A week later, the results came out.There was a site for the design competition. When I logged onto the site, I found that I was ranked at 52. However, only the top 50 can pass the preliminary contest.I, who wasn't satisfied with my own work, knew I probably wouldn't pass the preliminary contest. Even so, when I saw I could have passed if I had beaten the other two contestants, I was still a little disappointed.Hearing many others congratulating Amelia, I scrolled up the page and found she ranked 32nd.Amelia walked to me and looked at my web page. She then said with a smile, "Reed Defiant, you are the most diligent one on usual days. Most customers write letters to our company, praising you. Why couldn't you even pass the preliminary session?""I am not as good as you.""Hahaha, you indeed have self awareness." Amelia returned to her seat while laughing.Not long after, I received a text message from Haick, "I saw the result of the preliminary contest. Sorry, I didn't give you the
Desmond put out the car engine and got out of the car. He looked at me with admiration, "Well done! Reed. I didn't expect you to be this powerful!""500,000 dollars." I spread my hand out to him."I surely meant my words." Desmond happily ran to the car planning to write a cheque.Originally I was joking but I didn't expect Desmond would take my words seriously and hand me a cheque.I simply couldn't imagine what a rich man's world would be like.Seeing that he tore off the cheque and wanted to give it to me, I waved my hand, "I don't want it. I'll be grateful to you if you don't pester Kim in the future."After that, I walked in the direction of the law firm.As soon as I took two steps forward, I saw Harry and Oogway standing at the entrance of the law firm looking at me.Harry first clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be such a bold and scheming person, Miss Defiant.""No, no."I was just dealing with someone shameless in a rogue way. I didn't expect t
Dave took me to the top floor of Mensvic Restaurant.The night lights were set up around us.The weather wasn't hot in April. As the cold breeze blew gently past us, I felt good.Dave asked me to order the dishes but I still said, "Up to you."Soon, the dishes were served.Admittedly, the dishes in Mensvic Restaurant were indeed delicious. After we finished the main course and dessert was served, I looked up at Dave, "Let's have a good talk."Dave interrupted me, "Have a taste of this first. The dessert here is also very delicious."His expression was gentle but I felt he seemed to be interrupting me on purpose.I lowered my head, looked at the cake in front of me, and took a bite of it. At first, it tasted bitter, then, it was sweet.It was just like the relationship between Dave and I.As I recalled the past, I found that every step I had taken seemed to leave me with pain and scars. However, for no reason, I always faintly remembered a wonderful memory.I took a bite of the cake an
After we arrived at the Hospital, I went up to see Judith with Dave following behind me.I stood outside the ICU and watched Judith quietly lying there with her eyes closed. She, who was still the same as what I had seen every day, didn't have any changes at all.Dave stood behind me and said, "My grandfather came to see her earlier.""Grandpa Mitaka?" I turned to look at Dave in surprise."Yes." Dave nodded, "After Lita intended to jump off the building, Grandma Judith specifically called my grandfather and told him about this marriage but my grandfather refused."It is understandable.Lita tried to hurt me back then and I exposed her plagiarism as a result, Jamin thought ill of both of us. The way I see it, he surely wouldn't agree to choose either of us to be his daughter in law."However, after Grandpa came to see Grandma Judith here, he changed his mind and personally summoned Lita and I to his home, saying he has agreed to our marriage."After Dave finished his words, my heart t
Lita raised her head and looked at Dave with tears streaming down her cheeks, "Dave, what's going on?" Then she turned to me. "Reed, why did you guys lie..."Hearing this, Thomas also got angry as he said, "Reed Defiant, it was you who made the request for Dave to marry Lita. Dave, you also agreed back then. What's wrong with you two now?""Dad, forget it. It's all my fault. I'm the extra one in this relationship. I should die..."As Lita said so, she wanted to run away.Thomas grabbed her. He, who couldn't hit me, could only stare at me and said, "Reed Defiant, we shouldn't have had you! You've done so many shameless things over the years. Your grandmother loves you the most but you bribed the doctor to hurt her and now you're interfering with Lita's marriage!"With just a few words, he made me a heinous person.I couldn't help but think of what Harry had told me yesterday. How could it be so coincidental that just as Lita intended to jump off the building, someone came to take my b
At this time, Thomas and Comfort both came over.The situation of Lita's car was more serious than that of Dave's. The airbag in her car was also out with blood everywhere in the front. The front of her car was severely totaled.When Lita was carried out, her face was covered with blood with a large sized cut on her forehead.Seeing Dave being wheeled inside, I followed the doctors only to be stopped by Thomas.He grabbed my arm tightly and stared at me fiercely, "Reed Defiant, if anything happens to Lita, you will pay with your life!""Mr. Thomas, feel free to threaten me."I rolled my eyes at Thomas and continued walking inside.Dave and Lita were both sent to the emergency room.Not long after, the lights of Dave's emergency room went out. I quickly stood up and saw him being pushed out.When I walked over, I saw Dave had his eyes slightly opened but his left hand was fixed with a few boards.When he saw me, he smiled and said, "It's nothing serious, I'm fine."His words almost ma
Looking at Dave, I wanted to mention what had happened just now but I felt it would be so sentimental and pretentious of me.By all means, Lita was Dave's fiancee. There was nothing wrong with him asking Evangel to check on Lita's situation.That afternoon, as I accompanied Dave, the thought of him asking Evangel to check in on Lita made me feel sour.I wanted to ask him but I didn't know how to. I wanted to leave it be but I couldn't let it go.That evening, Dave asked Evangel to send us to the underground garage of the residential quarter. After getting out of the car, I headed for my building however, Dave got closer and wrapped me with his one arm, "Luv, look at my injured hand. It's not convenient for me to do anything by myself."As he said this, he tried to make me walk in the direction of his apartment."Don't you have servants at home?""Yes." Dave paused then he looked at me with an ambiguous look in his eyes, "But if I want to take a bath, I can't let the servants help me.
I helped Dave get dressed. This time, I chose a shirt with loose sleeves so he could wear it freely.We arrived at the Hospital not long after.In the elevator, I held onto Dave's arm on purpose.When the door of the elevator opened, Helen was standing not far off. When she saw Dave, her face lit up with joy but when she noticed me, the joy on her face turned into anger. She pointed at me and scolded, "Reed Defiant, why are you here?""Helen, I slept with him on the same bed. I was awakened by your call so I came here with him." I said in an alienated way.At this time, Helen was so angry that she gritted her teeth, "Reed Defiant! You b*tch, if it weren't for you, my Lita wouldn't have become like this!"As she spoke, she rushed over to me.Dave pushed her with his right hand, causing Helen to stumble. She took a few steps backward and supported herself against the wall so she wouldn't fall to the ground.She looked at Dave with disbelief on her face, "Mr. Mitaka, Lita loves you
Looking at me coldly, Dave seemed to be thinking about something and failed to say anything for a long time.About seven or eight seconds later, I was about to leave. Then Dave suddenly said, "Yes, you are right."I thought there was something wrong with my ears.His voice was a little hoarse and sentimental.Before I could say anything, Dave continued, "I really shouldn't force you to bear any child for me again. With our current relationship, it's really not appropriate for us to have a child.""I..."His attitude changed so fast that I didn't know what to say for a while.But he said first, "Sorry."After that, he turned around to leave.I stood in the night and watched him walking into the darkness bit by bit. For no reason, I felt reluctant to see him leave."Wait a minute!"I wasn't reconciled once again!I took a few steps, went up to the front of his car, and grabbed Dave's hand. When he stopped, I hugged him from behind, "What's wrong with you? Are you going to leave or stay?
I hesitated for a moment and finally opened the door slightly.Seeing me open the door, Jason surveyed me up quickly and looked inside the room, looking a little nervous, "Are... Are you okay?""Yes." I reluctantly curled up the corner of my lips, "Well, I'm going to close the door. We have something to do. You can leave first. Cook and have a meal with Bryan first."I made my position quite clear.Jason looked quite reluctant. He stood there for a long time. It seemed that he was not willing to leave.But I closed the door.After I turned around, I saw dense sarcasm in Dave's eyes. And he said, "What's wrong with you? Are you sad because you hurt your kept man?""Shut up!" I looked up at Dave and asked reluctantly, "What on earth happened? How did you become like this?""Huh? Do you want to know?" Dave stretched out his hand and directly pulled me into his arms.He turned over and pressed me under his body. He looked down at me and said, "I risked my life for you. And you kept a love
Looking at Bryan, I felt a heart wrenching pain. However, I didn't know how to comfort him.At this time, Jason on the side raised his hand to rub Bryan's hair and said, "Of course, your dad won't do that. Every father in the world loves his children the most. Of course, your dad surely won't abandon you.""Is it true?""It's true!" Jason nodded with certainty.He pushed the shopping cart away.Looking at the bottle of energy drink that Dave had put down, somehow, I picked it up and put it in the shopping cart.After we went back home that night, I cooked. And Jason accompanied Bryan to build Lego.Everything was as usual.Ding. Dong.Someone rang the doorbell.Jason went to open the door. I stood aside and felt a little puzzled. After all, no one would visit me.After Jason opened the door, I saw a look of surprise on his face.The next second, I saw Dave pushing him away and stepping into the room. Looking around, he saw me, went straight over, and grabbed my arm, saying, "Let's
The next day, Jason arrived with a leather suitcase.Bryan was so happy. It was also a Friday.Originally, Jason was about to leave at night. However, Bryan insisted on not letting him go. Whatever I said, he wouldn't listen to me.In the end, we couldn't persuade Bryan, so I had to let Jason stay overnight...That day seemed to be a turning point.Since that day, Jason had been living in my home. Occasionally, he would go back to school but most of the time, he lived here.I trusted him. Usually, I would leave a few hundred dollars at home and ask him to go out to the supermarket to buy things for me.What's more, after Jason stayed here on weekends, I could go to the driving school to learn to drive over the weekends, which benefited me and significantly shorten the duration of getting a driving license.Because I could go to the driving school on the weekends, I passed the vehicle driving license exam of subject three soon. After that, I made a reservation for subject four.To cel
I knew that Jason surely knew where he should have put the Lego piece. It was just that he used this method to make Bryan think on his own.The two of them were having a good time at this time. When I entered the room, neither Jason nor Bryan noticed me.Within a day, the two of them got along with each other so well. Only then did I feel that Jason was quite reliable.I changed my shoes and walked inside.Jason quickly stood up and said, "Sister Alina, let me prepare dinner for you.""No, let me do it." I looked at my watch and found that it was past six p.m. Then I said, "Go back to school now.""Okay." Jason nodded his head.Cleaning up the Lego pieces on the ground, Jason promised Bryan that he would piece the Lego with him tomorrow and left.After I finished cooking and asked Bryan to have dinner, Bryan stared at me and said, "Mom, can you pay brother Jason more so that he can accompany me longer?"I was stunned. And I immediately wondered whether Jason had asked Bryan to say s
A week later, Jason came to my house for the first time on a Monday.I got up at 7 a.m, changed my clothes, and went downstairs, planning to cook. Ding!Ding! My cell phone rang.It was a text from Jason, which read, "Sister Alina, I'm at the door of your house. If you are up, please open the door for me."I opened the door quickly.I saw Jason standing at the door in a light blue T shirt. Rolling up the sleeves to his shoulders, he revealed his skinny and yet muscular arms. With a pair of sports shorts on his lower body, a pair of sneakers, and white socks on.The morning sunlight shone on his face and shone into his eyes, making him outgoing and bright."Why did you come so early?" I was a little surprised.Jason said seriously, "Sister Scarlett told me that you are quite busy, asking me to come here to make breakfast early. After I arrived here, fearing that you hadn't woken up, I waited at the door for a while. After hearing that there was movement inside, I sent the text."For
Not long after that day, a female superstar was revealed to have slept with different men, overshadowing all news related to me.In the end, my life went to as peaceful as it used to be.The studio gradually returned to normal. And the renovation of the former studio had almost been done. So we moved back.I transformed one of Judith's guest rooms into Bryan's room and got him back to my side.If Bryan went to the same kindergarten as he did before, it would be troublesome. So I intended to transfer him to another kindergarten.It just so happened that Marie found a kindergarten offering a semi boarding service for Aurelia. She could live there from Monday to Thursday. And Marie would pick her up and take her home on weekends.According to Marie, she had studied this kindergarten for a long time and found it quite reliable. So I sent Bryan there as well.Since Bryan wasn't home at ordinary times, I had a lot of free time.Apart from learning to drive, I focused on my work.Once I beca
I followed him into the elevator specifically for the president. Dee stood in front of me. Through the mirror in the elevator door, I could see that he looked dignified.Walking out of the elevator, I saw that the whole top floor was the same as before.Dee took me to the door of Dave's office. Knocking twice on the door, he said, "Mr. Mitaka, she's here."Then he pushed the door open slightly and motioned me to go in.It seems that Dave had known I will come.I looked at the door and felt extremely nervous. Taking a deep breath, I pushed the door open and walked in.In the office, Dave sat in front of a large L shaped desk with a document in one hand and a folder in the other, correcting the document.I walked in. He paused what he was doing for a moment. Without raising his head, he asked, "What do you want to say?"If Dave's attitude to me was as normal as usual, I might indeed think that I had seen something wrong. However, judging from the current scene, I knew that I hadn't se
Lying there, I rested for quite a while before sitting up.Looking at the dim living room around me, I saw a faint light shining through the window of the living room. Searching the living room carefully, I was sure Dave hadn't come back.Yeah, he didn't come back. Otherwise, seeing that I fell down, he surely would come to me.I thought of the kiss at noon.I, who had been pretending to be strong, could no longer disguise myself.I stood where I was and kept telling myself, "Aren't you going to be independent of him? Aren't you going to stop thinking about him?"After all, everything would only get worse and worse if we were together. It would be better if we weren't together.In that case, the ones I loved wouldn't get hurt.How nice it would be!I kept telling myself this.Yeah. Since I decided to break up with him, I would have to make things clear to him face to face, right?I was deceiving myself in my mind.Rubbing my waist, I took out my cell mobile phone from my pocket. Look