Travis Blake pushed Hailey forward, further shortening the distance between them.
“You seem to be in a positive mood today,” Travis Blake asked, his voice deep.
Apart from that day when Hailey was drunk, today was possibly another moment when she showed a myriad of expressions.
Hailey wasn’t sure if it was the distance between them or his breath on her face, but suddenly she felt her face flush. When she spoke, her voice sounded stiff.
“Everything went well today, so of course, I would be in a good mood.”
“You even teased me. Your mood is more than good.” Travis Blake didn’t forget the joke Hailey made earlier in his office. This woman was sometimes too bold.
Hailey couldn’t help but smile. She looked at Travis Blake’s chiseled features and said, “I wasn’t teasing you. I was just stating the truth that I saw with my own e
“Secretary Morris,” Hailey greeted with a smile. She didn’t actually intend to engage in small talk. However, that didn’t mean the other party felt the same way.Delilah scanned Hailey up and down several times, but she found no opening. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she said with a smile, “Did Mr. Blake tell you if he liked the coffee you made for him?”Stunned, Hailey quickly thought about the question before responding, “When I asked Mr. Blake if the coffee was to his liking yesterday, he said it was fine.”Delilah didn’t pick up anything unusual from Hailey’s response, but that wasn’t her main concern. She took a sip and pretended nonchalance as she asked, “So, why were you in Mr. Haliwell’s office for so long?”Hailey was prepared for this question. As she lay face down o
Through the intercom, Sonny called Hailey into his office and asked her to transcribe a page for him.“Have you found someone to transcribe the sutra?” Hailey asked, surprised.“Yes,” Sonny replied with a smile. “That person needs to study your handwriting; therefore, transcribe a page of the sutra for me.”After some thought, Hailey said, “I’ll transcribe a few more pages once I get off work today. Also, please send that person the Agarwood incense I got from the butler and have them light it while transcribing. I imagine the incense scent could linger on the papers, so the copy of the sutra might smell like that. If you light a different incense, the smell might change.”Sonny said, “You are very thoughtful, young lady.”Hailey was quite embarrassed. “Don’t you think I’m just cheating?”Sonny smiled. “Young lady, I’ve heard that you have to pray every day. Sincerity can move mountains. As long as you are sincere, praying and transcribing wouldn’t be very different. Young lady, you’v
Before Hailey pulled into her parking spot at home, she noticed Travis’ car parked in the space next to hers. Initially, because the space next to hers only had a private sign without a license plate, she thought it was for sale. It was only when she accidentally mentioned it in front of Travis Blake that he said, “That’s my parking space.”Hailey suddenly realized. Since it was Travis Blake’s parking spot, he naturally had the final say on whether he wanted to display his license plate number. After parking, Hailey didn’t immediately get out. Instead, she rested her head on the steering wheel. Was it because she had witnessed the cheerful smile of a future ordinary wife? She experienced mixed emotions when she realized that Travis Blake was likely upstairs in his house at that moment. She didn’t feel like seeing him.She knew well that many parties played a significant role and contributed to her decision to marry into the Blake family. Even if she conducted investigations and traced
Travis Blake was surprised. He never imagined that Hailey’s explanation would be like this. He clearly understood what Hailey envied, and an indescribable feeling spread through his heart.After some time, he grunted coldly and asked, “Why are you envious?” Are you jealous that her husband isn’t dead? There are many people in the world with dead husbands. It’s better to have a dead husband than a living husband who doesn’t do his part for the family. Such wives must raise their children alone and cannot remarry until they are adults. What is there to envy?”Hailey’s eyes widened. She realized she couldn’t refute Travis Blake’s words. Her mother turned out to be one of those women. Sadness welled up inside her.“Are you considering the possibility of Calvin’s survival, despite your forced marriage to him?” Travis Blake wanted to say this, but he swallowed his words.“You can envy others and be negative. All of that is valid, but not in front of me.”Hailey looked at him incredulously.
Katie froze in shock. “Young lady, don’t tell me... Are you afraid of ghost stories?”She approached Hailey and observed her expression, only to realize that Hailey’s face had turned even paler than before, as if the hot soup hadn’t warmed her at all. Ghost stories appeared to have exacerbated her paleness.Katie apologized profusely. “My apologies, young lady! I didn’t know you were afraid, or else I wouldn’t have said anything.”Hailey seemed upset. “It’s okay, Katie. I’m a bit of a coward. I didn’t mean to worry you.”Katie frowned at Travis Blake. She finally realized that Travis Blake had deliberately made her tell ghost stories to the young lady, all the while knowing that she would be scared.“I wonder how the young lady angered the teacher today. This is unfortunate to see.”“I’ll bring you some herbal soup to calm your nerves, young lady,” Katie said. “Movies are just fiction, right? No matter how spooky they are, it’s all fake. You won’t be anxious if you think of it that wa
“Do you feel a sharp pain, like there’s something there?” Hailey lifted her head and innocently asked.Travis Blake replied, “No.”He pretended to look concerned. “Really? I’ll check again, just in case.”He took another cotton swab and pressed harder on his wound, even making it bleed again.Katie, who was watching from the side, realized what Hailey was doing. She thought, “William was right. These two are flirting, so we can’t understand them.”After torturing Travis Blake’s wound again, Hailey felt much more satisfied. She disinfected it thoroughly before applying any medication and then put a bandage on it.Travis Blake sat quietly, not complaining about Hailey’s treatment.Katie told Hailey, “Young lady, the master’s wound should not contact any water. You need to be aware of that when he showers tonight.”Hailey, puzzled, couldn’t quite digest Katie’s words. “Why do I need to be aware?”Katie was stunned and then tried to express it differently. “Since the wound should not come
Travis Blake lay down on his bed and said, “Sleep before I change my mind.”Hailey’s eyes widened. “That means he’s willing to let me sleep next to him in bed!”Realizing this, Hailey immediately lay down, her back to the man. She maintained a proper distance from him; Travis Blake was not a bed-sharing companion. If she accidentally touched him, she might face his wrath the next morning. However, she had no other choice. This was much better than sleeping alone, so she had to endure it.Hailey was the one most afraid of ghosts. What’s worse is that she was also afraid of the dark. Fear would split her mind in two. One side would insist that everything was fake, and that ghosts didn’t exist. However, the other part argued that there was an unidentified entity watching her in the darkness, ready to jump out and attack her at any moment.When Hailey was a little girl, her friend played a prank on her that triggered the fear she still carried with her to this day. It had traumatized her
Hailey asked Travis Blake to take her place. If she had to work overtime, like secretaries, they might have to do the same. Travis Blake replied, “No, you can leave work on time as usual.”Apart from that, he didn’t explain further. In the end, Hailey thought she might crave coffee and left it at that. Hailey handed Travis Blake the cup of coffee as soon as she finished preparing it. Then she remembered what Hailey said and asked if he also worked overtime.Travis Blake took a sip and said quietly, “I don’t have to, but you do.” Hailey froze.“Is there any other document I need to handle?”Hailey has been assigned her only basic data entry tasks since she was still an intern. Hailey hadn’t given her any challenging tasks yet. Still, data entry could be tedious; she couldn’t even finish it during work hours, so it wasn’t exactly the first time she worked overtime. However, it was the first time Travis Blake ordered her to work overtime. As a result, she was very excited, believing he 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