His words were meant to humiliate her. He was implying that Valerie had gotten herself a man to relieve some of the pressure of the competition.Valerie smirked. The face paint obscured her innocent little face. The more mysterious she was, the more the audience wanted to know her."I'm sorry for ma
Valerie seized her chance and rammed her elbow into Pinecock's arm with all her strength.With a loud crack, his arm broke.They didn't have to wait for the umpire to announce the winner. Everyone already knew.There were eight minutes left.Valerie was sweating all over. She got up and went to the
The system soon announced the order of matches.The first group was Valerie's.She took a deep breath to relax herself. "The sooner I get this over with, the sooner we get to leave and my husband won't be as suspicious. I won't be able to explain this to him otherwise.""Please get it over with quic
It was then that Julian realized that Valerie and Melissa were both unreliable sorts. When disaster came, they saved themselves.He was left to face the music alone.After Valerie ran out, she only had a tank top on. She put her hands on her waist to catch her breath after that run."Did you run out
He saw Valerie everyday. Of course he'd be able to tell if it was her.The greatest possibility here was that she'd lent her clothes to someone else.However, she and Melissa had promised not to rat each other out. Valerie gritted her teeth and shook her head.Kieran slammed the table hard with his
"Hello, Melissa. Did you miss me?" Mrs. Cortez asked her daughter gently."Mom, it's me. I have something to tell you," Bennett said.Melissa panicked. She stomped her feet on the floor and flew into Bennett's arms. She kissed him wildly on the cheeks.Bennett was speechless. The wetness on his face
Kieran went home in the afternoon.Valerie and Julian had already gotten off school.When she saw that Kieran was home, Valerie rushed toward him. "Welcome home, honey."Kieran saw the wariness in her eyes and embraced her.Then, he let her go and said, "I have some things to do. You can go do your
Julian had just asked him a question."How do you know about Hidden Powers, Uncle?"Melissa knew that her brother was possessive. He would track her location every so often. Thus, the identity that she had used in Hidden Powers was made up. It was all to stop her brother from finding her.The room t
Valerie and Morgan held sparklers in their hands and exclaimed, "We're lighting up the night just for you."Julian was left stunned and without words.Inside Kingsley Estate, a warm and cozy feeling enveloped everything. It felt like a pleasant spring day. The sound of the television softly humming
Morgan blinked and asked, "Wait, are you only marrying me to, you know, sleep with me?""Yep." Bennett nodded.Morgan blushed without meaning to. She didn't think Bennett would be so straightforward."Just because you want to sleep with me doesn't mean it'll happen. Dream on," Morgan snorted. Lately
After Kieran had some water, he refilled the glass and handed it to Valerie. Valerie, lazy to move, drank from the glass in his hand.Oliver, now fully-fed, turned around and stared curiously at his mom who was drinking water. Everything in the world was new to him.Kieran let Valerie deal with Oliv
Oliver rested on Kieran's chest. With his foot on Kieran's shirt, he placed his hand on Kieran's strong shoulder. Tired from all the crying and wailing, he quietly enjoyed a sunbath with a squint, oblivious to the grudge that Julian held against him.Julian was forced to join the meeting due to Kier
Julian pointed out, "But Oliver keeps crying and won't take any milk."Kieran stared at the scowl on Oliver's face and felt bad for the little one as the father. After a pause, he resumed bottle-feeding Oliver slowly. Then, he said to Julian, "You should go back to work."By this time, Oliver was t
After Valerie brought it up, Amelia realized that Morgan was nowhere to be seen all day. Valerie tapped into Morgan's Facebook profile and showed it to Amelia. "Look, it's Bennett's off day today. See, there's a guy's hand in Morgan's photo she just posted."Valerie did not even need to guess the id
That conversation reminded Kieran of Valerie, who was in her prime but was cooped up at home all day. He didn't recall seeing Valerie go clothes shopping.When he got back home, he opened the closet to check for Valerie's clothes. When he turned around, he found Valerie cleaning the baby's backside.
Kieran asked, "A president is human too, no? How could I miss my wife and my son's health check-ups just because I'm too busy? Did I hire my assistant hired solely to take care of my family affairs? The nanny is not omnipresent either, you know.""Well, the company presidents I know are always busy
No one thought that William would agree to it so quickly.Even Valerie was wrong.She looked at her husband and awaited an explanation.Kieran looked at her and smiled, then put his hand over hers.Valerie knew from this gesture that he had predicted this from the start. She was still too naive to p