Katie's return to the country was one of the bigger events for the Jones family in recent years. Thomas had long planned to hold a huge welcome party.That morning, Miller Jewels had a meeting to discuss their communication plan for the new quarter. After the meeting, Thomas stayed back in the meeting room. Clutching the invitation tightly in his hands, he furrowed his brows.The other day, when Katie had heard about Stephen and Yvonne in the car, she'd actually wanted to invite Yvonne to the party.Thomas had no idea what Katie was thinking, but she was his precious daughter—how could he not give her what she asked for?Yvonne was going through the meeting documents when she saw that Thomas was still in his seat. "Mr. Jones, is there anything else that you would like to talk about?""No." Thomas took a deep breath, got up, and walked over to Yvonne. He passed her the invitation. "Your sister is back in the country. She wants to invite you to her welcome home party."Yvonne looke

At night, Yvonne was laying in bed after her shower when she realized that Stephen hadn't come to her for the last few nights.Was work making him have no desire?Sensing a little disappointment in her, Yvonne furrowed her brows. Although it was normal for an adult to have desire, Yvonne found it weird when she thought about it. On some level, she was dependent on another body, and that was a dangerous sign.She patted her cheeks, forcing the unwanted thoughts out of her mind. Then she tucked herself in and tried to sleep.Half an hour later, she opened her eyes. She couldn't sleep one bit! She looked over at the invitation on her nightstand, where she'd left it when she'd returned home. Katie's welcome-home party. Hehe! Yvonne sneered. They had both returned to Northerna City, but the way they were treated was poles apart.The moment she'd reached home, she'd been sent to the Anderson family to marry a blind guy, whereas Katie was getting a grand welcome home party. Katie us

It was a lavish party; one look was all it took to see that Thomas and his wife had spared no expense for their daughter.Yvonne gently swirled the glass of red wine between her fingers, looking at the Joneses, who were all smiles.Her eyebrows furrowed as she watched them. It was an ironic sight.She was just about to take a step forward when someone hit her back hard with a stick, almost making her fall over. She turned around to see a hand raising a can in mid-air.The hand belonged to Thomas' father, Joseph Jones.Yvonne grabbed the cane and looked at him icily. "What are you doing?"Joseph glared at Yvonne, so furious that he was trembling. "You stupid bitch! How dare you show yourself in front of me? How dare you send your uncle to prison? Why do I have such a ruthless grandchild? Pfft!"Joseph had grown up in the countryside, so he had a rough personality. He'd been so furious when he laid eyes on Yvonne that he wanted to teach her a lesson, completely disregarding where

Thomas was scared half to death when he saw that his father had hit Stephen. He frantically went forward and grabbed Joseph's cane."Dad, enough!"Joseph was also a little baffled. Although he didn't know who the new man was, Joseph could see that he was no ordinary man.Stephen protected Yvonne in his arms. He looked at Thomas coldly. "Mr. Jones, did you invite me to this party just to show me how you bully my wife?""N—no, no." Thomas stood in front of Joseph, lowered his head, and apologized, "Mr. Anderson, please don't get mad. I was careless. I didn't take care of Yvonne properly.""I don't need you to take care of me." Yvonne looked at Thomas with reddened eyes. "Mom had signed the divorce papers before she died. I'm not related to you at all."Divorce papers? The crowd was bewildered. This was a huge piece of gossip! If Tara Miller had indeed signed the divorce papers back then, it made no sense that Thomas had taken over Miller Villa and Miller Jewels!In that case,

Yvonne led the man to a flower bed. He yelled excitedly, "Ms. Y, it really is you! I thought I was mistaken!""Be quiet," Yvonne helplessly said. With furrowed brows, she asked, "Why are you here? Where is Mr. Bowie?""He didn't come tonight." The man was Peter Bowie's assistant. He'd met Yvonne once before, with Peter.Back then, Peter had taken him along and almost kicked her gate down as he tried to convince her to join Muguet. However, Yvonne had rejected Peter's kind offer, which had made Peter lose his temper and cut ties with her. They hadn't been in contact for years.As they chatted, Yvonne found out from Peter's assistant that Peter was the CEO of Muguet in the region. Which meant that Katie was going to take over his position.If that was the case, tonight was his successor's welcome-home party. Why was he not there?Yvonne wanted to continue asking, but he cleverly interjected, "If you want to know more details, you'll have to go and ask him on your own." He smiled po

Following the party, Thomas didn't come in to work for three days in a row.That day, Yvonne was at the design department, looking at the samples from Bright Gems. No wonder they were a well-established jewelry factory; their work was as great as that of other factories abroad.The entire department was satisfied and confident in the jewelry collection for the new season."If there aren't any problems, get Bright Gems to prepare a batch according to the number of pre-orders. We'll increase the order once we see the reception at the launch of the new product."Miller Jewels had very little capital left in their books, so they had to spend it wisely. Yvonne was unsure of how it would go, which was why she'd asked the marketing department to set up an online pre-order platform as an assurance.Yvonne had just finished her sentence when she heard the staff outside the door greeting, "Hello, Mr. Jones."Yvonne asked the employees to set the samples aside when she saw Thomas storming i

Yvonne walked over to Stephen; he was holding out the deed to Miller Villa.Yvonne stared at it for a long time without taking it.Stephen was confused. "What? You don't want it?"Yvonne shook her head. "Ever since returning to Northerna City, I've only stayed one night there. It's no longer how I remembered it to be." Although the place was kept clean, she still felt dirty being there."Leave it. Perhaps there might be a use for it in the future." Yvonne accepted the deed, thinking that if Miller Jewels really needed the money, she could still sell the mansion. If it really came to that, she wondered if her grandfather and mother in heaven would call her a failure.Yvonne secretly sighed before looking up at Stephen. "Katie wanted to give me this, but she went to Anderson Group instead?""She said she was afraid you would be unhappy to see her, so she got me to pass it on to you," Stephen said honestly.Yvonne was amused. "And you believe this nonsense?"No. I've seen many wom

Katie furrowed her brows. Kayla, that useless piece of trash, wanted to get into QT?Monica couldn't wait for Katie's answer and continued, "Kayla is going to marry into the Robinson family in the future. As her family, we should help her as much as we can, right?"Then she looked at Katie eagerly and said, "Katie, I'm sure you don't want Kayla's in-laws to look down on her, right? If you help Kayla out this time, she'll be able to help you in the future. Sisters should help each other out."Hearing that, Katie swallowed down the rejection she'd been about to express."Mom, you're right. I only have Kayla. How could I not help her out?" She paused before saying, "But I remember Kayla didn't study jewelry design, right?""You're right; she doesn't have the educational background, but she's been with your father and I for so many years. I'm sure she would've learned a thing or two during that time." Monica held Katie's hand. "As long as you agree to put in a word for her, I'll let K

Peter's assistant welcomed Yvonne with a smile as she got out of the car. "Ms. Y, Mr. Bowie's been in a terrible mood for the past few days. He finally smiled when he found out you were coming. But I'm sure you know his temper, and he's probably going to pretend not to care in front of you," he warned before leading Yvonne into the mansion.Peter had been watching the two enter the mansion from his floor-to-ceiling windows. He hadn't seen Yvonne in a long time. He'd always been waiting for her to cave in, but he'd never expected her to be even more stubborn than him!Peter was just lamenting about it when he heard Yvonne call out to him. "Mr. Bowie!"He stiffened and pursed his smiling lips hard, forcing down the smile as he looked at Yvonne with a stern face. He scoffed curtly.Yvonne smiled and approached him. "Are you still mad at me? It's been so long! Why are you still so petty?""Me? Petty?" Peter's eyes widened. "Back then, I'd already informed the higher-ups that I'd bring

After entering Peter's mansion, Katie handed her gifts to the servants, who'd notified her that Peter was working on his perfume in his studio.She gently stepped into the studio, walking over to Peter. "Mr. Peter, are you—""Wait for me to finish." Peter didn't even look up. He waved his hand, asking Katie to step backward.Katie took a few steps back. After sizing up her surroundings, her gaze fell on Peter once more. Peter was one of the oldest staff members in Muguet. His authority was only second to that of the big boss.In the early years, Peter had created a few of Muguet's most famous perfumes. The other executives had been researching marketing, and he was the only one who'd focused on perfumery.Some of the people in the office had privately said that he was an arrogant person and very hard to work with, so no one wanted to make friends with him.Katie finally realized it at that moment. This was her first time meeting Peter after returning to the country. She didn't kn