"You're the one who's feeling guilty!" Tianna immediately retorted. "I'm just... I don't know how to describe it!" "Then, do you like strong ones or weak ones?" Kevin gave her a simple choice, which made it easier to talk about. "Well..." Tianna was really clueless. He dug a hole for her, and she could not help but jump in. "I don't like a weak body, but I don't like the strong kind either, it's a little scary." "Oh, that means you like muscular ones, but not too much, right?" Asked Kevin. "Well, more or less," Tianna replied perfunctorily. Truthfully, there was nothing to be ashamed of on this topic. If it were someone else, Tianna could still talk about it. But talking to Kevin about this topic, she felt that there was something wrong, so she couldn't tell him in detail. But how could Kevin let Tianna go? "Your request is too high. He needs to have muscles, but can't be too muscular. It's too difficult to grasp the standard," Kevin deliberate
"I'm really out of my mind!" Tianna was going crazy. She might as well not sleep that night! After Kevin returned from Tianna's room, he wanted to lie down and sleep, but the warmth of Tianna's hands seemed to remain on his back. Plus, the smell of essential oil was really refreshing. He felt like a walking bottle of essential oil... So, he had to go to the bathroom to take a bath. In the rising steam, Kevin couldn't help recalling the scene of him teasing Tianna. The more he thought about it, the more happy he felt. He guessed that Tianna would definitely lose sleep that night. When he thought of the success of his plan, he felt secretly overjoyed. No, he was obviously overjoyed. At least, right now, Tianna would not think of him as her younger brother. Instead, she would treat him as a man. This was progress. He was slowly planting the idea that something could happen between them, so that there was a possibility of more things happening next.
"Who is it?" Tianna's voice rang out. "Me," said Kevin. Then, the person inside the room remained silent for a few seconds, but there was no sound of footsteps or intention of opening the door. A few seconds later, Tianna's voice sounded again, "What's the matter?" This was not right, this was not right! In normal times, even if Tianna asked what was going on, she would still open the door. When the two of them faced each other, she would ask. But now, she didn't come to the door. There were only two conjectures in Kevin's mind. Either Tianna didn't want to see him or she couldn't open the door. No matter what the reason, Kevin couldn't leave it be. "Well, I have something to talk about. Open the door first," said Kevin. Tianna was silent again, and then said, "What's the matter? Just stay there and say it." This was not right at all! At this time, Kevin did not intend to pretend to be a gentleman. When it was time to be stron
Why would Kevin feel bored? At this time, he was sitting on Tianna's bed with her and was watching a show with her. Not to mention watching a show, even if he was reading the most boring document with her, he would still be on cloud nine. Bored? No way! "I won't!" Kevin promised with great excitement, looking very pleased with himself. Tianna felt as if she had fell into Kevin's trap again, but there was no chance for her to regret it now. The more times she was fooled, the more tricks she came up with. So, Tianna was very smart and said, "Since you're going to watch a show with me, you should adapt to my way of watching dramas. I like to watch quietly, and I don't like to keep talking about it." The implication of Tianna's words was that he could quietly watch it. If he wanted to take the opportunity to talk about something unimportant, then he should get out of here as soon as possible! Kevin understood tacitly and made a gesture of zipping up his
Before Kevin could explain, Tianna continued, "Besides, I'm an adult. I can look at this. This is nothing! It's you, you're the child, right? Cover your eyes!" Kevin almost wanted to laugh. Tianna was so cute. She was only two years older than him. Did she want to act like an elder sister? "I'm an adult now, so I can watch it too, okay?" Kevin said. "What are you looking at? You are a child. You are not allowed to look!" It was rare for Tianna to be overbearing. Kevin felt that she was so cute. If the situation was right, he really wanted to kiss Tianna and hold her in his arms for a longer time than the couple just now. Thinking of this, Kevin was a little depressed. When could he freely confess his feelings to Tianna? "Well, this kind of romance show is not interesting." Kevin suddenly approached, but did not make too much of a move. He just rubbed Tianna's hair affectionately and said in a coaxing and amused way, "Don't watch it too much. It's a w
It was beneficial for siblings to study in the same class. For example, since the teacher had put up the book list, as long as one person gathered all the books, it meant that all of them had the books. They could take turns reading it and save money. "When the time comes, we can exchange and inspect each other's reading progress," Tianna said. "Sounds good," Kevin said expressionlessly. There were quite a few people in the library. Some of them came here to buy books, some took books from the bookshelves, and then went to the counter to order drinks so as to study here. Some of them purely used the library as their study room to refer to books and do homework at the same time. When he walked into this place, he felt that he was surrounded by a strong aroma of books, and there was a strong aura of diligent studying around them. "I'll go and choose a book first. You can go look around yourself," Tianna lowered her voice and whispered to Kevin. Because her
When he was paying the bill, Kevin realized the cashier was the same girl who had asked for his number earlier. The young lady's face lit up. She said, "Hey, handsome guy! I helped watch all your books earlier. Shouldn't you be—" Hearing this, Tianna turned to look at Kevin. Kevin's reply was rather unexpected, however. "What are you looking at? What an annoying person, pestering me for my number." He was trying to get Tianna to pity him and cooperate, but Tianna began to smile ever wider. In the end, Kevin could only resort to putting his arm around Tianna, to show he was already taken. "Darling, I didn't bring my phone with me. Why don't you pay instead?" His tone was extremely intimate. Although the clever Tianna had guessed Kevin's intention and was willing to cooperate with his performance, she was still a little taken aback by the term of endearment he was using. Wasn't 'darling' a little to cheesy? Even if they were in a relationship, th
"Ha, ha, ha..." Another man in Zac's group piped up, "You're wrong. Is there any need for them to go to a hotel? Isn't it convenient to be siblings? This way, they can do whatever they want when in the comfort of their own home..." "Hahaha! No wonder, I never even thought of that!" Their taunting had gone beyond just being mean. It was low-class and deliberate. As a girl, Tianna had never heard these words before. Her face immediately turned red because of embarrassment. This group of people was obviously trying to make things complicated. They deliberately made a loud noise in order to attract the attention of many people, in order to embarrass her. "Zac, I really didn't expect you to be such a shameless person!" Tianna said angrily. All she'd done was refuse him. At that time, she tried her best to save Zac's face, but he constantly tried to provoke her again and again. His shameless behaviour was unacceptable. Zac's heart ached when he heard his
"Okay." Grace agreed and said, "I have something else to discuss with you." When he finally heard this sentence, Zaden knew that there must've been something going on. "What's the matter?" As they talked, they went into the lounge. Zaden also specifically told the secretaries that no one was allowed to come in and disturb him before work in the afternoon. These words made the secretaries' eyes turn red. Since he had ordered them to keep everyone out of his office while he was inside with a woman, it was hard to control their imaginations from running wild. "How's your investigation on my surrogacy?" Grace asked. Zaden had thought that Grace's patience was wearing thin, and so she had sought him out for an update on his progress. Feeling a little ashamed, he said, "I'm sorry. There hasn't been any progress so far. You know that information on surrogacy is highly secured. It won't be so easy for my subordinates to investigate it." "It's okay. You
"Stop!" Grace made a gesture and said, "I'm going to the Empire Group. Do you want to go with me?" "Oh?" Gentry was flustered for a moment and then realized that he had almost gotten himself in trouble. He quickly said goodbye. "Sorry, sorry for bothering you. It's my fault!" Grace shook her head helplessly. She went to the kitchen to bring the toiletries she had prepared for Zaden, and set off for the Empire Group. Grace took a cab, as she didn't have the nerve to ask her chauffeurs to give her a ride. This was the first time Grace had taken the initiative to go there. She didn't know whether she was going to meet Zaden or not, but the staff at the front desk had changed since the last time she had went to deliver food and she didn't know when it had happened. Hence, the new staff didn't know her at all. However, when she saw that Grace was dressed up very beautifully and elegantly, she guessed that Grace must be someone important. Naturally, she didn't d
This time, Grace took the initiative. She stood on tiptoe, hooked her arms around Zaden's neck, and took the initiative to plant her pink lips on his. The chaste kisses turned into lingering kisses. Zaden had always restrained himself very much. Every time he met Grace, he always felt that he was on the verge of losing control. "Well, I can't believe that you are so obedient today. Go to sleep. If you kiss me again, I might not remain chaste. You won't have a chance to sleep even if you want to," said Zaden. After going to bed, Grace took the initiative to cradle into Zaden's arms. Just like Dulcie acting like a spoiled child, Grace had also put all of her heart and soul into Zaden, like a spoiled child. The next day, there was still no sign of Zaden at breakfast in the Andrew household. "Oh? Dad's gone again..." Dulcie said regretfully. Douglas found that his sister was upset, thus he comforted her, "It doesn't matter, Dulcie. Daddy need
The silent confrontation was still going on, and Zaden was waiting. When would Moira give in? Moira was also waiting. When would Zaden be gracious enough to let her go? However, perhaps these two people didn't know each other very well. They both had naive expectations that were absolutely wrong and impossible to achieve from the beginning. "It's so cold..." Moira murmured in a low voice. As she spoke, a puff of white vapor immediately appeared in front of her lips. Even though kneeling down like this was not a big deal, Moira had always been pampered and had grown up a spoiled child. She had never suffered this kind of hardship before. Her body could not bear it either. She only felt that her legs were on the verge of losing its strength and becoming numb. The rain grew heavier and heavier, and the wind and rain swayed. Flowers in the garden were beaten into a mess by the rain, as so was Moira. Moira's body had reached its limit, and she could not catch h
"Plop—" Moira's kneecaps hit the ground, the sound of it ringing crisp. Grace was dumbfounded. She looked at Moira, who was kneeling in front of her, and could not say anything for a while. As for Zaden, there was not even the slightest expression on his face. "What, what are you doing?" Grace asked. She instinctively stood up from her chair as she took in the scene before her, at a complete loss of what to do. Moira glanced at her. Sometimes, when one's ego was at one's feet, one becomes more able to take humiliation than usual. She replied with indifference, "Why are you so agitated? I'm not kneeling at you. Don't think too much of yourself." Moira looked at Zaden and said, "Zaden, I beg you, please have mercy on the Coulson family. No matter what you demand, as long as I can do it, you can demand it!" Zaden frowned and said, "Kneel further if you want to. You're an eyesore right now." Mercy? For someone like Zaden, mercy had always bee
"No, Mother, if Zaden takes over the Coulson Group, then we..." Moira could not continue speaking. She did not even want to imagine what would happen. "You understand now? I thought a donkey kicked you in the brain!" "That... That won't do. I'll go beg him right now!" Moira shouted. Now that things had come to this, it was obvious that Zaden's target was Moira. Although she was extremely unwilling, she would have to make a stand against him now. No matter what she would have to experience, she had to protect the company. She could not lose everything. She rushed to the Andrew family villa, but Moira was not even allowed through the main entrance. "Let me in!" Moira began making a scene outside. She made such a ruckus that it was difficult for the people inside to ignore her. "Mr. Andrew, Miss Coulson is causing a scene outside, this..." the butler informed Zaden "Let her be," Zaden said expressionlessly. This was not the first
Grace frowned before cutting Moira off. "Moira, there's no use in talking to me like that. I just want to know who it is. Tell me the truth!" "Do you think I'll tell you just because you want to know?" Moira scoffed before retorting, "Who do you think you are?" "Does this mean that you admit you used Mr. Yale's name to deceive me?" Grace quickly latched onto the loophole in Moira's words. "Hah, I didn't say that. You're just making things up." Moira was still as stubborn as a mule. She once again diverted the topic so that she could insult and ridicule Grace. All sorts of vulgarities came through the call, and each minute that passed only pushed a person's limits even further. Grace felt nothing at Moira's words. However, Zaden, who was next to her, did not want to hear any more of it. He was on his last straw, so he grabbed the phone to end the call. "Are you stupid? Just letting her scold you like that?" Zaden asked, his tone sour. "As long a
"Mr. Yale and his wife are quite old, so having children has been difficult for them. In the beginning, they contacted many surrogacy agencies. However, Mr. Yale was extremely cautious when it came to picking a surrogate mother. This caused a lot of trouble to the agencies since the surrogate mothers they suggested never met his standards." "Later, Mr. Yale thought about going abroad to find a surrogate mother. However, right at the critical moment, he suddenly found out that Mrs. Yale was already pregnant!" "The pleasant surprise caused them to give up their search for a surrogate mother. After all, Mrs. Yale wasn't getting any younger and they both went through a lot to get this son, so that's why the Yale family treats him so preciously." As Zaden listened to the report from his subordinate on the other end of the call, his mood grew complicated. The only way he could clear his mind was to focus on the fact that the night wind had blown his body cold. To be h
Mr. Yale's word of thanks was like a knife stabbing into Grace's heart. How could she be worthy of his gratitude? She could not take it anymore and felt like returning to the car to escape the situation. Mr. Yale withdrew his hand in embarrassment. Even he, who was usually slick and smooth, could not find the right words to say at this time. Zaden tried to smooth things over by saying, "I'm sorry, she was one of the victims too, so..." "I understand," Mr. Yale said with a nod. "We understand and more than anything else, we thank you, Mr. Andrew. You've worked hard today. We won't take up any more of your time. You should go back early and rest. We will definitely drop by next time to properly thank you." Zaden nodded and turned to get in the car. Dulcie was all worn out from crying too long, so she was curled up in her seat and fast asleep. Zaden asked softly, "What on earth happened before I arrived?" Grace suddenly turned teary-eyed. The tear