If the incident tonight had not happened, she would have gotten her pay for the day and would have been back home to accompany her daughter.She had just hung up the call when not even two seconds later, her phone rang again.When she was about to reject the call, the man's huge hand suddenly stretched out to take the phone. "Why aren't you answering it?"Eugene took the phone and saw the contact name of the caller—’Dear’.'It’s such an intimate nickname. I wonder what relationship she shares with this person?’Fern could not snatch back her phone in time and Eugene had already answered the call. A girl’s childish yet clear voice was heard from the other end of the call. "Mom, are you done with work yet? I'm at home waiting for you to come back to sleep…"Both of them heard the child's voice and their eyes met each other once more. They did not speak a word.'She already has a daughter?'Eugene felt his heart tightening. 'But didn’t I already find out that she had a child two y
Simon had not been at home in the Zachary household these days as he was busy looking for Sharon. As such, Sebastian called him."Daddy, did you go and look for Mommy again?" Sebastian got to know about Simon's whereabouts after asking the butler.These two years, Simon would always personally head to the location whenever he received news about Sharon, but every time, he would return disappointed.Eventually, even Sebastian did not have much hope left. He thought to himself that Simon would definitely be disappointed once more."Yeah, do you want to meet her?" Simon was thinking hard about how he should approach Sharon who did not seem to recognize him anymore.If it were not for his son calling him, he would have really forgotten about a fact. 'She can forget me, but she can't possibly forget her son, right?""I don't want to meet her." Currently, Sebastian was already a seven-year-old kid. He was no longer as childish as he was two years ago. He was becoming more and more like
Eugene's eyes darkened. "No matter what, he's still my grandfather. In this world, aside from you, he's the closest family I have left."He could not deny the fact that his grandfather was very stern to him since he was young, and he did not receive much love from his grandfather either. However, to someone like him, it was a lucky thing that he still had someone dear to him whom he could appreciate.The two locked eyes for some time before Sharon sighed. "Then tell me, what's going on between you and that female server from before?"When she brought up Fern, it made Eugene frown. His expression changed as he recalled the events that had happened last night—of her tearing the check and her back figure stubbornly leaving the scene.He closed his eyes and said with a very deep voice, "She's my ex-girlfriend. We broke up later on."Sharon did not question him further as the answer was as what she had expected.She need not ask as she already knew the reason behind their breakup.Sh
Sharon was immediately stunned when she saw the woman whom Jim had brought back home. It was her best friend, Riley!She subconsciously wanted to hide but immediately pushed aside that idea. ‘Where can I even hide?'Since I can't hide from her, I'm going to face her head-on.'What puzzled her most was why Riley was with Jim. 'Don't tell me that she's in a relationship with Jim?'For the past two years when she was not around, she had always wondered what had happened to her best friend.Obviously, Riley was walking toward her.She ignored how those weird adults were looking at her and immediately rushed to Sharon’s side. She grabbed Sharon’s shoulders and glanced at her. She was delighted, but at the same time, she found it hard to believe. "Shar, is it you? Is it really you?"The accident that happened two years ago had made her think that she could no longer meet with Sharon again. After all, Simon had sent his men to look for her whereabouts for so long but his efforts were f
"Grandpa, I’ve forgotten to introduce her to you." Jim brought Riley to the front of the old man and said with a chuckle, "This is Riley. She's my girlfriend, your future granddaughter-in-law."Quinn's old eyes darkened as he stared at Riley with a sharp gaze. ‘Granddaughter-in-law? Does such a woman have what it takes to be one?'"Jim, what nonsense are you talking about? Since when did I allow you to have a girlfriend?" Scarlet quickly scolded her son. It seemed that she was also not satisfied with the girlfriend her son had brought over this time.Sharon looked at her best friend quietly. 'She really is in a relationship with Jim?'She got into a relationship with Jim without knowing his personality?'"Mom, I thought you allowed me to get a girlfriend? Now that I’ve brought her back to meet everyone, you're objecting to it?" Jim snorted."I… I did allow you to get a girlfriend, but not someone like this…"Riley disliked listening to such a comment. She stared at Scarlet and a
Riley was dragged right out of the Newton household’s main entrance by Jim and shoved into the car parked outside the gate.Inside the car, Riley immediately shook his hand off and stretched out her palm in front of him. “Pay up.”Jim cast a glance at her and drew a black card from his wallet. Then, he shoved it into her hand, saying, “It’s more than you bargained for!”“What do you mean? We’ve decided on a price and I don’t want any charity from you,” she said while trying to hand the black card back to him.Jim pressed her hand tightly and said, “Don’t be so anxious. This is a limitless Amex black card. Just deduct the money that I owe you this time around, and I’ll ask you for help again in the future.”Did this mean he would look for her to pretend to be his girlfriend again next time? He wanted her to deduct the labor fee from this black card? Was that what he was implying?Riley raised her brows and cast a sidelong glance at his gorgeous face that was out of this world. She
He refused to have anything more go on with Hera.The smile on Mrs. Hamilton’s lips quickly disappeared as a dim light flashed across her eyes, and it seemed like she had gotten somewhat angry.Men were always so dense. She was giving him the opportunity to get closer to Hera, but he blatantly refused it!“You can see that Gene isn’t getting any younger, Old Master Newton. So why don’t you pay more attention to his marriage?” Mrs. Hamilton changed her tactics and shifted her advances toward Quinn instead.Sharon glanced at him sympathetically. Was he getting forced to marry?She never knew that her big brother was in such high demand as well.As the head of the family, Quinn should be the one getting anxious about Eugene marrying a wife. However, the expression on his face still looked somewhat dull as though he paid no heed to these kinds of matters.“He should take care of these matters on his own. Does he need an old man like me to find him a wife as well?”His words immedia
Sharon unconsciously walked up to the wall and looked at her parents’ wedding photo. It looked like they were still very young at the time, and their mother appeared to be in her 20s.In this photo, their father, Caleb, appeared to be a tall and big man. He looked rather upright and handsome, giving out a sense of elegance and righteousness.As for their mother, she had a brilliant pair of eyes while the rest of her features were delicate too. She looked like the gentle and pretty daughter of a humble family, and even though her appearance was not exceedingly beautiful, she was even more stunning the longer one looked at her. Plus, her temperament seemed to be something out of this world.It was just that in this wedding photo, Sharon could not sense any bliss, especially in their mother’s expression. On the contrary, it was as if she was very reluctant to marry their father.Eugene had said that it was a marriage to connect two families, so the elders had arranged it for them.Sh