Riley hurriedly handed the suit in her hands over to him, saying, “See, I told you. This little problem is easily solved. It won’t affect your little get-up.”“What do you know?! I was planning on wearing this to confess my undying love to my crush. If I fail because of this tiniest flaw, will you get me another girlfriend?” Jim snarled at her angrily.Riley was throwing curses at him in her heart, but she still had a smile on her face. “No, that’s not going to happen. You can’t see the flaw at all. As long as you wear this suit, your crush will definitely accept your confession!”Sharon finally understood the situation. Jim must have asked for his suit to be custom-made in the shop Riley was in charge of. Somehow, she managed to screw it up and brought Jim back here to clean up the mess she made. It was just that, how could it be Jim? It was too much of a coincidence.Jim triple-checked his suit, and after Riley’s continuous coaxing, his dissatisfaction was quickly cleared up as
Perhaps since her son was back by her side, Sharon had been in a good frame of mind recently and became more motivated at work.After putting her son to sleep at night, she quietly got up and continued to finish up the day’s work.Without her knowing, it was getting very late at night but she was still immersed in the design drawings.Suddenly, she heard the sound of the door opening with a click and immediately jumped up in startlement. It was already in the middle of the night. Could there be a thief?Crap. She was an unarmed and defenseless woman with a child at home. Would she have to fight a thief off at night?She subconsciously went into the kitchen to look for a self-defense weapon, but it might have been a little too late now because she could already hear footsteps coming from inside the house.When she saw the ashtray on the table that Simon had used before, she took it without a moment of hesitation.After taking the ashtray, she hid in the corner, waiting for the fi
“He’s all grown up now.”“That’s true. He’s turning six in a blink of an eye. I think it’s better if I make him a homemade cake for his birthday this year…” She would have forgotten all about it if he had not mentioned it.Simon stared at her with darkened eyes. Was she even listening to his words earlier? Was her mind still fixated on that stinking little brat at this moment?The man suddenly grabbed her chin and stared at her with deep displeasure. “I’m talking to you, woman!”The stench of booze was all over him, and she met his gaze while asking, “Did you get drunk tonight?”“I have a headache. Can you get me some warm tea?” he asked while frowning and immediately felt something amiss the next second. She almost changed the topic again.“I was trying to tell you that you can’t—”“I’ll get you some warm tea,” she said while pushing him away and quickly got up.Seeing that she could not wait to run off, Simon felt somewhat light-headed. She could not escape this even if she w
From the moment Sharon fell into the tub, she had struggled and fluttered to get up several times, but it was all to no avail. She still fell into the man’s arms embarrassingly again and again.Since the woman had been continuously making a ruckus in his arms, Simon could not endure it any longer. Hence, he had to lock her up in his arms so that she would stop moving.She was still in her nightdress at the moment, but she had put on another shirt earlier when she went back into her room. She thought that things would be less awkward now that she was covered up, but who would have thought she would slip and fall in this manner?Even if she had to slip, why did she have to end up precisely inside the bathtub? What luck!Simon looked at her anxious and depressed expression. He could not help but raise his eyebrows. “You know you don’t have to use this type of means to get a hug from me, right?”“I… I was just careless. The floor’s too slippery!” she explained quickly. The man was s
Sharon glared at the immaculately dressed and aristocratic-looking man.Simon was standing in front of her. He squinted his eyes with a half-smile, asking, “Why are you looking at me like that?”“Y-You have the gall to ask me that question?!” Her cheeks were thoroughly flushed red. He pondered whether she was angry or embarrassed.He leaned down, propping his long arms on her side with a rascally smile on his lips. Then, he replied, “Hmm??”Sharon took a deep breath, and the redness on her cheeks spread toward her ears instead.The man’s eyes slightly deepened as he said in a low voice, “Sorry.”She never expected him to apologize. Now, she subconsciously wanted to hide, yet she continued staring at him nervously. “What are you planning on doing now?”“Apply some ointment on you.” He really had a tube of ointment in his hand.Ointment?Before she could recover her senses, she scoffed. “I don’t need it!”Simon frowned with a serious yet calm look on his face while saying, “D
A man’s horrifying shrill scream echoed throughout the entire construction site, frightening almost everyone present.Sharon was alarmed as well. She had heard a massive crash when she came in earlier. Could it be that something terrible had happened at the construction site?She could not overthink the situation just yet and hurriedly ran over with the other workers toward the location of the accident.A lot of workers already surrounded the area, and she tried penetrating through the crowd only to witness a terrifying sight in front of her.The newly constructed building had collapsed for some reason. Around three workers covered in dirt and dust were digging through the collapsed site while shouting in extreme agony, “Hold on, mate!”Were there people stuck underneath?Sharon grabbed the foreman beside her, suppressing the horror in her heart to ask, “Was someone crushed?”The foreman was petrified as well and answered, “I… think so.”“Then why are you still standing around
The inspection agency and the police department had to intervene and investigate the cause of the incident. They had to determine whether Newton Corporation had cut corners or did jerry-building, causing the fiasco.The investigation was done very quickly, and they got the results within the day. After further inspection, they found that Newton Corporation did not cut corners, and the collapse was not due to human error. Instead, it was purely an accident.It was an odd matter indeed. Could it be that the worker was merely too ill-fated? That even a project that had no issue had made him pay the price for nothing? For the next two days, reporters continued to lurk around the construction site in hopes of getting more scoop on the story.Just as everyone was still somewhat puzzled by the ordeal, a reporter went ahead and interviewed Mr. Quill, who was at the site. What Mr. Quill said next was quickly spread across the internet once more.In the interview video, Mr. Quill said that
Sharon had never experienced such a horrible thing before. Even when her nude photos were exposed during her wedding with Howard, no one had thrown an egg at her. She was also not surrounded by so many people who were hurling abuse toward her.The reporters were asking her an endless stream of sharp questions. It was as if she was already regarded as a homicidal maniac!“Security, get rid of them!” Eugene yelled coldly. He was also caught off guard by so many reporters surrounding them so suddenly.“All of you get off!”Before the security guards could gather and run over, an ice-cold male voice sounded with unstoppable force, startling the entire wave of reporters.The hundreds of reporters turned their heads to look at the person. Who on earth possessed such a formidable force?In front of a black Lincoln Stretch Limousine stood a man with a long and stalwart body. He was staring ahead with a stern and grave face and a pair of eagle-like eyes that were filled with coldness.Th
“I’ve completed all of his final requests. That’s it.” Yvonne cast a final glance at Quincy, who was gripped with shock. She then left the room. Quincy did not say anything to make her stay. She kept staring at the box of ashes. She stared at the box of ashes silently for an extremely long period of time. Terry asked her, “Miss, do you believe that these are Dayton Night’s ashes?” She turned around to look at Terry. To be honest, she did not really believe it. “Why don’t you first look at the assets that he transferred to you and see if they’re real?” Terry suggested. “Help me settle this.” She handed the thick pile of documents to him so that he could verify them. “I’ll go now.” Terry left the office at once. Quincy stared at the box of ashes and muttered softly, “Dayton Night, what are you trying to do this time?” She was shocked when Terry told her that Dayton had really transferred all of his assets and finances to her after verifying the documents. “Does
Quincy was still deep in thought when her secretary called her through the internal phone line. Her secretary told her that a woman named Yvonne Leif was here to see her. She frowned. Yvonne Leif? After thinking about it for a while, she finally recalled. Was Yvonne Leif not the woman by Dayton’s side? Why was she looking for her now? If she did not die, then Dayton Night... Quincy’s heart lurched. She asked her secretary to bring her in at once. After a while, her secretary brought Yvonne into the office. From the moment Yvonne appeared in her office, Quincy kept staring at her. She had a shadow. She was not a ghost or a spirit… Yvonne was perfectly fine from head to toe. She did not seem injured at all. Did she manage to avoid the bombing on the island? Yvonne was wearing a pair of sunglasses and holding onto a box. She carried her handbag on her wrist. After a while, she stood opposite Quincy’s office desk.She then took off her sunglasses and met Quincy’
Dayton had a dark expression on his face as he stared at the island with a bleak gaze. He pursed his lips. He had no intention of saying anything.He did not want to leave the island. Yvonne and his men were the ones who forcefully brought him away.“I’d rather stay on the island,” he said after a while.Yvonne looked at him in shock. After a few seconds, she burst out in mocking laughter. “You’d like her to bomb you to death, right? It’d be better than dying after going through all the torment of your illness, right?”After a momentary silence, he said, “I owe it to her.”Anyway, he would not be able to live for long. He should just fulfill Quincy’s wishes and let her end his life personally.He would not have any regrets if he died by her hand.Yvonne could not help but slap herself across the face. She then scolded herself out loud, “Why am I being such a busybody?! Why do I insist on saving you when you want to die so badly?! I’m such a fool!”She really regretted her decis
Quincy cast her cold gaze in that direction. After a while, she said, “Let’s go.” Terry did not know what she was looking at just now. He only noticed the unpleasant expression on her face. He followed her and asked, “Miss, where’s that bastard, Dayton Night? Shall I capture him personally?” He did not think that she would let Dayton go. Quincy did not stop walking. “It’s fine. I know how to deal with him.” There was a hint of brutality in her cold voice. Terry was slightly stunned. He seemed to have understood something. He stopped talking to her after that. The helicopter was waiting for them outside. Quincy and Terry got into the helicopter.Below them, the island was in a huge mess. Nobody could stop her from leaving now.“Miss, shall we go back now?” Terry asked.Quincy glanced at the situation below and looked at him. There was an exceptionally calm expression on her face. “You brought plenty of explosives over, right?”Terry nodded and said, “I brought some along
“Doctor Leif, come over and take a look at Young Master. He vomited blood again,” one of Dayton’s men told her as soon as they saw her. Yvonne walked in front of Dayton. She saw the blood that he had spat out on the floor. She was no longer fazed. “You guys should learn to get used to something like this. After all, it’ll happen frequently in the future.” Dayton’s men were stunned. What did that mean? Young Master would frequently vomit blood in the future? Dayton leaned against the sofa behind him and closed his eyes. He did not have the energy to speak anymore. Yvonne did not want to chastise him after seeing his current condition. She clearly knew that he had given up on himself a long time ago. He was simply waiting for his own death. Therefore, she was not in a hurry to carry out acupuncture treatment on him. Rumble, rumble, rumble... A loud sound rang out from outside. Dayton opened his eyes immediately. It sounded like an airplane had flown over? He immedia
Quincy was so angry that her face flushed red. If she was not being held down by his bodyguards, she would definitely strangle him to death right now!Yvonne, who was watching them by the side, could not bring herself to continue watching them anymore. She felt extremely awkward as an outsider. Therefore, she got up and said, “You guys should eat slowly.” She left the room after speaking.She truly could not comprehend someone like Dayton Night. Why was he being so persistent with Quincy Lane? To make it sound better, he was a persistent man. However, he must be a nightmare to Quincy. She could tell how much Quincy hated him. Otherwise, she would not have taken Lennon hostage. She wanted to leave this island. Perhaps love was not only about giving. Some types of love were defined by shackles and imprisonment as well. Not only was Dayton trapping Quincy, but he was also doing so to himself. However, perhaps this was his final wish in life. That was the reason why he was
Yvonne stared at him. She was suddenly at a loss for words. Quincy was pushed back into her room. The door of her room was then shut tight. She heard the sound of a lock clicking into place outside. Damn it, Dayton Night. He got his men to lock her up. She had completely lost her freedom. Quincy had no more ideas. She could only fast. She would rather die than be imprisoned by him. She started fasting. Dayton’s men reported this situation to him immediately. He wanted to head over to take a look at her, but he really did not have any energy right now. “Bring her over.” He had no choice but to ask them to bring Quincy to his room. Before Quincy arrived, he asked Yvonne to help him to the sofa so that he could sit down. He could not let Quincy see him lying on the bed so sickly. Yvonne could not help but ask, “Why do you have to do this? You’re trying so hard to put up a facade in front of her. Can’t you just tell her about your illness right away?” “I don’t need
Quincy could not help but feel shocked after seeing Dayton’s appearance. He looked at her with a gaze that made it seem like he was about to eat her alive! “You’re on the island?” she asked him. Why did his men trick her? “Are you trying to take my men hostage to escape since you thought that I wasn’t here?” Dayton was filled with rage. “Dayton Night, what gives you the right to trap me here?” She should be the one angry at him instead. Just then, Yvonne chased after him. “You should go back.” She reminded Dayton after walking to his side. However, Dayton’s mind was only filled with thoughts about Quincy. It was as if he had not heard what Yvonne said. A mocking glint rose in Quincy’s gaze when she saw that Yvonne was on the island as well. It was no wonder his men were unwilling to tell her that he was already on the island. He had brought another woman over. It was impossible for her not to recognize this woman. She was the woman he had fooled around with at hi
Just then, Lennon detected the mocking tone in her voice. She was not at all concerned about whether they were tired or not.He lowered his head and peeled the apple intently. He did not intend to continue speaking to her anymore. “Let me peel it on my own. Your hands aren’t clean.” Quincy naturally reached out for the knife. Lennon did not think much about it. He just felt slightly terrified. He handed her the knife and apple at once. Nevertheless, Quincy simply took the fruit knife away. She did not take the apple from him. While he was wondering if she thought his hands were dirty, she took hold of the fruit knife and approached him. She immediately placed the knife against his neck. “Young Madam, you…” Lennon finally realized what was going on. This was her true purpose. Quincy stared at him coldly and shouted coldly, “Walk!” Lennon had no choice but to comply with her and walk outside. The men standing by the door were shocked when they saw her holding a kni