Penny stood at the door of the restaurant in a dilemma.Liam was right behind her. He said softly, “The woman sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows over there is my mother. She’s a woman with explosive fighting power. You’ll be my savior if I can walk out alive today.”The corner of Penny's mouth twitched. She subconsciously wanted to lower her head and hide her face, but Amber had already seen them.Liam froze when he noticed her gaze.“Don’t mind me.”After he said that, he put his arm around Penny's waist and led her toward Amber.Amber looked at the two of them up and down with her sharp gaze.Liam pulled out the chair for Penny like a gentleman.Tthere was joy in his eyes.“Mom, this is my girlfriend, Penny. She’s an interior designer.”Penny's mind was blank. Only after she sat down did she slowly return to her senses.Based on Amber's reaction, she probably did not know who Penny was.Penny breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she was about to end all tie
Caleb was flipping through some documents and his hands froze when he heard that. He slowly raised his head and a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.Amber chuckled and said, “Don’t tell me that Liam is hiding it from even you?”Amber knew that Liam was a little afraid of Caleb, but she did not expect that he would not dare to tell him about his girlfriend.“Tsk, that kid… He said he’s busy with his job and doesn't have time to spend with his girlfriend. I thought that she should be pretty good since you picked that girl's design. She’s easy on the eyes too.”“You mean Penny?”Caleb frowned. ‘Isn't she married?’Amber smiled. “Mmhmm, it's the first time I'm that satisfied with any of Liam's girlfriends. Since she's working for you, for my sake, don't make things difficult for her. We might become family in the future.”Caleb's expression slowly turned cold.“Don't worry, I'll be mindful.”Amber stood up so Caleb got up as well and personally sent her off to the private elev
“I don’t.”Penny responded casually. She was not used to talking about these things with others, so her attitude was a little cold.A look of joy flashed across Willow's eyes. ‘I’m glad you don’t like him.’The car stopped in the courtyard of Sullivan Residence and Penny intended to leave immediately after she sent Willow off.It just so happened that Zane was watering the flowers in the garden with Asher by his side.Penny frowned. Willow had already gotten out of the car and run over.“Dad, Ash.”Zane was explaining the company affairs to Asher and stopped when he saw Penny's car from a distance.Penny had no choice but to get out of the car to greet them. “Dad.”Zane handed the kettle in his hand to the servant and sighed softly. “I’m glad you’re back. Go in, your Aunt Susan prepared a lot of delicious food tonight. I have something to talk to you about as well.”Penny had to go meet Caleb and there was not much time left.“Dad, I have something to attend to. Let's talk a
Penny got into the car with a heavy heart. It took her twenty minutes to arrive at the Fergerson Estate.A servant opened the door. Her eyebrows were furrowed with displeasure when she saw Penny.“Ms. Sullivan, what are you doing here? Ma'am isn’t here.”Penny saw that there was no one in the hall except for the servants who were cleaning.She looked up and wanted to ask if Caleb was here, but the servant had already turned around impatiently.‘It makes sense that she’s acting like that. Aurelia Bailey has never acted friendly toward me every time she comes here. She’s clever and knows that I’ll be divorced sooner or later, so she doesn't even bother to act polite.’“Who's here?”Someone opened the entrance to the garden. A beautiful girl stood there, chuckled, and said, “Is she the new caretaker? She’s quite pretty.”There was no malice in her gaze. She was simply asking a question.The servant chuckled lightly and a look of disdain flashed across her eyes.Nonetheless, Penn
Jade had a kind of childlike innocence in her. Her eyes lit up when she spoke, and she kept going on.Penny often dealt with difficult people, so the fact that she was able to relax around Jade was surprising, to say the least.She looked at Jade's painting in silence.Jade, who held a paintbrush in her hand, sighed.It was not like she was expecting Penny to give any constructive feedback, but the latter suddenly took the brush and made a few changes to the painting. The painting that was lacking a spark seemed to come to life after Penny's touch-up.Jade's eyes widened as she raised her hand to rub her eyes."You... You just changed the color, didn't you? Gosh, it seems to be a different painting. Have you also learned painting?"She knew Penny was an expert from her skillful brushwork and color adjustment techniques.With a nod, Penny put down the brush."You have a solid foundation, and you just need to brush up on your color-matching skills."Jade's excited face was fl
Penny knew that Kiki was being sarcastic, but she didn't intend to respond to her. She simply walked to her desk and sat down.Seeing this, Kiki was a little pissed. ‘If Hank had given me the opportunity to reach out to Caleb, I’m certain I could've secured the project too. After all, Caleb only agreed to the partnership because he’s Hank's former classmate in high school. It has little to do with Penny herself. That woman just got lucky, but her reputation soared because of it. How does she keep getting so lucky?'There seemed to be a bomb in Kiki's chest that was ready to explode at any time. Penny’s reaction made her even angrier."Tsk tsk, some people… Don't think that you can climb up the social ladder just because Caleb entrusted you with the design of his house. He already has someone. Everyone in Imperial City knows that he’s waiting for her, and the place in Kensington Gardens is meant to be their newlywed house."As interior designers, it was indeed easier for them to b
Kiki felt a little diffident. Although she started the fight, she did not want to put her career on the line.She looked at her colleagues, but they all looked away when they met her gaze. They did not want to get involved in this mess at all.Kiki, who was unable to back down, felt enraged.‘Aren't these people dissatisfied with Penny? Things have reached this point, so why don't they dare to fight?'Of course, she did not dare to admit that she was angry at herself as well. She knew that she could not compete with Penny, yet she had done something as stupid as provoking the woman.She slowly clenched her hand that was by her side, her nails almost digging into her palm."Penny, your suggestion isn't fair at all. Caleb likes you, and he must have told you his preferences! We don't know anything, so how can we compete with you?!"She made up an excuse so that even if she lost, it would seem like it was because Penny had the upper hand from the beginning.That way, even if Penny
On the top floor of Fergerson Corporation's office building, Caleb was sitting behind his desk with his expression as neutral as always.At noon, he took the time to go back to the Fergerson Estate, but he did not expect that woman to bail on him at the last minute.His impression of her had already fallen to rock bottom before this, and now, it had sunk even lower. Just then, someone opened his office door. Sebastian Quinn walked in with a stack of documents in his hand."Mr. Fergerson, the doctor from overseas called and said that Sir Fergerson is already going through the process. He'll return to Imperial City in about a week."‘That’s too fast.’Caleb raised his hand and rubbed his brows. After some time, he raised his gaze and said lightly, "Have the lawyer draw up a new contract. Fergerson Corporation is willing to help the Sullivans through the second round of financing on the condition that my nominal wife will play along with me. "His tone was indifferent. The reason