Victoria arrived outside the Harper Estate just a few minutes before 3:00 pm.Silas and the others had arrived earlier and were already waiting.Victoria had a strict rule when it came to punctuality. The time she mentioned served as the final deadline.Punctuality required being early. Arriving even a minute late was out of the question.Otherwise, terrible consequences would fall on the latecomer.After Victoria gathered with Silas and the others, they all headed to the Harper Estate together.The estate had a vast parking lot. Currently, it was fully packed with cars, leaving no space for even a single additional vehicle.Silas and the others followed Benjamin, driving directly to the main house of the Harper Estate.Seeing the crowd outside, Benjamin told Victoria, "Don't open the door. I'll do it for you."With that, Benjamin stepped out of the car.As Benjamin stepped out, a crowd promptly surrounded him. Maintaining a distance to avoid displeasing Benjamin, they respec
On one hand, Victoria had stopped Benjamin. On the other, Ethan stood up abruptly from the sofa.He reached a hand over to Ginny's uplifted arm and slapped it upward from beneath. Ginny let out an anguish scream and fell to the ground.Ethan walked to Ginny. His gaze was cold and deathly. "I'll send you down to hell first if you dare to complain about her!"Benjamin looked at the way Ethan was still vying for Victoria. His gaze turned ruthless. "Since when were you allowed to interfere with my woman's issues?"Ethan turned to look at Benjamin. He raised his voice, "Who said she was your woman? She's mine, mine!"Victoria watched the two men fight in front of a crowd. She felt an incoming headache.Benjamin tightened his arm around Victoria. He rested his head on her shoulders. "I feel dizzy all of a sudden."Victoria rolled her eyes inwardly. However, she still played along with Benjamin's jealous behavior and asked in a panicked manner, "What happened?""I haven't fully recove
Ethan would represent the White family after some discussions.Both he and Victoria had proposed the events for the competition. However, Benjamin was the one who had the discretion.Their competition was independent of the Harper family's recommended person. Both of them would not affect each other.The winning team would then compete with the Harper family's team. The final winner would end up being the Harper family's team leader.If Ethan won, it would mean that the White family could interfere with the matters of the security team. They could have the Harper family's core secrets in their grasp.On the other hand, if Victoria won, with the addition of Benjamin's affection, she would then become the well-deserved matriarch of the Harper family.After the discussion had ended, they talked about Zachary and Colette's engagement matters. But it was only for a few sentences before they were dismissed for dinner.Nicole hated the way nobody seemed to care about her only son's eng
Ginny ran away in anger.As soon as she had left, Zachary came out from somewhere else."Victoria."Victoria was in a bad mood. Goosebumps broke out on her skin upon hearing Zachary's squeaky voice. It was disgusting.Zachary looked like he had many things to say to Victoria. It was as if he was looking at his past lover.Victoria felt like she was about to throw up.She didn't even give Zachary the chance to speak. She cracked her knuckles and gave her fist a swing.Zachary was beaten to the ground.Victoria stepped on his face. "If it weren't for the fact that I don't want to disturb your engagement with Colette tomorrow, I would've made you lie on your bed for two weeks straight."Fuck off! If you still dare to show yourself to me, I will beat you up every time I see you. I'll beat you to death!"Victoria's expression was cruel. She pushed the soles of her shoes onto Zachary's face.Zachary didn't dare to cry out in pain for fear that Benjamin would come out. He gritted h
The Harper family and the Warde family were both among the high-ranking families in Youngville.Nicole was the one who announced the news of Zachary and Colette's engagement. At the same time, she also revealed the Harper family's betrothal and wedding gifts to Colette.Besides whatever that was promised by both parties during the discussion in the Warde manor, Isaac had even transferred the ownership of a mansion to Zachary's name.It was worth multiple hundred million.Their engagement was considered a strong alliance between the two prestigious families.The engagement was held in the Edencrest Hotel. It was one of the three biggest and most famous hotels in Youngville. It was also the Harper family's business.Nicole made arrangements with the hotel's management once the timing of the engagement was confirmed. The 16th to 20th floors were all reserved solely for them.The ceremony would officially start at 6:08 pm. The guests started to arrive one after another at around 3:0
Nicole had invited as many of Youngville's influential people as she could to the engagement party.Most of them attended out of respect for the Harper and Warde families.Over 100 tables were fully seated.It was a noisy but lively scene.Victoria and Benjamin sat right next to the main table.They were together with Yves, Louis, as well as some other scions whom they were close to.Once Ethan arrived, he took another chair over and placed it right between Victoria and Yves. Both he and Benjamin were now sitting on either side of Victoria.Victoria was conscious of the way Ethan had sat himself so close to her. She immediately scooted closer to Benjamin.Benjamin wrapped an arm around Victoria's waist. He then gently rested his head against her shoulders.His gaze toward Ethan was fierce as if he were a wolf protecting its food.His actions surprised those around the table who knew him. Their eyes widened at the scene before them.They still trembled even though his sharp
Yvette was sitting with the other White family members.They had nothing to say to each other. They were all on their respective phones.Yvette's phone vibrated.She opened it and saw that Colette had sent her a message."Come to Room 1808. We need to discuss something urgent."Wasn't Colette supposed to be together with Zachary now?She had come down soon for the party to continue, right?Even though Yvette thought it was weird, she didn't think too much about it. They were bound together by their intricate mutual interests anyway.Things would go south if something were to happen to Colette.Yvette pocketed her cell phone. She couldn't help but glance over at Victoria as she got up.Upon seeing Victoria's bright smile and exuberance, Yvette bit her lips angrily and left.Colette came down the staircase just as Yvette walked into the elevator.It was perfect timing. The both of them missed each other.Once Yvette arrived at Room 1808, she knocked on the door.The door wa
Ginny did not save the number in her contacts list. She took a glance at the number on her screen and trembled in fear.She snatched the phone from Colette's hands. In her nervousness, she swept her hand out so forcefully that the plates fell off the table.The people from the surrounding tables heard the commotion. They looked her way at once.Ginny felt embarrassed. She thought everyone had known about Paul. Her face was pale as if she were extremely sick.She bit her lip and sat rigidly on her seat. She wanted nothing more than to drop her head onto the table.Elizabeth noticed that something was obviously wrong with Ginny. She lowered her gaze and saw the phone that was clenched tightly in her hands. Her gaze then drifted to Colette.It was obvious that she was examining Colette with her sharp gaze.Isaac had also looked her way. He was visibly dissatisfied.Besides his dissatisfaction, he also looked worried.Colette didn't even dare to meet their eyes. Deep down inside,