Stephen had never liked attending such events. After speaking a few words, he handed the microphone back to the host. Throughout the entire time, his eyes were fixed on Yvonne.Upon walking down the stage, he headed in Yvonne's direction. As Stephen got closer, the artist sitting beside Yvonne inexplicably felt a shiver run down their spine. Hence, they sensibly stood up and relinquished their seat to Stephen. Without any changes in his facial expressions, Stephen sat beside Yvonne. As soon as he took his seat, all the cameras immediately turned toward them. Yvonne frowned deeper. "Stay away from me," she warned in a low voice.However, Stephen pretended like he hadn't heard her and remained seated. Yvonne was at a loss for words. Stephen was doing this because he knew she wouldn't beat him up in front of the cameras.Shooting him a glare, she asked, "Aren't you supposed to be confined to your room? Why are you here?"Stephen was stunned. "How did you know?""I met Mr. And
Before Yvonne could react, all the spotlights were already on them. Stephen quirked his lips and said in a loud voice, "Actually, I came here today to make two important announcements. Firstly, I have already called off my engagement with Ariel."As soon as he said that, the scene erupted into an uproar. Yvonne was also in a state of confusion. What was he doing?Looking into Yvonne's bewildered eyes, Stephen continued seriously, "Secondly, I'm planning to pursue Yvonne again and remarry her." Everyone was shocked. This was so out of the blue!"Stephen, are you crazy?" Yvonne squeezed out the words through her gritted teeth. On the contrary, Stephen felt inexplicably good. When he'd been confined to Anderson Mansion, he'd reaffirmed his resolve every day. Now that he had expressed his thoughts publicly, the weight that had been bothering him finally lifted off his chest.Noticing the joy in his gaze, Yvonne felt nothing but anger. She pushed him away with all her streng
The next morning, Yvonne was awakened by the ringing of the doorbell. Soon, Lloyd's voice came from outside. "Ms. Yvonne, Caleb is here."Yvonne couldn't help but feel a little upset. Caleb had probably seen the topics on the trending list yesterday. She told Lloyd to attend to him first while she got out of bed to freshen up.As Caleb waited for Yvonne, he felt restless. Hence, he remained standing in the living room instead of taking a seat. He had carefully gone through the trending topics last night. The picture of Stephen hugging Yvonne was particularly unpleasant to his eyes. It was the first time that he'd felt so overwrought. He couldn't sleep for the entire night. That was why he showed up at the entrance of Miller Villa as soon as the day broke. He desperately wanted to know Yvonne's thoughts about marrying Stephen again. However, when he saw Yvonne walk down the stairs, he simply couldn't get the question out. It wasn't until she'd approached him that he fina
"Grandpa, I would like to call the engagement off as well." When Philip heard that, he looked at Ariel in disbelief. "W—what are you talking about, Ariel? Are you thinking straight?"Enduring her heartache, she shook her head. "I'm serious. Since Stephen doesn't want to marry me, what's the point of forcing him? Grandpa, forced marriage doesn't bring happiness.""No ... It shouldn't be like this ..." Philip was at a loss. He couldn't figure out what Ariel was thinking. All this time, Ariel's biggest wish had been to get married to Stephen. She had even sacrificed so much for it. How could she simply give up on it now?Ariel's heart stung like hell. But there was nothing else she could do but force a smile. "Isn't loving someone all about wanting them to be happy?"Philip seemed to have thought of something and immediately pulled a long face. "Did he threaten you?""No, I'm the one who wants to give up on this marriage." Ariel glanced at Stephen. Her eyes were filled with uns
After the confrontation, Philip stopped contacting Stephen. Everyone in Anderson Mansion was wise enough not to bring the whole thing up. They didn't want to make Philip angry.Meanwhile, Stephen's days went on as if nothing had ever happened. During this period, he only received a text from Linda, encouraging him to follow his heart's desire. But no one knew that Yvonne had already blocked him.He decided to reach out again after the whole mess had subsided.However, before that could happen, Elvin made an appearance. Since Julian knew Elvin well, he knew who it was when the front desk told him a child was looking for Stephen.Julian wasn't one to take his boss' affairs lightly, so he headed straight for the conference room. Yet the tense atmosphere that greeted him when he got there made his steps falter. Julian stopped and assessed the situation.It seemed like the meeting between Noah and Stephen had taken a turn for the worse while Julian had stepped out to answer the p
"Because I'm about to own more shares," retorted Noah confidently. After the fallout in the conference room, Noah felt like there was no use hiding it anymore. He approached Stephen with a smug look. "Say, what will our dad do when he finds out that you transferred 20% of your shares to Emerald Group?"Stephen frowned and grabbed Noah by the collar. "Who told you that?""Who do you think?" Noah sneered. A flustered Stephen was such a sight to behold. "You're the one who gave the shares away. Better prepare yourself for the consequences. After all, you won't be able to control the outcome."Noah then rapped Stephen's shoulder mockingly. "Yelling just shows how desperate you are."Stephen refused to let go of Noah. His eyes were brimming with murderous intent. He hadn't expected Mark to transfer the shares to Noah right away. It was clear Mark had done it to make Stephen and Noah fight each other. Noah was an ambitious man. More shares meant he could demand more power in An
"I saw online that you want to remarry my mommy." Elvin fixed his eyes on Stephen and enunciated his words clearly. "I don't agree."Stephen frowned. "It's not your place to object to it.""My mommy won't get married to you again. You're a bad man. I don't like you, nor does my mommy," Elvin continued. Stephen's face darkened. "Then in your eyes, who's a good man? Caleb?" "Yes!" Elvin replied resolutely. Julian immediately stepped forward to defend Elvin and looked at Stephen with a troubled expression. "Mr. Anderson, don't take his words to heart." Yvonne cared deeply about Elvin. If Stephen were to do something to the little boy for real, things would only get worse.Stephen knew that Julian was telling him to calm down. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and ordered coldly, "Send him back to where he came from." "I'll do it right now." Julian nodded in a hurry. He turned around to pull Elvin along with him. However, the little boy shoved Julian's hand off and gla
Stephen was surprised when he received a call from Yvonne in the middle of the night. With an imperceptible curl at the corners of his lips, he answered the phone. "What's the matter?"Yvonne cut straight to the chase. "Are you in your right mind? Why did you give shares to Emerald Group?"Stephen was stunned. It seemed like it had been a waste of time talking to Elvin today. The kid simply didn't listen to him."Did you meet Mark?" Yvonne continued without waiting for his reply.She had been thinking about this since dinner. The only explanation that she managed to think of was that Stephen had made a deal with Mark. "Stephen, can you not be a smart alec? I don't need you to intervene in my affairs. Don't think that I'll be grateful to you just because you gave 20% of Anderson Group's shares to Emerald Group." Yvonne was bent out of shape. "Do you have any idea how foolish it was to fall into Mark's trap?" "I do," he replied. "But I'd still make the same decision even if I