Upon her arrival at Chase Headquarters, Lyla took out a hundred in cash and handed it to the driver. Then, she stepped out of the taxi without waiting for her change.Most of the employees had left by now and there were only a few of them working overtime on each floor of the headquarters. When the security guard manning the lobby downstairs saw Lyla, he quickly pressed the button for the elevator.It wasn’t hard to guess why Lyla was here and the security guard was only being helpful as he said, “Miss Fisher, Director Chase has only just gone up.”Lyla’s nails dug into her palms when she heard that. She entered the elevator before she pressed the button to close the door and for the designated floor respectively.As the elevator began to make its climb, her chest tightened with rage and anxiousness. When the doors opened with a ‘ding’, she walked out and headed down the hallway.It was quiet on this floor, but the lights were turned on.Her eyes immediately found Sean’s office, which
Sean’s fist slammed into the frame of his office door. It was a horrific sight when blood quickly began to bead and flow from the cuts on his knuckles.Lyla trembled. “Sean…”“Lyla, if you insist on being crazy like this, then I’m afraid divorce will be all that’s left on the table for us.” The look on his face was cold and without throwing her another glance, he pulled away from her grip before walking away from her.‘If you insist on being crazy like this, then I’m afraid divorce will be all that’s left on the table for us…’Divorce will be all that’s left…Divorce…As his words reverberated in her mind, Lyla’s legs caved in. She collapsed onto the carpeted office floor and watched as Sean’s back disappeared from view. Her heart twisted with a sharp, cold ache that threatened to cut her breath off.Sean, on the other hand, had immediately regretted saying those words to Lyla. After all, he had once been deeply in love with her. He’d told himself to tolerate her since she was only je
“He has confused me…” Myra’s last words were actually true.She casually uttered those words, but when Tony heard it, his eyes immediately darkened as he tightly embraced the woman in front of him without waiting for her to finish her words. “If you are confused, then stop thinking about it.” He didn’t give her any time to breathe and soon after, she could no longer think.When Myra finally fell asleep due to exhaustion, Tony released her and carefully covered her with a blanket. Then, he landed his thin lips on her forehead, but he was filled with mixed emotions in his heart. As he rose to his full height and walked to the balcony, he lit up a cigarette and took a deep breath. He knew exactly what she was talking about.Captain Fowler is probably scared of me after what happened last time, so in an attempt to please me, he tried to say some good words about me in front of Myra. In the end, he accidentally let the cat out of the bag that I ordered him to treat her well in advance. How
That night, Sean must have shown you the video, right? For those who are unaware about the situation, the video is proof that you proactively seduced Tony just to get the Sunny Bay Project! You are the one who is a shameless slut!” Sasha’s expression was almost frightening.“It’s you…” Myra looked at the woman in front of her in shock.After Tony finally proved Myra’s innocence that day, Eve had treated her well when she returned home and even apologized to her. However, at midnight, Sean suddenly broke into Myra’s room and harshly shouted at her before smashing his phone on her forehead. On the phone, the video of her running out of Tony’s room undressed was being played.However, she was heartbroken at that time, so she did not give much thought into where he obtained the video from, but unexpectedly…“That’s right—it’s from me!” Seeing the shock on her face, Sasha revealed a menacing yet joyful smile. “What is it? Are you surprised?”After a moment of shock later, Myra composed her
On the surface, he sounds like he is asking me a question, but there is a hint of certainty in his words.Inside the backlit office, the sunlight shone on Tony’s back and bathed his whole body with the golden light. It was clearly a warm color, but at that moment, his expression was a little chilly.“Would you be happy if Myra and I argued?” He pressed his thin lips while speaking in an icy cold tone.“Why would I be happy? I’m your grandpa. Of course I’m hoping for the best for both of you!” Sebastian’s tone was particularly exaggerated, making Tony feel a little upset after thinking about what happened last night.As he leaned against the armchair, he threw his pen aside with one hand and took out a cigarette before lighting it up. Beside him, there was an ashtray with a dozen cigarette butts which he smoked this morning.“Don’t tell me that… you actually got into an argument with Myra last night?” Sebastian wasn’t able to hold back the tiny excitement in his voice.Tony smiled cold
From now onward, Mr. Smith needed to be careful with his words.This is a man who can send shockwaves across Bradfort City with just the stomp of his foot. The worth of the Hart Family’s heir has always been a mystery, but the companies who are able to collaborate with them won’t be treated badly here. Even though the Parker Group is a bigshot in the city, they are still incomparable to the Hart Group. I know the upper management of the Parker Group has always wanted to collaborate with them. However, none of these are the main points. The main point here is that Director Hart’s wife is now in this room! But no one has ever heard that this man is married!Tony calmly quirked up the corners of his thin lips as his expression became much more relaxed. He nodded his head flatly before walking toward a corner of the room straight away.Among the people in the private room, Tilly was the most excited person.The moment she saw him coming in, she knew that they would be successful in obtain
“Director Hart…” At that moment, she did not look at Myra standing right next to Tony. Instead, the woman looked at him directly with a hint of plea and determination in her eyes, as though it was the final effort she could make.Myra looked at the woman in front of her with a conflicted expression. She really is a woman of her words.She lifted her head to look at the man next to her. He had a peaceful expression on his face, but he was quite cold to Lyla. He merely pulled Myra’s hands as he planned to walk past Lyla as if she was not there.However, Lyla stopped them. Her eyes flickered when she saw Tony’s warning gaze, but after recalling something, she harshly bit on her lips and raised her head. Myra saw blood forming on her lips because of Lyla’s force.Even though Lyla did not want to show Myra her weakness, she could not be bothered with that at this moment. Looking at Myra, she said in a low and hoarse voice, “Miss Stark, can you give us a private moment? I have… something to
In that instant, the air around them seemed to have dropped by a few degrees, making Lyla tremble slightly. Even though Tony’s face remained expressionless, the cold stare he gave her seemed to shoot icicles at her, slowly freezing her. In that instant, she had an urge to turn and leave immediately, but she suppressed her desire.After a long moment—so long that even Myra felt uneasy and tugged on his sleeves—he finally wrapped his hands around her and shot an indifferent look at Lyla. “Remember what I told you the other day.”After saying that simple sentence, he left the hall of Ritz Carlton after wrapping his arms around Myra’s waist.This time around, Lyla stood frozen to the ground, not daring to stop them anymore.What did Tony say the other day?When she first learned that Tony had gotten together with Myra, she went to ask him about the entire situation. At that time, he told her to stay away from Myra. Apart from that, he also mentioned that there were many unexpected situati
Prior to Tony and Myra’s wedding, Estelle, who was busy with her shootings overseas, rushed back. Not to mention, Tilly, who was on her annual holiday, canceled her holiday and came back as well. Immediately, Myra felt like Bradfort City had become lively again because it had been a long time since she met them.However, Tony, on the other hand, valued Myra over his friends and didn’t bother about them, as he was too busy spending time with her. After some discussion, they all decided to meet each other at Zion Club, and the Messenger group chat that went quiet for a long time became active again.Besides that, Myra also added Heather into the group. This was Heather’s first group chat on Messenger because she barely used it if it weren’t for Myra. The group got even more lively with her arrival while Tony warned the others as he figured that Heather was probably not used to lively chats like this. ‘You guys better behave well and don’t scare her away.’Unexpectedly, Heather replied,
After staring at each other for a few seconds, Evan looked away while Matthias stared at him from above. Matthias! How am I supposed to know when I know my way around girls?“Jobbery,” Evan said.It seemed like Matthias found Evan’s suggestion interesting as he gave Evan a knowing look while Evan only continued talking after a while. “Since Heather is completely focused on her work, it would be better for you to approach her under the name of work.”Heather probably wouldn’t be happy with Matthias if he kept approaching her anytime he could, especially when she was working. After all, most people wouldn’t be happy to be disturbed by private matters during work. Moreover, Matthias would just be ruining his chances, considering how career-oriented Heather was.“Seeing how the partnership discussion with Langston Group hasn’t reached an agreement, I don’t have the time to do anything else,” Matthias felt his head hurting as he said. He really wanted to work together with Langston Group f
On one hand, Myra and Tony were happily making their wedding preparations. On the other hand, things were getting worse. In comparison, Matthias appeared to be in a bleak situation.Heather thought that he deserved the outcome. Hence, she could never sympathize with him. Her failed relationship in the past did not cripple her, and she had never acted out like Matthias.In fact, she held a disdain for people like him who would cry and wail over relationship issues. She felt a heightened annoyance at Matthias, but she did not know if the feeling rose because she was angry at the fact that he was deeply in love with Myra.She was disturbed by his obsession with Myra, but she would never openly admit to it. Moreover, she had no right to confront him about his love for Myra.Under Evan’s encouragement, Matthias mustered up his courage to do something. He could not keep languishing when Myra’s wedding was nearing. At the very least, he wanted to attend her wedding with grace. Before that, h
When the date of Myra’s wedding drew closer, Matthias seemed to have fallen into a trance.Heather had completely given up on him, for she always looked down on men like him. Seriously though, what is his point of showing his despondency like a drama queen?Finally, it was Evan who called her and begged her to pay a visit to Matthias’s place.“I’m super busy. I don’t have the time to do so,” she rejected emotionally. Even after listening to Evan describing Matthias’s desperate situation, she had nothing but disdain for him.At that point, Matthias was basically living in his wine cellar and gave up on running Locke Group. His behavior attracted complaints from the board of directors. Even Heather was shocked to find Matthias throwing a huge fit over Myra’s wedding. In her eyes, his action was utterly despicable.“Please tell him: He does not deserve love if he only acts out like a child. He needs to learn how to love someone right before he gets all dramatic over someone again,” she h
Myra and Tony left the bridal shop in low spirits after spending a whole day trying on wedding dresses, for they were unable to find one that suited Myra. As for the remaining matters, Tony had already made the arrangements. After all, no one said that a wedding could only accommodate one wedding dress.Tony had already entrusted his reliable assistant with the task of managing the procedures involved in getting the tailor-made dresses ready. He had faith that his assistant would give him satisfactory results in the end.Having settled the matter with the wedding dress, Myra pondered for a while. She felt that Tony had taken her out to try on wedding dresses for some ulterior motive. She knew that something was wrong, but she just couldn’t put her finger on it. Don’t tell me this is all part of his plan to create a situation where he could openly announce that he wants to get the wedding dress tailor-made overseas.They hadn’t given themselves much time to prepare for the wedding; Ton
As Heather returned to Langston Group, her mind was full of questions while she troubled herself over the next step. The moment she opened the door to the office, Heather had the urge to cry, but she had no tears to shed. She looked at the man sitting on her seat and gave him a smile that looked worse than crying.“Where’d you go?” Matthias looked at Heather in disdain. It was obvious that he came here to catch her in the act.Matthias’ tone got on Heather’s nerves. She hadn’t even confronted him about the incident the day before, but he dared to use this questioning tone to talk to her.“That’s none of your business. Get off my chair.” Heather wasn’t intimidated in the least. If it weren’t for the glass door, she would’ve made Matthias wish he were dead.She was suddenly impressed by Blake for getting her an office with a glass door. It was crystal clear, so anything that happened on one side of the door could be seen from the other.The transparency restricted Heather’s actions and
In the meantime, Heather noticed her phone ringing a few times but decided to ignore Matthias’ calls and hang them up. Nonetheless, her phone continued to ring again and again, no matter how many times she declined them. Eventually, Heather became annoyed and directly turned off her phone after her refusal to answer the call failed to make Matthias give up.On the other hand, the man lay down his phone in disappointment, surprised that Heather would rather turn off her phone than answer his call. It seems that I really did piss her off pretty badly yesterday. Great! Even Heather won’t talk to me now. At the thought of that, he somehow felt overwhelmed by loneliness.Meanwhile, Heather was bothered by mixed feelings inside her, deeming Matthias capricious and fathomless. Deep down, she reckoned Matthias still stubbornly insisted that it was all her fault for ruining his chance of living a happy life with Myra. Despite her guilt toward him about the things that had happened in the past,
Considering her irrational state, Heather was prompted by her instincts to leave the place before the situation turned ugly. Nevertheless, she somehow couldn’t bring herself to simply just walk away because she didn’t know how she could face Matthias again if she opened the door and left like that. At the same time, she was mad and disgusted with herself for taking him into consideration at such a time.“Get out!” Matthias bellowed at Heather, clinging onto the last bit of his rationality.Heather calmly exchanged gazes with Matthias; she looked the man in the eye without even blinking as she refused to leave due to his impertinent attitude. I’m not just some woman whom you could just summon and shoo away as you wish! After all, the man’s mean response somehow hurt her pride.“You told me to follow you, and now you’re asking me to go?” Heather glared at Matthias, as if a fight could break out between them at any minute.Although Matthias was succumbing to his agitated emotions, Heathe
Right now, Matthias had completely lost his composure and confidence. He was no longer his usual self, and his cowardly character was now totally out in the open. At this moment, Heather could not get away, but she could not ignore him either, so the two embraced each other in a bizarre manner.“Am I a failure?” Like a child, Matthias was curled up in Heather’s arms. He was a tall and burly man, yet he looked especially fragile at this moment.“No. There is no winning or losing when it comes to matters of the heart,” Heather replied gently. Recalling her previous relationship, she also thought at that time that she was a failure.Hearing that, Matthias held back his tears. Men should not shed tears, so he just stared at Heather. With mixed feelings, Heather felt uncomfortable under his stare, and she thought that she saw the old her in his eyes.“You’re not manly at all when you look like this.” Heather slightly raised her eyebrows, trying to ease the tension.At this time, no matter