I pursed my lips and looked up to meet his eyes. I felt wronged. "Don't you believe me?”He seemed to like my love confession. The corners of his lips rose and he did not answer me. He just lightly kissed my forehead before saying softly, "It's getting late. You shouldn’t stay up so late. Go to sleep."When I saw him like this, I stopped myself from telling him about Tyler. It had been a hard task to ease the atmosphere between us and I did not want to mess it up again. Hence, I decided to talk about it with him next time.After a long day, I was very sleepy and fell asleep soon after.The next day, I overslept. I rarely did that and when I picked up the phone to look at it, it seemed that I had muted it. Heidi had called me several times.I called her back.Heidi's anxious and tense voice sounded. "Wanda, I have bad news. Something bad’s going to happen.”"What’s going to happen?" My heart tightened, and my first thought was that Tyler must have come looking for me."Xander is
"It’s fine, Petra. It’s always a pleasure to have you over. Please, come in." I moved over and invited Petra in.I brought her into the living room and ordered Miss Woods to serve some pastries and tea for her. I apologized again. "Petra, you’re here to talk to Theo, right? Let me give him a call."Petra had arrived at the door. I assumed that she was here to talk business with Theo."No, it’s fine. I came here today to see you because I wanted to talk to you." From the moment we entered through the door, Petra had been staring at me with her beautiful eyes while smiling.I did not know why she was looking for me, but I knew it was not going to be a brief conversation. However, before she told me what she was here for, there was not much I could say.Embarrassed by her stare, I coughed lightly and said, "Petra, you take such good care of your skin. Your skin and your body look even better than models’."When women had nothing to talk about, those were the magic words to break the
Without thinking much about it, I drove out and received a message from Theo while I was on the way there. He asked me to wait for him in the Greek restaurant near the office.It was a private restaurant. From the alley, it looked just like an ordinary courtyard. If Theo had not sent the address, I would not have been able to find it.Soon after I arrived, a young man came out and asked me if I was Miss Lane. I told him yes and he proceeded to lead me into a very sophisticated-looking private room. He told me that Mr. Grant had ordered our meal and I just had to wait for a moment. Right after I sat down, my phone rang. When I looked at the caller ID, my heart jolted and I almost dropped my phone to the floor.I knew what was to come could not be avoided.Tyler finally appeared.My entire body trembled as my hands squeezed the phone. I stared at his number, and an image of Tyler’s face popped up in my head.For a moment, I almost wanted to reject the call. However, I knew very w
He did not even give me a chance to reject.I did not know what he was going to do. Although I was scared to death, I knew I could not hide from him. Even if I tried, he would always find me.After sending a message to Cecilia to stay home and not go out, I went outside.Under the hot sun outside the villa, two young men with sunglasses stood right in front of a black Maybach. When they saw me coming out, one of them said in a deep voice, "Miss Lane, please get in."As I looked back at the villa's door, I tightly grabbed my bag and my heart felt like it was being squeezed into a ball. I did not know what would happen after I met Tyler. I just hoped that I would not have to say goodbye to this place forever.I was expecting them to take me directly to Tyler, but instead, the two men dropped me off at a famous fashion studio downtown.It was a popular studio where many celebrities who needed to attend big occasions would come to get this brand to design their clothes for them.I w
The car drove to the West End, which was half an hour away from the city center. It was the most mysterious place for many civilians in Salt City because it was not a place where one could come just because one had money.Unless you were a dignitary or a celebrity, you could not even step foot here.Even though it was a small place, in addition to food and housing, there were a lot of entertainment establishments there.The car stopped at the outskirts of the turf club because the only way to get inside was to take a special car in.The servants led me in and I got into a Lincoln stretch limousine. After I got in, I finally met Tyler face-to-face. He was sitting with a glass of wine in his hand. He swayed his glass at me, his fox-like brown eyes tinged with pleasure. "Wandy, you're finally here."I finally saw him. He was still the same. Even after six years, he had not changed one bit. He still looked elegant and well-mannered, disguising himself well.Even so, I could feel the
I lowered my eyes, and my palms were sweating. However, I could only be at his mercy.In an instant, I felt a cold, piercing look. I looked up and saw Theo's dark brown eyes on me, his gaze then falling on my exposed shoulder.It felt like I was being shot by an arrow and my shoulder burned with pain."Hello, President Grant." Tyler, who was beside me, spoke with an indifferent tone."President Lane, it’s been a while since I last saw you." Theo looked up and stared at Tyler as he answered him.With a sharp gleam that came from the clash, both men's eyes sharpened. ‘Do the two of them know each other? That’s a surprise.’After a long time, Theo was the first to reduce the intensity of his cold aura. He looked at me and asked, "President Lane, who is this beside you?""My fiancée," Tyler replied frankly, his fox eyes smiling and staring at Theo.I opened my mouth wide in shock. I did not expect that Tyler would spout such nonsense. I froze in place, not knowing what to do."Oh?
Before Tyler could speak, I immediately said, “Happy birthday, President White. You look stunning today. I’m Wanda Lane.” She was taken aback but still smiled. “So you’re Miss Lane. Forgive me for not recognizing you. You look too beautiful tonight.” She was indeed a smooth and slick woman. She saw Tyler and me together so she addressed me as ‘Miss Lane’ instead of the usual ‘Mrs. Grant’. “It’s mainly because I always look sloppy,” I said gently. During the conversation, Petra’s gaze fell on Tyler’s hand that was holding mine. “You both know each other?” Tyler glanced at me, eyes filled with pampering. He laughed. “Of course. We’ve known each other for over ten years.” Petra was waiting to speak. The hall that was lively earlier quieted down and everyone looked toward the main entrance. I, too, turned my head around in curiosity and saw a group of people in black walking in. They were led by a middle-aged man with an extraordinary presence. He was wearing sunglasses. Th
Xander’s words confused me. It was true, though. Petra and I were not related to one another in any way. I did not even know her before this, but she was willing to help me. Why? I never got to the bottom of it and just assumed it was because of Theo. Come to think of it, it was very strange. With Petra’s current wealth and position, Theo’s help was completely unnecessary. Especially this morning. She had asked a bunch of inexplicable questions that I was still confused over. “What’s going on?” I was pulling at Xander as I asked impatiently. Everything seemed strange.Xander turned around and looked at me with disapproval as he said, “There’s really no cure for your stupidity. No wonder Theo dislikes you and wants to divorce you. Your mind is no match for his.” I furrowed my brows. It felt that things were getting more complicated. I asked in a deep voice, “What’s going on?” “You still don’t get it? My mom thought you were her daughter and that’s why she was good to you. Sh