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
Calista widened her eyes in surprise. She stared at Lucian who said those words nonchalantly with much amazement. Although she didn't see what Yara described with her own eyes, she could picture how angry Lucian was.If she were to put herself in his shoes, given how much he's done for Lily—giving her roles, setting up her social network, and being with her whenever she needed him, she'd sympathize with Lucian.Despite everything Lucian did, Lily didn't take him seriously and still played hard to get.But at the next moment, Lucian found out Lily was with the old man in his sixties, his hands all over her in public, just for the sake of getting her desired role.The only thing the old man beat Lucian for was his age. Given Lucian's temper, he'd already had mercy on Lily for not skinning the old man alive on the spot."Don't be so impulsive. You have to chill. Don't act on impulse and do something you'd regret," said Calista.She decided to comfort Lucian for a bit for the sake
"Remarry? With whom?"Cade raised his voice."With Calista?" "Remarrying refers to getting back with one's ex-wife. If it's a different person, it's called a second marriage," replied Lucian in a disdainful manner. Cade sneered. The emotions he'd been suppressing for all these while suddenly ignited as there was not a single movement at the study door he'd left slightly ajar."Anyways, I won't be giving any dowry." "I don't fancy your second-rate goods as well." "Then why did you call in the first place? Just quietly go ahead with your marriage registration. Or do you fancy having a grand banquet and getting me to be your best man?""You've been having a rocky relationship lately and I don't think it's auspicious for you to be my best man, you know. I just called to tell you this.""Heh," Cade let out a genuine laugh and sneered, "I'm not dating you. Whether I'm in a rocky relationship or not, it's none of your concern. Don't call me in the future regarding personal ma
Calista searched for news regarding her and Lucian's remarriage. She wanted to see where the rumors originated from, but she failed to find anything. Well, maybe it was just some lunatic spouting nonsense, and It hadn't affected her. So she didn't bother with it anymore and simply tossed her phone aside.But as soon as Calista got home, she got a call from Yara. She was taken aback by Yara's booming voice at the end of the phone.Yara asked surprisingly, "Are you remarrying Lucian?" "... No." "I was startled! I thought you gave in to the three million and decided to smooch off him for your entire life as his trophy wife."Calista was a bit hungry. She put her phone on speaker and started cooking some macaroni as she was chatting with Yara. Wasn't I doing well enough as his trophy wife?"She didn't have a kitchen in her apartment. Cooking wasn't allowed in the residence so she bought an electric cooker. Sometimes when she's too lazy to go out to get food, she'd just have som
Lucian barely came back to his senses, he was infuriated by what Calista said after."Calista, is this how you ask questions? You didn't even give me at least two seconds to consider what you said and you just made the decision right away." Calista got up right away and took the plate away from the table. She poured the unfinished macaroni into the trash right in front of him."It's not even true love when you have to think it through. You're just trying to get the most out of this relationship." Lucian, who usually kept his cool, was so annoyed to the extent that he was about to curse."After all that talk, the final answer is you still don't want to remarry. What's with all this talk about love? It's just an excuse. You don't even bother what the answer is!" "It seems like you do know me quite well."When Lucian was talking, Calista already had the security door opened. Her gestures said nothing but to ask for Lucian's leaving. Lucian remained silent, looking grim. His ga