Jay sent a message to Rose, inviting her out to a café.Rose looked at that domineering message that said, ‘We should discuss Baby Robbie’s custody rights. Otherwise, I’ll have to use other methods.’Rose sighed heavily. Could she pretend that she did not see this message?Perhaps it was because of Rose’s late reply to his message that Jay gave her a call.Rose hesitated for some time before answering it reluctantly.Jay’s icy cold voice sounded across the line, “Rose Loyle, why didn’t you reply to my message? Avoiding me isn’t going to solve the problem.”Rose shot back meekly, “I’m not avoiding, I just didn’t know how I should reply to you.”Jay was stunned by that answer but only for a split second.He chided, “If you knew this was going to happen, why did you do so in the first place?”Rose trembled a little. That sentence was referring to the time she had sex with him against his will.Rose’s expression turned ugly and embarrassed. She felt fortunate that he could not se
Jay said with a straight face, “Rose, you give me Baby Robbie’s custody and I’ll allow you to keep your visitation rights for the first five years.”Rose widened her eyes in disbelief. ‘This is too absurd. He not only wants to take away Baby Robbie’s custody rights from me, but he also wants to take away my visitation rights in the future!’If this was tolerable, there would be no more intolerable things in this world!Rose stood up with her hands curled into fists as she placed them on the tabletop. With her body leaning forward, she emphasized each word through gritted teeth, “In your dreams.”The challenge in her eyes was very sharp.Jay remained as cool as a cucumber. He was a brilliant king of the business world. He had experienced many negotiations and met many negotiators. He felt that a lowly housewife like Rose Loyle was no match for him.“Name your price. How much before you’re willing to give up Baby Robbie’s custody?” Jay casually said.Rose felt that she was being h
She was wrong.He hated her strongly, he loathed her background, and he despised the fact that she could not see how lowly her status was.In the end, she was destined to become a joke in his heart from the moment she approached him.Rose left the steps and loitered along the busy streets in the city.After walking for a long time, her heart gradually quieted down.A stubborn feeling was boiling within her soul. She refused to admit defeat. The reason why Jay was looking down on her was that she did not have a proper job and substantial financial security.Financial security was the determiner for climbing up the social ladder. She was determined to retrieve back her lost dignity and decency. She was going to have to do that by building up her very own business empire.Rose’s drive for entrepreneurship was bubbling!There was a time where she had willingly hidden all her sharp edges for Jay’s sake. She was willing to humble herself by living in the mansion at Horizon Colors and
Rose had long been immune to her father’s heartless attitude. She raised her brows and coldly replied, “If you wish for me to die outside, I can promise you that I will never appear in front of you again.”“Hmph. You can die if you want to, but you must help Loyle Enterprise tide through the storm first,” Royan shamelessly said.Rose scoffed. “On what basis should I help Loyle Enterprise? All these years, you never bothered to know if I was still alive or dead out there. When you were still rich, you never once thought about me. Now that you’re at your wits ends, I suddenly appear in your mind. Let me ask you, where did you find the audacity to pass on such a huge debt to me?”Rose’s stepmother came out and said with a disdainful tone, “Rose Loyle, don’t act like you’re holier than us. Do you dare to say that you have nothing to do with our Loyle family’s bankruptcy? Grand Asia belongs to your ex-husband. You must have offended him for Grand Asia to suddenly oppress our business. Si
Royan could not believe what he witnessed. He did not think that Rose would have turned into a completely different person. In the past, she would only shed silent tears regardless of how they bullied her.However, today she not only showed no respect, but she even hit her stepmother.“Rose Loyle, are you revolting?!” Royan picked up a stack of documents that were on the table, planning to throw it at Rose.Rose did not budge a bit. Her blood-shot eyes were staring straight at Royan. “If you lay a finger on me today, I will make this into tomorrow’s headlines and break all relations with the Loyle family. I will sit and watch Grand Asia buy over Loyle Enterprise. I will watch how you all will turn from a life of intoxicating riches into beggars. I’ll see all of you walking toward the lowly life I used to live...”The folder in Royan’s hand fell. He was used to a life of riches and being respected by most people. He would rather die than to return to a life of poverty.“Rose, I’m y
Rose smirked. “That’s the way. Although we are a family, we still need to settle our scores clearly! Another thing, don’t you dare call me an illegitimate daughter. You’re more clear than anybody else whether this is the truth or not.”Her stepmother was filled with so much hatred that her eyes could go up in flames.Royan was holding back his emotions to the point that his facial expression was beginning to twitch. “Will you agree to help Loyle Enterprise now?”Rose paused before saying, “Transfer the whole of Loyle Enterprise to my name. In the future, all of you will have no connection to it whether the company is profiting or losing, deal?”Royan froze on the spot.“Rose Loyle, you want to take over Loyle Enterprise?” her stepmother said between gritted teeth.Rose said, “Isn’t this what you all want? Making me shoulder all the debts? You must be well aware that me taking over Loyle Enterprise during this period of time is a dangerous move that might end up badly. It’s up to
Jay had turned the grudge between Rose and himself into a sanction by Grand Asia toward Loyle Enterprise. That infuriated Rose very much.She may hate Royan very much, but the staff working under Loyle Enterprise were innocent. Many people were going to lose their jobs if Loyle Enterprise went into bankruptcy.Rose was a kind person by nature and did not want to create so much bad karma, thus she angrily marched over to Grand Asia to try to talk some sense into Jay. She did not expect to bump into her half-sister, Sydney, who was on her way out.Sydney looked at her cheaply-dressed older half-sister. She admitted that Rose did look attractive to a certain degree. However, to wear a few hundred Yuan worth of clothes and appear in Grand Asia, a place located in one of the upper-class areas, Rose was like Granny Liu visiting the Grand View Gardens—a shameful sight.“What are you doing here?” Sydney folded her arms with a disdainful look at Rose.Rose had guessed Sydney’s intentions o
Rose kicked the office door open, causing a loud bang to be heard. Jay, who was deeply concentrated on going through some documents, abruptly looked up.When he saw Rose and her sister, his gaze turned icy cold.Rose huffed angrily as she marched toward him...In contrast, Sydney was trembling as she inched forward. She was observing Jay’s expression fearfully. Seeing how there was no bigger reaction from his handsome face, Sydney did not want to lose to Rose and plucked up the courage to walk over.Jay raised his head. His breathtakingly sharp gaze locked on Rose as he spoke confidently, “Rose Loyle, are you here to hand over Baby Robbie’s custody?”Agitation flashed across Rose’s eyes. “Jay, you’re a scoundrel. How could you apply sanction on Loyle Enterprise just to get Baby Robbie’s custody rights from me?”A layer of frost coated Jay’s handsome looks as he threw the pen that was in his hand. ‘I thought that Rose was here to obediently hand over Baby Robbie’s custody rights t