Eva sat quietly on the hospital bed inside her ward in the hospital. There was a bowl of fruit next to her.However, she kept looking outside the window with an empty look in her eyes.She kept thinking about past memories.Mason had helped her open the flower shop and take the children to the hospital in the middle of the night. When there was a rainstorm and her seedlings were destroyed, he was the one who saved them with her.He had done so much for her.Mason was warm and kind to her in the past five years. He was a complete gentleman who was like no other.Any woman who came in contact with him would be attracted to and admired him.She had felt the same way too.However, he had become a madman in a short few months. He was a monster!Since he got together with Queenie, Eva felt he had changed into a terrible person. However, when she saw him kill his own baby and kick Queenie into the lake—even trying to force himself on her—she had no idea what to feel.“Slut! You’re g
Queenie’s face was pale, and there was a complicated look in her eyes.Her belly was now completely flat.However, she still harbored an impossible hope as she looked at Sam, who was sitting grimly by her side. She asked softly, “Where’s my baby? What happened to it?”Sam’s tone turned cold when the first question she asked the moment she woke up was about the baby.“You lost the baby. It’s gone.”She was kicked by Mason viciously in the stomach, and there were immediate signs of a miscarriage. After that, Mason kicked her into the lake, where she almost drowned.The baby was gone when she was in the lake.When she got to the hospital, the doctors and nurses helped her clean whatever was left in her uterus.Queenie was stunned. She had no idea what to think about this. A strange smile appeared on her face, and her laughter sounded cold and eerie in the dark night. “Haha. I lost the baby. It’s great that I lost it.”She kept repeating the same thing as if she were in a trance.
Tyler was sitting on a sofa in Opaque Villa while munching on an apple.Before he could finish the apple, Raven opened the door and entered.“Tyler, Aunt Wanda just informed us to deliver some flowers to Miss Lane tomorrow afternoon when she gets discharged.”Was it really just a simple flower delivery?Tyler frowned. He took Aunt Wanda’s note from Raven and read it. After that, he flung his apple to the side with a dark look on his face. He burned the note with his lighter.This was exactly Aunt Wanda’s style, but lately, he found himself unable to understand her actions.Raven said nothing when she saw the grim expression on his face. All she did was stand silently by the side.…Eva stretched lazily outside the entrance of Central Hospital.She was finally discharged!Eva did not enjoy the moody and repressed atmosphere of the hospital. She felt tense being in there. However, Nathan had done everything he could to convince her to stay for three days in the hospital to obse
Managing the company?That was when Eva remembered Lane Enterprise. She frowned.“Get her to come over to Thriving Dragon Bay to give me a report on the company. Business must've been bad. We might be busy for quite a while.”She was very worried about the condition of Lane Enterprise right now.The flower business was doing well and was well on its path. Cloud Hills Bay had plenty of workers, and with Yelena watching over them with the help of Sophia, there would not be major issues.As for Lane Enterprise, Eva had just been transferred all of the shares. Without Eugene to lead the company, there was no one to give directions, and it was as good as abandoning the company.If someone were to take the opportunity to attack the company…Eva shook her head hard to get this thought out of her mind.Nathan comforted her when he saw how worried she was. “I don’t think anything serious happened. That woman is pretty capable. She did well in helping you manage Lane Enterprise.”Really
Eva was busy arranging work in Thriving Dragon Bay while Sophia helped her to check the accounts.It was then that the butler came to report to Eva.“Mrs. Langley, Miss Lucy is here. Do you want to see her?”Lucy Quill?What was she doing here?Eva frowned and informed the butler to bring Lucy inside.Sophia left as well to give them some privacy. Eva was left alone in the living room.Lucy walked in quickly with some gifts and placed them on the table. When she saw Eva staring at her, she immediately smiled. “I’m here to see you, Aunt Eva.”“What do you want?”Eva looked coldly at her and kept her distance. It was a setback for Lucy, but she immediately smiled and continued, “I’m here to see you because I have something I’d like to say to you.”Lucy did not feel awkward when Eva stayed silent, and she kept on talking, “I’ve thought things through. Mason has been using me. He doesn’t love me at all. Hunter treats me really well, and the Langleys can give me so much more in li
They had insisted the children continue at Elite Kindergarten to give them a happy childhood where they could play with children their own age.Children needed to be children.Nathan took a deep breath and made a call to Felix.The next morning, when Mia found out Max did not need to go for training and was going to school with her instead, she was no longer gloomy and even jumped for joy.“That’s great!”She said happily to Eva, “I’m so glad Max can come to school with me.”Mia usually needed to be urged several times before she was willing to get into the car and head to school. Today, she held Max’s hand happily early in the morning. Eva smiled when she saw the expectant look on Mia’s face.Max followed Mia into the car with a loving look on his face as well.Mia smiled happily for the next few days because Max was with her.…That day, uninvited guests appeared at Elite Kindergarten.The woman in the lead was wearing a black windbreaker with her hair tied back in a ponyt
When they got into the principal’s office, Eva sat on the chair and looked at her anxiously.“What exactly is going on?”“Please don’t worry, Mrs. Langley. The children are fine right now.”The principal smiled and said, “I just found the woman really strange. She seemed to want to get close to Young Mr. Max and Young Miss Mia, but at the same time, she looked like she was being cautious about something. It was quite unusual.”After that, she explained to them in detail what the woman in the windbreaker did and what happened that morning.Nathan quickly requested her to show the name card when he heard the principal still had the name card from the man. He and Eva looked at it carefully.Capital Industries.Nathan sent a picture of the name card to Finn. Less than ten minutes later, Finn replied.“This company doesn’t exist, Mr. Langley. The closest company name to this is Capland Industries. The address and contact information on the name card is fake.”It was fake!Nathan f
Eva’s breathing got erratic, and she turned to look at Nathan. Her voice was cold. “Nathan, I’ll have to ask you to look into her quickly.”She could not allow Wanda to continue to be a threat to her life.Nathan could sense Eva’s fury when he saw the cold look on her face. He nodded.“Don’t worry. I’ll investigate her as soon as possible and find out everything about all that's happening. I’ll drag her out from behind the scenes.”Eva gave a long sigh of relief when she heard his promise.For the past five or six years, Wanda would always appear just as Eva’s life got a little peaceful. She would proceed to disrupt Eva’s life, and Eva did not want anything like this to happen again.All Eva wanted was to stay by Nathan’s side and protect her children while leading a quiet life.After that, Eva leaned against the bed to read, but Nathan could not calm down. Multiple thoughts ran through his mind. He could not help thinking about what Gavin had told him.Wanda Emerson, Maria. Eu
The news report stated clearly that Eva started with a company that sold flowers. It did not garner much attention then.Not long after that, she bought Lane Enterprise and became the CEO of the company. During that time, Lane Enterprise operated as usual with a market value of ten billion maximum.However, she soon bought over Lovette Group.Eva purchased the assets of the Lovettes, and her company grew rapidly with a breakthrough to 50 billion. Moreover, she had the support of Langley Corporation, which increased the company’s market value by three to four times.That was the beginning of her amazing capabilities.She was worth a market value of over 300 billion.The news report was exaggerated and not based on any truth, which made it even more embarrassing for Eva. Nathan pinched her face and kissed her on the cheek.“What an amazing person my woman is.”He gushed at her, “You’ll probably end up being better than me if you have enough capital.”“That’s impossible.”Eva gl
The children cheered happily when Eva agreed to it“Yay! We can finally watch our Disney movie!”They were happy about it, which made Eva feel good to see them so cheerful. Even Eugene smiled and said, “You should take the children out for some fun. It’s the first day of the company’s listing and a good day to do something fun.”Everyone agreed, and even Nathan nodded in approval. Eva smiled as they drove to Disneyland with the children.They started the day with the children’s request to watch the movie.The children loved the movie, but it was a little boring for Nathan and Eva. Fortunately, the plot was somewhat interesting, and the popcorn was delicious, which got them through it.When they walked out of the movie theater, the children were still feeling enthusiastic. Eva decided to let Nathan and Eugene take the children to have fun at the theme park.Eva was pregnant and could only be their photographer.They had a lot of fun that day, and the children had innocent yet be
Hunter was brusque with them, but Queenie was unperturbed. All she did was look back at him arrogantly.Hah!Hunter felt uncomfortable with the way she was staring at him. He was about to lose his temper when he heard her sneer, “Stop showing yourself off as a Langley for now, Hunter Langley. "I’m here to propose a lucrative partnership. I believe you’re aware that the product sold by Lane Enterprise right now is a hot commodity. Are you interested in being a part of it?”Lane Enterprise’s floral series?This perked Hunter’s interest.He knew about it, and he was very interested as well. Eva’s product was doing crazily well in the market while he, James, and Sue could only watch as she profited from it. There was nothing they could do.What could they do about this?Hunter sat opposite Queenie and Camden. He looked at them carefully before finally speaking up, “Do you have a way of getting into this business?”“Of course.”Queenie gave Camden a seductive look. Camden immedia
James sighed heavily and said in a low voice, “Your Aunt Elena has been forced out of the country by Nathan. There’s nothing we can do about it. Your grandfather has sided with Nathan, and she has no choice but to stay in Europe.”Europe.Hunter clenched his fists.Elena had been in charge of the family business in South America, and her connections were there. Sending her off to Europe meant that she had to start from scratch.Nathan was pretty ruthless to leave Hunter and Elena with nowhere to go!James was glad to see Hunter being furious about the situation. Hunter turned toward James again and asked, “What about Ruby, Dad? She can’t have been chased off as well.”It had been days since Hunter managed to contact her.There was some spark between them, and Ruby did not mind that he was divorced. She was the only woman whom Hunter felt something for in North City.James clenched his teeth at Hunter’s expectant look and nodded.“She was forced to leave the city after Sebastia
“I hope you won’t harass us anymore, Wanda Emerson.”Wanda laughed coldly at the other end of the phone when she heard Eva’s words. Eva’s words sounded more like a joke to her instead of a statement.Once she stopped laughing, she said tauntingly, “You must be imagining things. This is just the first step.”What?This was just the first step?Eva burned with fury instantly as she said with clenched teeth, “I’ve already done what you told me to. What else do you want, Wanda Emerson? I won’t give in to you!”She was not Wanda’s puppet who could be pushed around. She was a human being, a person who had a soul and was made from flesh and blood!Wanda should stop threatening her!It was as if Wanda had heard the determination in Eva’s voice. Wanda’s fingers gently fidgeted as she continued coldly, “If you don’t listen to me, I’ll lay my hands on Nathan Langley instead. It’s easy for me to poison him if I want to.”Eva lost her last strand of reason at this point.Why did Wanda hav
Eva was lying silently in bed back in the bedroom. She had not recovered, and she felt quite exhausted because she did not sleep the night before. All she wanted right now was to have a good rest.Nathan opened the door gently.“Eva.”He called out softly. Eva quickly sat up and hurried up to her to help. He did not want her to exhaust herself.“Did I disturb your rest?”“No, you didn’t.”Eva sighed gently. “My mind is occupied with something, and I couldn’t sleep. Nathan, can you chat with me for a while?”“Sure.”Nathan sat next to her, and his palm gently brushed down her hair. She felt ticklish and laughed softly.They were silent for a while before Nathan spoke up.“Didn’t you have something to say to me?”“I did.”Eva lay next to him and said in a low voice, “I thought about it last night, Nathan. Lane Enterprise has just begun developing, and our foundation isn’t stable. "If Langley Corporation is able to work with Lane Enterprise, it'll be a big help to us. I’d st
Eva did not notice Rose. All she did was clench her phone tight.She was waiting for Wanda’s answer.Why did she want Eva and Nathan to have cross-shareholding? Even if she did that, she would only own 5% of Langley Corporation’s shares. Why did Wanda want her to become a shareholder of Langley Corporation?Multiple questions appeared in her mind, and Eva felt like her head was about to explode. However, she took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down as she listened quietly.Wanda was silent for a few minutes before saying coldly.“You don’t need to know the reason.”A simple sentence was enough to destroy Eva’s hope. She clenched her teeth and forced herself to calm down as she growled at Wanda.“What did the Langleys ever do to you? You’ve been plotting all of this from the very start. Are you trying to use me against the Langleys?” Wanda sneered when she heard this. “You guessed right.”Her laugh was cold. It was like a dagger that stabbed right through Eva’s heart
Scott chatted with everyone for a while before pulling Nathan away to talk in private.“I need help, Nathan.”Scott said to him in a low voice, “What should I do when meeting the parents for the first time?”Meeting the parents?Nathan looked at him in astonishment. When he saw how serious Scott was and how he did not look like he was joking, Nathan began to advise him carefully about this. “You need to make this grand and prepare gifts that they like. Also, be polite and respectful. Any other things are fine. The most important thing to do is to leave them with a good impression.”“Alright.”Scott made a note of everything Nathan said. Nathan smiled teasingly when he saw how seriously Scott was taking this. “Why are you so anxious about this?”“Of course, I am. She’s perfect in every way. I don’t want to lose her.”Scott’s eyes were filled with adoration and happiness when he replied this. Nathan felt happy for Scott when he saw Scott looking this way.As long as Scott was
Nathan was being honest.After the trial ended and Jadora was out of the picture, the floral series became a hot commodity in the market. Client demand had soared several times over.“The cosmetics market yields a high profit, and Langley Corporation has always wanted a piece of the pie. But Lane Enterprise got into it first. If you’re agreeable, I would love it if our companies could work on it together.”Moreover, they were husband and wife.Nathan would not be able to trust another business partner completely, but it was different with Eva.When Eva saw the adoring look in his eyes, her decision to get him to invest began to waver.Did she really want to do what Wanda said?Even though she had no idea what Wanda wanted, she was sure that Wanda wanted to attack Langley Corporation. She would be relentless about it.Getting Eva to obtain shares from Langley Corporation might be the first step in Wanda’s plan to destroy Nathan.Eva could not allow this!She clenched her teeth