Seeing her coming, Bernard didn't move his gaze away from the documents on the table. With a prosaic voice, he asked, "What's up?"
Tia walked to the front of the desk with light steps. Having put a sweet smile on her exquisite face, she asked in a flirtatious tone, "Mr. McFarland, today is my birthday. May I invite you to my home tonight?"
"Sorry, I have a full schedule today. I can't spare the time." Bernard's expression was still as cold as ice. Tia's passionate invitation did not pique his interest.
He allowed Tia to enter his domain only because her body had saved his life five years ago.
However, this did not mean that she could cross the line.
He had been repeatedly rejecting her for four consecutive years. She finally felt frustrated.
She forced out a tinge of tears, making her charming, amorous eyes watery and moving.
"Alright, I understand." Tia suffered a considerable blow. Bernard made her a queen, but he never wanted to be her king.
Tia could do nothing to change that. Men would kill to win her heart, except the one truly in her mind. He was as noble as a monarch.
He treated her as air.
"What else?" Bernard slightly raised his brows, revealing his deadpan face.
Tia's entire body seemed to have been lightly hit by an electric current. Her soul was almost sucked in by his terribly deep eyes.
Bernard's facial features looked sexy and deep. Every line of his face was too perfect to be true.
His sexy and thin lips slightly moved. His calm and emotionless voice instantly woke Tia up as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her.
"Nothing. I won't disturb you any longer. I'll see myself out now!" With tears in her eyes, Tia left the office in a hurry.
As the night fell, Mariana had already settled two babies down. With her aunt to take care of them, she was very relieved.
The two little ones had always been obedient, especially Jeremy. Born half an hour earlier than his sister, he had the bearing and demeanor of being an elder brother. Being calm and wise at such a young age, he could take good care of his younger sister without her guidance.
Mariana felt that the most correct decision she had made in her life was to give birth to the twins.
With them, she would have the courage to make arduous efforts and fight against the world.
"Jeremy, take good care of Carolina. Listen to Janet. Mommy has something important to do, so I must go out," Mariana said gently as she squatted down and rubbed Jeremy's little head. She then kissed both Jeremy and Carolina goodbye.
Janet Navarro looked at Mariana worriedly and said with concern, "Just come back as soon as you get your stuff, okay?"
Mariana looked at her aunt's concerned face and nodded. "Sure!"
"Mommy, be careful." Jeremy took a few steps forward and caught up to her. His young voice was soothing to hear.
Mariana patted Jeremy's head again and smiled. "Sure, baby."
Then, she pushed the door and left.
She tightened her backpack. Her aunt was worried that she would get into a fight with those shameless people.
'I won't do that,' thought Mariana. 'I won't be as impulsive as I was five years ago. I want nothing but to retrieve Mom's stuff. As soon as they hand it to me, I will leave.'
When Mariana rushed to the Barrett's place, she discovered that there was a long queue at the entrance of the villa. The roads on both sides of the door were packed with reporters and onlookers.
'What's going on?' thought Mariana, startled.She did not know what was going on, but she could hear some screams coming from the crowd, and amid the chaos, she vaguely heard the name of a celebrity.'A celebrity came to my house for some event?' thought Mariana.Mariana did her best to push her way into the crowd. Under the gaze of the crowd, she walked quickly towards the main entrance.An actress, who was currently being photographed by the journalists, suddenly saw Mariana and mistook her for a houseworker."Hey, you! Come over here. Lift my dress!"Mariana turned around, glanced at the actress, and asked, "Are you calling for me?""Yeah, you! Come over here and help me!" The actress sounded impatient as though lifting her dress was a special honor."Sorry, I'm busy!" Mariana replied coldly and then left in strides.That actress, taken aback by such a cold response, flushed with embarrassment. The reporters, eager to capture a moment, snapped pictures of her being rejected. The ac
Mariana quickly followed her, and after exiting the gate, they stood in a small clearing beside the gate."Mariana, you really know how to pick your timing. Do you come here on purpose to make things difficult for me?" Tia snapped, her eyes filled with disdain. "Don't you know that today is my birthday? Look at how many celebrities have come here, yet you just showed up, dressed like a beggar. Are you trying to let people know that I have such an embarrassing sister? What a disgrace you are!"Tia just called her a beggar and a disgrace. Mariana remained calm upon hearing such harsh words, yet her eyes did grow colder and colder."Well, if you don't want me to embarrass you more, give me what I want and I'll leave at once.""After all these years, who knows if that pile of junk is still there? You want me to help you find it? I don't have the time. Can't you see that I have all these guests to attend to?" Tia crossed her arms in front of her chest with an impatient look on her face. Ev
"How dare you?" Mariana felt a cold chill run throughout her body, her fists clenching tightly in fury."Why wouldn't I dare? Do you know what secret my father told me when he was drunk? He said you aren't his daughter... You are just a bastard with an unknown father..." Tia's gaze fell upon the figure that was getting closer and closer. She was anxious and did not know how to make Mariana go crazy, so she told her the biggest secret she had ever learned."Shut up!" Mariana remained rational and calm in the first place, but when Tia said that she was a bastard and even wanted to burn her mother's things, she was utterly enraged."What? Are you not convinced? Do you want to slap me? What are you waiting for, Mariana? You just don't have the guts!"Out of anger, Mariana fiercely slapped Tia in the face.Tia gasped, wincing as she clutched her cheek. She acted as though she'd been severely injured, but her sneer returned almost instantly. "Is that all you can do, you wild thing? You're s
Mariana felt an overwhelming sense of resentment. She did not expect Bernard to reach such a conclusion before asking her any questions. He even insulted her look."Let me go now! As I said, it's none of your business." Mariana was so angry that she had almost lost all her composure. She had always thought that after becoming a mother, she had cultivated her temperament very well. Still, today, she was entirely enraged by the pair."If you dare slap her again, I'll chop off your hands," Bernard warned her coldly.Mariana's blood boiled. She had never felt this humiliated before. She gritted her teeth in fury and, in a split second of rage, sank her teeth into the back of his hand."Hmm?" Bernard did not expect Mariana to bite him. Her sharp teeth even left some blood marks on the back of his hand."Madwoman! Fuck off!" Bernard had never been insulted like this. He immediately let go of his hand in anger and roared at Mariana through gritted teeth.Mariana finally gained her freedom, b
By the time she got back to Janet's place, Jeremy and Carolina had already showered. Jeremy sat on the sofa, playing with an electric robot while Janet was gently blowing Carolina's waist-length hair with an electric dryer in hand.Though Carolina was still young, her hair was surprisingly thick and glossy. The deep black strands framed her face like a delicate piece of white jade, making her look indescribably beautiful and delicate."Mommy, you're back! Have you had dinner?" Jeremy immediately put down the device in his hands and ran over to Mariana. Jeremy had shown his warmth and caring nature, even at his young age."Yes, I have! Since you've showered, it's time to go to bed. Tomorrow morning, you will go to the kindergarten." Mariana couldn't help but kiss Jeremy.Janet had already taken care of Carolina's long hair."Mariana, go take a bath first. I'll take the little ones to bed!" Janet had raised two children in her life, so she had a lot of experience in dealing with kids.T
After Mariana turned off the light, moonlight poured in from outside the window. In the big room, there was a bed of 1.5 meters. Mariana and her two children were crowded on it!Mariana hugged a child on one side while the two little fellows quietly stuck to her arms. They, who had been playing around for the entire day, were already exhausted.Mariana gently patted their small arms as she calmed down.She still had to go to the Barrett family tomorrow. Moreover, she should go while her father was at home.Her stepmother and stepsister refused to give her back her mother's belongings. But her father would definitely return them.The two little guys teased each other for a while before finally falling asleep in their mom's arms like little angels.Mariana gently pulled away from her numb arms that her children had depended on.She carefully got down from the bed, and under the warm light, she looked at the pair of adorable children with a gentle expression.No matter how wrong she had
Mariana helped her son put on his clothes and wiped his face clean with a wet towel.When she wet out her son's black bangs and inadvertently combed it up, revealing his full and pure white forehead, Mariana froze.Then she turned and ran into the bathroom and came out with a comb.She combed all of her son's wet bangs back, revealing all of his exquisite and beautiful face."This is impossible..."It was too similar!The scumbag who helped Tia yesterday also had such a hairstyle. At this moment, her son was the spitting image of him."No..." Mariana held a comb in one hand and a towel in the other. Her eyes stared at her son's small face, and she subconsciously shook her head.Jeremy washed his face and became much more clear-headed. He raised his big black eyes and looked at Mommy's blank look, then immediately raised his little hand and shook it in front of Mommy."Mommy, what are you staring at now?"Mariana immediately woke up from her absent-mind and covered up the panic in her
When Mariana was overseas, she had gotten her aunt to help her contact a kindergarten in the neighborhood. Thus, Mariana brought a pair of babies to sign up directly.The school fees were relatively expensive. After Mariana finished paying the school fees for the two little children, she only had less than 10,000 dollars left in her deposit.She really had to save some money, and she had to work as fast as possible.The two of them had been in child-care center abroad for a year and had been in kindergarten for two years. At this moment, they were the slippery customer in the kindergarten. Naturally, they were not afraid of strangers. They were sensible and well-behaved, and won the love of female teachers.The teachers were all very excited. They had never seen such beautiful children before, and they were all asking if Mariana's children were a mix-blood.After Mariana asked the teacher, she squatted down and rubbed her son's little head, "Jeremy, take good care of your sister. In t
Mariana stepped on the throttle of the car and the sedan instantly sped away.Bernard frowned, why was this woman leaving in such a hurry, could it be that she was going to meet her past lover again?Hum, driving his car to meet her past lover?Bernard was stifled to the point that he couldn't breathe, but he couldn't let it out."Daddy ... How did you coax Mommy back?" After Carolina played with her brother for a few rounds, she lay down beside Bernard's legs and hugged onto one of his long legs. She asked with lifting her lovely face."Daddy said that I would pamper her and love her in the future. And she came back!" Seeing his daughter's delicate face, the anger in Bernard's heart disappeared. He squatted down and kissed her lightly with his lips."Has Daddy fallen in love with my Mommy?" Carolina immediately asked in extreme happiness.Bernard really liked the way his daughter laughed. She was simply a mortal angel."I will slowly fall in love with her!" How could such a proud man
Bernard's serene eyes also inadvertently swept towards the woman sitting beside him. When he saw her pair of large, clear, and innocent eyes, he suddenly thought of his daughter's eyes, which were also similarly clean and alert, without a single blemish. It turned out that his daughter had inherited her genes.Everyone had to admit that her eyes were so beautiful that it would make one's heart to beat faster. When she looked at him with a hint of panic in her eyes, there was an impulse for him to peep through her bright and limpid eyes."You ... Why are you looking at me like that?" Mariana tensed up again. She realized that this man was staring at her with ill intentions."Our daughter looks like you, so beautiful!" Bernard said lightly. He did not have any ill intentions, but he was praising her.Mariana's scalp went numb once again. Although she had heard quite a few men flattering her, she still felt that this man's words were extremely ear-piercing.The woman's vigilant eyes made
Watching the two little fellows get into the carriage, Bernard's cold face was finally covered with a layer of frost.Mariana's delicate and pretty face was also extremely ugly.Bernard was the first to get in the carriage, and she followed him.Upon entering, she found that it was a small enclosed space, with a partition separating it from the driver's seat.The atmosphere in the narrow space suddenly turned stiff."Why are you taking my children abroad? Just because I'm their biological father? "Mariana thought that Bernard wanted to strangle her to death right now, but she never thought that he would actually talk to her calmly and peacefully."Yes. Now that you want to take them away, of course I won't agree. Before we met you, we had a good life abroad." Since this man did not argue with her, Mariana suppressed her agitated emotions and calmly replied."If I didn't know about the existence of the children, I would never interfere with your life. But now, I don't agree with you t
It was only then that Mariana decided to turn around and leave. Tia said in an extremely kind tone, "Mariana, how about I arrange for my chauffeur to take you to the airport?""No, I'll take a taxi." Mariana rejected her coldly.In truth, Tia did not want to send her to the airport. She was just afraid that if she took the money and did not leave the country in time, her good fortune would disappear.Mariana called a car and left. Tia immediately made a call: "Have you followed her car? Keep an eye on her. If she doesn't leave the country within today, then capture her for me. "Mariana was also afraid that Tia would set her eyes on her, so she made the taxi stop at a busy street intersection, and she got off.After sneaking into the crowd, Mariana quickly took a taxi from the other side.Tia immediately received a call."That woman got off at the East Gate Street. We didn't follow her ...""You are useless ... A bunch of useless idiots ..." Tia angrily smashed her phone.Mariana hurr
"I need to talk to dad first ..." Carolina immediately hit her head and couldn't wait to hear her father's voice.Jeremy glared at her unhappily:" I am talking about important things with father, and you should stand by the side ..."No, no, let me say a few words to dad then you can say it." Carolina's face was full of arrogance.Jeremy had no choice but to stick the phone close to her ear.The phone rang for a few times and was quickly picked up by Bernard. His voice then spread over as well: "Who is it ...""Daddy, it's me ..." Carolina's excited voice shocked Bernard so much that he couldn't even hold the phone properly."Shh, be quiet, don't let Mommy hear you!" Jeremy immediately reminded his sister.Carolina was so scared that she quickly lowered her voice, "Daddy, do you miss me? I missed you so much! ""Carolina, Daddy has been missing you all this time ..." When Bernard heard her daughter's voice, and the gloominess on his face immediately dissipated and was replaced with ge
Although Jeremy wasn't as mischievous as his sister, he still wished to have his father's company from the bottom of his heart.This could be every child's greatest wish that they hoped they would also have their own father and mummy."No, Mommy, I don't want to go back to our previous home. I want to go back to Daddy's home. Daddy's home is so big, so beautiful, and there are a lot of fun things to play, nice things to eat ... ...Mommy, can we go back to father's house?" Carolina asked naively.Mariana sighed, and she never thought that her daughter would actually have such a sense of reliance on Bernard."Mommy, I beg you ..." Carolina's clear eyes looked at Mariana with her delicate and pitiful appearance.Mariana almost softened.She did owe the children too much, and she felt guilty for not letting them have a whole family.However, all of this wasn't caused by her. She was innocent and wronged."Carolina, listen what Mommy is saying, if you were to choose between father and Momm
Mariana never thought that Tia, who was so proud like a peacock, would also be proud of sleeping with Bernard."I'm too lazy to say these to you. Whenever you give me the jade and money, I'll go abroad." Mariana felt that Tia was completely poisoned and that there was no cure.Was Bernard's charm really that great? It actually made every woman want to chase him.It was very unfortunate that her children had such a calamitous father."The money will be transferred to your account tomorrow morning. Send me your account number, and ...I will immediately get your jade back from that person. It's best if you leave tomorrow, don't waste any time." Tia's tone towards Mariana became slightly better.Previously, she had always been worried that Mariana would become her biggest love rival after she had returned and destroy everything she possessed.However, she was relieved now. Mariana, this idiot, actually did not put Bernard in her eyes at all."Alright, as long as everything is in place, I
"Ruin my reputation? Just you?" Tia felt that Mariana thought too highly of herself, "You know that I have a lot of reporters who like to create trouble from nothing. If you want to ruin my reputation, I'm afraid that I will make you suffer even more.""Oh, you're really not going to return it, are you?" Mariana knew that she was outnumbered, not like the super star."That's right!" Tia looked proud."Alright, then I can only go to find Bernard, and I must tell him, the person who slept with him five years ago was me, not you, Tia. " The moment Mariana said those words, the weight of those words nearly crushed Tia.When Mariana went to Bernard's villa last time, she talked about Tia's situation with him. Mariana's mind was also bright, and she suspected that Bernard had something to do with Tia, and it was definitely an inside story. But now, Tia was so afraid that she would see Bernard and wanted to chase her out of the country. She only had an ambiguous idea of what she was afraid o
Mariana ignored her unpleasant words, and she squatted down and carefully opened the bag to check everything in it."What about the jade? You took it?" Mariana checked once again and found that there was one thing missing, it was something that she had seen before. Her mother would often place the jade around her neck, saying that it was to be given to her when she grew up.Tia sneered, and said disdainfully: "Do you think I would take your things? Mariana, I have money now, as well as status and identity. I won't take things that belong to the dead. ""I clearly remember that piece of jade. Hurry up and find it to return it to me." Mariana's tone was extremely resolute.Tia actually knew where the jade was, but she didn't say it out, as she wanted to make Mariana feel sad and miserable."If you want that piece of jade you just need to agree to one condition. Not only will I give you the jade, I will also give you a large sum of money. It's enough for you to live a very rich life abro