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Saul looked at Terrence. "I'm already working hard for her, so don't worry.""That's good." Terrence nodded. But Saul quickly noticed something important. "Wait. You said we both have someone in our hearts? Who's the woman you set your sights on this time?"Terrence patted Saul on the shoulder. "She's one of a kind. She's not just in my heart. She's permanently residing in it now.""Sure." Saul didn't take Terrence that seriously. After all, Terrence had made similar declarations more times than he could count.The two of them were lost in their own romantic fantasies as they stepped into the elevator and left the restaurant.When Summer got back to the table, she drank more than half a glass of juice."What's wrong?" Henry asked in surprise.Summer shook her head. "It's nothing. Grandpa, if there's nothing else at the company, I won't be going with you. I plan on being Mom's little guardian angel this afternoon.""Your grandpa has a guardian angel, and your mom has one, but
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"No, don't!" Summer quickly stopped them.Kristen immediately laughed at that. "I thought you didn't know who the flowers were from?"Summer was speechless."It's such a huge bouquet. You're definitely going to get in trouble if your grandpa and your dad see it." Kristen gently poked Summer on the forehead.Summer felt her heart stop for a moment.Luke wasn't a big deal. He rarely ever nagged Summer. But Henry was another matter entirely. There was no way he would accept the idea that Summer might be dating. He'd definitely make a scene and insist on beating up whatever little punk was trying to steal Summer away."Mom, help me." Summer pouted, looking like he was about to cry."There's no way you can keep all of them. Pick some to take to your room and let Phoebe handle the rest. So, tell me. Who's this young man you're secretly dating?" Kristen asked helplessly."I'm not dating anyone," Summer muttered.Mason was definitely not someone she could call a young man."So, you
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After all, Mason had been resting at home the past few days.Who knew what happened at Royal Financial Group that day?"Are you still at the company?" Summer asked."I am," Mason replied."You don't need to hide anymore. If there's nothing too major at the company, you should go to the hospital and get your wounds looked at. I'm not an expert, so I might not have done a very good job," Summer said seriously."No one could do a better job than you," Mason said.Summer smiled. "Fine. Mr. Hunt's word is final.""Where's your mother filming?" Mason asked.Summer answered, "A holiday estate in the outskirts of the city. We'll probably head over in the evening.""I'll sneak over, and you can sneak out. Then, we can have a secret rendezvous. How about that?" Mason said in a lower tone. Summer found it incredibly adorable. She was about to say yes, but she suddenly thought of the barrier between them that they had yet to cross.Her tone sounded slightly colder. "Maybe another time.
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At around the same time, Chandler was still bedridden after being injured by Mason.At first, no one told him about what happened to his parents. However, Chandler had been waiting for news of his parents defeating Mason and reclaiming Royal Financial Group for a long time. It was already almost nighttime, but his parents were not back yet.They weren't even answering their phones.The household staff were all acting strangely as well. They seemed to all be avoiding him.The more Chandler thought about it, the more it seemed like something was wrong. He struggled and got on his wheelchair before he quietly left his room."I told you so many times that we need to be patient when dealing with Mason. Why didn't you listen? Look at what happened now! Aspen and Rosanna are under investigation. The ones handling the case are all Mason's men, who won't listen to anyone else!" Chandler heard.He had just made his way out, only to be greeted with his grandfather Arthur Moon's voice.Chan
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Summer then took out her laptop and continued working on Escape From the Asylum's script.Before too long, Summer's phone rang. She took a look and saw that it was Lionel.Summer answered the call and asked, "What's wrong?""I just forwarded you something that a buddy of mine sent me earlier. Power Construction apparently set up an Internet division last year, and they're about to release a new mini-game. "It's quite the coincidence. It seems very similar to the project model you planned to assign to new hires," Lionel said.Summer opened her laptop and looked at the short video Lionel sent her.The game wasn't even in development yet. There was just a simple animated teaser."Power Construction, you say?" Summer asked."Yes," Lionel answered. "My buddy was originally supposed to lead a project there, but some higher-up forced in a connection hire. The connection hire was the one who brought the game in. It might just be a mini-game, but like we said before, the concept and ga
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At that moment, her phone rang again. Ever since After School launched, she had been getting calls much more frequently than before.She walked to the living room and picked up her phone from the couch. The caller ID read Puppy.Summer's heartbeat started to quicken. That subconscious reaction caused her to feel a bit helpless."Hello," she answered."Come to the beach," Mason said, his voice accompanied by the sound of waves."You're here?" Summer was caught off guard."I brought the company staff here for a vacation," Mason said indignantly."The mighty Royal Financial Group brought its employees to a seaside resort for a vacation?" Summer found Mason both exasperating and endearing.Mason answered, "Yes, so hurry up and come out."Summer didn't know what to do with Mason. She put on a jacket and walked toward the beach.It was supposed to be peak travel season, but the whole hotel had been booked out by the production crew to facilitate filming.So, the place was empty
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The sea breeze that night seemed particularly warm. Mason and Summer held hands as they strolled along the shoreline.In the shadows, Kyle and the others, who were following Mason, sat in a beach buggy. They had complicated expressions on their faces as they watched Mason walking ahead with Summer."So, Mr. Hunt is serious about this?"Kyle took a drag from his cigarette as he said with worry and some melancholy, "Since when has Mr. Hunt not been serious about anything?"The others nodded silently."But doesn't Mr. Hartford Senior hate Mr. Hunt? I still remember that old man storming off after being seated at the same table as Mr. Hunt at some banquet a few years ago," someone else said.Kyle sighed. "Exactly. What's Mr. Hunt thinking? Of all the people he could choose, he chose the pearl of the Harford family. The road to him getting a wife won't just be this young lady. The ones behind her are the real nightmare."The bodyguards chimed in one after another.Very quickly, they
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Mason glanced in that direction and murmured, "It's probably just a rat.""There are rats by the sea?" Summer was actually terrified of rats.Back at that filthy asylum, she had been bitten on her hands and feet by rats.When Mason saw how scared she looked, he immediately changed his tune. "Why would there be rats at the beach? I was just making it up. Let's go."Summer thought he was playing a prank on her."Mason, are you a child? Why would you make such a childish joke?" Summer said in exasperation.Mason smiled and asked, "Are you afraid of rats?""Yes." Summer nodded.Mason was silent for a moment. "You weren't afraid of them when you were young.""Did I tell you that?" Summer asked.Mason was silent for another moment before he said, "That day, a rat tried to run inside to take shelter from the rain. I was about to chase it away, but you stopped me. You said you weren't afraid and let it come in to hide from the rain."Summer was speechless. Was she really that naive
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A moment later, the greenhouse was tidied up.Marge, having been shoved down by Joe, looked as humiliated as could be. "Joe, why are you even arguing with her? Let's go home!""Shut up!" Joe glared at her viciously.At that moment, Shane arrived with a large whiteboard.The moment Joe saw it, he rushed over and grabbed a marker. Then, he wrote down a difficult problem that he had seen on his phone, one that he couldn't solve himself. "Solve it!"Summer glanced at him and politely said to Shane, "Could you please help me hang this up? Thank you."Shane smiled respectfully before he had some others hang it up.Summer slowly walked to the whiteboard.The problem was definitely difficult. She had never encountered it before, so she stood in front and thought for a long time.Joe looked more and more pleased with himself as she constantly told those around him, "I said it. She cheated. There's no way she was capable of scoring so high."Kristen looked at Summer with some worry as
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"Did you hear that? Class 3 of Saintwood Academy, Sum…" Joe never expected the name to come out from the teacher's mouth would be Summer's. He had been ready to mock Summer. But the words were caught in his throat as he started. Then, he turned off the speaker and hurriedly asked again, "What did you say her name was again?"The teacher repeated, "Summer Hartford! The principal just told me she's actually an heiress. You should know her, right?"Joe looked at Summer in disbelief. Before the teacher could continue rambling, Joe hung up the phone. "You must have cheated!" Joe suddenly broke the silence in the crowd with his shout.Summer's lips curled up into a smirk of disdain. "You're welcome to report me.""Summer, did you already know?" Kristen finally snapped out of her shock. She was so happy that she lost her composure for a moment."The principal called me on the way here. I was planning on telling everyone when we got home, but I never expected someone to be so willing
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"Saintwood Academy?" The crowd erupted in shock.After all, while Saintwood Academy was a prestigious private school, its academics had always been mediocre."Yes." The girl nodded."Can you shut up? You think you know everything? You're so annoying!" Joe grabbed a fork and threw it at the girl.Summer happened to be beside her and immediately pulled the girl toward her. The fork shattered a plate and sent the shards flying everywhere."Oh, my God!"The table erupted into chaos."What the hell are you doing?" The girl's mother immediately stood up.Marge frowned. "Why are you shouting at my son? She wasn't even hurt.""Mrs. Dunn, you spoil your son too much. He just threw a fork at someone in front of all of us. Is this how you raised him?" the lady shouted furiously."Is that any of your business?" Marge shielded Joe.At that moment, Lanie suddenly asked Summer, "Summer, you're from Saintwood Academy, too, right? Do you know anyone at your school that could possibly be the
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But Lanie didn't dare to openly defy Kristen, either, so she simply smiled and changed the subject.As they chatted, a wealthy lady suddenly frowned and said, "By the way, have your kids played that new game lately?" "Are you talking about that bloody one? I think it's called After School?" Lanie looked disgusted."Yes!"Lanie patted her chest. "My daughter plays it all the time! It scares me to death just watching her! I have no idea which company published it, but I really want to have a word with the publisher. Why would they make something so terrifying?"Kristen lowered her gaze and said calmly, "Hartford Group published it.""What? Your company made it?" Lanie was stunned.Kristen nodded. "Yes. I only heard my husband mention it in passing, but I never expected it to be so popular. I didn't know your children would be playing it, too.""Why would your company make such a terrifying game?""I remember Hartford Group has never been particularly strong in the area. How did
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Marge's smile froze on her face.Then, she sneered. "What kind of joke is this? There are only two women in the top ten of our region, and both of them are on the tail end. I know them, and they already evaluated their scores and didn't do well. They even cried about it. It's not them, so who could it be if not my son?""There's no need to rush. The official results will be out soon, and we'll all see for ourselves," Gloria said with a smile. But Marge remained arrogant as she glanced at Summer.At that moment, Summer was replying to some messages from her company's tech team.Marge laughed when she saw that. "Summer, you seem so relaxed. You're even playing with your phone.""Mrs. Dunn, I know where I stand, so you don't need to worry about me." Summer glanced at her.Marge rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath, "With scores like that, of course you know where you stand."In the past, Marge actually liked Luke. Before she got married, she had believed she and Luke cou
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"Oh." Terrence let out a chuckle.He had been struggling to find a way to get close to Summer. He was even rejected when he sent his résumé to her company. Now, fate had intervened, bringing his beloved right into his house."Tell the staff to prepare a bath for me," Terrence said after he caught a whiff of the stench of alcohol on him. Then, he rushed to his room.Shane stood in place, showing some clear dislike for Terrence."A perfectly good illegitimate child should just stay outside. Why is he back here trying to make the lady of the house uncomfortable?" he muttered. After that, he instructed the staff to make sure that Terrence was kept away from the greenhouse where the gathering was being held.The inside of the glass greenhouse was elegantly decorated.Those inside had been chatting with each other, but they stopped when they saw Kristen. One after another, they rose from their seats. "Oh, my! The superstar finally has time to come and have afternoon tea with us."Kris
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The manor was quite grand. It was almost on par with the one owned by the Hartford family."Kristen, you're finally here!" By the entrance was a tall, slender woman in her 40s or 50s. She looked the image of someone who was very socially adept."I'm so sorry, Mrs. Dincht. I've been so busy helping my daughter with the SATs. I was preparing for my comeback afterward. That's why I've had to turn down quite a few of your gatherings," Kristen said calmly."Your daughter's education is the most important!" Mrs. Dincht, Gloria Nial, laughed as she looked over.Her gaze landed on Summer. "Summer?""Hello, Mrs. Dincht," Summer said loudly.Gloria looked even more delighted. "Why didn't you tell me you were bringing your daughter? Come on. Let me take a good look at you, Summer. After what happened at your birthday party last time, I didn't get the chance to take a proper look at you."Summer obediently walked over.Gloria studied Summer carefully before she looked at Kristen. "Such a p
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Robin walked in and paused when he saw the three of them together."What is it?" Henry asked."News just came in. Rosanna and Aspen have been released," Robin said.The atmosphere in the room seemed to freeze."If they're out, then so be it. No need to make a fuss about it." Henry waved it off before he redirected his focus to the exams."Summer's SAT results are more important right now," Kristen said.Robin nodded. "Understood.""Mr. Cohen, who got released?" Summer walked down at that moment."Rosanna and Aspen," Robin answered.Summer frowned. "Why were they only locked up for a few days?""I heard they spent a lot of money to bail themselves out," Robin replied.Summer nodded. "That's good. Wouldn't want Ms. Rosanna to miss out on my exam results."Robin was speechless."Summer, you're up?" Henry immediately waved her over.Summer ran over with a smile. "Good morning, Grandpa. Why are you clutching the edge of the table like that?"Henry quickly released his hands a
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Luke, ever the intellectual, looked shocked. "Dad, when did you believe in all this?""I'd rather be safe than sorry!" Henry then looked at Summer's arm with a heartbroken expression. "You must have been terrified.""I wasn't." Summer spent a long time comforting Henry.It was deep in the night when everyone returned to their rooms.Summer was feeling incredibly inspired after she spent the past few days on set, so she stayed up late working on her script. She only stopped when she started to feel hungry and quietly made her way downstairs.When she reached the kitchen, she found some bread to nibble on."Why are you eating bread here alone? Are you hungry?" Summer looked up to see Luke standing by the door."Yes." She nodded.Luke smiled and walked in. "Go sit in the dining room. I'll make you some chicken noodle soup.""You know how to make that?" Summer looked surprised."Back when your mom was an actress, her meal schedule was all over the place. It ended up causing stoma
