On the way back, Anne said, "Ms. Snyder, you were absolutely right. Someone like Elena, who tried to play both sides and betrayed you, doesn't deserve any sympathy."Yvette replied, "People like her are only good for using, not for making friends."Anne nodded in agreement.Once Yvette got home, she freshened up and rested. Just as she was lying down, Elena sent her a message. "Ms. Snyder, I have dirt on most of the kindergarten moms, including Marlene."Yvette was immediately interested but remained skeptical. "If you have dirt on Marlene, why don't you just use it against her? That way, she wouldn't dare cross you, right?"A short while later, Elena replied, "Our family competes with the Larsons and the Lanes. If Marlene knew I had dirt on her, she'd make sure I paid for it.""If you want to work with me, you need to show sincerity," Yvette replied, still not fully trusting her.Soon, Elena sent over the information on Marlene. Yvette opened it and narrowed her eyes."Are you
Yvette revealed awkwardly. "He's Zac and Noah's dad."Aaron was even more shocked. He didn't say anything more as he continued sipping his iced latte. As a celebrity, he had to maintain his figure. However, since Yvette had personally handed it to him, he drank it without a second thought.They casually ate some food before heading to the recording studio. Yvette stayed outside, guiding Aaron as he recorded a new song, as if she were a professional producer.Time flew by once they got into their work.By the time they finished, it was already dark. To avoid causing Aaron any trouble and risking another run-in with paparazzi, Yvette had her driver pick her up.Aaron watched her leave.Then, Joel came over. "The recording went that well today?"It took Aaron a moment to snap out of his thoughts. "Of course," he replied. "Yvette was helping me the whole time."Joel whistled in amazement. "What a shame. If she hadn't decided to keep a low profile, she'd definitely be more famou
"Dad, I secretly called you. Please don't tell anyone," Noah whispered. He was carefully listening to Xavier end to see if he could catch the sound of a woman's voice. Luckily, there was none.Xavier realized that it wasn't Yvette who had prompted Noah to call. For some reason, he was somewhat disappointed. In the past, Yvette wouldn't be able to go three days without contacting him.Today, however, was the third day."What do you want?" Xavier's cold tone was as if he were speaking to a subordinate, devoid of any warmth."I just miss you. Can I come see you tomorrow?" Noah wanted to personally check where his bastard father was staying to make sure no vixen had tried to fill the void."No." Xavier's response was as icy as ever.Noah choked, and he began whining, "Dad, don't you love your baby boy—"But before he could finish, the call ended abruptly with a beeping tone.Noah was stunned. This version of Xavier was so heartless!The more Xavier acted like this, the more Noah
Noah turned at the sound and found himself face-to-face with an innocent yet unfamiliar face of a woman.The woman was dressed in sportswear. She had a ponytail and gentle features.Noah looked back at the entrance. Seeing that the house number was correct, he wondered if the woman was that bastard Xavier's "vixen"."Miss, are you the owner of this house?" he asked cautiously. The woman, Jeana Churchill, shook her head. "No, this is my cousin's house. I came to meet him." After saying this, she looked closely at Noah. "You must be Xav's son.""So she's a distant relative," Noah thought, feeling relieved. He answered, "You guessed right.""Wow, what a coincidence! I thought I got the wrong place. My name is Jeana Churchill; you can call me Jeana."Jeana Churchill? That name sounded somewhat familiar.Noah felt a bit uncomfortable when he caught a whiff of Jeana's perfume. "Jeana, could you please put me down?"But Jeana refused to let him go. "Let me hold you a bit longer."N
Jeana felt a bit embarrassed. It was clear that Xavier didn't remember her.She explained, "Xav, it's me, Jeana! We used to play together all the time when we were kids. Aunt Shannon even invited me over to see you the year you got married."Noah stood at the side. Listening to the exchange, he could tell something was definitely off. Unfortunately, he just couldn't remember who Jeana was.If only Zachary were here.Thinking of this, he suddenly covered the front of his pants. "Uh-oh, Dad, I need to pee."For some reason, Xavier frowned upon hearing that Noah needed to go to the bathroom."Go by yourself," he instructed."Okay!"Noah immediately ran toward the restroom. Once in the bathroom, he turned the water on full blast and called Zachary.It was still nighttime on Zachary's side. He was sound asleep before he got woken up by Noah."Noah! Do you know what time it is here?" Zachary complained. Zachary was generally good-natured. However, he could be a bit grumpy when woke
Noah imagined a dramatic battle for inheritance between the members of a wealthy family.Snapping back to reality, he ran over to Jeana. "Jeana, you need to get up. Dad is really rich. He can buy you as many fake butts as you want."Jeana's expression stiffened at his words. She explained, "Noah, when I said 'work my butt off,' I didn't mean to really work my butt off of me."Noah didn't seem to fully understand those words. "If that's not what you meant, then what did you mean?"Jeana was at a loss, unsure how to explain such a metaphor to a child. However, seeing that Xavier didn't seem inclined to keep her around, she realized that the child in front of her might be the key to her staying."It's just a figure of speech, Noah. Would you like me to stay? If I stay, I can make you delicious food every day, take you to school, and even play games with you on the weekends."Jeana was probably the only one who could pull off something like tempting Xavier's son in front of Xavier.
The bathroom was a mess, covered in yellow and white substances.Jeana was so disgusted she almost threw up.Determined to stay by Xavier's side and marry him, she fought back the nausea. She turned on the shower, rinsing the mess off the walls and floor, and then moved on to washing Noah's pants.Noah stood at the doorway, watching with amusement as Jeana's face twisted in disgust even though she didn't dare complain aloud. He found it deeply satisfying."Jeana, you should come out if it's too yucky. Dad will wash it for me!"Xavier overheard this from where he sat and frowned.The kid was old enough to clean himself, and he still expected others to clean up for him! What a joke! How did Yvette even raise him?"Noah, come here!" Xavier instructed.Hearing his father's voice, Noah clutched the long towel wrapped around him and jogged over with his short legs. "Dad, did you miss me?"He was about to get closer when Xavier commanded, "Stay back!"Like Zachary, Xavier had a seri
Jeana had spent quite some time cleaning up Noah's mess at Azure Villa.After finally finishing, she sprayed herself with a lot of perfume. Despite cleaning everything up, she couldn't shake off the gross feeling that made her skin crawl.Thinking about becoming the stepmother of such a troublesome child, she resolved that once she married into the family, she would reform Noah and make sure he knew who was in charge!But for now, her priority was staying at Xavier's house."Xav, I've cleaned everything. You haven't eaten yet, right? I can cook something."Jeana had spent all that time cleaning the bathroom and hadn't had a chance to show Xavier her skills. She had specifically learned how to cook well in order to get closer to him.Before Xavier could respond, Noah jumped in. "Jeana, you just finished cleaning the poop, and now you're going to cook for us?""What?" Jeana's face froze for a second, then she quickly explained, "I cleaned myself up.""But you still smell, you kno