In fact, Simon had come over to see her before. It was just that she had forgotten all about it.No, wait. Precisely speaking, she did not know who he was at the time as the shooting had overly stimulated her. She had lost control of her thoughts and emotions that she even harmed Simon.“I’ll bring him over to see you in two days,” said Sharon in a low voice.“As you should. He wants to marry you, so how could he not pay a visit to his mother-in-law?” Autumn said while taking her hand and continuing, “Sienna, marriage shouldn’t be done so casually. Don’t try to please your parents and marry the wrong guy, just like how I married Caleb Newton back then. He left me with nothing but regrets. You can’t marry him if you don’t love him.”Sharon noticed that every time her mother talked about her father, she had the same annoyed and hateful expression on her face. It was as if they were mortal enemies.The resentment between her parents was no longer something she could figure out since
“Yes, Old Master.” Kelly turned and went upstairs.Sharon sat down in confusion, asking, “What are you going to give me?”“Why are you in such a hurry? You’ll know soon,” said the old man with the same grim expression on his face. Sharon pursed her lips. Fine, she would stop asking. There was no need for him to show such a face.After a while, Kelly came down holding onto a big box. It even looked like a costly mahogany gift box.“What’s that?” She became more curious now.Quinn did not say a word and merely cast a meaningful look at Kelly.Kelly brought the mahogany box in front of Sharon and opened it.When she saw what was inside, Sharon was immediately startled. “What… do you mean by this?”“Miss, this is a custom-made gold crown that the old master got for a hefty price. There are eight gold bracelets as well with unique patterns engraved on them. They’re all specially made by someone that the old master had hired. They’re wedding gifts to you.”“Wedding gifts to me?” S
Truthfully, Sharon had a bad feeling as soon she laid her eyes on Howard. Especially when he had that insincere half-smile on his face. He looked as if he was hiding some secrets.However, it was hard to tell if he was having any malicious thoughts just by looking at him.“If you’re sincere about this, I’ll accept your blessing,” she said dimly.Howard was staring straight at her indifferent profile, and the smirk on his lips was still there. He looked somewhat cynical now. He narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice, saying, “I’m going to ask you one more time, Shar. Have you truly made up your mind to marry my uncle?”Sharon cast a glance at him, and her tone still sounded dim when she said, “Can’t you see that everything has already been determined by now? Do you think that we’re playing house here?”Howard was silent for a while before letting out a chuckle. “So, you’ve decided not to take everything I said to you before to heart? Wait, I think it’s more accurate to say that yo
Sharon hugged Riley back and noticed the staff behind her. She was somewhat puzzled as she asked, “What are you up to?”“Can’t you tell? I’m here with your wedding dress.” Riley looked utterly excited as she asked the staff to open the gift box.“And your husband’s suit, of course.” She pointed to another massive box at the back.The four staff members carefully took the wedding dress out and showed it to Sharon.“Is… this not too exaggerated?” As soon as Sharon laid her eyes on the dress, she discovered how dazzling it was. The long, circular train was inlaid with tiny diamonds. They went all the way up to the chest.“Not at all. This is your third wedding, after all. Since it’s so special, the wedding dress has to be blindingly dazzling as well.”Sharon could not tell whether she wanted to laugh or cry. What on earth was Riley trying to imply here?“Try it on and see if it fits.” Riley was dragging her away to try on the wedding dress.“It’s too soon to wear it…”“No. You ha
Sharon had always known that Simon had a fantastic figure with the body of a model. In short, he would look good with or without clothes.Even when he was in his usual suits, he still had an aura of nobleness around him.This time around, Riley had tailored an all-white wedding suit for him even though his usual attire was mainly dark-toned. It was truthfully Sharon’s first time seeing him in white.When she saw him for the first time when he stepped into the room, she felt an overwhelming heroic spirit exuding from him that was similar to an emperor.As he walked toward her, she could feel her heartbeat speeding up uncontrollably. She seemed to have been somewhat emotionally moved by this sight of him.The extraordinarily distinguished man walked to her front and extended his broad palm to her, saying, “Mrs. Zachary, care to give me a dance?” He curled his lips into a half-smile, exuding a fatal temptation.Sharon had wholly disregarded her surroundings and was utterly attracte
Sharon turned over to look, but before she could say anything, Sebastian had already gotten up. He looked at Rue without blinking.“My little cousin? Are you the cousin they’re talking about?”Eugene leaned down to put Rue on the ground and said softly, “Sebastian is your cousin. Go ahead and play with him.”Rue had a fear of strangers, so she was reluctant to go over. Instead, Sebastian was the one who walked up to her and held her hand, saying, “My name is Sebastian. What’s yours?”“I… I’m Rue.” The girl’s voice was soft and sweet; it was so very lovely. It suddenly made Sebastian protective of her.“Then I’ll be calling you Rue, and you can call me Seb.” Sebastian had always wanted a younger sister, but Mommy told him that he was the only one she ever needed. At least now, he was finally able to be an older brother.“Seb.” Rue was so polite, and it made Sebastian feel like he ought to do an excellent job as a big brother. He would never allow anyone to bully her!Sharon loo
Simon walked straight to Sharon and sat down next to her. Then, he unhurriedly replied to Eugene’s words, “How could I ever let that happen?”He saw the diamond crown given by Eugene, and those big shining diamonds could genuinely blind someone’s eyes.He picked it up, put it on Sharon’s head, and looked at it in scrutiny before saying, “Well, it’s truly extravagant.”Why did his tone sound somewhat odd?“Doesn’t it look good?” she asked.“It’s not that it doesn’t look good. But a princess wearing a queen’s crown is a little…” He did not finish the sentence. However, it was apparent that the rest of the things he left unsaid were not a compliment.Eugene raised his eyebrows and glanced coldly at Simon. Was he trying to say that he was terrible at picking out gifts?“You just verbally said that you wouldn’t bully Shar. I guess that your words can’t entirely be trusted. How about calling me ‘Brother’ too, hmm? So that you’ll remember she still has a big brother looking out for her
Sharon could see that there was a slight change in Eugene’s expression. She hurriedly pressed her lips into a smile and said, “Hehe. That’s true as well. Go ahead and get some rest.”The maid took Fern to the guest room. Eugene stood up as well, saying, “I’ll go with her.” As soon as he said this, he followed Fern from behind.Sharon noticed him quickening his pace to catch up to Fern, but Fern was blatantly ignoring him.She merely shook her head and sighed.“Why are you still sighing after receiving so many presents?” Simon looked at her with a somewhat amused expression.“I’m sighing for my big brother. Look at how cold Fern is toward him. I’m afraid he’ll have to work hard from now on to get his woman.”Simon looked over as well and said, “He’s merely reaping what he has sown. It’s only right he’s suffering.”Simon thought about the time when Eugene did not expose the fact that he was Sharon’s brother in the past. He deliberately made Simon jealous by pretending to be so int