On the way to the kindergarten, Ariel mulled over it for a long time before finally deciding to send Stephen a message. "I had an event near the kindergarten today. It's over now, so I can pick Britney up. Unless she refuses to see me, I'll take her back to Oceania Villa." Stephen didn't reply after reading the message. Instead, he raised his eyes and stared at SunnyLight Kindergarten in the distance. Julian sat with Stephen in silence. He'd started to sympathize with his boss for some reason. "What's the point of Mr. Anderson coming here just to catch a glimpse of Elvin? He can't even greet his son," he thought, feeling frustrated for Stephen."Mr. Anderson, actually ..." Julian said in a soft voice. "I didn't ask the center to cancel the paternity test. The result is out—Elvin is indeed your son. In this kind of situation, you can file a lawsuit and at least get visitation rights. That way, you wouldn't have to be like now, when you can't even ..." Julian trailed off upon rece
Ariel was playing house with Britney in the living room at Oceania Villa. When she heard Tabitha greeting Stephen, she turned around and looked over. Stephen had just given his coat to Tabitha in the hallway. Upon raising his eyes and meeting Ariel's gaze, he furrowed his brows imperceptibly."Daddy, come here quickly!" Britney called in a sweet voice, which was impossible for anyone to resist. Stephen walked over and sat cross-legged beside Britney, as usual. "Aunt Ariel is here with you today. Do you still need me to play with you?""Yes!" Britney held Stephen's hand and said, "I want to play with Daddy and Aunt Ariel!" "Alright." Stephen chuckled lightly and bent down to kiss Britney's head, no longer able to conceal the doting look in his eyes. When Ariel saw that, she was surprised to feel a pang of sourness in her heart. She cursed herself inwardly, wondering, "What's wrong with me? Why am I getting jealous over a child?" Britney was very energetic and insisted on pl
Yvonne was having breakfast in Miller Villa when she suddenly heard Lloyd's intimidating voice from outside the door. Then she saw Lloyd grab the back collar of a skinny man and kick another man in the foot before forcing him to crawl into the house. Yvonne stood up and walked over. "What's wrong?""I've been feeling like something is amiss whenever I take Mr. Elvin to school these last few days. Today, I finally caught these two jerks!" Lloyd thrust the skinny man in front of Yvonne. "They've been following us lately and taking photos of us with their crappy cameras!" The skinny man, Brandon Gray, was so scared that he trembled all over. "Ms. Miller ... It's a misunderstanding. W—we ..." "Misunderstanding?" Yvonne glanced at the broken lens of the camera and extended her hand. "What did you take? Show me.""We ... We didn't take anything in particular. It's just ..." Brandon hesitated, subconsciously holding his camera. Annoyed, Lloyd stepped forward and snatched the camera
"Are you sure that Yvonne had a child out of wedlock?" Jodie looked at Ariel and couldn't help but feel worried. "It's been a few days since the paparazzi received the news, so why haven't they found anything yet?" Ariel was surprisingly calm. "What's the rush? You know how the paparazzi do their job. They won't rashly post the photos online unless they've got something sensational." "You're right." Jodie smiled embarrassedly. "It's rare for us to get a chance to bring Yvonne down. I'm just eager to watch it play out."Ariel didn't respond and continued to touch up her makeup. After staring at her for a while, Jodie smiled with relief. "Ariel, I'm glad that you managed to figure it out. Kind people are always the ones being taken advantage of. If we continued to let Yvonne have her way, she would only get more arrogant. It's time to teach her a lesson." "I heard that Simone would be joining the dinner today?" Ariel asked suddenly. "Yes. She's interested in this web series to
The director stepped forward and explained, "Simone, be it the female lead's temperament or image, Ms. Clarke fits them perfectly, so ...""So how much is Anderson Group going to invest in this web series? Or should I ask how you're planning to curry favor with them?" Simone asked directly, not giving anyone an out. The director and the producer exchanged glances with each other, unable to argue back for a moment. "It's been a while since I had contact with you, Ms. Moore. I didn't know that you have such a strong bias against me," Ariel said softly. Simone found it ridiculous. "So you are aware that you haven't been working for a long time, Ms. Clarke? If I hadn't met you today, I would've even thought that you were planning to give up on your career and settle down as Mr. Anderson's wife. Did you not have a good time? Is that why you're out here again to fight for work with us?" She was aggressive, and it didn't take long for Ariel to be at a loss for words. "Forget it; I don'
After leaving Euphoria Smith through the back door, Nadia and her friends found themselves in a pitch-black alley. They continued running in a fit of panic and ended up at a dead end after taking a wrong turn. One of her friends was so frightened that she cried. "What should we do?" "Worst case, we'll just fight them!" Still holding a broken beer bottle in her hand, Nadia took a step forward and kept her friends behind her. Then she confronted the men who'd chased after them. "What do you want? We're living in a law-abiding society now. Don't think that you can run away from the consequences!" "Tut!" Benjamin spat on the ground. "You can't run away either! Don't forget that you hit my friend in the private room!" Nadia forced herself to remain calm. "That's because you couldn't keep your hands to yourselves! You guys are a bunch of bastards!" "You're quite a stubborn one." Benjamin reached out and rested his arm on his friend's shoulder while leering at Nadia. "I wonder if yo
The next day, Benjamin went home covered in dirt. He'd been grumbling and complaining nonstop since the moment he'd entered the house.When Hazel heard the noise, she walked over to find the source of it and immediately took several steps backward upon seeing Benjamin. "Ben, what happened to you? Did you fall into a garbage dump last night?" she asked, covering her nose. "No. It was a bitch ..." Feeling embarrassed to talk about it, Benjamin turned around and spat on the ground instead. "Damn it. They'd better not let me find them!"He'd asked Stanley for the surveillance footage before returning home, only to find that the surveillance system had been down for a full upgrade last night and nothing had been recorded. How could Benjamin possibly believe that? He'd gotten into a fight with Stanley on the spot. He suspected that Stanley knew the group of women, but he didn't have any evidence to prove it. Besides, Stanley was Stephen's friend. If Benjamin made a fuss about what ha
"I attended a party recently and saw Katie there as Noah's plus one," Simone said, recalling how arrogantly Katie had approached her that day, as if staking her claim on Noah. Simone thought it was absurd. How could she not know what kind of person Noah was? Katie was nothing more than a vice president of a perfume company, and her family had fallen from grace a long time ago. Simone couldn't figure out what made Katie think that she could act like that.Was it because of the sweet nothings Noah had told her at night? Simone had seen those tricks before. She thought that Katie was just like her past self; it was just a matter of time before she ended up doing what Simone had done back then.Simone was able to think about it a lot more clearly now. "Forget it. Who wants to get married into that despicable, wealthy family? I'd rather focus on my career. Besides, there are so many opportunities out there. Losing one doesn't bring any harm. I'd actually been torn between two script