Katie left the ward after reassuring Monica. A moment later, Thomas raced out of the ward in pursuit of his daughter. "Katie, I'd like to talk to you about something!"Katie stopped in her tracks before turning around to see her father stopping in front of her. "What is it?""I noticed that Rising Sun Group has been collaborating with jewelry brands, so I was thinking—"A frown appeared on Katie's face before Thomas could finish his sentence. "Don't tell me you're planning on asking Rising Sun Group to collaborate with Jones Jewels.""Precisely!" Thomas replied happily. "Jones Jewels is our family business, after all. Now that it's in a state of crisis, can you help—""Nope." Katie had a serious look on her face. "Dad, don't you think that your request is outrageous? Don't you know how prestigious the jewelry brands with which Rising Sun Group has collaborated over the past few years are? Jones Jewels never managed to reach the threshold in the past, much less now! You haven't

A hand reached out from next to Yvonne and Rachel at that moment just to push the door open."Are you here with the wine? You can just enter the room right away."Both women were stunned upon hearing the words. Then they noticed the woman with short hair walking into the private room. Based on the woman's figure, Rachel recognized that she was Stanley's older cousin, the one who'd been exceptionally close to him at his birthday party.Thanks to that woman's appearance, Rachel's good mood was spoiled immediately. Her brows were tangled into a deep frown as she wondered if Stanley's cousin had mistaken her and Yvonne as the bar waitresses.Before Yvonne could react to what had happened, Rachel followed the short-haired woman into the private room immediately.The woman soon sank onto the spot next to Stanley while whining to him coquettishly, "Why did you drink so much, Stanley? Don't you know that alcohol is detrimental to your health?"Stanley shot the woman a dazed glance. "Why

Meanwhile, Rachel pinched Caleb's cheek as soon as they were outside Euphoria Smith. "Wow! You really are my brother!"Caleb slapped her hand away. "Who else could I be? Your dad?"Rachel glared at her older brother right away. "I'm going to tell dad that you talked about him like this!""You're a grown-up now, Rachel! Stop using dad as a threat!" Caleb tousled his younger sister's hair playfully. "You ate so much for nothing over the years. It seems that you're still a kid.""Shut up! Even if you weren't here tonight, I wouldn't have let her win! Besides, I have Vonnie by my side!" Rachel hooked her arm around Yvonne's while crowing proudly, "Vonnie would've definitely beaten her up to the point she can't walk!"Amused by his sister's antics, Caleb started chuckling softly. A hint of a smile appeared on his relaxed features. Rachel couldn't help but stare at him. She hadn't realized until now that her brother was actually handsome. Since both Caleb and Xavier drank a lot, they

"Is this the so-called software you wanted to talk about?" Even though Caleb was mocking Yvonne, he still headed in Stanley's direction obediently.Yvonne just chuckled softly. "If I'd told you that you'd be meeting Stanley here, you'd have fled in that sports car of yours.""Correction. I would've run over him before fleeing from the scene." Caleb went along with the flow smoothly. He and Yvonne traded glances before smiling at each other.As Stanley watched their interaction, he had an inexplicable feeling that the atmosphere between them was starting to become amorous."Don't tell me you came here to plead on behalf of your cousin."Stanley quickly snapped out of his thoughts as soon as he heard Caleb's voice. He shook his head hastily while replying, "No. I'm here to apologize to you. I had a little too much to drink that night, so I wasn't able to stop Olivia in time. I—""Then you should be apologizing to Rachel instead. Why did you seek me out?" Caleb sat down and crossed

Since it was an emergency, Yvonne quickly washed up before driving toward Miller Jewels immediately.On the way there, she looked through the shopping apps while waiting for the traffic light to turn green. As she scrolled down the search page, she discovered that there were at least a dozen shops selling her company's design drafts.Other than the official jewelry brands with chain outlets, there were countless independent workshops that managed online retail stores in the country. Those online stores took over a huge chunk of the market thanks to their beautiful and cheap designs. They tended to copy the designs of the official jewelry brands, but they used different materials to craft the jewelry so that they could sell it at a lower price.Even if Miller Jewels were to sue them for plagiarism, it wouldn't be effective against the online stores. At most, the shopping platforms would force the stores to stop selling the products.However, the damages and losses Miller Jewels suff