Rosalie had nowhere to go after she ran out of the private room and could only hide in the stairwell.She leaned against the wall and was breathing heavily. Not forgetting to raise her hand, she touched her lips that hurt from being kissed, it felt as if the man’s body heat was still on them.A moment later, Rosalie lowered her gaze with self-mockery.She thought she no longer had feelings for Byron after so many years but did not expect her heart to be thrown into disarray after meeting him once. Rosalie returned to the booth after a while when her emotions had stabilized. The staff inside were still having fun and when they saw her come in, they only restrained themselves a little.Yves noticed she seemed a little different from before she left and frowned slightly. “Where did you go off to for so long? Did something happen? You…look kind of off?”Rosalie smiled and shook her head as if nothing had happened. “It’s nothing, I just called my sons.”With that, she went and sat
Estie obediently stretched out her injured hand for him to look.Bryon frowned slightly when he saw the injury on her hand. “How did this happen? Did the kids bully you?”Estie was stunned for a moment but then she forcefully shook her head. She was not bullied?Byron did not understand. “Then what happened?”Estie picked up the drawing pen again and wrote stroke by stroke into the small notebook. She wrote a few letters.S-L-I-P-E-DAfter she wrote that, she tilted her head, feeling somewhat lacking in confidence.The word was too hard to spell.Whenever she comes across a word that she did not know how to spell, she would usually make an educated guess from how it sounded or skip it entirely.She did not come across this word often and did not know if she had spelled it correctly."You slipped?”Byron looked at the letters and confirmed with her.Estie nodded.Byron let out a sigh of relief as he touched the area of the injury. “Did the teacher give you any treatment f
After the little ones went upstairs, the smile instantly fell from Rosalie’s face."What's the matter? What's on your mind?"Mary switched off the television and came to worry over her.After a moment's hesitation, Rosalie explained what happened tonight in a brief manner. "I met Byron at dinner just now."She could not talk to anyone about what happened six years ago except for Mary.Hearing this, Mary was stunned for a moment. She could not help but sigh. "Just what kind of ill-fated relationship do you guys have... Coast City is huge and here I was thinking if you don’t take the first step to go looking for him, the possibility of a meeting would be almost zero."Rosalie lowered her gaze, she seemed to be thinking of something."So, what are your thoughts now after meeting him?" Mary asked."What can I think? We already ended six years ago, now we’re just two strangers. I won't be influenced by him anymore. I just want to take good care of Lucian and Nox and live a good life
Looking at Estie being fetched away by the teacher, Byron looked away and instructed Luther, "Let's go."Luther nodded and drove to Lawrence Corporation.After arriving at the company, Byron attended multiple high-level meetings consecutively.When the meetings were over, more than an hour had passed. Byron went straight back to the office."Byron, you’re back."He heard Wendy's voice the moment he entered the room.Hearing that, Byron frowned slightly.Wendy, dressed in a small black suit, was standing at his desk with a smile. She looked like she had been waiting inside for a while."When did you arrive?”Byron strode to his desk. He glanced at the documents on the desk before finally looking at Wendy's face.Watching him take a seat, Wendy also sat down with him, smiling gently. "I just arrived a little while ago, Luther said you had gone to a meeting."Saying that, she suddenly noticed the scab at the corner of Byron's mouth, and her heart constricted. "Your mouth...di
Byron ignored Wendy's response after he said that.The reason why he decided to marry Wendy at the beginning was just to repay her grandfather's saving grace.This was the reason why he had gotten close with the Fuller family. Hence, when the elders had proposed that he marry Wendy, he had accepted it noncommittally.He had even thought that Wendy was the woman of his dreams.After learning that woman had left without saying goodbye six years ago, he then realized that his feelings for Wendy was not the love he had imagined.The elders from both families had urged him multiple times to complete the marriage procedures as soon as possible after that, but he had made excuses and shelved them.He had also done everything possible to ease the life of the Fuller family over the past six years. He agreed to all their business requirements, just to make it up for the delays.At present, the way he saw it, that kindness had been repaid adequately.At the very least, there was no need t
Rosalie was stunned.The Fullers?From her understanding, there was only one family in the medicine business in Coast City with the Fuller surname.And she happened to have a history with that family.Thinking of this, Rosalie frowned slightly. She only hoped that she would not be that unfortunate to meet the person she did not want to see the most.Not long later, the two reached the coffee shop that was agreed on.The person from the medicine business had not arrived. Rosalie and Yves first found a seat and ordered two cups of coffee while waiting for the other. About ten minutes later, someone knocked on the door of the booth.“They’re here.”Yves braced himself and said to Rosalie beside him.Rosalie nodded and stood up. “Please come in,” she said.Almost instantly, the door pushed open, and a man’s voice sounded. “Our apologies, we’re late.”Rosalie looked up and ahead and ended up meeting Wendy Fuller.Rosalie sighed and thought, ‘You truly attract what you fear.’
“Increase by two points?”Yves was stunned. “President Fuller, did we not already settle this before? Why do you wish to increase the price suddenly now that we’re about to sign the partnership?”Seeing his surprised appearance, Wendy crossed her legs comfortably and said in a leisurely voice, "Indeed, we had agreed prior, but the prices in the medicinal materials market have overall gone up this year. If we signed the contract with you with the originally agreed-upon price, we will lose too much. I hope Dr. Graham understands."This was said in a sanctimonious manner.Yves’s expression froze slightly. He wanted to say something, but Rosalie stopped him."I think Miss Fuller had a sudden urge to raise the prices because she saw me. I know the prices in the medicinal materials market like the back of my hand. If you want to raise prices, we can discuss it but it's unreasonable to raise it by two points at this time."Rosalie wanted to be professional but the other obviously wanted
Hearing that, Byron put down the work in his hands. Recalling the night before, the view of the backs of Rosalie leaving together with the stranger of a man, his gaze sunk slightly. “Who is he?”“The man is Yves Graham; he is the person in charge of Virus Research Institute. The old master of the Quirkes had gone to him for medical consultation before.”Luther noticed the atmosphere in the office had decreased and his tone became a little more careful, “Also, I found that Yves is currently single, it’s likely that…there is nothing special between him and Miss Jacobs. That said, Miss Jacobs also studied medicine in college, the two might have met in school but that is uncertain.”Hearing this possibility, Byron’s expression became less severe. “Is there anything else you found apart from this?”Luther looked somewhat awkwardly. “We only found this at present. On Miss Jacobs’ side, we only know that she had just returned to the country. As for her stint overseas and its traces, we ar