It's normal. If I'm a guy and I see that Layla is looking for suitors, I can't help but try." Done with her skincare routine, Avery walked over to Elliot and glanced at the screen of his laptop, where Elliot happened to be looking at Sam's email."This kid looks sweet." She glanced through the portfolio and saw the words 'accept marrying into the Foster Family instead' in red and bold. "Haha, this kid says he can marry into our family instead!""Layla is way out of his league! There are countless men who would give up their family names to marry into our family. Am I supposed to be impressed just because he put those words in red bold?! Something is wrong with his head!" Elliot said before deleting Sam's email."Stop going through these, Elliot. I don't want you to get insomnia later." She closed his laptop and took it away."What if Layla never finds her perfect match, Avery?" Elliot was not in any hurry before, but his mind had swung to the other extreme, now that Layla had start
Avery lay down and covered her body with the blanket."You can't betray me, Avery!" He laid down next to her and turned off the lights."What are you talking about? You are overthinking things." She covered him with the blanket as well."Eric really didn't lure you over to his side?" He wrapped an arm around her waist."You heard every word I said when I was on the phone with him, didn't you?" She chuckled. "You can go behind my back and ask him about it.""I don't sneak around like that," he said pridefully. "If I go to see him in private, I might not be able to hold back the urge to beat him up.""Don't do that, Elliot," Avery said. "You are too old to fight with him, and you are just going to get hurt. I will be sad if you get hurt.""... Avery, I'm not that fragile.""Guys will always be teenagers at heart, but you need to face reality. You are losing calcium as you age, and you can't do things that you did when you were younger. If something happens, it will take you much
That was life. Not everything could go one's way and regrets were precisely what made life unforgettable.Soon, a month passed.As the temperature rose, the snow began to melt. Though it was cold, Irene was excited.Her tutor complimented her progress and reassured her that she would surely get into Turlington University if she maintained her performance during the exam.Apart from that, her birthday was approaching.Eighteen felt like a turning point in her life, it was a moment where one transformed into an adult overnight. "Mr. Lucas, after dinner tomorrow, I need to head home." Irene started discussing the schedule for the next day. "We will meet up at the cinema, okay?""Why the cinema?"She hesitated for a moment. "I thought I told you that I will tell you my secret on my birthday?"Lucas had not forgotten about it, but he did not understand why she had to tell him the secret in a cinema. "You can only tell me the secret in a cinema?""Not really. I just didn't want to
"Whatever.""I'll get going now. See you tomorrow!" Irene picked up her backpack and left with the garbage bag in hand as usual.She had never once looked back when she left, and Lucas felt lonely at that moment.When his mother had decided to hand him over to his father, she had not discussed her decision with him and called his father over instead.Irene had rushed home, and when she reached her apartment, she was drenched in sweat. Once she locked the door, she set her backpack down and went into the shower.She felt slightly tired from working the whole day and knew that she would not be able to focus if she started studying right away. Having a shower first would sober her up, and she would be able to focus better.In the South Block, Lucas had just come out of the shower when he heard a knock on the front door. He immediately put on a t-shirt and walked out of his bedroom.As expected, someone was knocking on the door, and he strode over to open the door."I was wondering
The door to the South Block closed, and Lucas returned to his bedroom. He picked up his phone to inform Irene that he would not be able to spend her birthday with her.He hesitated as he contemplated whether to text or call her. If he called her, Irene would certainly ask why, and Lucas did not want to tell her that he could not keep his promise because he had to go to Kasey's birthday party instead.Feeling embarrassed for being forced to make such a decision, he struggled for a while before texting Irene.[Let's not watch a movie tomorrow.]Irene walked out of the shower and picked up her phone to check the time when she noticed a message from Lucas."We are not going to the movies tomorrow? What happened?" she thought before replying. [Alright.]Lucas felt slightly upset when he received her reply and wondered why she had not asked him why. She could be rather persistent at times, like when she had dragged him to his lessons. Irene gripped the phone. She wanted to ask him wh
She headed to the South Block and realized that Lucas had left home, so she went to the back kitchen of the Main Block.When Mrs. Flores saw her, she smiled and said, "Mr. Lucas isn't home today so you could have rested at home!""He asked me to come over at noon, so I came," Irene helped to prepare the food and said, "but he's not home.""He went to the Bennett lady's birthday party! I think he just left!" Mrs. Flores said. "Mr. Woods went with him and they brought a lot of gifts with them."Irene was stunned for a moment when she realized that the 'thing' he had to do was attend Kasey's birthday party. "What a coincidence!" she thought. "Ms. Bennett's birthday is on the same day as mine.""I heard that they invited a lot of powerful people to the party today! It takes place at Bennett's mansion, and Mrs. Woods can't even go if she wanted to because the Bennetts only invited Mr. Lucas. Even Mr. Woods will have to come home later!" Mrs. Flores blurted out. "How lucky Mr. Lucas i
"Haha! I bet he won't be back tonight. Do you think the celebration only lasts for a day?" Sam said confidently. "Let's see if he comes back tomorrow! Father sent him off to Bennett's mansion, and he said that the celebration is going to last for two days!""Oh... Thank you for telling me this, Mr. Sam. I will get off work later, then," Irene said."Sure. Why do you look disappointed?" Sam teased. "Have you fallen for my brother?""It's not funny, Mr. Sam," she said expressionlessly. "Mr. Lucas told me to come here tonight. I'm just his servant. I do as he commands.""I want to ask you something, Irene." Sam sat down on the couch and said sincerely, "Is Lucas really more charming than Noah and I?""I don't know about that, Mr. Sam. I might be able to answer your questions if you had asked me about my studies." Irene was smart enough to know not to cross Sam."Haha, I know the answer. He just looks better than us, but so what? You can make a living with looks alone. That Bennett g
No matter what happened, it would be better to keep him informed just in case he was on the way home.Irene pressed her phone against her ear. Her heart raced as she listened to the dial tone, wondering what he was doing and whether he would pick up.Just as she thought that he was not going to pick up, the call was answered."Hello, who is this?" A strange woman's voice appeared on the other side of the line.Stunned at first, Irene immediately recovered and said, "I... I am one of the servants of the Woods family... I'm looking for Mr. Lucas...""Oh, a servant? Lucas is drunk so he's spending the night at my place," Kasey said. "Which servant are you? Have I met you before?"Panicking, Irene was at a loss for words. "N- No.""You sound young! How old are you?" Kasey asked suspiciously.Sensing the hostility in Kasey's voice, Irene's heart sank as she would lose her job if she crossed Kasey.If she had known that Kasey would come to the phone, she would have never made that c