Instead of letting them know of his presence, Clayton hid behind the tent. Emerald let out a humorless chuckle. Justin was pointing out that she hadn’t understood his reason for leaving her. That was making her selfish and unreasonable for not waiting for him and marrying another man. “You were only concerned about what people will think of you. Did you ever think what I would feel? Did you know what I went through after you left me?” Justin was rendered speechless. “My depression worsened and I had suicidal thoughts.” Emerald added when Justin didn’t say a word. Startled by her revelation, Justin’s handsome face paled. His eyes were red as he looked into Emerald’s eyes. “I’m sorry, love. I’m already here and won’t leave anymore,” Justin stretched out his arms to pull Emerald into his embrace but she took two steps backward, avoiding him. “What we had is already in the past and will remain in the past. Clayton is my present and my future, no other man I would want to spend the
Freya, though still groggy from sleep, understood what he said, stirred up and faced Red.Surprise flickered in his eyes for a moment before they came back to their usual frostiness whenever he was looking at Freya.“What a gentleman you are, Mr. Stanford. Willing to sacrifice for me, eh?” She patted his chest and a smirk plastered on her face.“To tell you the truth, I am not weak as you thought. My child and I will live a good life without you. We don’t need your pity.”A marriage founded in sympathy and guilt won’t last a lifetime. It’s a weak foundation for a relationship. It can’t stand the test of time.
Fretting about all the comments against Emerald and the photos that had been posted, Freya looked at Red who was busy working on his MacBook.Feeling the gaze coming from Freya, Red lifted his head and saw Freya’s overwrought mien.“What’s wrong? Are you in pain?” Red put away his MacBook and strode to Freya.Freya said nothing and gave her phone to him. “Look at it. Your cousin seemed to have not read the comments. They are smearing Emerald on the internet.”A scowl appeared on his face when he heard that Emerald was being bullied on the internet.“Their comments are nonsense,” R
Despite being flustered, Clayton hid it successfully with his dashing smile.His mind worked quickly on how to conceal what had transpired if she overheard his conversation with Jim.“Babe, congratulations!” Clayton lifted her in his arms and twirled around, earning a rapture of giggle from Emerald.People who were passing by recognized Emerald and one of them began to have a live stream of the two lovey dovey.She commented while having a live stream, “The world cup champion in show jumping was celebrated by her man. It’s no more secret where this woman got her inspiration and courage. Judging the way the man looked at her, he was totally and crazy in love with her. T
Red reached out his hands and framed Freya’s small beautiful face.“What are you doing?” Freya swatted his arm but Red kept holding her face.His lips sealed her lips into an aggressive kiss, his way of venting the unease in his heart.He doesn’t love her but the thought of her imagining being with someone else made his heart unsettled. This was quite baffling to Red.Seeing what was happening the driver quickly got out of the car.Freya frantically hit Red’s chest with her puny hands. But to a man with a sturdy chest, her pounding was nothing.
Clayton exuded a cold aura around him at the question that anyone with a few meters radius could feel it.He turned and faced the media. “My wife is not a product of plastic surgery. She doesn’t need to go under a knife.”He couldn't be bothered explaining if he was the one under their scrutiny but it was Emerald.He won’t let others speak ill of his wife.After commenting, he turned and led Emerald into the building.Emerald wasn’t bothered about the rumors around her. She was used to hearing people gossip about her appearance.She just s
“Mr. Brown, I am saying this as the new CEO and the heiress of Giovanni Kingston,” Emerald said coldly, she gave him a wintry gaze.Mr. Brown felt shivers run down his spine. He hadn’t seen this girl look like that. She always wore an innocent and sweet smile but now she looks terrifying.But Mr. Brown pushed aside his fear and said, “Kingston Ltd have not attained this heights without us.”“I know,” Emerald nodded in acknowledgment. “But, in order to take Kingston Ltd, I have to get rid of old tools with newer tools. Time is changing, people are changing and so the need to change people in the company is inevitable. I won’t allow you to hinder Kingston Ltd to soar higher.”&nbs
Clayton stopped and looked at her. Smiling, he said, “Stay there, I’ll be back soon.” “Okay,” Emerald bobbed her head up and down like a good girl. As Clayton had promised he came back soon with the stableman leading a black stallion. Emerald giggled with excitement. “Meet Maximus,” Clayton said. “Maximus? As in the three time show jumping world champion Ben Kincaid’s horse?” Emerald asked as she recognized the horse. “Mm,” Clayton nodded. “Babe,” Emerald hugged Clayton. She was euphoric to have acquired the horse. “How did you get this from him? I mean, I contacted him since I heard he had retired due to his illness. He refused even with the handsome money I offered.” “Ben Kincaid is my friend. He won’t sell Maximus to you because I already bought it at the time I saw you practicing here.” “When did you see me practicing here?” “Three days before grandpa and I came to speak about our marriage which you adamantly refused,” Clayton said with a teasing undertone.