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

"It was nothing." Xavier tore his gaze away from the study. All he'd done was ask his grandfather a couple of questions, yet the latter had gotten so enraged. It seemed that the person Arthur was financially supporting overseas was very important to him.Since that was the case, Xavier intended to find out who exactly that person was.He said to Jasmine, "I have an appointment tonight, so I won't be staying for dinner."Before she could react, he descended the stairs and disappeared from her line of sight. For some reason, Jasmine felt anxious all of a sudden.She turned back to look at the study while recalling Arthur's words. Having been in the family for many years, she was all too familiar with his temperament. Arthur's words hadn't seemed like an empty threat. He sounded like he'd definitely do as he'd threatened.Jasmine started worrying about her son. What on earth did Xavier say to Arthur to make the old man react as if he'd stepped on his tail?…When Xavier stepped int

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

However, Olivia wasn't scared of Yvonne at all. Instead, she stood up with the intention of fighting back.With her hands folded in front of her chest, the woman smiled mockingly at Yvonne. "I know Stanley has a crush on Rachel. Young men like him love beautiful women. It's very natural for him to have that sort of preference. Then again, if a certain someone thinks that she can marry into the Smith family just by relying on his meager feelings, then it's a huge mistake on her part. She's nothing but a mere starlet. It's best for her to give up while she can.""What gave you the idea that she's just 'a mere starlet'?" A cold voice rang from the couch.Everyone was surprised when they heard the question. They turned around to look at the source of the voice.Caleb leaned against the couch. Even though he wasn't sitting the most elegantly, the way the light was cast down on his gorgeous looks, which had a strong hint of brutality, made him look exceptionally attractive and enticing.

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

A week later, Turner Tech announced that it would stop collaborating on the Techno Hotel project unilaterally.Marco Blackmore, Olivia's father, visited Caleb and asked him for the reason. All he received was a curt response from the man. "You can ask your beloved daughter what happened."After that, Marco found out about what had happened thanks to Stanley filling him in, prompting him to fly into a fit of rage on the spot. He wanted to force Olivia to leave the country, but Andrea stopped him. Still, he grounded Olivia on the spot and even froze her bank account.One day, Andrea sought Stanley out with the intention of asking him for help. She wanted him to plead with Caleb not to make things insanely difficult for the Blackmore family.At that time, Stanley happened to be going through the balance sheets. He didn't even bother to look at his mother as he retorted, "When Olivia was insulting Rachel in front of Caleb, she never once took her feelings into consideration.""Well, O

"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

Yvonne drove home that evening. She saw Stephen, who was standing outside Miller Villa, from afar. She slowed down her car right away so she could grab her handbag, which was on the front passenger seat, and throw it to the back.After all, it had files on her prenatal case that she'd just created at the hospital earlier that afternoon, as well as a copy of the nuchal translucency report.Her baby was doing fine, not to mention she only had to go through the procedure of the nuchal translucency ultrasound once. It was a good thing that Yvonne didn't have to worry about her pregnancy.After parking her car next to Stephen, Yvonne wound down her car window as she looked at him. "You seem to have so much free time on your hands, Mr. Anderson."Stephen bent down while gripping the edge of the car window tightly. "Curtis is your subordinate, right?"Yvonne had already been prepared for the question, so she was able to plaster a genuinely confused expression on her face. "Who's that?"

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

"Nope."Yvonne shook her head in response. "I was able to keep the others under control at the meeting just now, but I won't be able to stop them from gossiping about you. You'll have a hard time working here from now on, so you might as well take the time off and rest at home.""I'm not going home! I'm also responsible for the leak, so I need to stay here and help out with the investigation!" Nicole's eyes started to redden as she hung her head sadly. "I'm sorry, Ms. Miller. It was my fault for not keeping a close eye on the drafts. The company suffered a huge loss because of my mistake.""Traitors who are the closest to you are the hardest to defend against. If we do have a traitor in our midst, you wouldn't have been able to protect the drafts, no matter how hard you tried." Yvonne looked at Nicole at that moment. She had a feeling that there was more to the incident than met the eye. For some reason, a bad premonition kept clouding her heart."Don't think too much about it, Nic