“Remember, you’re my assistant. I pay you to follow my orders. My family issues are none of your business. It is not your place to say anything.”He got to his feet and walked away as soon as he said that.“Garrison!”Jordan hurriedly grabbed his hand.However, she immediately realized that her actions were too out of character a second later. She quickly released Garrison’s hand, blushed, and mumbled, “The rain is getting heavier. Take this umbrella.”“No need.”Garrison refused to take the umbrella that Jordan had offered and did not bother turning back to look at her. Instead, he icily said, “You seem to have used the wrong form of address. Let me remind you that only the people close to me are allowed to call me Garrison. From now on, you are required to call me Mr. Larson or sir.”Jordan froze in place like an ice statue. Her red lips gaped, yet she did not say another word.Garrison lifted his head and looked at the rainy sky, allowing the rain to wash over his face and p
Sotiria’s graceful figure clearly wavered. Her eyes were now filled with terror.“A few days ago, when I found out that Zachary approached me because I resembled Charlotte, I asked you about my connection to Charlotte before I lost my memories. You told me that we were not acquainted, that we never interacted. Why are you telling me that I had something to do with her death now? What’s going on? Did I kill her?”“Tiria, calm down. You know how much Zachary loves Carlie. If you’d actually killed her, Zachary would have gotten revenge on you long ago.”Garrison held Sotiria’s hand. He felt the immense tremor in her little hand, and his heart felt as if it had been cut by a knife.For one fleeting moment, he suddenly couldn’t bear to lie to her. He wanted to tell her the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth… That way, she wouldn’t need to shoulder the rotten reputation that she’d never deserved in the first place… and he wouldn’t need to feel the guilt and torment that he
Only then did Garrison quietly heave a sigh of relief.Sotiria stood on the tips of her toes and gently patted Garrison’s wet head. She softly curled her lips. “You said that you’ve been keeping this secret from me because you were afraid that I’d blame myself. Actually, you were overthinking. I don’t need to blame myself just because I switched places with Charlotte. It was an accident after all. Besides, until I regain my memories, no one will ever know why we switched places. I don’t think I need to feel guilty. What do you think?”Garrison couldn’t help but chuckle. “Mm.”Sotiria lifted her finger and pointed at the bathroom. “Now, you’ve told me your secret. Will you please get a shower?”Garrison shook his head.“Tiria, I need you to do me a favor. This time, you have to do it no matter what, okay?”Sotiria nodded. “Tell me.”Garrison quietly steeled himself. “Tiria, you heard Zachary. He’s the reason why we can’t consummate our marriage. He even said that he’d continue
Sotiria was standing outside the gate of a villa in a thin hospital gown while the cold wind kept brushing past her frail body.Boom! A clap of thunder struck the December sky, and hail started falling from above.Her body was exhausted, her legs were weak, and she was about to drop face-first onto the hail-covered ground.However, the pain she expected did not arrive.A strong arm wrapped around her waist as her face was about to crash onto the ground and picked her up horizontally.She saw a breathtaking face through the bright silver light. Amidst the snow and hail, the eyes staring at her looked like two drops of thick black ink that had dripped onto a glacier, and the regal, cold aura of a king penetrated her chest and went directly into her heart.“Zachary!” Sotiria called his name and sat up on her bed, only to realize that it was just a dream.She rubbed her aching head.‘That’s weird! I often dreamed of a gloomy, indifferent Zachary choking me in the past, but I had a
‘Huh!?’Sotiria suspected that she was hallucinating.However, she immediately heard a short, plump woman say with a wide smile, “Yeah! I have no idea where the rumor that you and Mr. Larson are about to leave Rothesay for another city came. I was devastated when I heard this rumor! Tiria, you’re such a good person, and we like you so much. What will we do if we don’t get to see you after you leave this city?”‘What!?’Sotiria thought that she was dreaming.“Thank God that the rumor is fake. Tiria, please don’t leave. Naomi is very cute, and my son Quintin loves to play with her.”“Yeah, Phoebe loves to play with Naomi too.”“Huh? Tiria, your face looks really fair today. It looks just like milk. What kind of skincare products do you use?”“What are you saying? Tiria was born this way and has always had nice skin, so there’s no reason for her to need any sort of skincare products...”These women surrounded Sotiria and praised her with smiles.Sotiria, who had not been respect
Sotiria was left speechless, and the corners of her lips twitched. At that moment, the uncontrollable surge in her heart intensified when she saw the flame-like sparkle that was flickering in his glacial eyes.She suddenly felt an impulse to disregard everything, obey him, and throw herself into his arms.She took a step toward him with her right foot subconsciously.However, a second later, she suddenly saw a person who was looking at her scornfully not far away. She recovered from this trance immediately as if a pail of iced water had been poured on her head. “About that... Mr. Connor, stop fooling around...”She stopped moving forward, and her cheeks felt like they were on fire. “It hasn’t been a long time since we last met, and we’re not even close to being lovers, so I don’t want to hug you affectionately!”Zachary’s face was as perfect as a glacier, and there was not even a trace of emotion on it. “Judging from how you reacted just now, you acted against your own will just b
Sotiria remembered clearly that she’d said these things to Zachary because she had seen people outside the car talking about her after getting into his car outside the police station yesterday.‘Zachary didn’t say anything at the time. I thought he would just listen to my rant and then forget about it. I didn’t expect him to actually remember everything and spread the word to the public for me...’“Now tell me, how do you plan to thank me?” Sotiria felt a chill on her skin. Zachary pinched her chin with his thumb and index finger and slowly lifted her small face. “Maybe with a kiss?”Sotiria’s thoughts wavered.Zachary’s lips were thin and glistening, and their shape looked even more perfect than that of a rose petal. The warmth of the breath that was exhaled through his lips and nose was intermixed with a faint fragrance, and the combination felt like the most irresistible temptation in the world...Looking at those lips as they came nearer and nearer inch by inch, Sotiria sudden
Looking at her pitiful look and tears, Zachary opened his thin lips slightly. However, he did not utter another word because he could not bear to make her feel worse...He wanted to wipe her tears away for her but was afraid that his action would only make her even more resistant. Thus, he retracted his right hand when it was already in mid-air.Sotiria raised her hand to wipe her tears, shifted her gaze from his face hurriedly, turned around, and left.After putting a few meters between her and Zachary, Sotiria suddenly felt that something was wrong, so she turned around and said, “I just said so many things to you. Why didn’t you respond? Should I consider this tacit consent?”While standing under the bright sunshine, Zachary looked even more majestic, regal, and out of this world. He shook his head indifferently. “What do you think made me the business emperor of Rothesay?”‘Ah?!’Sotiria was obviously stunned.‘Is he talking about the same thing I did?’A second later, Zach