Moses gestured the bartender away and personally made the drink.It had been a while since he held a cocktail shaker. Moses shook the cocktail, the sound of ice cubes rattling in the shaker. “I heard you brought the little mute girl along to the birthday feast held by the Jackson family. What were you thinking?” Everyone knew that Blake loathed bringing her along to social events. Even when they were on the road, he usually refused to walk with her. Blake gave him a sidelong glance and impatiently asked, “Why are you shaking the drink with various styles? Can’t you just pour it directly?”Back then, to go after a girl, he deliberately learned the shaking styles and even ran a pub. Although he did manage to pursue the girl, they broke up within two days. The girl left, yet the pub flourished. Blake and Frank then invested in the business. The three of them converted the pub into a clubhouse. Blake extended his arm to grab the whisky, which served as the base for the cocktail
Just as Moses was about to savor his drink after a long-winded explanation, Frank gave him a kick in the body. His body tilted and the drink spilled on his shirt. Moses dabbed at the spill on his shirt in annoyance. “Ugh, why did you kick me?”Holding the glass to his lips, Frank glanced at Blake’s cold expression. He then looked at Moses sideways and said, “Sister-in-law? Don’t forget you’re still a bachelor.”The three brothers were born in 1988. Blake was born in January, followed by Frank in May and lastly Moses in August based on the lunar calendar.Their personality traits were closely aligned with their birth months. Blake was cold, whereas Frank was relatively gentle. The most hot-tempered person was Moses. Blake had gotten married and Frank was in a relationship with Jane, while Moses was the only bachelor. However, Blake had never introduced Jessica to any of them. In contrast, Jane would often mingle with them. In this regard, only Jane had managed to join their circ
Which man would ever bring along a mute girl, who could only use gestures, to a feast? She just could not stand still there, could she? It was a shock that she even made a scene at the feast!Blake held his glass tightly. After Frank and Moses chatted for a while, they turned around and gazed at Blake who was absent-minded. They poked him and asked, “What’s on your mind? You have been quiet.” While they were chatting, Blake was engrossed in drinking and his eyes turned red. He glumly answered, “Nothing much.”Moses’s eyes glittered and he said, “I think you’ve fulfilled your obligation to the little mute girl. Earlier on, you were trapped by the marriage because the Scott family nearly faced bankruptcy. Now the Scott family’s all right and your son’s already a big boy. If you persist in this situation, your life will be full of sorrow. Both of you might as well go your separate ways. You aren’t a good match.” Resting his chin on one hand, Frank slanted his body lazily to get
“Don’t leave. Stay back.”Frank and Moses glanced at each other with a bitter expression on their faces. Why should Frank stay back and be confined in this room with him since he did not even provoke Blake? Moses should have been the one to stay back for running his mouth. Jane was getting off work at around this time, and Frank had wanted to have dinner with her. …In the Ferguson mansion, Miss Susan had served dinner at the dining table and had lost count of the times she threw glances at the doorway.Blake had not returned home for dinner. Even when he got in an argument with Jessica, he would call to inform Miss Susan about not having dinner at home. The clock struck six, and he was still nowhere to be seen, let alone a call. Was he coming back for dinner? Miss Susan headed for the landline and dialed Blake’s number. The phone rang for a long time but to no avail. Jessica held Winson’s hand while walking out of the nursery. When Miss Susan saw her, she said, “It seems like You
As Jessica opened her eyes in a daze, she saw a pair of twinkling eyes in the dark. She felt a big hand kneading her body with a heavy force. Jessica was startled awake, then pushed the man who was leaning on top of her angrily. This b*stard had bullied her in the morning, and now he is bullying her again!The chest was hard and hot, as though it was a heated metal board. No matter how hard she tried, she could not push him away. Jessica grew infuriated, she raised her fist and thumped the chest several times. Her fingers ended up getting hurt. When Blake came back, he did not see her asleep in the bedroom. He thought she had run out again while he was away. Eventually, he saw her asleep in their son’s room. In order to avoid him, she actually hid in the kid’s room!Seeing her sound asleep, while his anger had been boiling the whole day, not to mention having a stomach ache after downing alcohol, the fury in him exploded again. Jessica’s action of pushing and wrestling with the m
Kim had completely offended Blake at the banquet. Lady Longhorn treated her with that attitude as well. Kim knew her hopes of becoming Mrs. Ferguson was slim. Despite that, the trouble that Jessica got into at the banquet gave her hope again. When Jessica got in trouble, Blake did not reach out to help her. That implied he still minded the fact that she was mute! Kim acknowledged her own beauty, intelligence, strong capability, and family with a wealthy background ‒ she had almost everything. If she was matched with another man who ticks each of these boxes, then her life would be perfect. Blake was that perfect man, so perfect that even if she knew she had offended or feared him, she would not want to miss this opportunity. After the banquet was over, Kim made the move to approach Lady Longhorn, presented her with lots of flattering comments, and made belittling remarks about Jessica. It was only then that Lady Longhorn changed her attitude toward her. It was by virtue of winnin
As Miss Susan saw Kim running out in embarrassment, she felt happy and thought of capturing that moment with her handphone for Mrs. Ferguson. She hummed while walking toward the entrance and closed the door.In the study room, Blake was facing his laptop, massaging his temples while on the phone. “I’m not going to the office today. Do take care of anything that comes to you. Important emails are to be sent to my mailbox still.” Joe answered him on the other end of the phone and frowned slightly. Blake would normally insist on heading to the office to work even when he was sick, why did he suddenly not come to work?Could he be severely ill?This morning, however, he heard Jane whining about Frank and Blake partying till late at night, and having to pick up Frank at midnight. While Joe was making guesses in his mind, he heard his big boss asking, “Oh yeah, I’ve asked you a favor for a new nursery teacher. Have you found one?”Joe quickly replied, “I’ve already contacted the nursery
The kid had lots of toys, whether they were stuffed toys, radio-controlled aircraft, or walking robots. However, he had never owned a kitten, so naturally, he liked it upon seeing it. Blake looked down at him. Cats have sharp claws. Winson was still small and could easily be wounded by them. Besides, the Ferguson family had never reared pets. Blake had no plans to raise a pet now. As he was about to put the cat down and let Miss Susan send it away, the cat suddenly clung to his hand tightly and meowed for attention. Pausing his hands, he looked at the cat’s pure yet frightened eyes, Jessica’s face suddenly took shape in his mind. It seemed as if Jessica had followed a lot of pet content on Weibo. Blake glimpsed the cat that was smaller than his palm. This cat… resembled that woman a little. Both had a fair and small body, but they had a big temper. Winson was still there pestering him to adopt the cat, stretching his little arm out to reach Blake’s arm. Blake glanced at him and