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
Mandy’s heart skipped a beat, and her smile stiffened. “I’m curious, so I only want to take a look at this young lady’s appearance.”Yorrick flung her hand away and warned her with a domineering glare, “Don’t you ever think that I have no idea about what you and my mother have come up with.”Mandy’s expression changed slightly, but she quickly looked away so that he would not notice anything strange. “Yorrick, you’ve misunderstood me.”Mandy seemed to have seen someone, and a hint of smugness flashed across her eyes. She then raised her hand and waved. “Sherrie.”Yorrick turned his head and looked over. And when he saw the woman’s face, which gradually became clearer as she walked past a street light while approaching them, he froze in place and loosened his arm that was embracing Xyla’s waist.“Sharon...”Xyla turned to look at him and then glanced at the woman whose facial features looked extremely delicate and beautiful. Her facial features seem to have been artificially shape
The bodyguard nodded. “Ms. Jinks died in a car accident. It’s because of Ms. Jinks’s death that Mr. Hathaway is...”The bodyguard did not complete his sentence, but Xyla already knew what he was going to say.‘Yorrick has become a playboy who’s constantly wandering in between women only because of the death of his beloved first love. No wonder... That’s why he would react in such a way when he saw the woman who resembles Sharon just now.‘But isn’t this the best outcome that I can hope for? I'll definitely be spared as long as Yorrick falls in love with that woman named Sherrie because of her appearance. I’ll be able to leave him for good if that’s the case, won’t I?’Xyla lowered her gaze.‘But that’s strange, why don’t I… Why am I not as delighted and looking forward to it as I imagined?’The bodyguard hurriedly turned the steering wheel, and a car hit them directly out of the blue!At this moment, in the restaurant…Yorrick did not even pick up the silverware and food served
“There are another two fragments that I have to remove, so please bear with me, miss.” The doctor discarded the blood-stained shard into a stainless steel tray and moved on with the procedure while the nurse standing next to the bed held her down.Xyla’s face was pallid, her lips and teeth chattered, and her forehead was soaked with sweat.After the last piece was taken out, the nurse cleaned her wounds and applied local anesthetic again before attending to her stitches.Xyla turned her face away. Although she could not feel the pain that she felt when the doctor was pulling the fragments out when the nurse was stitching the wound up, the sting that she felt from time to time still made her hiss.Yorrick broke into the ward. He did not even have the time to put on his jacket, and his tie looked crooked. His white shirt was soaked in sweat and was sticking to his athletic body, making his well-built muscles subtly visible.He covered his face with his palm and took a deep breath as