Halfway through dinner, Hilda brought out a bottle of homemade peach blossom wine to share with everyone. "This is our homemade peach blossom wine. It might not be as good as those collector wines, but it has its own unique flavor. Do give it a try!" Everyone in the room got some, including Alban. Holding the small glass of peach blossom wine in his hand, a familiar scent suddenly wafted past him and he couldn't resist drinking the small glass of wine in one go. The wine was fragrant. It was supposed to taste sweet, but Alban seemed to have tasted something bitter instead. The bitterness was making him tear up. Covering the smell of the wine, he closed his eyes and tears rolled down his cheeks. It was the same peach blossom wine. Alban drank it once a long time ago. At the time, his name was still Hilton Jones. He remembered that there was also a small glass of homemade peach blossom wine in front of him. Connie had opened it, and Adrian had poured it for him. "Hilton, you're
"Corrado?" Alban called for his dog in a dazed state, assuming that Corrado had got on the bed. Thud, thud, thud. In the corner, a dark figure moved upon hearing the sound. It arrived at the side of the bed and was looking at Alban intently as though it had already accepted the name it was given. Looking at the dark figure, Alban's eyes suddenly widened. Reaching out to the warm object beside him, he suddenly felt skin that was as smooth as butter and he heard a coquettish murmur. A woman? His body stiffened, and he immediately felt his anger rise as though something had clicked in his mind. The Jones Family is trying to set me up with another woman! Over the years, they had sent countless women to him with the hope that he would carry on his lineage. Who was it this time? In the past, there had been several shallow tramps who had tried to sleep with him, and it never ended well. He turned on the lights hastily to see who it was that had the nerve to climb onto his bed. Whe
Before Nathan left last night, he put Caleb on security mode. If anyone tried to break in, Caleb would launch an attack on them right away. If it was someone he knew, he would come out to greet them. When Nathan came home last night, however, Caleb did not come out to greet him. Moreover, he was still nowhere in sight today. "Caleb?" Nathan called. When there was no response, he went and found Caleb in a corner. Caleb had been powered off and was standing there silently. Nathan turned his power back on, but there was no response. He tried charging him but it was to no avail. He's broken again! Why does he keep breaking down? When Hilda learned that Caleb had broken down, she quickly grabbed some tools and began repairing him. Her efforts were in vain, as Caleb did not power back on. Fortunately, Linux was still around. She quickly pushed Caleb along with her to look for him. Linux took a careful look at Caleb. Because he did not have his equipment with him, he could only tear
Sonnia started to bring the details of her story to life. "Apparently, after we left, my stepmother secretly ran off with her lover. My dad got really furious and went to look for her. I heard that he found her last night, but she's refusing to come back!" Hilda felt like the story was not very convincing. For a gold digger like Jessica who was able to marry a man twenty years older than her, how could she run away before even getting her hands on the company shares and the money? She blurted, "Who is that man?" Shaking her head, Sonnia ate some food then said, "My dad is about to lose his mind. They didn't reveal too much so I don't know either. They only told me that Jessica ran away and is refusing to come back. She's no longer part of our family now. To make up to my dad, the Jones Family wants to send Victoria over as his new wife.' After listening to this story, Hilda lost her appetite completely. She couldn't help but feel like there were a lot of loopholes in this story
Bruce told Hilda about everything that had happened.After Sahara's career took off, she was put in the Damien Family's registry and became the young lady in place of Tehilla. Her life changed in an instant.But a lot of people knew about her hidden identity. She was not Salem's biological daughter who was kidnapped twenty years ago, but his illegitimate daughter. Sahara's mother and Salem came to an agreement to hand her over to the Damien's.Sahara's biological mother received millions in exchange for cutting off all ties with her while the Damien Family found a new young lady in their family. Everything was supposed to be perfect.It all went wrong when Bruce's uncle, June, was sent to the police station after being beaten up by Lily and forced to undergo rehabilitation for a period before he was released again. However, he started to idle around after that. When he heard about his successful niece, he thought of ways to get money from her.To him, Sahara was like an ATM. He visite
Rex did not know what to say now. The Nobel House was the most luxurious and well known food and beverage outlet in Taadi City. He often heard of people spending up to a million in one sitting there, and seats were especially hard to book. He had only eaten there once for Kater and Sunset's birthday. He did not think that his own birthday was worthy enough either. Hilda assumed that the people being invited out for dinner were just the few founding members of the company, so she gathered them together after work. To her surprise, Alban asked, "Oh? Just the four of you? Get the others to come along as well!" She blinked at him, unsure of who he meant by the others. He quickly said, "The whole company, of course. I love chatting with younger people." Hilda froze. There are over two hundred people at the company. The restaurant might not even have enough seats to accommodate everyone. I heard the food is also very expensive there. With two hundred hungry people, he's going to go broke
That meal was a burden to everyone. Rex couldn't help but feel like Alban had an ulterior motive. First, he comes to our company and invests in us, then he even treats us to an expensive meal. There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world! As expected, when everyone was close to finishing their food, Alban revealed his true intentions. "Hilda, it's going to be New Year's soon and I'm getting ready to go on a trip. I usually live alone so there isn't anyone to look after Corrado while I'm away. I was wondering if you could help me look after him for a while." Once he said that, everyone showed mixed reactions. Sonnia's eyes lit up. Another dog to play with! Thomas frowned. He's hiding something! Rex's eyebrows shot up. That was it! Who knew Alban would use this tactic? But Alban was such a big businessman, where wouldn't he be allowed to have a dog? Was there even a lack of people to look after his dog? Did he invest millions and treat everyone to a meal just to trick H
Nathan could not help but feel bothered by it. He wanted more than anything to fly home this instant and grab hold of Alban. But, Hilda was still eagerly watching the live broadcast, he could not leave just yet. In the meantime, he could only suppress his jealousy. Just you wait, you b*stard! Suppressing his anger, he made a phone call and said, "Go home right now." It was very noisy on the other end of the phone, there was a disorderly and chaotic clamor. It was evident that this person had a very enriching nightlife. "There are a lot of young, handsome men at home." Nathan added, then ended the call. Shortly after, his face appeared in the surveillance footage at home. Alban was shocked to see Nathan come home, but soon realized when he did not see an Adam's apple that it was Lily. She was dressed in shabby clothes. Her hair had grown out and was styled in layers on her forehead, making her look rather youthful. Hearing that there were many young, handsome men at home, sh