Liberty was busy until after nine o’clock in the morning. As the number of people eating breakfast reduced, she was able to relax.Lily chose to enter the diner when Liberty was free.Seeing her come in, Liberty froze for a moment before she showed a polite smile. “Ms. Harmon.”“Ms. Hunt, you’re not busy anymore, right?”“I’m not busy now, but I’m ready to pack up and close the store. Ms. Harmon, what can I do for you?”Liberty and Lily did not interact much.Seeing Lily, Liberty thought that it must be because of Duncan.“Nothing much. I went to Lewis & Co. to sign a contract with Duncan and happened to pass by, so I came in to have a look. How’s your business going?”Liberty smiled. “It’s alright. I can still earn some after paying off the rent and workers’ wages.”“You make a really good breakfast. Duncan said that he likes to come over for breakfast. Take your time. You’ll get better and start earning more in the future.”Making breakfast was hard work because one had to
Liberty listened to Lily’s words and suspected that Duncan used the contract with Lily as leverage to make Lily come to her and put in a good word for him.Lily seemed to have read Liberty’s thoughts and smiled. “Duncan didn’t ask me to come here to persuade you. I just found out that Duncan kept getting rejected by you, so I couldn’t help but put in a good word for him.”“Ms. Harmon, I only consider Mr. Lewis as a friend.”“Is it because Mrs. Lewis doesn’t accept you?”“It has nothing to do with Mrs. Lewis. I truly only regard Mr. Lewis as a friend and have no other intentions.”Mrs. Lewis was one of the reasons, but she was not the main reason.Liberty did not accept Duncan because she did not love Duncan.She only regarded him as a friend and did not have any feelings for him.After Liberty divorced Hank, she vowed that she would not remarry in the short term.After Lily thought about it, she said, “Right. If you don’t have feelings for him, it’s hard to accept their love.
Meanwhile at Wiltspoon School, Elisa parked the car, took the car keys, and walked into Serenity’s bookstore.Serenity manned the store by herself and occasionally weaved some handicrafts when she was bored.When Elisa came in, Serenity had just finished making a bicycle.“Why are you making these things again? Didn’t you outsource it to others? You shouldn’t do so much work. If you fall sick from exhaustion, Zachary will get mad and ban you from doing anything. He’ll make you stay at home every day as a rich housewife. When the time comes, don’t come complaining to us.”Elisa put the car keys on the cash register and sat on the stool.She took the bicycle that Serenity just made and praised her. “Seren, I have to say that you’re ingenious! You can make a model of anything!”“I learned it before. What do you like? I’ll make one for you when I’m free.”“You’d better not. I’m afraid Zachary will stare at me with those cold eyes when he finds out. If I like something, I can just bu
Serenity said, “It takes time to buy land and build a house. Let’s rent an office space first. Then we can buy a plot of land and build one when we find one to our liking.”“Sure.”Elisa then asked, “We should inform Jasmine about this too. Do you want to send her a message, or should I?”Before Serenity could answer, Elisa laughed and said, “You should tell her. You and Jasmine have been friends for more than ten years. Even if you interrupt her honeymoon with Josh, Josh wouldn’t dare do anything to you.”Serenity also laughed. “Okay. I’ll call and talk to her tonight.”“I see Jasmine’s posts every day and feel so envious,” Elisa said.“I’m also envious. Zachary said that he’ll also take me somewhere for our honeymoon after our wedding.”“I’m so tired of feeling envious. I get stabbed every day being friends with you and Jasmine.”Serenity laughed. “You’re not that far from happiness. Remy sends you flowers every day. He even sent you a love letter. My husband didn’t even leav
Elisa smiled and said, “Remy’s very busy today. Besides sending me flowers and love letters, he only sends me a few messages every day.“His sister-in-law is about to give birth, so he said that he’ll have to finish his work as soon as possible and return to Annenburg.”Serenity said, “Jane is pregnant with twins. Most twins are born prematurely. She told me that she expects to give birth in June. Now it’s mid-May, so it’s about time.”At the mention of pregnancy, Elisa wanted to ask Serenity if she had any news, but Elisa gave up when the words came to her lips.Serenity was too busy with work now and her attention was diverted, so she did not have time to worry about pregnancy.If Elisa mentioned it, Serenity would feel sad again.“I’ll pick Zachary up from work later, so I can’t accompany you for lunch.”Elisa understood and said, “Oh, okay. Should I also go to Remy’s office to pick him up? Seren, what do you think his expression will be like when he sees me?”“He’ll be ecst
Amy and Brenda could not stand the sight of Camryn doing well. Camryn had already taken control of Newman Enterprise. Serenity was aware of that because Zachary told her about it. Camryn knew that her little tricks were obvious to the eyes of the Yorks. She did not hide anything deliberately when she talked to Serenity. She said, “No one can snatch the things that belong to my brother and I.”Camryn would not take everything from the Newman family. She would pass her brother’s share to him after he was old enough to manage it. As for Carrie, Camryn never thought of her. “Let us know if you need help. We’ll help however we can.” “Thank you. I can still manage for now. Dal is helping me out too.” There was Callum too. Camryn wanted to free herself from Callum desperately. She did not want to owe him a favor, but she had to admit that she would have more trouble if she did not have him backing her. In the end, she still owed him a big favor. That guy was becoming a bigger
“Camryn.”Callum’s gaze on her red lips was getting more passionate. Camryn could not see, but she could feel the changes in him. His voice became raspier when he called her name. He was thinking of taking advantage of her again. Upon realizing that, Camryn quickly stepped back. She had the huge bouquet of money flowers the bully forcefully gave her. She moved further backward hastily, and she knocked into a flower pot. When Camryn was about to fall, a pair of strong, huge hands rescued her. Callum quickly encircled her waist and pulled her back into his embrace. It felt good when his empty arms surrounded a soft, warm body. Upon regaining her composure, Camryn started resisting. She exclaimed softly, “Let me go, Callum.”There were still employees in her store. The two store assistants and two bodyguards were all watching the street. They did not see what Mr. York had done. “I was saving you, not taking advantage of you,” Callum whispered in Camryn’s ears.
Callum led Camryn to the cashier and made her sit. “I’ll go and cook.”Camryn was stunned. “Are you really cooking?”Her words earlier were said on purpose to make him understand that she was blind and had many inconveniences in her life. If they were to date each other, she would be a burden to him. In a way, she wanted to make him give up on her. “You can try out my cooking.”Callum bent over and whispered in her ear, “There’s a saying that the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach. Why didn’t I think of this?”Camryn said, “Callum, am I really worth this?”“Yes.”Camryn did not say anything more. “You can either show off or disassemble this bouquet, but don’t return the money to me. If not, I’ll get really angry. You’ve experienced the consequences of me getting angry before.”Camryn was speechless again. She was getting increasingly helpless whenever she faced this bully. There was a simple kitchen inside the flower shop. In fact, it was just a table place