Ixia seemed lost in thought as she stared at Liam. She quickly came back to her senses and said in a friendly manner, "Liam."However, Liam was resolute, cutting her off coldly, "No need to be so friendly, we're not that close."Spoiled since childhood, Ixia had always gotten what she wanted. Even Yvonne, who was arrogant and domineering, avoided bossing Ixia around. Now, despite the Young family doing well, they still relied on the support of the Xander family.Ixia thought, 'Who does he think he is?'She pouted with a displeased expression and turned to Lylia. "Mom, did you hear him?"Lylia patted Ixia's hand. "Well, you said things that angered him. Later, put more food on his plate, so that he'll forgive you. You're still young, he won't blame you."Blake was extremely annoyed by them. 'They're all just putting on an act.'Julian looked at Blake. "Is this the girlfriend you mentioned?"Liam replied, "Yes, but it's none of your business.'Blake did not expect Liam to have t
Lylia smiled. "Leaving so soon? There's still so much food left."Julian said, "Wait, I have something to say to you."Liam replied, "If you want to ask me to move back in with you, you can forget it. I have my own life now. This will be our last time meeting. We won't cross paths again." Liam's words were cold and decisive, leaving no room for negotiation.Liam helped Blake take the coat draped over the back of the chair. Everyone stood up. Blake looked at them with a hesitant expression. When she and Liam reached the door of the private room, she stopped walking, turned around to the other three people in the room, and said, "You three, when talking bad about someone behind their back, it'd be best to keep your voices down from now on. You're all adults, and it's shocking how careless you all are."Before Blake left, she even made a disdainful expression at them.Liam smiled as he patted Blake's head, and the two left the hotel.Liam sat in the driver's seat, and at that moment
Blake bought some groceries from the supermarket downstairs, like frozen food and drinks. She then ran all the way back to her apartment in the rain before going upstairs using the elevator. As Blake used the fingerprint scanner, she was suddenly blinded and strangled. She was then pinned to the wall with a knife placed on her neck."K-Kevin?" Blake asked while trembling. After that, she felt Kevin put his hand down."Turn the lights on," Kevin ordered.Blake obliged, "Alright."Kevin sat on the sofa while placing his knife on the coffee table. After Blake turned on the lights, she put her things down. She also smelled the metallic scent of blood wafting through the living room. Blake hurriedly walked over and saw Kevin sitting on the sofa with a pale expression. She asked him, "Are you hurt?"Kevin ignored her question and asked her back, "What are you doing here?"Blake knelt before him and argued, "I asked you first. Where are you hurt? Tell me now. Why didn't you go to the ho
It turns out Kevin had already fainted. Blake used all her strength to prop Kevin up and drag him back to his bedroom. Tears started to flow from her eyes uncontrollably."What happened to you, Kevin? Stop scaring me! Why are you covered in blood? What've you been doing these few days?" Blake cried.Despite her crying, Kevin had no reaction. Blake quickly calmed down and muttered to herself, "I can't panic. There must be a reason why he didn't go to the hospital. There should be some medical supplies in the house."Blake started rummaging around and found the medication and some gauze under the coffee table in the living room. She cut open Kevin's pajamas with some scissors because the blood and Kevin's clothes were all stuck to the bloody and mangled wound. Blake cleaned his wounds with trembling hands and then spread some ointment over his wound. Kevin winced from the stinging pain.Blake comforted him, "Just hold on a little longer. I just applied the ointment. It won't hurt for
Liam looked at his phone and felt some discomfort. He thought to himself, 'We shouldn't be acting so distant like this, Blake.'After fifteen seconds, Blake received Liam's reply. However, Blake had placed her phone down. She was busy cleaning up the clothes in the house. When she heard her phone ring, she did not bother because she knew Liam would reject her leave application.After a while, Liam sent her another message. Blake was carrying a basket full of dirty laundry and walking into the bathroom to wash the clothes. Then, she cleaned the entire living room.By the time she finished doing everything, Blake saw that it was almost eleven. The things she had bought from the supermarket filled the entire refrigerator. Then, Blake took off her gloves and looked at the clean floor while drenched in sweat. To be honest, she had never cleaned a house like this before.Besides that, she was boiling some vegetable soup in a pot. After this, she still needed to go to the drugstore to buy
Blake held on to those files and pictures. She could even see herself coming and going to work with Liam in the photos. She said guiltily, "Why did you arrange for someone to take these pictures? Are you scheming something, Kevin? Could you tell me what it is? I might be able to help."Kevin calmly glanced at the pictures. He replied weakly, "Not just you; every move Cecilia has made must be under my control. Knowing too much about this will not benefit you. I'm letting you know the goal behind these pictures in order for you to understand that you are already involved in this mess. It wouldn't be so easy for you to leave now, even if you wanted to. Cecilia might make a move on you at any moment. You understand?"Blake nodded her head solemnly, "I understand, but I'm not a coward."She sat beside him and pulled his hand under the blanket. Blake held onto his hand tightly and said, "If anything bad happens, I still want to endure it with you. If it has anything to do with you, I'll n
"So what the hell did Mr. Jardin leave in his will that could have made Cecilia have someone wound you so severely? Let me see your wounds. It hurts me every time I see it," Blake said.Kevin started answering her questions while trying to piece together everything that happened, "On the day of the incident, everyone had the leisure of panicking, but I couldn't. If news of Mr. Jardin's incident were to spread, this would affect the millions of employees of Jardin Corporations, both overseas and local."Hearing him say this, Blake noticed that all this time, she sounded very immature. She always complained about Kevin's coldness but kept forgetting how heavy his burdens really were."If it was truly for the will, it still doesn't sound right. You're Mr. Jardin's most trusted right hand man, so why didn't he just tell you? What intrigues me the most is what was written on the will. Could it be an inheritance?" Blake was still observing Kevin's expression when she asked, "Do you know e
Blake had a rare peaceful slumber. She was curled up in the bed. When she stretched, she felt the spot next to her on the bed was cold. Blake was suddenly reminded of something and immediately opened her eyes. She saw that Kevin was missing and had swiftly woken up. She ran out to the living room without putting on her slippers and saw Kevin in the kitchen.Blake let out a sigh of relief. When she saw him in his pajamas pouring water from a jug, she quickly walked over. She took over the jug and helped him pour a cup of water."Here you go," Blake gestured.Kevin took over the cup of water from Blake and saw her bare feet. He chided her, "Take care of your appearance; go and put on some shoes."Blake had just woken up, and her hair was a mess. She scratched her head and muttered, "I was just worried you had run away."After that, she followed Kevin out of the kitchen. She nagged him, "Your wounds are going to take a few days to heal. There's no more bandage and gauze at home so wh