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Madeline arched an eyebrow, clueless about Hector's surprise appearance.Hector was steaming. "Where on earth did you vanish to this morning?"Madeline was even more baffled. "You were looking for me?"Hector, boiling with rage, gave a trash can an angry kick.Madeline just shot it a glance and kept mum.Hector glared at her, stewing in silence for a bit before he huffed off, still in a fury.'What's his deal, anyway?' Madeline thought.Willa slipped in only after he had left, her hand pressed against her chest as she gasped. "Man, that was intense!""What's up?" Madeline finally asked.Willa spilled the beans about the morning's drama.At the crack of dawn, Hector had waltzed in with an epic breakfast spread, claiming it was for Madeline.When he saw Madeline was a no-show, his face turned stormy.However, she did not say a word.When it was lunchtime, he went out and brought back a feast. However, the studio was still a ghost town.He was so ticked off he nearly chucked

"Why should I do what you say?"Hector was on the verge of losing it.He was already at his breaking point from making Madeline's breakfast and lunch, and then he had to take her orders? It was almost too much to handle.Madeline just watched him, unfazed.Hector's irritation deflated, and he stormed off, muttering under his breath.Twenty minutes later, Hector came back and plopped lemons down beside Madeline with a thud.Madeline glanced up from her painting to the unpeeled lemons and asked, "You think I can eat these like that?"Hector jutted out his chin defiantly. "Why not? They're the priciest lemons from the grocery store!"Was it about the price?Madeline gave him a long look. "You've got to wash the lemons, slice them up, and dunk them in water to make lemon water, you know. "All that for a drink?Hector eyed her, a warning in his voice, "Don't push it, Madeline."Madeline's lips twitched into a smirk. "That's just how I roll. What are you gonna do?""You!"Made

After Madeline wrapped up her livestream and got back to Oralia, she found Sadie perched in her office chair, glaring at her with a mix of fury and frustration.Nash quickly jumped in with an explanation. "Ms. Sanders, Mr. Ferguson sent Ms. Ferguson here to learn the ropes. Since Willa is your only assistant, it would be great if Ms. Ferguson could team up with you."However, what Stephen really meant was that Sadie could really learn a thing or two from Madeline.Madeline fell silent. 'Is this some kind of daycare? Does Stephen dump every problem child on Oralia's doorstep?'She turned to Nash and asked seriously, "Just how many kids are in the Ferguson family?"Nash blinked, caught off guard, and replied without thinking, "Twelve."Madeline's face went pale. "Twelve?!"Nash could not figure out why Madeline was freaking out and quickly tried to clarify, "The Fergusons have been around for ages. The patriarch had three brothers and a sister. Each brother had a bunch of kids. So

After his chat with Jared, Colton dropped the whole Jasperia Textiles and Sanders Group scandal.Cilix had his crew spin the press, churning out a bunch of pro-Sanders Group stories, and threw down 15 million dollars to spruce up the Lowe Clan village.With paid commentators leading the charge, the online criticism of the Sanders Group gradually died down.At last, just before the market closed for the day, the Sanders Group's stocks stopped their nosedive.The decisions on what to do with the people involved were finally in place.A deputy manager at Jasperia Textiles took the fall for Hoyt and Cilix for the pollution scandal of the Lowe Clan village. Hoyt had to dig deep into his own pockets to cover the village's clean-up costs, and on the down-low, he was also shelling out big bucks to the deputy manager's family, wiping out his life's savings.Money for freedom. It was a tough pill to swallow, but Hoyt had no choice.With the mess sorted, Cilix could finally relax. Aside

Rosie's eyes bulged, and it took an eternity for her to exhale the breath she had been holding."I knew she was nothing but trouble, luring Yale like that. If I were you, I'd have sent her packing ages ago!"She was not about to recognize any grandkids.Yale was way out of Lacee's league, so she had no business having his baby.While all that was being said, Victor just sat there, cool as a cucumber, without budging.Hoyt, who could not stand listening to another word, went over, scooped up Lacee, and rushed her to the hospital.The whole place went topsy-turvy.Lacee really was two months along, but between her poor health and all the stress, the pregnancy was on shaky ground and ended abruptly with an accidental kick from Hoyt.Hoyt mumbled awkwardly, "I... I was just trying to kick the door."Lacee just hung her head, silent.Skylar was at a loss for words.It was a sad loss, but what was done was done."You're off the hook for work for a bit. Take it easy and recover. I