Yorrick did not force Xyla to sit closer to him. After all, she was in his car right now, and there was no way she could escape from him.Soon, they arrived in an upscale hotel owned by the Hathaways. Both Xyla and her suitcases were pushed into a room. The bodyguard stood by the door and said, “Ms. Mayweather, if you need anything, just let me know. Enjoy your stay.”The bodyguard then closed the door, leaving Xyla to stand frozen stiff in her room. ‘So, he just sent me to the hotel?’At the Hathaway mansion, the St. Donnor Estate…“Young Master Yorrick, Mrs. Hathaway is waiting for you in the study room.” The butler stood by the staircase and bowed slightly at Yorrick.Yorrick took his jacket off and handed it to the butler. He took off his watch and went upstairs to the study room. A middle-aged woman was sitting behind the table. She looked like she was in her mid-50s, but since she took good care of her skin, she looked like a woman in her early 30s or 40s.“Mother.” Yorri
From the bathroom to the master bedroom, Yorrick dominated everything in the darkness. No one could see the intense desire that he hid deep in his gaze. For Yorrick, the intimate activity that lasted until daylight was an abyss that he chose to jump into. As for Xyla, it was a contradiction and repression that she had never felt before. In the end, everything came to a calm.The next morning, Xyla was awakened by the noise in the living room. When she tried to move her body, she felt as if her body was falling apart. While she was in a trance, she heard a woman roaring, “Yorrick, I’m your fiancee! I won't stand in your way if you want to have fun with other women, but please, I hope you can respect the marriage contract between us!”Xyla’s eyelashes trembled.‘Fiancee?’She forced herself to get up from the bed and went to the door to listen to their conversation.Yorrick chuckled. “For the record, I’ve never agreed to marry you.”“Do you want to renege on the marriage contra
Yorrick ran his fingers over her lips and smiled. “I don’t have as many women as you think I have.”“If there aren’t hundreds of them, at least there are dozens of them, right?” She smacked his hand away.Yorrick grabbed her finger and held onto it. “That’s different.”Xyla ignored him as she was too tired for his explanation. She pulled her hand out and propped it against Yorrick’s chest, intending to push him away, but his body felt as steady as a mountain.He buried his face in her shoulder and chuckled. “You don’t like the fact that I have too many women around me, do you?”Seeing that she could not push him away, Xyla simply stopped struggling.‘Since he hates women who listen to him and do what he wants them to do, I’ll just become that.’“Yeah, I don’t like the fact that too many women surround you.” Xyla took the initiative to wrap her arms around his neck while giving off a hint of coquettishness through her flirtatious gaze. “Why should I share a man with other women,
Xyla looked away and gasped. “I didn’t.”Yorrick snorted. “You’re afraid that you will fall for me someday. That’s why you backed down.”Xyla was so agitated that her whole body trembled. “Who told you that I’m afraid? And why should I fall for you? I’ll fall for every single man in the world before I do the same to you!”“It’s because you’re afraid.”“You!” Xyla’s chest palpitated even more vigorously as she faced the bombardment of his questions.Yorrick then kissed her on the lips and laughed hoarsely when he saw her body soften. “You like the excitement and stimulation that I bring to you, so it’s not that you don’t have feelings for me. It’s just that you don’t want to admit it.”Xyla pursed her lips tightly and stared elsewhere while Yorrick caressed her cheek with his palm. “It does look like many women surround me from time to time.”He paused for a few seconds and then continued with a faint smile. “But frankly speaking, I’ve only slept with two women in total. As for y
Nolan raised his hand, rubbed the top of her shaggy hair, and handed her the delicate cake box. “It’s from David.”Maisie took the cake from him and asked, “Did you go to see President David?”Nolan responded softly, took off his coat, draped it on the back of the chair, and slowly rolled up his sleeves. “Is there anything that hasn’t been done yet?”Maisie chuckled. “Does this mean that you’re offering to help me?”“Otherwise, what else can I do?” Nolan raised his eyebrows slightly. “I told you to hire a few more people instead of asking me to wait for you every day.”Maisie sat down on the couch beside him and opened the cake box. “The main reason is that this branch isn’t stable yet. I’ll definitely hire a few more when everything has gotten on board and is moving stably.”She took a bite off the spoon, and it tasted delicious, sweet, and had a slightly bitter aftertaste. “This is delicious!”Nolan cleared the cashier and did the inventory count for her.As Maisie looked up
Nolan frowned. “I don’t know much about him.”Louis covered his forehead with one hand and looked ahead. “Since you’re idle enough to worry about Xyla’s affair, why don’t you worry about your meeting with my grandfather first.”Ryleigh’s expression changed slightly as she grabbed Maisie’s hand. “Zee, your grandfather... Is he a strict man?”Maisie felt helpless. “He’s just playing with you. Grandpa isn’t a strict man.”Ryleigh’s heart had just calmed down for a short while, but it was flustered again when she met Hernandez in person. Although Hernandez was in a wheelchair, his domineering aura gave others a stern and strict first impression.She stood there at a loss. “Hi, Grand— Hello, Grandfather, it’s nice to meet you.”Hernandez frowned and looked at Louis in bewilderment. “Why did you marry a wife who stutters?”Louis could not help but chuckle.Ryleigh was even more embarrassed. She raised her head and responded seriously, “Grandfather, I’m not stuttering, I’m... I’m nerv
“Unless he has other ulterior motives, he’s really taking his relationship with Xyla very seriously this time around.”Nolan stroked the ends of Maisie’s hair. “It just so happens that I’m going to travel to Yaramoor to visit Tristan in a week. Do you want to tag along?”Maisie adjusted his tie for him. “Of course. Xyla helped promote Soul Jewelry’s products back then and managed to boost our sales by a significant margin, so how can I not go?”Nolan’s eyes were filled with affection.…Xyla had just finished drying her hair when her cell phone rang. She was slightly relieved when she saw that Maisie had replied to her message.She shoved the phone back under the pillow immediately upon hearing the footsteps that were coming from the other side of the door.Yorrick pushed open the door, walked in, and saw her sitting in front of the dresser, smearing hair care products. He then squinted. “You didn’t eat your breakfast today.”“I’m not hungry.” Xyla combed her long hair back and
Xyla took a deep breath. “Aren’t you happy?”“I am.” Yorrick gnashed his teeth and smiled. “But should I say you’re a genius or an idiot?”Xyla swallowed her saliva with difficulty and scoffed. “You men are really a pain in the *ss to coax.”“That’s not the case.” Yorrick picked up the bathrobe lying on the floor and draped it on her shoulders. “It’s just that you’re not doing so willingly.”Xyla did not speak.She propped her arms against the dressing table to give her wobbly legs a break. “Then can I go out now?”Yorrick adjusted his suit, lifted his gaze, and glanced at her.Yorrick finally took her out at the end of the day. He reserved a whole theater for watching a musical drama, so apart from the bodyguards, they were the only two spectators in the enormous theater.Xyla was not very interested in this musical drama. Thus, she covered her palm with her palm throughout the whole show and kept on yawning as she was feeling extremely drowsy.“We can go back now if you’re s