Cameron stared at the clear handprint on Cade's face as she subconsciously rubbed her aching palm. Then, she assured Asher who was worried on the other end of the call, "I'm fine. I'm hanging up.""But you were just…" Cameron ended the call before he could finish.Cade's expression was dark, but Cameron looked pale as a ghost. Worried she might be sick, Cade could only hold back his boiling anger. After seeing her end the call, he asked coldly, "Why did he call you?"Cameron ignored the grim expression on his face and answered honestly, "I was the one who called him."Cade remained silent. He wondered what Cameron was thinking when she stared at his numb cheek with those deep eyes.Right when he thought she would say something, Cameron put away her phone and quietly walked away.Cade stopped her in an instant. He suppressed the urge to strangle her and said through gritted teeth, "Shouldn't you apologize for hitting me without good reason?""Sorry."Her insincere apology furt
As Blaire walked home, she was lost in thought. Looking at the empty living room, she recalled all the happy moments in her life. She could picture Andy and Nerissa playing, and Cameron was always in the background, going unnoticed.But it wasn't like that when Cameron first arrived. She would take the initiative to talk to them and try her best to get along with the family. She would even call Blaire "Mom" softly. When did she become so quiet and defensive?Blaire tried her best to recall with her hand on the door, but it had been too long. There was no way she could remember.She was overwhelmed with guilt, self-blame, and regret. Unable to bear it any longer, she headed to the study. After being married for all these years, it was the first time she went in without knocking.Wilfred glanced at her for a split second and prompted, "She's not willing to come back?"When Blaire said she'd ask Cameron to join them for a meal, he could already predict the outcome. Though she didn't
" So, if I don't agree to divorce you, you're prepared to kill me? Like what happened to Craig?" Although Craig didn't die, he was as good as dead.Cade added, "Don't worry, even if I were to die, I'd bring you with me. Not only that, I'll have us buried next to each other."His smile was obvious, making it seem like he said it on purpose. "If you keep saying things that make me upset, I'll get people to place our ashes together. Dream on if you want to leave me."Following a loud splash, cold water dripped down from Cade's hair along his cheeks, flowing down to his sharply defined jawline. Cameron threw the empty mineral water bottle aside and said, "Being so obsessed is a kind of mental illness. You should go and get it checked." Cade was speechless.Cameron pushed him aside. "If you're sobered up, then move aside."Cade shivered from the cold and shot Cameron a fierce glare. "Cameron, did you just splash cold water on me?"Cameron shot him a disdainful look and pushed past h
The man had never met Cameron before, but he remembered her name. It was the woman who asked to meet up two days ago. He thought it was another one of his romantic entanglements, but he never expected her to be Cade's wife. What surprised him more was how beautiful she was.Gale straightened his body and distanced himself from Cameron. His eyes were still lingering with awe as he asked, "What's the matter, Mrs. Carter?"Gale no longer looked unruly and was now sitting properly and straight. He was afraid of Cade, so he would never do anything out of line even if he found Cameron attractive.Cameron's pink lips curled into a smile. "I would like to meet your esteemed father."Gale paused for a second while drinking his wine and his expression shifted slightly. Wanting to meet his father was far different from wanting to meet himself. The matters discussed would also be on a totally different level.Moreover, Gale grew up with his grandparents. He only met his father once or twice
Gale looked at the person who just entered and was shocked to his core. He hiccuped in surprise and stuttered, "M-Mr. Carter?"At that moment, he was glad that he hadn't done anything to Cameron, otherwise his father would've ended him.Didn't the rumors say that they weren't close? He had heard that Mr. Carter would frown even at the mention of his wife. So, why did it look different from what the rumors say?Cameron looked at the man sitting beside him and asked, "What are you doing?"The matter she and Gale were discussing was confidential, even more so for Cade since he was on the Ackerman family's side.Cade smiled slightly when he saw Cameron's annoyed expression. "Didn't I tell you? I'm here to pick you up."Cameron was speechless. She'd seen Cade at the Luminary Lounge before, but every time they met, he would walk past her without even glancing at her. It was the first time he had approached her directly.Cameron sighed and said, "I still have some matters to discuss wi
Without waiting for Cameron's reply, someone had already gone forward to describe what happened in detail. In her descriptions, Emily was being kind while Cameron was the rogue one who yanked her head into the sink.Emily was sobbing heavily as she complained, "Mr. Carter, I know Cameron hates me because of Miranda, but she shouldn't have yanked my head into the sink. That water…"She retched as she spoke. It wasn't all an act though. She truly felt disgusted and wronged. After living for so long, no one had ever done such a disgraceful thing to her. No one would even dare to yank her head into the sink.Cade pinched his nose bridge and sighed. Cameron was incredibly lucky that she was fine after doing such a thing.Others acted arrogant because they had the means to do so, but Cameron? She had nothing. Nevertheless, she dared to provoke anyone, and she even dared to use her fists to do it.Cameron didn't respond as usual. She stood aside quietly, watching these people speak.Cad
The word "disgusting" kept lingering in Cade's mind. Because of that, he did not speak another word to Cameron until they reached Carter Mansion.The car stopped in front of the gates, and the driver said, "Mr. Carter, Madam, there seems to be someone waiting for you outside."Cade was still upset from earlier and snapped, "Ignore them. Just head inside." Since they weren't let in, that meant they weren't anyone important.The driver squinted as he tried to get a good look at the person. "It's Madam's brother."Cade's instinctively thought that Andy was looking for him. Though Andy and Cameron were siblings, they had a rough relationship. They would usually ignore each other in their family, so it was unlikely that he'd come looking for her.Cade was about to open the door when Andy said, "Come down, Cameron. I need to ask you something."Cameron was awake, so she heard everything. But she didn't plan to respond. Now that she'd been called, she slowly got up and opened her eyes.
Diane went to make a phone call. After a while, Cameron heard footsteps approaching her. The footsteps were soft, muffled by the chilly weather and the carpet underfoot. Cameron immediately told the person about her condition without checking who it was. "My shoulder blades and neck hurt, and I'm feeling a bit dizzy."After saying that, she felt a hand on her back. Cameron instantly sensed something was off. The hand resting on her shoulder was unmistakably a man's—large palm, slender fingers. Though she already had a good idea of who it was, she still turned around to confirm.Cade was sitting on the couch sideways. He came to ask Cameron something and wasn't prepared to give her a massage. When he met Cameron's cold gaze, he instinctively started kneading her shoulder blades.Although Cade never studied massage techniques, he'd done it often enough to know the basics, such as where to press and how to make it feel good.Cameron didn't know what had gotten into Cade, but she a