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
Eugene looked slightly startled as he never expected that she would ask such a question so suddenly. He shook his head and replied, “I’m not so sure myself.”“Really?” She looked into his eyes, attempting to find some clues.Eugene still looked as calm as always, and it did not seem like he was trying to hide anything from her. He found it somewhat odd and asked, “Did our stepmother say something to you just now?”Sharon lowered her eyes. “Not really.” She could not bring herself to believe Germaine’s words, so she wanted to get more information from him instead.Eugene was silent for a few seconds and started recalling what had happened that year. Finally, he unhurriedly explained, “The driver picked me up from school that day, and I could hear our parents arguing about something. That’s when I found out that my little sister had gone missing. I immediately ran out looking for you, but the world seemed so big to me back then and there were so many people outside that I didn’t know
Sharon looked at her son who had suddenly shown up in front of her. At this moment, she could see all the unbearable anger on his tiny face while his eyes were filled with grief.It was as if her heart had broken into a million pieces. She was so distressed that she almost lost all control and took him into her arms!She wondered if he had been doing well in the past two years of her absence…Her son had grown a lot taller and his childishness from two years ago seemed to have vanished as well. Now he and Simon were getting more and more alike, not only in terms of appearance but also the cold temperament that was exuding from the child’s body.Although the little guy had grown taller, he looked thinner as well. Was this kid skipping his meals?How on earth had Simon been taking care of their kid?When the mother and son were in a silent confrontation, the media reporters below the stage were gathering around and taking pictures continuously. Some of them could not wait to inquir
She decided to be cruel and put on a deadpan look on her face. Then, she shoved the little guy’s hand away while pretending to have lost her patience. With a scowl, she said, “Whose kid is this? Don’t go around calling other people your mom!”When Sebastian was shoved away by her, he was immediately stunned. Sharon’s actions had clearly wounded him, and he pondered if Mommy had truly forgotten about him?Sebastian wanted to approach her once more, but a tall figure appeared and pulled him back to his side.“He’s my son,” Simon said after coming up the stage from seemingly out of nowhere while looking straight into Sharon’s eyes. Simon’s appearance stirred up the reporters even more. Frankly speaking, everyone had heard about him having a son with an unknown woman. However, due to the power he held, no one dared to report this news even if they wanted to.Now that he was taking the initiative to disclose his son’s identity, the reporters would certainly not miss publishing such br