Fia didn't believe that Lucifer would come back just then, but seeing her two children so happy, she hoped it might be true. "Why is it you?!" When he opened the door and saw Conrad, Adrian immediately exclaimed.The look of disappointment left Conrad feeling at a loss.He lifted the bags of food in his hands. "I brought you some things.""Just seeing you irritates me!" Adrian rarely had such a bad temper. He turned around and went back in.Irene was also very disappointed, but she didn't have her brother's temper. She looked at Conrad and said, "We thought Daddy had come back."Conrad felt as if his heart was burning.These were his children.Yet they were so dependent on someone with a warped personality.However, he didn't have the right to complain. He put down the things in his hands, crouched down, and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't know.""It's not your fault. It was my brother's misunderstanding." Irene was feeling a little melancholic. "Daddy has never been like thi

When she opened the message, she found eleven digits, a phone number.Fia felt a surge of excitement and immediately stepped out of her office to call Quincey."Hello, is this Ms. Black?""It's me." Quincey’s voice sounded somewhat heavy. "I didn't go to work today.""Yeah," Fia replied, momentarily unsure of what to say.Quincey stayed silent for a couple of seconds. "I'm sorry about this morning. I was in a bad mood."Fia replied, "It's okay. Everyone has their bad days.""Are you curious about my situation?" Quincey chuckled self-deprecatingly. "There's nothing much to be curious about. I'm sure you've heard at least some of it."Fia was momentarily speechless.Quincey said faintly, "I stand at the kindergarten gate every morning, say 'good morning' to everyone, and bid them 'goodbye' in the evening. In everyone's eyes, I'm like an alien, here for their amusement, here to be discussed.""You can’t control what people say. Living your own life well is good enough." Fia coul

She remained distant and aloof while allowing the great Conrad Maxwell to escort her into the venue. She did not seem to be interested in getting to know nor warming up to anyone.As the guests invited him to have a drink together, Conrad refused with a firm yet polite tone. “I’m terribly sorry, gentlemen. I’m still feeling under the weather so it’s best for me to refrain from drinking for now.”The guests were curious hearing this, “Mr. Maxwell, you can walk fairly well now. Have you found an expert surgeon to have it fixed?”“Yes, I did.” Conrad lightly tapped on Fia’s hand with a smile.In an instant, everyone’s eyes were on Fia.“Could it be that… It was this young lady who healed you?”“No, I’ve got nothing to do with it!” Fia retorted while pinching Conrad’s waist as hard as she could. She was upset that he dragged her into this conversation, making her the center of everyone’s attention.“Well, yes. It’s just my luck that my leg recovered fully after just a night’s slee

Ever since the death of his daughter five years ago, Conall had lost interest in anything in life.Then, the auction began.Many people kept bidding in hopes to secure the land. Yet by the end of the auction, only Conrad and Felicity were the ones left.Finally, Conrad acquired the land by bidding 10,000,000 dollars more than Felicity, making the land priced over hundreds of millions of dollars. When they were about to leave, Felicity approached Conrad for a handshake. “Congratulations.”Ignoring her hand, Conrad said coldly, “I wish that you’d live your life properly.”Felicity frowned and asked, “What do you mean by that?”“Don't do anything I won’t do, Felicity.”Finishing his words, Conrad escorted Fia out of the building. When they got into the car, Fia asked, “What was that about? Could it be that you’re worried for dear Miss Parker?”“Worried for what?”“You’re worried that you’d be blinded by greed and become a despicable person.” Fia sighed. “I’ll be frank with you.

Conrad came back from the office after the meeting and looked at Fia.“Please make a cup of coffee for me.”“Sure,” Fia said as she got up and made him a cup of coffee. She put it on his desk and was about to go back to hers.Conrad stopped her. “You were there during the land auction. Do you have any opinion on it?”“Nothing in particular,” Fia said as she raised her head with a faint expression. “I’m just here to do odd jobs for you. I don’t know anything about your work.”Conrad then took out the proposal. “Why don’t you take a look then?”Fia’s heart skipped a beat as she stared at him.Did he realize something?“This is the first draft of the proposal and it’s not perfect yet. As my secretary, you can give it a look. You can tell me if anything comes to mind,” Conrad said to her as he looked at her sincerely.Fia took it and nodded. “Sure. I’ll give it a look, but you better not expect me to say anything specific.”Once back at her desk, she then flipped the proposal.A