Everly, who was holding the door handle, was stunned for a moment. She then opened the door and walked out.Annie and Austin were waiting outside the door. Seeing her come out, Annie let out a sigh of relief and said, "Luckily, you're okay."Everly didn't say anything. She just nodded slightly.Austin looked at Everly, but he kept silent. The three of them headed for the private room they had reserved.After Annie went to order food, only Everly and Austin were left in the private room.Both of them were silent, and the private room was so quiet.After a long while, Austin finally opened his mouth first."Have you swayed again because he quit his job as CEO of Baxter Group?" Austin asked.Everly didn't say anything. She was exhausted after talking to Alice just now.Austin looked at Everly. He had already known this afternoon what Carson had done. He didn't understand why Carson did that, but what he did understand was that there was no way he was going to let go of her.In t
When they finished dinner, it was getting dark. After Austin sent Everly back, he silently watched her walk into Orchid Garden before turning around and leaving.Everly stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and she did not retract her gaze until Austin disappeared from her sight.Annie came over and draped a blanket over her.Everly turned around, looked at Annie, took her hand, and smiled, "Thank you.""You’re most welcome." Annie looked at her with pity in her eyes.The two held their hands silently, but they could understand each other's thoughts.Suddenly, the doorbell rang.Everly subconsciously looked at the door, wondering who had come at this time.Could it be Austin coming back?Everly and Annie came to the door together in confusion and opened the door, but they didn't see anyone outside."Aunt Violet!" Hearing the voice, they looked down and saw Oliver, who was short.Everly immediately smiled, squatted down, held Oliver's face, and said, "Hi, Oliver. Wha
When Everly looked into Oliver's clear eyes, her heart suddenly softened.Oliver had said that he would also be her son just now.In fact, she had long been looking forward to telling Oliver that she was his mother. She had thought she would get Oliver’s custody after the showdown with Carson, but all her efforts turned out to be in vain in the end.She had thought this opportunity would come after a long time, but now...Oliver looked at Everly, hugged her arm, and said, "Aunt Violet, would you please marry my dad? He's good-looking and rich. And he likes you very much! His only disadvantage is his old age. But it doesn’t matter because I am young. Aunt Violet, didn't you say you like me very much? As long as you and my dad get back together, everything will be fine."Seeing her unmoved, Oliver continued, "I really like you!"Everly let out a long sigh, reached out to touch Oliver's head, looked into his big eyes, and said, "Oliver, I also like you very much. Listen, if I give y
Annie came over, put the fruit she had washed on the table, and asked, "Are you okay?"Everly opened her eyes, looked at Annie who was worried, and shook her head, "I'm fine."Looking at the place where Oliver had sat just now, she secretly made up her mind.Since that incident, she had been dejected for too long. Now that she had moved out of the Baxter Group, she would continue with her previous plan.She tried desperately to get Carson out of her mind.At this moment, her mind was a mess, so she asked herself not to think about what he had done for her or what he had sacrificed.She told herself that her only purpose in this country was to get Oliver's custody.Now that Carson had refused her request, she could only resort to legal means."Annie, sort out the evidence we got and contact the lawyer. When everything is ready, we will obtain Oliver's custody through legal means," Everly said.Annie looked at her worriedly, but still nodded, "I got it..."Annie immediately sto
The butler was stunned. He took a peek at Carson's expression. But Carson's eyes were hidden in the shadow of his hair, so the Butler could not see Carson’s expression clearly.When the butler regained his calmness, he said to Oliver with a smile, "Okay, let them solve this matter. It's very late now, and you need to take a bath."Glancing at Carson again, Oliver seemed to realize that Carson didn't intend to give him any explanation, so he obediently followed a servant to take a bath.There were only Carson and the butler in the living room.Noticing that Carson was upset, the butler sighed and comforted him, "Sir, Oliver was just talking nonsense. Don’t take it seriously."Carson lowered his eyes slightly, and then he walked to the sofa. When he stared at an old photo of them together on the wall, his mind began to wander.The silence was suffocating, and the butler immediately mentioned another topic. "By the way, Robbie has reported that Baxter Group is taking a tentative ste
The next day.Everly came to the studio on time as usual."Hello, Violet!""Morning, Violet!"Employees greeted her one after another.She nodded in response to their greetings and then went to her office."Violet, here's your schedule..." Annie came in to inform her arrangement and added, "According to your requirements, I've collected some information. Yet I'll take some time to complete. And..."After a pause, Annie looked at Violet and asked, "We partnered with Baxter Group to get close to Carson and get the data we needed. Now, we had obtained our objective. Shall we continue to cooperate with them?"Thinking for a while, Violet averted her eyes from the files and looked up at Annie, "For now, keep working together is our best choice. The cooperation is drawing to an end. If we end cooperation now, the termination process can be cumbersome. It's not worth wasting time on that. Besides, good cooperative credit is more advantageous to us in litigation.""Well, I see." Annie
Everly frowned slightly. Looking over, she found that those people were indeed furious.The employee aside even took out his phone and showed her the latest news. "Violet, you see, as soon as the market opened, the stocks were immediately sold. Only a few minutes later, the stocks all fell to the limit. Even if people wanted to sell their stocks, they had no way. It’s unknown who spread the news, and all the people are taking aim at you now. Now people are crowding here. Though there are only a small group of people now, there will be more and more people coming! Run away now!"When Everly read the news on the phone and then looked at the increasing number of people gathering outside, she felt something was wrong.If there was really a problem, people would have come last night. How could Everly go to the restaurant and have a meal? Someone must have plotted this incident.There had also been things before that caused stocks to fall to the limit, but people were not as frantic as n
"No!" Everly said decidedly, "There is no way I'm gonna leave you here alone.""Everly..." Everly pulled Annie over when Annie was about to say something."Bang!"Something was thrown from the crowd and smashed into pieces."Shit!" Annie cursed in a fury and was about to rush out. Yet, she was stopped by Everly and calmed down gradually."Now, what we need to do is settle it, not get out of here." Everly handed Annie the phone to show her the message she had just received.[Be careful, Violet. The back door was blocked up, too. We escaped from the crowd by pretending that we were pleasure-seekers. All of them were heavily disguised. I overheard their plan: Make noise at the front door and keep quiet at the back. In this way, you'll think the back way is safe, and when you get there, they'll besiege you. I've already called the police. Take care.]"What a dirty trick! Someone must have given an order to these bastards!" Although Annie gnashed her teeth with anger, she couldn't do