Sydney could not stop her heart from thumping wildly in her chest. She took in a deep breath, smiled, and got up. “You’re here. Look at the dishes that I’ve prepared today. Have my cooking skills improved?” “They look great,” Eugene said as he looked at the dishes on the table. “You don’t have to prepare so many dishes for me in the future. I can’t finish everything. If you don’t eat, it’ll be a waste,” he added. Sydney nodded and said, “Alright, I understand.” Eugene was just about to sit down when his phone suddenly rang in his pocket. He took it out and looked at the caller ID. His expression changed slightly. Sydney noticed that he had not picked up his phone even after a long time. She asked him curiously, “Is it a spam call?”He shook his head. He then answered the call while walking toward the window. “Hello? His voice was low and hoarse.“Daddy, it’s me.” It was Rue’s voice.Eugene had hesitated before answering the call earlier because the caller ID showed that it w
Rue returned the menu to the waiter after ordering a few dishes intently. Fern did not ask her what she had ordered either. She could order anything as long as they were dishes that she liked.After a while, the waiters finished serving all the dishes that they had ordered. Fern looked at the dishes on the table. She looked at Rue and asked, “Are you that hungry? Can we finish eating so many dishes?” She would let her daughter eat as much as she wanted to, but she was afraid that it would be a waste if they could not finish everything. “It’s alright, someone else is joining us later,” Rue said with a smile on her face. “There’s someone else coming?” Fern was slightly worried. “Who’s coming? Is it your classmate or your friend?” “Are you silly, Mommy? We agreed to buy Daddy a meal to celebrate his acquittal before coming out, didn’t we?” Rue widened her eyes and stared at her intently. “What? You…” Did Rue invite Eugene Newton? However, she never heard Rue say that they wer
Fern did not think much about it. She placed a piece of fish in her daughter’s bowl.Fern looked at her father and said, “Daddy, I remember that you like braised fish in the past as well. I’ll give this piece of fish to you.” As soon as she finished speaking, she picked up the piece of fish that Fern had placed in her bowl and put it in Eugene’s bowl.Although Fern and Rue had moved the piece of fish around several times, Eugene did not mind. He smiled at his daughter and said, “Thank you.”Fern stared at both of them speechlessly as her lips twitched. Did they find this enjoyable?“You guys should continue eating. I need to go to the washroom.” Fern got up and walked into the washroom attached to the private room.After Fern left, Rue told Eugene, “It may look like Mommy is ignoring you, but she cares a lot about you. I realized that she kept looking at your news on her phone these days. She even let out a sigh of relief when she saw the news about you being released from the pol
Fern fixed a still gaze on him for some time before she understood the implications of his words. He meant to say that Jeremy schemed against him to accuse him of being involved in money laundering!“That’s just your assumptions. What evidence do you have?” She stared at him coldly. She would not believe Eugene just like that.Eugene stared at the woman before him with a heavy gaze. She trusted Jeremy but not him?He laughed mockingly and said, “Do you think that I’m telling you this just to accuse him or destroy your trust in him?”“It was your choice to invest in this film. Nobody recruited you, right?” She continued staring at him.Since it was his own choice to invest in this film, how could he say that Jeremy was behind everything? Eugene did not say anything but continued looking into her eyes silently.After a while, he pinched her chin and inched closer to her. He lowered his voice until it sounded terrifying. “Don’t you know who I invested in that film for?”Fern was
“Are you out of your mind? We’ll never be together again in this lifetime.”“Why can’t we? As long as you say yes, we can be together again.” Actually, he had never wanted to break up with her since the very start. Fern did not know if the problem lay with him or if she had heard him wrongly. Did he say that they could be together again?“I didn’t expect you to become more of a scumbag than you were last time. You said that you would take responsibility for Sydney, but here you are telling me that you want to get back together with me?” She finally realized how much of a jerk he was. Eugene frowned after registering her words. “Do you have any misunderstandings about Sydney and me? By taking responsibility for her, I meant—” His words were interrupted by the sudden knocking on the door. Rue’s voice rang out. “Daddy, some people are here to look for you. They said Great-grandfather wants to meet you.” Eugene’s gaze faltered. His grandfather had sent his men to look for him?
“Grandfather, investing in films is good as well. Newton Corporation is already a leader in other fields, but it’s still relatively weak in the film and television industry. I think that Newton Corporation should expand in this area,” Eugene said. The old master cast a sideways glance at him after hearing what he said. He huffed coldly and asked, “Does that mean you invested in this film that’s involved in money laundering because of the company?” The old master spoke to Eugene in a mocking tone. Eugene touched his nose and said, “This… was a mistake.” Smash! The old master smacked the coffee table harshly and glared at him coldly. He reprimanded him fiercely, “Don’t tell me that it’s a mistake! As the head of the company, don’t you know the procedures that one has to carry out before investing in a project? You didn’t look into the project in advance, carry out project planning, or evaluate the investment risks before asking Wyatt to invest your funds in the film. It’s no won
The old master’s breathing grew erratic as the veins on his forehead protruded. He glared at him and said, “Fine, I won’t force you. I’ll send some men over to end her life. I believe that you won’t make any more mistakes in the future without her influencing you.”Eugene’s heart lurched after registering his words. “Grandfather!” Did the old master want to take Fern’s life? “Grandfather, you can’t do that!” He started to panic. Quinn closed his eyes and refused to look at him. “Leave. You can decide not to marry Sydney, so I can decide to make that woman disappear from this world as well.”Eugene clenched his hands into fists as he questioned, “Are you threatening me with her life?”Quinn pretended not to hear her question. He closed his eyes and remained silent.“Grandfather!” Eugene shouted in a heavy tone. However, the old master did not respond to him.He understood his grandfather’s intentions. He could choose to either marry Sydney or let his grandfather kill Fern.“I
Fern felt extremely uneasy after bringing her daughter home. She kept thinking about what Eugene had told her. She was not thinking about how he had asked her to get back together with him. Regarding that, she simply assumed that he was speaking nonsense. She was thinking about how he had told her that Jeremy deliberately set him up just to frame him for being involved in money laundering. Jeremy was the one who recommended her to take part in this comedy film, but she was not sure who the sponsors of the film were. Fern could not accept what Eugene had told her. She did not believe that Jeremy would do something like that. She called Jeremy and asked him to meet up with her. She had to ask him to clarify everything. Jeremy was not in a good mood right now. He did not expect Eugene to be released from the police station after being detained for a few days. They claimed that he had been wrongly accused of laundering money as well. He knew how everything had happened.