When Calista walked into the room with her breakfast, the atmosphere in the ward had already become tense.Lucian and Hector wore stern expressions as if they were on the verge of a fight at any moment. She had only been downstairs for half an hour, yet these two gentlemen had managed to start an argument. Her presence was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, disrupting its surface tranquility and creating a massive wave. Lucian walked past her with a cold gaze, heading straight for the door while still wearing his clothes from yesterday.He appeared as though he had just crawled out of a dumpster, his clothes rumpled and creased, with the collar area being particularly messy.There was even a faint bruise on his neck, likely from the fight with Hector yesterday. Lucian remarked in a low and icy tone, "Calista, it seems you are close with him." A discussion of whether he was capable in bed had come up. What was next, a competition to see who had been better? Calista was
Cade attempted to reach Lucian by phone in the evening, but his calls went unanswered. Cade checked with David, who said Lucian hadn't been to the company.He quickly put the pieces together and concluded that Calista had likely rejected Lucian once more. Without hesitation, Cade drove to Everglade Manor. A servant greeted him and opened the door."Mr. Northwood is in the study on the second floor." He thanked the servant and made his way upstairs. The door to the study was unlocked, yet he knocked twice as a courtesy. Lucian's cold voice echoed, "I'm not eating. Go away." Cade ignored Lucian's orders and boldly entered the room. His unannounced intrusion only added to Lucian's already sour mood. Lucian wanted to get angry but restrained himself when he saw it was Cade."What brings you here?" he asked sternly. Cade replied, "I've come to deliver a gift." Lucian's eyes fell upon the cheap plastic bag Cade held, and he couldn't help but ask with a lack of enthusiasm, "What'
Calista was about to wash the peeled potatoes. But she didn't expect there to be oil on the ground. The anti-slip effect of her slippers wasn't working fine as well, so she fell. As she fell, she accidentally brushed against the plates on the counter. All of them fell to the ground.Paul rushed forward to hold her up. But he squatted for too long. Not only he didn't manage to get Calista up, but he fell as well. But he managed to let Calista fall on him instead of the ground. Although Calista didn't fall directly on the ground, Paul's well-trained and sturdy body wasn't anything better than falling straight on the ground. She felt dizzy. She wasn't able to process what happened. Calista wasn't aware that her face was against Paul's crotch. Little did she know there were already people closing into them at the kitchen entrance. She frowned and shook her head slightly to get rid of the dizziness.But because it was just a very minimal movement, it didn't seem like she was shak
For sure Paul wouldn't let Lucian apply medicine to him. They're like enemies. If he were to let Lucian do so, he'd probably end up in the hospital after this. But Lucian wouldn't let Calista apply the medicine to Paul either. Lucian and Paul sat there with composure as if none of them were affected by the tension in the air. Calista pretended to not see the tense situation between Lucian and Paul. She helped Agnes to keep the cutlery out of the way after they had finished eating. Calista bid goodbye to Agnes."Mrs. Baker, I'll get going now. I still have to work in the afternoon." She was busy with the restoration of the artifacts recently as she had to finish all her work before she could work at the museum."Do you still have to work on weekends? This industry you're working in is so tiring."Calista didn't explain herself. Lucian got up."I'll send you off."He was only here because of Calista. Now that she had to leave, he no longer had a reason to stay behind. Paul g
Before Calista could respond, that person yelled frantically, "Are you blind? Do you know how hard it is for me to order this dress? I bet you can't even pay for the dress if it got dirty." She sounded like Charlotte. Calista lifted her head. It was Charlotte indeed. She was wearing a sexy, black fishtail gown. But her hips weren't plump enough to accentuate the gown. So Charlotte ended up looking like—what's that word that's been trending on social media—drip. Yes, it seemed like she had no drip at all. She looked at Calista in disdain. Her arms were crossed. She posed patronizingly although she was shorter than Calista."Ah, who do we have here? It appears to be Lucian's ex-wife. How did you get in here? It wouldn't be possible for a peasant like you to enter. Did you hook up with some rich man?" Calista was merely here for Augustus' sake. She didn't want to argue with an idiot like Charlotte.So Calista snapped back at her, "Lucian doesn't like women who talk too much. He
Calista lifted her uninjured hand and pinched her eyebrow. She was about to tip over at any moment after tolerating Lucian for so long."Yeah, so leave me alone for the sake of yourself. So people wouldn't hurt you." Lucian retorted, "... This is your real intention, isn't it? You talk on and on about Charlotte and this year being an unlucky one to you—in the end, you just want me to leave you alone."Calista was annoyed. She didn't bother to see whether her injury hurt. She turned off the tap and left.The server had just arrived with the burn cream. Calista didn't even look at it and just left right away. Lucian took the burn cream and handed a hundred dollars to the server.There was no sign of Charlotte in the hall. The drinks counter was already tidied up as well.Calista strode fast to leave the occasion. When she stepped out of the entrance, a gush of cold wind swept past her.Then only did she realize she left her coat behind. She stopped and hesitated whether to go bac
Calista felt quite awkward as they were all shooting distinctive looks at her. It seemed like everything had ended now. No one spoke a word. Even Charlotte stopped her tantrums. As Calista got up and attempted to make her leave, Lucian tightened his grip. She was fixated on her seat. Gilbert gritted his teeth, his veins were popping on his forehead.He ordered his housekeeper who was still in the kitchen, "Get me some hot water."Charlotte stared at her father in fear."Dad, what are you doing!" Although Charlotte knew by instinct that this glass of hot water wasn't for her, since her father cherished her so much. His heart would bleed when it was just a small cut on her.But as Charlotte saw her father's gritted teeth and tense expression, she couldn't help but be frightened.The housekeeper thought Gilbert wanted to have some water, so she came over hurriedly with a steaming hot mug of water. It was boiling water. Steam was rising from the water's surface. Gilbert tapped
In the next few days, Lucian didn't come to Calista like she expected. Calista only got to know about Lucian paying off her 1.2 million debt through Yara. He disappeared completely. Lucian and Calista hadn't been in touch since they divorced. No one mentioned Lucian in front of Calista. Sometimes, she would come across him being mentioned on the financial news.But only his name was mentioned and he didn't appear at all. 'Lucian Northwood' suddenly became a legendary character in her world. Just as this almost slipped Calista's mind, she received a text from Lucian."When are you getting off work?"She glanced at the text briefly but she didn't respond. She was busy discussing the proportion details with the architect of the CrossTime project. "I'll be waiting for you downstairs at Baker Group. I have something to tell you.""Calista …" Calista's phone kept vibrating. The architect put down his laptop."Should you reply to your messages first? Maybe there's something ur