Walking up to me step by step, Thomas grabbed my clothes with his hands, "Reed, we did everything wrong in the past. After I went home, I told your mother that I had seen you. She insisted that I should take you home for dinner. She even got dishes ready."Helen cooked?I wasn't convinced.Helen claimed herself to be a noble lady. She didn't know how to cook at all. How come she could cook after a few years? I doubted that.Oogway asked me with an umbrella in his hand, "What are you going to do with him?"If I ignored Thomas, Thomas probably would stand here for the entire night. After all, he was living a hard life now. If the news that he passed out at the door of his biological daughter's studio got out, he surely would attract others attention.I hesitated for a moment and asked Thomas, "Uncle, where do you live? We'll send you back. You indeed got the wrong person.""Uncle, her name is Alina Jetson. She's not the one you're looking for." Oogway spoke up for me as well."Alina Je
The light in the corridor, which was quite narrow, wasn't on.As I was about to put my hand on the armrest next to me, I felt that I had touched something furry...Then, the furry thing quickly moved.Without moving my hand away, I touched something thin and long.In the end, the thin and long thing moved.It took me a few seconds to realize that what I had touched just now...Was a rat!Taking a breath of cold air, I was so scared that tears welled up in my eyes. However, biting my lips, I held myself back from screaming out."What's wrong?" Oogway found that something was wrong with me."I'm fine..."It is just that I touched a rat.I suppressed the fear in my heart and rubbed my hands against each other frantically.It truly was hard for me to imagine how Thomas and Helen would spend their life in a place like this. In the past, Thomas and Helen claimed themselves to be nobles.We followed Thomas all the way to the fifth floor.He took out a key and opened the door.As soon as he o
"No, no, it's not like that." Helen hastily waved her hand and pulled me, "Reed, where do you live now?"I pulled my hand out of Helen's hand and said lightly, "Auntie, I'm not a native of this City. I am living in a house provided by my company. Now that I've finished my work, I'm leaving this city.""Where are you going?" Hearing my words, Helen was a little anxious."I've told you that I'm not a native here. I'm just here for a cooperation. It has nothing to do with you as for where I am going."Subconsciously, I was afraid that I would be pestered by Helen.Never would I forgive them because of what they had done to me before, including Lita. I would never forgive her.Since she was deceased, I would leave it behind.Thomas continued to ask, "Then... Then where are you living now?""It has nothing to do with you."Staying in this room, I gradually found the atmosphere strange.Thomas and Helen had their own purposes by doing so. It was just that they were too embarrassed to say it
The suit in the photo was the one I wore the day I arrived in the City. In other words, someone knew my whereabouts like the back of his hand and he reported it to Thomas and Helen."Who gave you the photo?" I stared at Helen and asked.As Helen noticed that I was nervous, she smiled proudly and said, "Why should I tell you?""If you give us the suite in No.1, we'll tell you." Thomas stood behind Helen for quiet a while.He was waiting for this moment to say this.I was not surprised because I already knew what they were up to. I stepped back and sat on the chair at the desk, saying, "Impossible. That's what my grandma left for me. I won't give it to anyone.""You won't give it to anyone?" Helen walked toward me step by step. Suddenly, she grabbed my neck with both hands."What are you doing?!"I was scared out of my wits! I tried to free myself from her grip with my hand however, Helen seemed to have a terrifying amount of strength because she had done a lot of physical work in the
When I thought of the fact that I couldn't die, I hesitated for a moment, grabbed Helen, and said, "I'll give you the apartment.""What?" Helen was stunned.I managed to stand up. "The premises permit of that apartment is now under the name of Oogway, and it is also with him. Please help me contact him."Helen heard me and started to panic."What? Why is the premises permit in his hand?""Anyway, the premises permit is now under his name. You, you call an ambulance to save me. I will write a note and give it to you!"I covered the wound on the back of my waist with my hand and felt the blood oozing out little by little. There was more and more sticky fluid on my hand. Besides, my body was getting colder and colder.I felt my life slipping away.After I said that, I got up slightly and took a piece of paper from the table with great pain. Then I took out a pen and wrote a note, saying I was willing to give the apartment to Helen and Thomas, with my left hand covering the wound and my r
I lay there, feeling my clothes almost utterly soaked.I'm doomed.Am I going to die?What shall Bryan do?If I die, he will be sad and heart broken.Who will save me now?I was in despair."Ding Dong." Outside the door, the doorbell rang.Is Oogway out there?A glimmer of hope rose in my heart.The moment the doorbell rang, I heard the silence outside. Helen and Thomas didn't say anything.My cell phone was ringing upstairs.The ringtone did not belong to my personal cell phone. The person outside the door was not Oogway."I'm finished."If it was someone else, no matter who he was, he would surely leave when no one answered.Lying there, I heard the ringtone of my cell phone upstairs ringing once more. After that, it never rang again.I couldn't be more hopeless.The sounds of the doorbell didn't ring again.Only then did Helen continue to clean up the scene.In the end, she arrived at the meeting room.Standing at the door of the meeting room, Helen looked at me. As always, there w
"Thank you." I looked at Oogway and said, "Although I was unconscious, I felt your existence all the time. I remember you saying a lot to me. It is because you were here that I woke up so quickly."When I said this, I could see that Oogway's eyes became somewhat dim. However, he soon had a gentle look in his eyes. Raising his hand and stroking my head, he said, "Okay then. Let the doctor check on you first.""Okay."I did as he said obediently.Oogway took out his cell phone and went out.As the doctor made a general check up on me, someone came in. I thought it was Oogway.I looked up, only to see Dave.Seeing that I woke up, Dave was stunned.He rushed over and hugged me directly, "You're awake."In an instant, I was completely buried in his warm arms.Being circled in his muscular arms tightly, I felt the temperature so familiar.As I was hugged by him, for no reason, I couldn't help but shed tears.I had a lot to tell him however, I felt a bone in my throat.Dave was Teresa's hus
Entering his place, I found that Oogway, who had always advocated to being minimalistic, unexpectedly had many warm cozy knickknacks in his home which I had never seen before.For example, there was a bolster on the sofa and a cartoon toy beside the TV.Around the corners of the room, were some articrafts."These are..."Seeing these things, I was a little confused.Oogway picked up a toy on the sofa and said, "Thinking that you may live here for a few days, I assume that you would feel better with these things by your side."As he spoke, he was a little embarrassed.Seeing that I didn't speak, he added, "If you don't like them, I'll go buy something else then.""I like them." I hurried over and stopped Oogway who was going to throw away the teddy bear in his hand.I put the toy back on the sofa and looked up, only to find that there was a pink leopard in the corner.Seeing this pink leopard...I thought of the past.Years ago, Haick had bought this pink leopard for me.Oogway seemed
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
Marie sighed, "Alina Jetson, oh, Alina Jetson. Sometimes I really don't know whether you are smart or stupid. Dave is so good to you. Why did you hide this from him?""I..." I turned around, "I don't want to make trouble for him. I think I can solve this independently. If I tell him, he will definitely help me. I am independent. And I can't always be protected by him, can I?""Are you making blind and disorderly conjectures?" Marie looked at me with a frown."Am I thinking randomly?"I didn't know what to say at the moment.Marie took my hand and said, "He may be having a meeting. Don't think too much. As Scarlett said, he's a president. How can he hang around you all day? Maybe he hasn't seen the press conference up till now."I knew that what Marie had said wouldn't happen.When I left, I remembered Dave's expression very clearly.He surely knew that I was going to do something that I kept from him.Scarlett shouted from the side, "Let's go have the meal quickly. I'm so hungry."Wit
At this time, Harry looked at Matt on the side, "Vice Dean Parma, it's your turn."Matt stood there with a look of embarrassment on his face.Matt was dressed in a gray blue jacket, a pair of sweatpants, and a pair of sneakers, looking casual.It was as if someone had forcibly dragged him over here while he was doing his morning running.Hearing how Harry called Matt, all the reporters under the stage suddenly understood who Matt was. All of a sudden, they all aimed the cameras at him!Matt lowered his head, clenched his hands into fists. The conference room was not hot at all. But I could clearly see a layer of sweat on Matt's forehead."Vice Dean Parma?" Harry raised his voice, called out once again, and handed Matt the microphone he had used just now.This time, Matt finally moved. He raised his hand to take the microphone over and looked at the audience with a dull look. Then he opened his mouth as if he had made up his mind, "I'm Matt Parma. I testify that what Alina said just n
When I no longer looked at the computer screen, I saw the reporters all looking at me with different looks in their eyes. It seemed that each of their looks was meaningful.Some seemed to be waiting to make fun of me. And others seemed to be waiting to mock me.This made me even more certain that I wouldn't have an easy time later.To prevent them from sensing my cowardice, I straightened up my back, trying to look calm as much as I could.Finally, it was 10 a.m.At this time, Matt hadn't yet appeared still.At this moment, Loraine walked to the platform in front of her. Sitting down, she said, "Thank you all for coming."After that, she introduced me to everyone and the purpose of the press conference today.I greeted everyone, "Hello, I am Alina Jetson as well as Reed Defiant."I didn't want to hide my identity anymore.At this time, the reporters under the stage all showed that they were all watching a good show.Judging from their expressions, they all seemed to be waiting for th
At this time, the phone had been hung up, and my heart was pounding. I was afraid that he would know that I was going to hold a press conference privately tomorrow.I was afraid that he would blame me for hiding the contact with Matt from him.My feelings were extremely complicated. However, the man was at the door.I went downstairs and opened the door.Dave stood at the door, only wearing a thin suit coat. Under his slightly messy hair, his eyes were bloodshot, and there were dark circles under his eyes.He had food in his hand.He must have had a wearing journey. At first glance, it could be seen that he had hurried to come over as soon as he got off the plane.Looking at his appearance, my heart was filled with guilt, and I felt that I shouldn't have hidden it from him.At least, I should tell him.But now things had been proceeding, I didn't even have the courage to say it.Dave entered the room and put the food on the table. He reached out his hands and took me in his arms. Pu