“Do the Pauls have a grudge against Eva?” Rose asked as she looked straight at Scott. Scott shrugged helplessly as he packed her clothes into the luggage.“I have no idea either. Sally Craven was the one who kidnapped Eva, but I have no idea of any grudge between them.”Rose nodded at his answer.Sally must be the woman she saw that day. However, she did not look familiar to Rose. What exactly happened between her and Eva to make her do something as crazy as to kidnap Eva?Rose had to know the reason!Everyone headed to the airport after that and boarded the flight in a tidy fashion. When the plane went into the air, Nathan came over considerately with food for Eva.“You should have more.”He said to her gently, “Eva, think back carefully. Are there any details you can remember about Sally Craven when she kidnapped you?”They might be able to get some clues from anything Eva remembered. “Her name might be fake. I have to find out about her past. Her mannerisms might give us
Nathan arrived at Langley Corporation the next morning to see Robert waiting for him in the office.“Go back to the manor first.”He said to Nathan, “Your grandpa found out what happened in Paris. He wants to see you.”Nathan frowned when he heard this.How did Old Mr. Langley find out about it?Both he and Eva did not tell anyone about Paris, and Scott and Rose were not the kind of people to blab about things. How did he know about Paris?Nathan was bewildered, but he still left for the manor immediately.Old Mr. Langley was waiting for him in the living room of the manor. He had already put out some good tea to enjoy.However, he did not seem to be in a good mood.He was frowning. When he saw Nathan enter the house, he waved Nathan over to sit by his side. He spoke up with a grim look on his face.“Did you make an enemy out of the Pauls?”Old Mr. Langley did know what happened.Nathan’s heart sank as he explained the situation to Old Mr. Langley solemnly.“I had no choic
Finn hesitated when he saw the upset look on Nathan’s face. He continued in a low voice, “There’s another thing I need to inform you, Mr. Langley.”He looked grimly at Nathan and said, “There has been a lot of strange activity going on with Miss Elena. She has been actively getting in touch with our company’s shareholders, but I have no idea what she’s trying to achieve. Please give me more time to look into this.”Something suspicious was going on with Elena.What was she trying to do?Nathan looked extremely unhappy.Now that Hunter and James’ company was about to go bankrupt and could not compete with Nathan, Elena began targeting the internal personnel instead. She was stabbing Nathan in the back by wanting to steal the shareholders away.She was being too much!If anything happened to the company’s shareholders, it would cause huge issues within Langley Corporation. Elena was a stupid woman who probably could not wait to see Langley Corporation fall apart!“Alright. Fine.”
Sue’s pitiful voice was heard from the other end of the phone.“Eva, I need to talk to you about something. Can I see you?”Sue wanted to talk?What did Sue want?Eva could not figure it out, but she did not reject Sue’s request either. She nodded and replied, “Sure. You can come to Thriving Dragon Bay to see me. I’ll get the butler to show you in.”“Alright. It’s very nice of you, Eva. I’ll come over right now.”Sue threw some praises at her and hung up.Eva frowned as her phone slowly dimmed.What was going on?Sue had never been on good terms with her and had always shown her attitude whenever they met. Why would she be particularly polite with her on this call? Did something happen?Eva decided not to think about it and wait for Sue to arrive.Sue showed up at Thriving Dragon Bay at about two in the afternoon. She looked extremely troubled. She clenched her fingers when she saw Eva sitting on the couch.“Eva.”“You’re here, Sue. Have a seat.”There was a look of indif
Sue wanted to play the pity card. How could she leave without getting what she wanted?Eva was frustrated by all the noise Sue was making and was eventually forced to nod in agreement. “I’ll try to help you talk to Nathan when he comes back, but I won’t be able to make a decision on his behalf. There’s no guarantee that he'll agree to this.”“Nathan will definitely agree if you make the request.”Sue looked hopeful as she said in a low voice, “I’ll be leaving first, Eva. I know I’ve given you a lot of trouble by coming here. I’m sorry about it, but all I really want is to help my family.”She turned to leave after that, and Eva got the butler to see her out. Eva fell back onto the couch after watching Sue walk out of the living room.This was exhausting. She could not believe that Sue would be willing to act pitifully in front of her. Eva felt tired of handling a situation like this.As for helping Sue to make a request to Nathan for money, Eva was not interested in doing that
“See? I told you she wouldn’t help.”James sniggered and said to Sue, “Eva isn’t stupid. I’ve told you before that it’s a waste of time to go to her. Who would care what you think?”“You’re right.”Sue gave a strange laugh. The fury in her eyes had burned away all reason within her. She clenched her fists and grasped the phone tight in her hands.She had overestimated Eva’s kindness.Sue had thought that Eva was naive and was not guarded against anyone. Lucy had framed her multiple times but she never retaliated. This made Sue think that Eva was like an innocent little rabbit who would at least have some sympathy. However, Sue was wrong.Eva was nothing but a bitch!Sue felt horrible when she recalled kneeling in front of Eva to beg for her help at Thriving Dragon Bay. She called Eva back on the phone amidst James’ sarcastic taunts.When Eva picked up, Sue asked with clenched teeth, “Can’t you help us, Eva?”“I’m really sorry, Sue. I’ve already explained just now that Nathan
Even though she really wanted to go out, the memory of what happened in Paris made Eva more cautious. She replied, “I need to ask Nathan’s opinion first, Rose.”“Yikes. Go ahead. I know you’re a good girl who needs to report to Nathan even when it’s just going out shopping.”Rose teased her with a laugh. However, her face fell the moment she hung up.Was Eva showing off how loving they were?She even needed to go to Nathan for permission to shop. Hah!At the other end of the phone, Eva thought about this before calling Nathan.“Nathan, Rose just invited me to go shopping. Is it okay if I go?”Rose?Nathan thought about this and agreed. “Sure, but you need to bring along the bodyguards. Be careful, and don’t go to dark and suspicious places.”After all, Sally could be in North City or Cloud City.Her attack on Eva failed the last time. Judging by that woman’s vicious personality and the grudge she harbored for Eva, it was highly possible that she would come after Eva again!E
Rose did not express her thoughts while staring at Eva.It was not the right time.She called Scott on the phone while Eva was buying the hot dog. She purposely said in a soft and gentle tone, “I’m a little tired from shopping today, Scott. Will you come and pick me up?”“Sure. I’ll be right there.”Scott did not object and immediately agreed. Rose gave him the address before hanging up.She had someone come pick her up too.Rose suddenly felt stupid about what she was doing after the childish thought popped up in her head. She watched as Eva ate the hot dog happily.Was it necessary to compete with Eva over this and drag Scott into the picture?No matter how close she was with Scott and no matter the kind of relationship they were in, he was not Nathan. Nathan was Eva’s husband, and he had nothing to do with Rose.She closed her eyes in pain and took a deep breath.Rose let it be.This was pointless.“Scott will be here soon, Eva. We should go our separate ways here.”Ros
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