Fia's phone couldn't register her mutterings, so it went into standby after a few minutes of being idle.Fia counted on her fingers and said to herself, "There are still two days and a few more hours till Conrad's birthday."Thinking that Conrad would be in his study for at least half an hour, she spoke to her phone and had it call Eileen.Eileen was currently lying in her hospital room, staring at the ceiling with a blank expression. When her phone rang, she turned to check the caller ID before hurriedly answering it."Hey, Fia! What's up? Tell me all about your day, hmm?"Fia briefly told her about going to work with Conrad, and Eileen suddenly thought of the message from Jason this morning. She hesitated for a few moments before saying, "The design I pitched for you before this has earned quite a sum for the company that bought it. The boss wanted to ask you out for dinner. Do you have time for that?""I don't think it's convenient for me to go out in my condition.""Well,
The following day, Conrad and Fia had breakfast and went to the office as usual.Conrad still had his morning meeting to attend, and Fia waited for him to leave before calling Eileen to continue their topic about what to get for Conrad's birthday.Eileen whined from the other end of the line, "Fia, this is such a difficult question! You might as well ask a guy for suggestions!""Who would I ask?""You could ask Mr. Whitley.""No way. Mr. Whitley is tacky. He'll probably suggest things like limited branded goods. That's so gaudy! It wouldn't have much meaning!"Eileen hesitated, then said, "Then... Do you want to ask Doctor Evans?"Fia was stunned. She hadn't spoken to Jason in a long while."Well? Have you been in touch with Doctor Evans lately?""No. It would be best if I didn't ask him about this. It's weird.""Well... you're right. You owe him a favor, after all. Asking him about a gift for your husband is like stabbing him in the heart too.""If you already know that, wh
Annie didn't lose her temper at the amount of work her colleagues shoved into her hands. She simply accepted them and buried her head in work. At noon, Silas went to the Foreign Affairs department for an inspection and asked a few people for their opinion about Annie, and they were only full of praise for her."Don't worry about her, Mr. Whitley! Annie is brilliant. All of us like her!""She's quick in her work and has plenty of ideas!"Silas listened patiently to their words, then approached Annie with a document in hand that he had translated before.He rapped his knuckle on the table and said, "Annie.""Mr. Whitley!" Annie's eyes lit up, and she jumped to her feet. "Do you have some work for me?"Silas nodded. "Translate this document and hand it to me when you're done.""Okay!" Annie said, accepting it with both hands as she tried to contain her excitement.Since it was Silas giving her work, it meant that the translated documents would definitely be given to Conrad.Jus
"Conrad, do you think... Do you think she could still be alive?" Fia whispered, clutching Conrad's hand as if holding onto a lifeline.Conrad frowned, bringing up his hand to pet her head gently."She's dead."He pressed a finger to smoothen the furrow between her brows and continued, "She'll never hurt you again."Fia shook her head, her body trembling as she felt like her nerves were fried from the terror of her dream."It felt so real...!"Conrad felt his heart ache at her state, and he carefully pulled her into his arms."Fia, it's all over now. It was just a dream."A suffocating feeling overwhelmed Fia when she thought about the dream again, and she pushed Conrad away."I can't breathe. Don't hold me too tightly."Conrad was stunned. He hadn't been holding her too tightly, but he released his grip on her when he heard her words.She fumbled around the bed frantically and said, "Where's my phone? Where is it? I want to listen to my lecture."Listening to her lectures w
She actually felt a little bit of admiration seeing the two’s father-daughter relationship.If they weren’t close, why would the daughter follow her father back to Gryphon the moment she returned to the country?“Tell me, if she is the precious daughter of a director, why would she come to Maxwell Corporation to work?”She turned her head sideways, her eyes which were no longer able to see looking at Conrad Maxwell who was by the side.“Is it you? Or is it something else?”Conrad’s expression was solemn and cold, his dark gaze sweeping a glance at Silas.Silas immediately replied, “It should be that Miss Parker recognized that Maxwell Corporation has a bright future ahead and thus came over to apply for a vacancy. I think that she doesn’t have any other intentions.”“Really?” Fia thought about the girl that blocked Conrad in front of the company’s entrance, her tone full of respect and anticipation.That was something she had once thought of doing, but never had the guts to.S
“Child, I have not directly told you all this while so that you could do a little thinking before I made things clear.”Finn was extremely distressed and he looked at Conrad who was staring at him coldly.“I’ll treat the both of you for dinner and we can talk properly. Would that be alright?”Conrad looked at Fia. “Do you want to go?”Fia was silent for a moment. “Alright.”Finn found a decent restaurant nearby.He asked for a small room and when he ordered dishes, he enquired about Fia’s preferences.Fia shook her head. “I’m not picky.”Finn looked at her, then ordered seven to eight dishes as well as a soup that was according to Annie’s preference.Fia listened attentively to him ordering before saying lightly, “The dishes Director Parker has ordered are mostly what a young lady would like to eat. This is according to Miss Parker’s preference, isn’t it?”Finn felt embarrassed for a couple of seconds. “Yes. Besides my daughter, Annie, I have not interacted with other young p
“This is a long story. I’ll explain when we get back later.” Finn was overwhelmed. These private matters were much more complicated than office matters.Annie stood rooted to the ground in a daze, not knowing that she was blocking the way of others.Conrad waited for a couple of seconds and lost patience. He spoke coldly. “Move aside!”Annie shrunk back in surprise, not understanding why he was so fierce toward her.Seeing this, Finn instantly got angered.“You little hooligan, what are you shouting at my daughter for! You and Fia are husband and wife. Annie is your younger sister!”Annie looked at Conrad in a daze and then looked at Fia. It was as if she was struck by lightning.They were husband and wife?This outstanding, captivating man was actually married?Her heart felt as if it was stabbed as she asked in a daze, “You are married?”Conrad couldn’t be bothered with her and was worried that Fia would get tired standing, so he picked her up by the waist and carried her i
Insidiously completing everything, Conrad sat back next to Fia, delighted.He opened the conversation between Fia and Jason and kept seeing the indication “typing”, but did not receive a message, so it was clear that Jason was really suffocated by anger.“Fia, I’ll help you peel the prawns.”“Thank you.”After peeling a few prawns and sweeping a few glances at Fia’s phone, and still seeing “typing”, he decided to disgust the other party.[Doctor Evans, Fia and I are getting ready for her to conceive. Is there anything we need to pay attention to?]Jason’s handsome face was dark. If Conrad was in front of him, he would really like to give him a punch.Shamelessly arrogant, and how despicable!After the meal, the two of them returned home and as usual, Conrad filled the bath, took off all her clothes, picked her up, and placed her in the bathtub.Fia laid in the bathtub, and thinking about those words Finn had said, she started to feel frustrated.“How do you plan to deal with