"What the…?"Before Renee could react, Julian disappeared from her view after saying, "Instead of sneaking around, isn't it better to just go inside and look for yourself?"'Why, you little…!' The woman cursed him in her mind angrily. She didn't even think about why Julian knew the password to the suite, all she wanted to do was make her escape. 'I'll be doomed if Stefan and his mysterious boyfriend find out I'm in their room!'It was fortunate that the suite was quite large, as she didn't notice anyone around. Just as Renee got to her feet to leave, she heard a voice coming from the bathroom.'Oh my god, are they… showering together?'Thinking about how intimate it was, Renee couldn't help but shudder, gulping nervously. 'I still can't believe the man I loved for four whole years… is actually gay! This is devastating…'Due to her curiosity and unwillingness to accept the fact, Renee mustered up her courage and walked towards the bathroom. She then pressed her ear against the gla
The hot mist within the shower created quite a steamy atmosphere.Stefan towered over Renee as he pinned her to the wall and murmured, "Is this close enough for you? Can you see everything clearly now?"Renee felt light-headed, her face burning up in embarrassment. She tried breaking free from his grasp, huffing in rage. "Let go of me, Stefan! I know you're a homosexual, so drop the act!""Homosexual?" Stefan narrowed his eyes, visibly confused. 'How did this crazy woman come to the conclusion that I like men?'"Aren't you?" Renee decided to take this opportunity to ask more questions. "Is your lover really Mr. Y, the largest shareholder of KCL Holdings? How long have you guys been dating? Was Briar just a scapegoat for your secret relationship?"Stefan stared at her incredulously, unsure if he should stay mad at her, or laugh at how ridiculous she was being.He leaned down towards Renee, brushing his lips against her ear as he said softly, "Do you really think I like men?""I…"
Stefan's eyes were dark with desire, and it looked as if he was about to kiss her again. Renee was like a tiny little lamb who had willingly offered herself as dinner.It would be quite a waste of her 'efforts' if he didn't take the opportunity to 'teach her a lesson'. Additionally, he'd be able to convince her that the rumors regarding his sexuality weren't true."I've already cut ties with you, but you keep coming back to tease me. Since you want me so much, I'll just have to give you what you want, right? Otherwise, you might say that I, as your ex-husband, am being too selfish.""You've misunderstood!" Renee protested with a gasp. Her entire body felt like it was burning up from within. She did realize that her actions were quite misleading, so she couldn't put the blame entirely on him for this misunderstanding."I really did come here out of curiosity, and I wanted to see just what the famous Mr. Y looked like! I never wanted to sleep with you! If I still liked you, even just
Azure Group had only been founded recently, so they didn't have many employees. The two young women in charge of the exhibition were merely interns. They had never been to such a grand event before, and had exercised caution the whole time.“I’m so sorry, Sir. Ms. Everheart is a very busy person. If you have any issues you’d like to bring up, please inform us instead.” “Fine then!” The man scowled. “The Global Technology Summit has provided a list of mandatory requirements for participating companies of this annual exhibition. Not only has your company only been established less than a year ago, you don’t even have any independently produced products! Clearly, your company does not meet the requirements. I’m giving you three minutes to get out of this exhibition hall, or I’m calling security!”“B-But we received an invitation from the summit, which means that they allow us to participate. If you chase us out now, doesn’t that mean you’re going against the organizers?”Hearing the
Everyone thought Renee was doomed, only to realize that the scream had actually come from the large man's mouth. "Ah! My arm is broken! It's broken!" The man howled in agony, but still had the strength to continue threatening her. "You wretch! You should know that I'm the head of security for this summit! Anyone in the industry would know to give me the utmost respect… Now that you've provoked me, I'll make sure you and your company are wiped from this plane of existence if it's the last thing I do!" He snarled, his eyes bulging in fury.Renee loomed over the man, crushing his shoulder with her foot this time. "I'm counting to three. Apologize to me and my employees, or I'll break your other arm too."The man was quite unwilling to admit defeat at first, but as Renee stepped harder on his shoulder, he felt as if his arm was about to be dislocated. Chickening out, he yelped in pain. "I… I'm sorry! I was wrong for behaving like that! I was wrong! Please let me go!"As more people
"Hah, you're in for it now! Mr. Hunt will definitely make your life a living hell!" Jason said gleefully as he held onto his broken arm. Despite the pain causing him to break out in a cold sweat, just thinking about Renee's horrible fate delighted him.He then turned to Stefan, trying his best to flatter him as much as possible. "Mr. Hunt, why don't we take this matter into our own hands? An eye for an eye, right? Let's break all her limbs so she won't tarnish our industry's good name!""Breaking limbs, huh?" Stefan's eyes glinted dangerously. "That does sound like a good idea."Renee felt chills run down her spine. She didn't expect him to be so cruel! 'We used to be married! Even if it really was for the sake of hiding his sexuality, I was still his wife! He doesn't have to go this far…'Jason immediately started acting cockily, pointing towards the guards and shouting, "What are you doing just standing there? Did you not hear Mr. Hunt? Break all of her limbs! Let's see if she'll
"I'm clearly doing this because…" Renee paused, then grinned mysteriously as she half-joked, "I want your money!"Stefan now looked rather speechless. He could tell that the woman was being dismissive, and her reply basically gave him no information on the situation."I told you that you can ask me for money if you need it. We were husband and wife, so I'll definitely try to satisfy your financial needs as best as I can. You don't have to beat around the bush when it comes to things like this.""Just ask you?" Renee smiled sarcastically. "What if I said I wanted half of the Hunt family's wealth? Would you be willing to give that to me?"Hearing this, Stefan's expression darkened. "That's ridiculous!""Aw, and here I was thinking that my ex-husband was so generous. Looks like you're still going to be stingy when it comes to paying up. You can't even afford this little request…"Although the man looked exceedingly upset, Renee didn't seem to be worried about irritating him further.
Seeing that Renee refused to give up, Stefan didn't try to persuade her anymore. He just turned around and left with a cold expression on his face.When he returned to the very center of the summit forum, he instantly caught everyone's attention. Stefan turned his head slightly, speaking to Elijah who was standing behind him. "Inform Wyatt Haughey to publicly announce that the summit will be blacklisting Azure Group. All companies, and I mean all companies, are banned from partnering with them!"Not only did the annual Global Technology Summit provide the top companies a platform to promote their products, the most important section within the summit was the forum. With big shots from different countries gathered in one place, they would all discuss the future development of the industry, similar to a conference meeting.As the CEO of Hunt Enterprise, Stefan's electronics company accounted for seventy-five percent of the market, so he was definitely considered the most powerful of t
"I'll bring Phoenix to see my parents. If she's okay with it, we'll get married. This army is the wedding gift my family prepared for her." Justin smiled, his tone eager."Stop fantasizing! Renee won't go there with you," Xavier said. He found Justin's plan ridiculous. "I don't believe you. Has Renee ever said yes? You keep saying you were going to do something big, but you might not even get anything out of it.""It's not up to you whether she'll say yes or not." Justin was indifferent toward Xavier's mockery. He seemed to be very confident, his eyes cold. "I told you that because I wanted you to pass the message to Stefan. I'm not trying to take advantage of the situation, because I already gave him a chance to win her back.""Then, I need to thank you on Stefan's behalf." Xavier didn't take Justin seriously at all, and instead waved provocatively at him. "We'll talk about that once you make Renee say yes. Bye!"Back in the guest room, Xavier held his phone, hesitating. In the en
After a long wait, there was finally some news."Good news, everyone! Ms. Jenkins' blood matched Mr. Osborne's. Mr. Osborne is out of danger since he got a blood transfusion in time. He'll wake up soon. It's getting late, so you should all get some rest," the doctor said as he exited the blood transfusion room."Great! Liam's out of danger now!" Leia leaped happily, moved to tears. "Wonderful! I knew he'd be fine! Thank god!""Well, I told you not to worry, but you refused to listen. You were worried for nothing." Xavier was delighted, too. He watched her dotingly, happy that she had finally relaxed. At the very least, she would stop being cold to him and find fault with him.Unexpectedly, Leia still found Xavier an eyesore and glared at him. "What does it have anything to do with you? I don't want to talk to you!"Then, she held Renee's arm and yawned. "Let's go, Ren. We can finally sleep. I want to sleep with you tonight."The two friends returned to their room, leaving Xavie
"No, Ms. Jenkins! If Mr. Jenkins learns you're donating your blood for another man, it'll drive him mad!" The doctor looked at Amber, too terrified to act. Everyone in the fort knew how much Benjamin cared about Amber. He would never let anyone off the hook if they harmed her, let alone donating so much blood."He won't be angry." Amber sounded indifferent. "He didn't even care about me. If it weren't for Liam, Matt would have killed me. I want to donate my blood to Liam. No one can stop me, not even Dad.""But…" The doctor was too scared to act rashly. "Do it. If not, I'll cut my veins to release the blood." Amber seemed to have anticipated the doctor's hesitation. She fished out a blade she got somewhere and abruptly placed it against her wrist. "Then, I'll die of blood loss. Is that worth it?""Oh, no!"The doctor never expected the usually gentle Amber would suddenly become so tough and stubborn. He stopped babbling and immediately started the blood transfusion. After all,
"Oh, no! Something's wrong!" someone screamed, "Mr. Osborne lost too much blood and needs a blood transfusion immediately! Whose blood type is O?" Leia couldn't hear that well. She immediately calmed down and returned to Liam's room. "There was a slight deviation when we withdrew the knife, causing massive bleeding. The patient needs a blood transfusion immediately. If not, he'll die!" the nurse announced; her hands were bloody, and she was sweating profusely. "Use mine!" Leia hurriedly dashed over, gasping for breath. "I'm his younger sister. I'm sure my blood type is compatible."The nurse shook her head and cautiously refused, "No, it's advisable not to have an immediate family member do this. There might be a negative response." "Use mine. My blood type is O." Renee stood up and rolled her sleeve, her tone firm."No way!" Leia refused, looking at Renee. "You've just recovered. I can't see you take the risk."Renee was poisoned before, and barely survived because Stefan h
"Oh, please!" Leia rolled her eyes at Xavier; her gesture was far from romantic. "We haven't been together that long. Plus, you dated Shirley for a long time. You were famous in the entire Beach City over how hard you worked to win her over. She made you fall head over heels for her. But you've never made such a big scene when you're dating me. People might even assume that you're single!""Why did you bring up Shirley again?" Xavier held his forehead helplessly. The scariest thing for a man was having his girlfriend repeatedly mention his ex. No matter what the man said, it would always end up in a fight."Why, can't I bring her up?" Leia snapped. Like a lot of women, Leia yearned to travel back in time and replace all the time Xavier had with his ex-girlfriend. She said jealously, "You can't forget about her, so you're afraid of me mentioning her. You're worried you might get exposed when I mention her.""No!" Xavier became impatient, his face looking awful. "I have many
"How silly!" Xavier felt sorry for Leia when he heard her words. He hugged her from behind and whispered, "I feel the same about Renee like you do. I admire her and think she's perfect, but I don't love her the way a man does.""Really?" Leia was surprised. She found it unbelievable, as she had always thought that Xavier loved Renee.She always felt that he was a man with great taste. His love for Renee was unrequited, so he kept a special spot for her in his heart. Since she was aware of that, she always avoided that topic and never asked him about Renee. If she did, he would weigh their positions in his heart. Leia felt that she had no right to ask about that since the answer was obvious."Of course!" Xavier pinched Leia's cheeks and smiled. "Men's love can be divided into many types, but there's only one kind of love for women. I love you like a man loves a woman. Do you understand?"Leia's heart started racing. She felt flattered, but she bit her lips carefully and asked, "
Leia quickly wiped away her tears and acted tough. "I'm crazy now. You shouldn't talk to me.""So?" Xavier calmly walked to Leia and spoiled her as if she were a disobedient child. He doted on her. "It's not the first day you act crazily. Plus, it's not the first time I've found you like this. It's not bad, either. You look pretty cute."Leia turned around and glared at him in confusion. Goosebumps spread across her skin. "Xavier, act normal. When did I act crazily?" "You're not always normal when you're with me. Whenever I said something wrong, you went mad. You'd go mad whenever I talked to any woman, too. Isn't that crazy enough?" Xavier spread his hands, sounding helpless. Previously, he had no idea that the seemingly noisy and careless young lady of the Osborne family would be so sensitive. She cared about details very much, especially ones about him with other women.Their arguments weren't about serious issues. Rather, it was all because of her jealousy. She would go mad
Forsty silence overcame everyone. Everyone was full of complicated emotions."I need some fresh air," Leia said coldly, rising. She silently walked past Renee and went to a deserted corner.She knew she was being impudent, and that she should never blame Renee or get jealous for no reason.However, she was exhausted after so much torture these days. She almost had a mental breakdown, and she couldn't think straight. She just wanted to see Liam safe. She couldn't care about anything else."Lei…" Renee wanted to run after Leia, but Xavier stopped her."I'll be with her. You guys should get some rest." Xavier sighed. He gave Renee and Justin a profound look before he quickly caught up with Leia.Renee flexed her fingers as she watched their backs. She trembled slightly, growing teary. "I knew it! Lei's mad at me. Even I think I'm a scumbag, let alone her… It would be better if I stopped Liam. I was selfish!""It wasn't your fault!" Justin wanted to hug Renee, but he thought it migh
Leia was leaning into Xavier's arms and trembling nervously.Renee paced back and forth at the door, looking guilty. "It's all my fault!" She flexed her fingers and bit the back of her fist, filled with reproach."It has nothing to do with you. Stop blaming yourself." Justin patted her shoulder, hoping to help her relax a bit. "You aren't a superwoman. You can't do everything well. Plus, it's hard for us to do anything under this circumstance. It's hard to control.""No, I knew that Benjamin didn't want to kill Amber. He just wanted to test Mateo and Liam…"Renee was teary as she reflected on what had happened. She felt that she could have stopped that if she was more sensitive and active."I guessed that Mateo would attack Amber and that Liam might resist, but I didn't expect him to use his body to block the knife. Is this some kind of melodramatic movie? I taught him so many self-defense techniques. Why was he so dumb? If I stopped it earlier, this would never have happened!"R