Meanwhile, in Oceania Villa, Stephen was about to leave the house with Britney in his arms when he bumped into Ariel. Ariel was stunned, and she subconsciously asked, "Are you two going to Miller Villa?"Stephen furrowed his brows, and his guard went up. Ariel sensed that she'd misspoken. She quickly added, "I heard that Conan's incident had something to do with Yvonne. I just thought that you'd be looking for her to figure it out."Stephen didn't buy her explanation. He was silent for a while before responding, "Hmm."Britney couldn't see the changes in the adults' reactions. She happily said, "Aunt Ariel, we're going to find El!"Ariel smiled gently. "Is that so?"Britney nodded and invited her without any hesitation. "Do you want to come along?"Ariel was a little taken aback. She looked at Stephen. Clearly, he would never agree to her going there. Besides, why would she go with them? To see Stephen showing concern for Yvonne?Ariel felt bitter, but she smiled and said, "
Stephen entered and noticed the food and only two sets of cutlery on the dining table. He instantly frowned. "Only you two are eating?" Stephen asked."Yes." Yvonne didn't think too much about it. After all, eating was such a simple matter. She didn't need to explain to him that Curtis and the others had already had their breakfast. Not to mention that the food on the table was a result of Caleb's sudden urge to cook since he hadn't cooked for her for a long time.However, the breakfast did seem a little too much.She asked casually, "Have you and Britney eaten? Do you want to have some together?""Sure," Stephen said. Before Yvonne could react, he was already seated at the dining table.Yvonne was speechless. Was Stephen that hungry?Caleb went over to Yvonne and smiled. "Let's go; didn't you say you wanted to try my cooking?"Stephen's frown deepened. Caleb had made all the food. Cooking for Yvonne was something a little too flirtatious for him.Stephen grabbed Yvonne by
In his room, Britney was standing behind Elvin, questioning him, "Why are you ignoring me?"Elvin didn't even look at her and continued typing away on his laptop.Britney was unhappy. She pouted and randomly hit the keyboard."What are you doing?" Elvin got angry and shoved Britney away, making her fall to the ground on her butt. She was in so much pain that she hugged her doll and bawled out crying.Soon, Yvonne and Stephen heard her cries. They pushed open the door to see Britney on the floor crying, whereas Elvin was coding."It hurts." Britney sobbed. Seeing Stephen coming toward her, she felt even more aggrieved. "Dad …"Stephen bent down to pick her up. He gently coaxed, "Don't cry. Tell me, what happened?""He …" Britney pointed at Elvin. "He refused to play with me. He even pushed me away …"Hearing what Britney said, Yvonne said sternly, "Elvin, this is no way to treat someone."Elvin replied without looking. "She destroyed the code I was writing."Before this, Elvin
Elvin became nervous and guilty instantly. "I …""Don't tell me that Britney told you all these things through the watch." Yvonne was extremely calm. She reached out to undo Elvin's watch.Before Elvin could react, Yvonne was already going through his watch. She realized that it was just all messages from Britney with cute emojis and daily questions about what he was doing. There were no messages about what Elvin had just said.Yvonne instantly felt lied to and disappointed. Her son was only five years old, and he already knew how to lie to her. She clenched her fists tightly and enunciated, "Haven't I told you before not to lie to me?""I …" Elvin lowered his head. "I didn't mean to do it.""Why did you lie to me?" Yvonne asked.Seeing that he could no longer maintain the lie, Elvin told Yvonne about the bugging device. Yvonne was furious. "How could you use such a terrible method to invade other people's privacy?""I was only trying to help you …" Elvin looked at Yvonne innoce
When Britney was asleep, Stephen gently picked up the doll and quietly walked out of the room.He opened the door to his room and turned on the lights. His focus was on the doll, so he didn't notice that Ariel was in his room. When he closed the door, he finally heard Ariel's shy voice. "Stephen, I've waited for you a long time."Stephen looked up suddenly and instantly looked away after one glance. His expression turned ugly. He rebuked her, saying, "What are you doing?"His reaction distinguished Ariel's last ray of hope. She'd made a huge decision to wear a thin, sheer sleeping gown, but Stephen had merely given her one glance and found it despicable.Ariel was disappointed, but she still forced a smile and walked over to Stephen. "Stephen, we're engaged. We're going to do this sooner or later, right?" She had two glasses of red wine in her hand. She'd already drunk some alcohol to muster her courage before this. At that moment, Ariel was a little intoxicated and looked at S
At that moment, Yvonne sighed inwardly. Luckily, she'd found out about it the night before, so she was at least a little bit prepared.She opened the door and got out of the car. She crossed her arms and asked, "What's this?"Stephen said slowly, "You should ask Elvin. What was he thinking when he put this in Britney's doll?" After he'd chased Ariel away the night before, he'd carefully checked the doll and found the bugging device hidden well inside.Linda had made this doll for Britney herself right after she'd given birth. When Britney was a little older, he'd given the doll to her and told her it was precious, so she should take good care of it.That was why Britney took the doll wherever she went. The doll would be in her bag even when she went to kindergarten.Elvin had obviously hidden the bugging device in the doll to spy on Britney. Stephen didn't know how long it had been since Elvin had planted the device, what he'd heard, or what his intentions were for doing this. H
Before Yvonne could reply, Noah walked over to the table and sat down on a chair. It was clear that he felt comfortable and didn't consider himself an outsider at all. Hayden noticed Yvonne waving her away and left the office.In an instant, only the two of them were left in the office. "So what's the big business deal you want to talk about, Mr. Noah?" Yvonne asked with interest. Curling up the corner of his lips, Noah replied, "You'll get half of Anderson Group." Then, he calmly added, "Let me make things clear with you today, Ms. Miller. When I said that I wanted to pursue you back then, I was also drawn to your assets as well as your capabilities. I thought if we joined forces, it would be just a matter of time before we snatched Anderson Group from Stephen. However, it seems that I was wrong." He let out a self-deprecating laugh. "It had never occurred to me that you're such a wild person, Ms. Miller. My mother and I were really caught off guard that day." Yvonne narr
The phone screen showed a foreign transaction of ten million dollars. Noah’s brows raised slightly. "Who gave this money to you?""My dad!" Katie's eyes glittered with excitement. "Before he’d left, my dad told me that he wanted to go abroad to seek a chance for a comeback in his career. It hasn't been that long, and he’s already wired me such a huge amount of money. Do you think he’s made it?"Noah didn't say anything.Katie was extremely pumped up. "I knew my dad could do it. I wonder what he’s doing overseas that he can afford to transfer so much to me at once. Is he doing even better than Jones Jewels?" The money gave Katie a sense of security, as if she had support again. Hence, she couldn't wait to share the happy news with Noah. "Noah, I'll tell you about it once I figure out more about the situation. Maybe I can be of help to you too!" As soon as she finished speaking, a sneer formed on Noah's face. "Judging from Thomas' character, why wouldn’t he tell you about it