"No," he said firmly. Grace felt as if she had been teased again, but she didn't know what to do. She pushed Zaden away, and ran away from the birthday banquet hurriedly. "Heh..." Zaden chuckled softly. He remembered he once said angrily that if that woman pushed him away again, he was going to fire her. But now that Grace had pushed him away, he didn't actually want to fire her just like that. "What are you doing here?" Kevin popped up out of nowhere. "Not much." Zaden adjusted his collar and said with a smile, "I was just teaching a little pig a lesson." Nevertheless, Kevin had seen Zaden and Grace's behavior earlier. He teased with a smirk, "What's going on, have you fallen for her?" Subconsciously, Zaden was about to deny and say that he hated women. Kevin knew about his hatred towards women too. However, he didn't say anything, and he felt that it was strange as well. That's right. Ever since he realized that he didn't
Zaden said with a gloomy expression, "The investigation isn't over yet. Furthermore, you have no say in how I'm going to deal with this." Moira burst into flames, hearing that she was rejected, and her hatred towards Grace multiplied at once. "Dad..." Dulcie asked for a hug once she saw that Zaden was here. Seeing his daughter's swollen eyes and bandaged arm, Zaden couldn't help but feel heartbroken. Nevertheless, this incident was extremely strange. How was it that something happened right when Douglas and Dulcie left the house? Was it really a coincidence? No, he was sure that someone had planned this on purpose. After returning to the villa, Zaden's subordinates came to him to report the results of the investigation. "The man who nabbed Miss Dulcie is a criminal who had once been sentenced for murder. He escaped previously, but we're not sure why he appeared in the mall today. The police are currently dealing with him," his subordinate
Grace couldn't hold back her anger. She asked angrily, "Do you mean that you would have continued to hide it from me if it weren't for today's accident?" "It's not a good thing anyway. If I could hide it from you for a lifetime, I would!" Gentry argued. Grace was furious but her heart sank when she saw Gentry's expression. Gentry had always been obedient and sensible. There had to be a reason. "Hurry up and say it!" Grace shouted. "The 5 million dollars is the money you received for giving birth to a child." Gentry dropped a bomb. Her ears almost started ringing. Giving birth to a child? "Mom was terminally ill and we didn't have any money for her treatment. You chose to give birth to a child for someone else," he said very faintly. Only Gentry himself knew how painful it would be to reopen such old wounds. It hurt him to reawaken such painful memories for Grace. "The people on the other side were very secretive. You didn't
If Grace remembered what had happened back then, Moira could not even begin to imagine how complicated things would be. Everything that she had at this moment could very possibly disappear and be destroyed in an instant. "No, I need to stop provoking Grace," Moira thought to herself. She had to either behave herself and keep a low profile for a period of time or go all out to get rid of Grace completely once and for all. It was time for her to make a choice. After dinner, Grace stood by the table and served the dinner to the family as usual. Occasionally, she would take care of Douglas and Dulcie. When Zaden was eating, he glanced at Grace a few times and realized that something was not quite right with her. She seemed to be a little different from before. Although she didn't speak in the past, she was energetic and full of vitality. However, at present, it seemed as if her soul had been taken away. When she stood there without saying a word, one would not
Zaden did not know what was wrong with him either. He did spontaneously ask Grace to deliver him lunch at the dining table earlier. When he saw the shock and annoyance gracing her face at this request, he felt comforted for a few minutes. However, now that Grace stood obediently before him, he no longer felt the same feeling as before. Zaden ate his food and commented casually, "As usual, the taste is okay." "This dish could be a little spicier." "This meat is a little hard to chew..." "Your standard is not on point today. How could you be so much worse than usual? Don't tell me that you did this on purpose because you didn't want to send me food?" Zaden asked. Grace was speechless. "Continue being picky! You could be as picky as you want. You won't have the chance to torture me anymore in two days!" Grace could only comfort herself inwardly so that she could stay poised. She must stay calm. She didn't want to fuss over minor matters with this b*sta
"I can't," Zaden said. Grace was speechless. He was not her boss anymore, right? Who gave him the right to act bossy around her? It truly made her grit her teeth in anger. "I don't have the time," Grace said coldly. "Then when will you have time?" Zaden asked, his tone a patient one. "Forget it," Grace thought to herself. After all, she did indeed earn a lot of money while working for Zaden. No matter what reason he wanted to meet up with her for, he probably would not go as far as to eat her alive. "Well... let's meet tomorrow," Grace said. "Alright." The next day, Grace asked him what the matter was as soon as they met up. Zaden was much more straightforward this time. "I'd like to invite you to cook dinner at my house this weekend," Zaden said bluntly. Grace was puzzled. She thought that she had already made it very clear before she left. Zaden's current request felt a little unreasonable. How could an almighty CEO not have an eg
What kind of prank was this? Asking her to nod if she understood? Did Zaden think that she could not understand the language he spoke? However, despite feeling annoyed by his remarks, Grace nodded anyway. It was after doing so did Zaden only let go of her. The two of them then snuck out of the children's bedroom. "Why are you sleeping here?" Zaden asked. Grace thought he was angry and quickly explained, "I didn't want this either, but Dulcie refused to let me go. I wanted to leave after she fell asleep but I couldn't help it..." "You really are a pig." "What did you say?" Grace did not hear him clearly. "Nothing, I'm here to ask why didn't you leave any food for me?" Zaden questioned. "The butler said that you were working overtime today. I thought you were going to eat at the company, so I didn't leave any food," Grace explained. "What do you mean you thought, you did it on purpose, didn't you?" Zaden accused. Grace was speec
"We have no choice but to take our time and look for one," she said. After seeing Grace's unconcerned expression, her roommate remembered the news about her sugar daddy, and teased her, "Sigh, we're all so anxious about it, but you seem so calm, Grace! Oh right, if you can't find a job, you can go back to being a chef at your employee's house!" Her roommate's mocking words actually gave her an idea. She could still work in the Andrew family during the weekends, and she could focus on looking for an internship during the weekdays. That way, she wouldn't have to worry about not having an income, and she wouldn't be so stressed anymore. Meanwhile, her roommates exchanged an envious but also disdainful gaze when they heard the words 'be a chef'. Ever since she left the school, Grace invested all of her attention in looking for a job. And it was as that moment when she realized how difficult it was to find a job. Relatively speaking, her job at Zade