.It was rare to see Travis like this, so Hailey couldn’t help but tilt her head and ask, “What?”“Which room are you i
Travis wasn’t the only one feeling upset these days.Back at the Blake mansion, when Mary found out about Travis’s business trip, she stomped around in her garden. She shouted at everyone around her, calling them useless trash, as she had only found out about Travis’s business trip the day before they left.Even Hank didn’t expect Travis’s business trip to be planned so quickly and kept so well under wraps. It wasn’t a brief business trip. They would be away for half a month! And there are so many people, too. Why hadn’t they heard anything about it before this?“Travis doesn’t respect us at all, especially those from his maternal family side!” Mary complained to Hank.“Violet is my niece and hasn’t been to the mansion in years. As her older cousin, he should have at least shown me some respect and given Violet a warm welcome, right? He didn’t even take the time to get to know her over the weekend. Now, he’s off on a business trip and won’t be back for half a month! It’s driving me cr
Guillermo reluctantly transferred the money to Sonny, who gladly accepted it.Why do you think the young lady suddenly caved in? She even brought a laptop and some documents with her! She came up with a superb excuse.Sonny wanted to see Travis suffer from his unfulfilled desires for a few more days. Sonny wanted to see how long Travis could hold back and what he would do when he reached his limit. Sonny never expected Hailey to act first. In the end, Sonny won the bet too easily.William pondered for a while before saying, “I guess the text I sent to the young lady today worked.”“What kind of text?” Sonny asked, curious. “Did you send it?”“No,” William said. “The young lady unexpectedly inquired whether Mr. Halliwell was upset with her.” He then shared the contents of his conversation with Sonny.Sonny looked at William, his mouth trembling. “You’re really kind.” Unlike William, Sonny lacked kindness. Seeing Travis squirm with his unfulfilled desires was a rare opportunity. Unfortu
Hailey looked at him suspiciously. “Yes?”Wilson burped. A chilly breeze blew, and suddenly he felt bold enough to approach her. Hailey couldn’t help but take a step back. Wilson smelled too unpleasant.“Mrs. Stewart,” Wilson slurred. “Mrs. Stewart, I witnessed that man pressuring you to consume alcohol.”“He’s a wicked person! Don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you.”“What’s your problem?” Hailey frowned.“Thank you for your concern, but I’m fine. I can protect myself,” she said, then stepped aside and left.Unexpectedly, as she passed by Wilson, he grabbed her arm.“Mrs. Stewart, I still have something to say,” Wilson’s breath reeked of alcohol. He was so drunk that Hailey couldn’t shake him off.“Wilson, you’re drunk. Let go of me,” she said sternly.“No,” Wilson smiled. “Mrs. Stewart, don’t go. I really have something to tell you.”Hailey didn’t want to talk to a drunk. She warned him again, “Let go or I’ll call someone.” She didn’t want to make this a big issue.What was he thinking?
Everyone was surprised. They looked at Hailey as if she were a monster. They felt she was rich, but they didn’t expect her to be so ample! Wasn’t she a recent graduate? Could it be that she was already married to a billionaire while still in college? Which billionaire? How did one come across such big news? Whoever the billionaire was, they were extremely discreet!However, this was definitely not a lie, as it came directly from the mouth of their boss. It could also explain why Guillermo and Samuel were so concerned about Hailey. Perhaps this hidden billionaire had a connection to the Blakes. Otherwise, their boss wouldn’t be so anxious.This woman was so lucky! She already had billions of dollars at such a young age. It probably wasn’t appropriate to call her a “winner in life”; in fact, she was much more than a winner!Hailey’s face was pale. She looked at Travis in disbelief. His words exceeded her expectations. She thought he was going to tell them she was the young lady of the B
Hailey stared at him, her eyes wide open. She blinked twice, as if Travis had asked an unexpected question.“If you hadn’t brought it up, I wouldn’t even know I had that much money,” she said. After a moment, Hailey asked suspiciously, “But that’s his money. What does it have to do with me?”Travis was stunned. “Don’t forget that you’re his legal heir.”Hailey was surprised. She had never considered this option before. “Now that you’ve brought it up, I hadn’t given it much thought before.”She seemed innocent and clearly wasn’t lying. There was no need to lie, anyway. Travis remained silent.Hailey scratched her head. Since Ethan’s death, there was only one thing on her mind: when could she leave the Blake family? If she wanted to leave the Blake family with no trouble, she thought it was better not to get too involved with them. The less she benefited from the Blakes, the better. After all, she couldn’t return the money her father took from the Blake family. She could only rely on he
Travis clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked. Wilson would certainly assault Travis if he were facing him at this moment.“I’ll instruct them to inquire and gather information,” Sonny swiftly replied.Sonny felt guilty toward Hailey. If she had informed Travis about this earlier, she wouldn’t have run into such trouble tonight. Fortunately, nothing too serious happened. Otherwise, her guilt would have lasted a lifetime.Sonny quickly made a call and asked his men to investigate how Wilson was aware of Hailey’s movements.“We cannot dismiss him with such ease.” This time, Travis didn’t hide his intentions from Hailey.Sonny understood Travis. This time, he wouldn’t make any more mistakes.“Keep asking about Louis,” Travis said coldly. “He switched rooms with Wilson. Something like that doesn’t warrant an act such as jumping off a building.”Sonny replied, “I was going to report this. We splashed cold water on Wilson and forced him to sober up, and then we interrogated
At that moment, William returned with the ointment, instantly disrupting the ambiguous atmosphere of the room. Travis was disturbed but not angry. Tonight, they faced many challenges. They had to call an emergency meeting to discuss their next course of action and assign individuals to stop the news of Louis’s fall from spreading. At the very least, they needed to keep Louis’s identity a secret as Wilson had suggested. They had to prevent others from discovering the true identities of Wilson and Louis, who were involved in two separate accidents that night, until they investigated the supposed secret.Travis instructed William to apply the ointment first, preventing anyone else from entering. The first thing he had William do was to attend to Hailey’s bruises. “It might sting a bit,” William warned Hailey.“Please bear with me.” Hailey smiled and nodded, assuring him she was okay. Unfortunately, she wasn’t prepared for the “little pain” William had warned her about. It was only when h
“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