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Charles paused. "Do you even want to hear it?""Not right now," Noelle shot back.With that, Charles went quiet again. His eyes, usually so full of life, were dimmed by a touch of sadness and defeat.Noelle felt a twinge of pain in her heart. She turned away, refusing to meet his gaze, her fists clenched. "Just give me some time, okay? You know I need it.""Okay," he agreed.The two of them headed off in different directions that morning, each behind the wheel of their own car. They headed to work as if it was just another day. However, beneath the surface, everyone could tell there was trouble in paradise. The ball was in Noelle's court to fix the rift between them.The fact that Noelle did not step out of Charles's sleek Maybach that morning was the talk of the town at Colossus Group.What went down at the old Hoffman estate was a mystery to the Colossus crew. Mateo and Henry had put a lid on it fast, warning that if even a peep about last night's drama got out, there would be
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Noelle might have won the battle last night, but it showed that her bond with Charles was not as rock-solid as they wanted everyone to believe.Kelly knew all too well how women thought. Noelle would definitely be stewing over that. If Noelle was upset, Kelly had a whole bag of tricks ready to drive a deeper wedge between her and Charles. The moment Noelle could not take it anymore would be when she and Charles would say goodbye.As she printed out some documents, Kelly's mind raced with plans to fan the flames of misunderstanding between Noelle and Charles.She was so wrapped up in her schemes that she did not even notice Ronald stride past her. He caught a glimpse of her scheming expression and could not help but smirk with a flicker of scorn in his eyes.Ronald rapped on the door of Charles's office. "Mr. Hoffman, I’ve got those documents you wanted!"After laying out all the paperwork Charles needed on his desk, Ronald dropped a bombshell. "This Grant guy wasn't always part of
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Over at the Shaw residence, Winter was a storm of emotions. Ever since she had discovered Noelle's true identity that fateful night, her world had been turned upside down. She stomped around, her mood as dark as a thundercloud, her temper sparking like lightning.Seeing Xavier only added fuel to her fiery temper."Why does Noelle get all the luck?" Winter fumed, throwing her hands up in exasperation. "She's got nothing on me. So why does she get everything she wants?"Winter had known Sean and Bob for ages, and she had been married to Charles for all this time without breathing a word of it to anyone. Watching her and her mom fuss over all those arrangements, she could just stand there, cool as a cucumber, playing them like it was all a game. That was too much for Winter, who was used to being on top. Noelle was Charles's wife, while she was just Xavier's, and to top it off, she was just another artist in Charles's lineup. No matter how she looked at it, Noelle had the upper hand.
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"Noelle?" Joseph was stunned. "What's Noelle got to do with Sir Hoffman's birthday bash? Could that girl even set foot in the Hoffman estate?" Joseph was sure he had gotten it wrong. He had never thought much of Noelle and saw her as an overlooked Shaw daughter. He would not have let Xavier break it off with her if he saw her as anything more.Xavier could tell by the look on Joseph's face that he really did not think much of Noelle, which left a sour taste in his mouth. They did not like her, and she did not like them either. "Dad, Noelle's gotten married.""Married? To who? Don't tell me it's Sean." He had caught wind of the news. "Who cares? I think you should forget about her. No matter how great she is, she's not yours.""That's right, Xavier. Your dad's got a point. You're married to Winter now, so forget about your past with Noelle. You're not a kid anymore. It's time to think about the big picture!""No, she didn't marry Sean. It’s... Charles. She married Charles." Xavier f
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"If Winter hadn't visited the Hoffmans today, we'd still be clueless. They've been married for ages, yet that sneaky brat kept it under wraps so well. I bet she's...""She did the right thing!" Samuel’s voice echoed from upstairs. With Eli helping him down, Samuel's icy stare swept across Jade and Julian before settling on Winter."Noelle's made a good match. Shouldn't you be happy for her, as her parents and big sister? Instead, you're throwing a fit and smashing things up! What a lovely family.” Samuel's voice dripped with sarcasm."What's there to be happy about? That girl got married and didn't bother to tell her own family. Winter says she's been Mrs. Charles for over six months now, but she kept quiet about it. Winter and I have been running around playing matchmaker while she's already tied the knot. It makes us look like total chumps. How can I be thrilled about having a daughter like that?""Seriously, you don’t deserve to be happy!" Samuel huffed, his voice icy. "As Noell
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“Preposterous!” Samuel thumped his cane against the ground as he glared at Winter. “Noelle is your sister. Why would she not be a real daughter of the Shaw family?” As Samuel spoke, he glared at Jade so vehemently that she could not stop herself from shuddering. Samuel was genuinely angry. In all her years of marriage to the Shaw family, Jade had rarely seen Samuel lose his temper. “Father, Winter was just speaking nonsense. Please don’t take it to heart!” As Jade spoke, she glanced at Winter through the corner of her eye. "The child has not been in the greatest of moods recently, but she and Noelle have always been close to each other. Isn’t that right, Winter?”Jade tugged on Winter’s hand. "Winter, set things straight with your grandfather now!” “I…” “Winter was wrong, and it’s also my fault for not teaching her better, Dad.” Finally, Julian, who had been silent all this while, spoke up. He sighed softly. "I’ll make sure to teach Winter better. She and Nolle are sisters, and
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One fine day, Colossus Group welcomed a special guest—Kelly’s son, Seth. It was not Kelly who brought him over, but one of the Hoffman family’s help staff instead. Apparently, the child had been sobbing and asking for Kelly at home, so Sir Anderson did not know what else to do other than ask the help to bring Seth to the office. At that very moment, Kelly was photocopying documents on the 27th floor. She had spent the past few days trying to enter Charles’ office and gain closer access to him, but every attempt so far had been unsuccessful. Just earlier, she had tried once again but was told that Charles was not in. It frustrated Kelly, but all she could do was repress her frustration. There was actually nowhere in particular Charles needed to be. However, Noelle seemed to be taking deliberate steps to avoid him recently and had spent the past few days out on business trips. This meant Charles had no time to speak to her at all. The number of times the two had met at the office
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Charles stiffened slightly before he immediately frowned. “Yes!” “That was how I felt the other day,” Noelle said as she reached out and placed her hands against Charles’ chest. She could feel his heart thumping madly through his shirt. Noelle tugged the corner of her lips upward into a slight, sad smile. “I’ve been lied to and betrayed in the past. However, that never hurt as much as this did.” Noelle was speaking softly, but her words felt like hammers hitting Charles’ chest hard.“Charlie, I’ve never thought about leaving you throughout our entire relationship. What about you?” “Me too!” Charles said. “I’ve never thought of leaving you either!” “What about Kelly Anderson? This is the only time I’ll ask you this question. What is your relationship with her?” Charles lowered his gaze and fell silent. Noelle’s heart began racing as she gazed at Charles. She was waiting for an answer for him. However, the longer she waited, the more anxious she felt. Finally, she spoke. “Yo
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"No worries!" Keith thought it was awesome that Liliana had even come at all. He did not really care about the light stick. "Alright, Liliana. Go grab a seat. I-I'm going to win this one and give you a good show!""Haha! Just do your best!"Liliana took her light stick and found a spot to sit. She did not know much about these things, but she had talked to Tania on the phone earlier about Keith's basketball game that afternoon, and Tania had suggested she get a light stick to show her support.Since she had promised to be there, Liliana was ready to cheer him on with everything she had.When Keith joined his teammates, they all gave him teasing looks. "Wow, you moved fast, didn't you?"Keith shot his roommate a look. "Behave.""Okay, okay! You're pretty impressive. I've heard Liliana and Tania from the business school are the toughest to win over. Now that Tania's taken, everyone's wondering who Liliana will end up with. Looks like you've got the upper hand.""Me? I'm just being
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Liliana blushed as Keith and a few roommates watched her. "Sorry, I'll just be a moment...""You really can’t come?” Keith asked.Keith had not mentioned his feelings to Liliana for a while, but he had not given up. He thought Liliana was a great girl, and he had decided she was the one for him. He had been doing everything he could to make her happy.Liliana felt really confused by Keith's hopeful look. She remembered Sean's face and his distant voice. That was the first time she felt so unsure. She remembered Tania's advice to give Keith a chance. With a helpless smile, Liliana thought she should give herself a chance with someone new too.If she stayed stuck on Sean, she would only end up hurting herself. However, she did not really like Keith that way, and she did not want to be unfair to him by using him to forget someone else.Keith did not know what was going on in Liliana's head. He just hoped she would accept him. Even if he could not be her boyfriend right now, he wanted
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Jamie was really good to Tania and always happy to do whatever she wanted.Liliana smiled to herself. Suddenly, a shadow loomed over her.Keith asked, "What's so funny?"Liliana stopped smiling. "Oh, nothing." She saw that Keith had brought back her favorite dishes. "Thanks," she said with a smile.Keith ran his fingers through his hair and gave a shy smile. "No need to thank me. I actually wanted to take you out for a meal.""It's okay. The food here at our school's cafeteria is pretty good too." Liliana was not fussy about food. She could eat anything, even if it was not tasty.She had no choice. The time she spent with the Hoffman family was the toughest in her life.She never joined the family at their dining table. She had meals that were even worse than what the Hoffman family's servants ate. Liliana was just happy to have food nowadays and never complained.Keith watched Liliana as she ate quietly, her head down. He could not take his eyes off her, thinking everything sh
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Liliana was usually the shy type, except when she was with her bestie Tania. She had never met anyone as bold as Keith before.She did not know how to tell Keith she was not interested, but Tania thought Liliana's life was too boring. Liliana did not have many friends besides Tania, so Tania encouraged her to hang out with Keith.Liliana did not say yes, but she did not say no to Keith hanging around either.They were not dating, but Keith was super nice. He always seemed to know what Liliana needed, even before she did.One day, when things were slow at the office, Liliana needed to stop by the school. There was some survey going on between departments.She and Tania had signed up for extra classes to get more credits, but they quickly grew overwhelmed. Liliana had come to school today to fill out a survey. She first stopped by the director's office to discuss her tutoring sessions. Since Tania was not there, Liliana ended up doing Tania's survey too. By the time she was done w
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Tania had more to say, but she could tell Liliana was not in the best mood, so she stopped talking.They both left halfway through the speech because Jamie was looking for Tania. Tania went with Jamie, leaving Liliana alone to walk around the school.Liliana wandered around for a bit but soon got bored and decided to head out. Just then, someone stepped in her way.She looked up to see a tall boy in a basketball jersey. She frowned a little, then tried to walk around him, but he reached out and grabbed her arm. "Liliana!" he called.Liliana did not like being grabbed and felt annoyed, but she did not let it show. She just looked at him distantly. "Do you know me?"The boy seemed surprised by her chilly reaction. He blushed, scratched his head, and gave her a sheepish smile. "Uh, I'm Keith from the computer science department.""Oh…"Liliana nodded. "Cool." She paused and gave him a look. Keith got the hint, let go quickly, and looked at her, a bit embarrassed. "Hey, I didn't mea
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Once Joanna had gone, Liliana grabbed Tania's hand. "We're going to head out too, okay?"Sean watched them with narrowed eyes but said nothing and merely watched them walk away.Seeing Liliana's erratic steps, a flicker of anger crossed Sean's calm gaze.Haha!She was walking really fast. Was she trying to avoid getting mad?She had taken the words he once told her to heart and followed them to the letter.Sean looked down, his eyes catching the glint of tiny, shiny things on the ground. He bent over and picked them up.A flicker of color passed through his deep, dark eyes, but it was gone as quickly as it came.Liliana did not lead Tania very far before finding a quiet spot to sit. Puzzled by Liliana's sudden reaction, Tania noticed that Liliana seemed distracted. She frowned. "Liliana, what's wrong with you? And what about earlier...""I'm okay, really. The show's about to start, right? It's a chance of a lifetime. We can't miss it!" Liliana said, nodding towards the stage.
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"This is my best friend and roommate, Liliana. Liliana, meet Sean," Tania introduced, not missing a beat to bring Liliana into the spotlight. Liliana, who had tried to make herself invisible when Sean walked over, was suddenly the center of attention.Feeling two pairs of eyes on her made Liliana squirm. She mustered all her courage and said, "Hello, Sean, Joanna," in a voice barely above a whisper. She quickly looked down, wishing for nothing more than for Sean and Joanna to go away. Tense all over, Liliana missed the shadow that crossed Sean's face.Tania watched Liliana's stiff behavior with a frown. She knew Liliana was not usually this shy—no, it was caution, not shyness.Tania knew her friend well after so many years. Liliana was never this guarded, even with strangers. However, she was all nerves and tension now.Tania snuck a peek at Sean and saw he was still watching Liliana. She giggled and teased, "Are you looking at Liliana?" Liliana looked up at Tania's words, and so
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Joanna did not think much of it. She just found it a bit unfortunate. Still, she knew this was not the time to reveal any reaction. Instead, she simply turned her head and smiled, poised and gracious. "Sean, do you still remember those two juniors?"Sean only seemed to notice Tania and Liliana then. "Who are they?"He spoke in an unemotional tone. They were not very close, but they were not too far away either.Liliana's face went white when she heard Sean's voice, but she took a deep breath. Her heart fluttered when she saw Sean and his friends approaching, but she managed to keep her face calm."Hey, do you remember me?" Joanna asked, looking at Tania and Liliana with poise. In her mind, she saw Tania as a serious competitor and hardly gave a second glance to the girl at Tania's side, missing Liliana's anxious look.Tania was not someone to underestimate. She did not have any issues with Joanna, but Joanna's challenging look made it clear. Was she trying to start something?Eve
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Liliana felt Tania's eyes on her and bit her lip. "I guess!" She tried to act normal and quickly looked away from where Sean was.Liliana could try to hide all she wanted, but Sean had already seen her. He did not just see Liliana but also noticed Tania next to her. When his eyes landed on Tania, a subtle spark flashed through them, but he quickly looked away."Sean, I really didn’t think you would come." Joanna was genuinely surprised to see Sean. She had mentioned the talk to him before, but he had not made any promises.Joanna had her own ambitions too. She had been studying medicine for five years, and this was her final year. With graduation just around the corner, she really wanted to land a great job. It just so happened that Sean was the dean of his own hospital, and thanks to some school gossip, everyone thought she was Sean's girlfriend. They all expected her to work at Sean's hospital after graduation.Joanna was quite proud of her skills in her field.However, she was
