“Ah…” she exclaimed softly. She covered her mouth as she was afraid that she would wake the others up. She then recognized the person seated on the sofa under the dim light. She patted her chest and asked, “Eugene Newton, what are you doing here instead of sleeping?” His deep and dark gaze was fixed on her in the darkness. After hearing what she said, he raised his right hand and swayed the wine glass in his hand. “I’m drinking. Do you want a glass as well?” He was drinking red wine. The dark burgundy-colored liquid sloshed around in the glass. Eugene’s deep voice sounded exceptionally sexy at night. It was mesmerizing. Fern had calmed down by now. She feigned indifference as she said, “No, thanks.” She then put down the cup and headed back to her room. However, Eugene reached out and pulled her down when she walked past him! She fell in his arms before she could brace herself. She shouted out in surprise. Eugene immediately pressed his finger on her lips and said, “Sh
Fern was momentarily shocked. After that, a surge of anger arose within her. She bit down on his lips with all her might! The sharp pain caused Eugene to stop moving. The taste of blood pervaded his senses. He raised his head and fixed a heavy gaze on her. His dark eyes emanated a dangerous aura.“Eugene Newton, you’re being way too much!” She was so infuriated that her body had started to tremble. He was the one who had agreed to terminate her contract. He was the one who had agreed to offer her freedom as well. They were no longer related to one another. However, he had harassed her time and again when he previously told her that he would give her all the freedom she wanted! Was he not being shameless right now? She had never met a man who behaved like such a scumbag before! Eugene did not expect her to have an aversion to his actions. The taste of blood was still on his tongue. His mind was still occupied by the thought of her staying together with Jeremy.He pinned
As the sound of footsteps approached them, the soft voice of a girl rang out. “Mommy, where are you?” It was Rue. She had woken up only to realize that her mother was not in the room. She thought that her mother had left her to go somewhere else once again. Therefore, she rushed out of the room in a hurry to look for her. Fern let out a sigh of relief when she heard her daughter’s voice. Eugene had no choice but to let her go now. “Get up at once. Do you want Rue to see you bullying me?” She stared at him coldly. Eugene did not want to let her go just like that, but he could not let his daughter see him in such a state...He had no choice but to suppress the sense of irritation bubbling within him and let her go.Rue caught sight of Fern. “Mommy, what are you doing here? Why aren’t you sleeping by my side?” She then saw her father. She frowned and stared at them suspiciously. “Mommy, are you going to sleep with Daddy?” Fern immediately tidied her clothes and hair. She
The room was empty when Fern came out of the bathroom after brushing her teeth and washing her face. Eugene must have gone downstairs. She sat down in front of the vanity desk and noticed that the skincare products she usually used were placed on it. They were all brand new. She wondered if he had asked someone to buy all of this last night or if they had been here all along. He should not have expected her to move back in so soon. Did he buy everything today? Just then, her phone rang. The call was from Jeremy. Her train of thought was instantly derailed as she raised her phone and walked over to the window to pick up the call. “Hello?” “Fernie, have you woken up?” Jeremy’s voice rang out from the other end of the phone. “Yes, I’m awake.” “That’s great. I’ll pick you up now,” he then said. Fern was shocked. “You’ll come to pick me up? You don’t need to…” She rejected his offer immediately. She did not want him to come here. “Have you forgotten that we have an ap
Eugene’s smirk vanished. He stared at her silhouette with a darkening gaze. She said that he was childish? Did she think that Jeremy was more mature and reliable than he was? Rue had prepared a simple breakfast for them. She fried a heart-shaped sunny side up egg for both of them.“Thank you, Rue.” Fern kissed Rue on her face. “Try it and let me know how it tastes. I specially made the yolk runny for you. It was hard to control the heat of the stove.” Fern used her fork to break the yolk gently. The egg yolk was really runny! “Rye, where did you learn how to cook? You controlled the heat of the stove well.” Fern never realized that her daughter had potential in cooking. “I learned how to cook from the chef at home. Daddy and you weren’t always home back then, so I found something to do since I was too bored.” Fern felt upset once she heard what her daughter said. Suddenly, she started having conflicted thoughts. Should she give up her career for her daughter? Howeve
Fern knew very well that Eugene made that inappropriate remark on purpose. Was he trying to humiliate her or show off in front of Jeremy? Regardless of why he did it, he had achieved his goal. His words made her feel extremely awkward. She felt even more embarrassed in front of Jeremy. She turned around and stared at him coldly. She corrected him, “You should’ve said that the three of us slept on the same bed last night. It wasn’t just both of us.”Eugene held Rue’s hand and stuffed his other hand in his pocket. He pressed his lips together into a thin line. Did she refute his words so quickly in order to clarify things to Jeremy? “I didn’t say anything wrong. I was referring to all three of us. Me, you, and Rue,” he said in a mocking tone as he raised his brow. “Let’s go,” she told Jeremy. She then got into his car. Jeremy and Eugene met each other’s gaze. They did not say anything. They simply glared at each other in a hostile manner. Jeremy then got into his car as
Yuki raised her head and looked up at him with teary eyes. “Really? You’ve been trying your best to rescue me all this while?” “Of course, I won’t leave you here just like that.”“I knew that you still care about me!” Yuki jumped into his arms once again. She hugged him tightly. “Alright, you should’ve learned your lesson by now, right? Don’t throw a tantrum for no reason and drive recklessly on the road.” Jeremy thought that this had been a good chance to educate her. Yuki pouted and said, “I didn’t throw a tantrum for no reason. It was all because of you…” She suddenly remembered why she had gotten angry in the first place. She suddenly stared at him and asked, “How about Fernie? Is she still in our house?” She still thought that his house was her house. Jeremy nodded and said, “Yes.” “You… How can you allow her to continue staying in our house? Why aren’t you kicking her out?” She hated Fern Thompson! “Are you going to behave recklessly again? She’s important to me.
Jeremy’s assistant rushed over and showed Jeremy the news that had spread online.“Jerry, everyone is discussing this incident right now. Our competitors have already hired bots to spread the news and make it into a large issue. If we don’t handle it now, I’m afraid that the negative comments online will only keep increasing.” Jeremy’s assistant had already contacted the social media platform to stop the news from spreading online. However, everything had progressed way too quickly. It would be hard to stop the news from spreading for the time being.Jeremy looked at the comments online. Most of them were cursing him. The accounts had similar usernames and the content of their comments was almost identical. It seemed like their competitors had really hired bots to attack him. The news articles online mentioned that Yuki was his sister. They said he used his status as a celebrity to get help from his connections and commit bribery so that Yuki could be freed in advance without havin