Darren stood and left. Belinda watched him walk away. He stood tall and straight. His back alone was pretty charming.Darren was actually good-looking. He suited Caroline in many aspects. Belinda turned her gaze to the photo frame at the corner of her desk. It was a family photo taken after Caroline had returned to the family. Caroline was right beside her but with no physical contact. At that time, the mother and daughter were like strangers.On the other hand, Celine stuck close to Belinda and even held her arm intimately. It looked as if she was trying to prove a point to Caroline.Belinda stared at the photo for a long time. She caressed the photo where Caroline was, and murmured, “You’ll live a much happier life than me, Carol.”Then, she moved to Celine. She still held some feelings toward that child. However…When did she and Celine start walking on separate paths?Belinda sighed and muttered, “If I become a mother again in my next life, I hope you’ll become my daugh

After a moment of silence, Mr. Gordon reminded Belinda, “If Ms. Caroline isn’t willing to be the matriarch, your sacrifice will be in vain.“Even if your plan was a success, the position of matriarch will still go to other people if you don’t have someone to inherit it.”Belinda said without hesitation, “If it comes to that, Caroline will take over. She may have made up her mind, but she won’t abandon everything.“Besides, not everyone from Wiltspoon will be here. Serenity won’t be here. Elisa might not come either. Our enemy is set on training Liberty to be the matriarch.”She and Tiara had descendants. It would be a competition between whose descendant could become the matriarch. Belinda was confident that Caroline would win. Caroline had been managing Fisher Enterprise and the family matters with her for two years. She was far more experienced than Serenity and Elisa. Besides, Belinda heard Elisa had no thoughts of being the matriarch. Elisa’s personality was not suited

Darren stared at her silently. “What? Is it something you can’t tell me?”Darren suddenly blushed.Caroline was fascinated. She laughed. “I can’t believe you can blush. I thought you had skin thicker than the walls.“What did my mom say to make you blush this hard? Did she promise a beautiful lady to serve you forever if you drugged me?”“Madam Fisher did say something like that. However, she wouldn’t arrange but entrust someone to me.”Caroline met his gaze. Her smile faded a little. She asked, “Did my mom really say that?”If they were talking about entrusting, it would mean that her mother had entrusted her to Darren.Darren fixed his gaze on her and said, “Madam Fisher said since we’re of similar age and I belong to you forever, she’ll allow us to be together if you have feelings for me.“She told me to leave this place with you if you’re unable to be the matriarch. She also set aside money for you to go somewhere no one recognizes us.“We can choose to hide our identiti

It was supposed to be the Fishers’ internal strife, yet a few of the wealthy families from Wiltspoon had gotten involved. That was the power of marriage. “Everything Madam Fisher plans will be arranged by Mr. Gordon. Does the person keeping an eye on him have any information?”Liberty looked toward Zachary. She added, “However, Mr. Gordon is sly. It’s difficult to tail him.”Zachary replied with a serious expression. “You’re right. He’s cunning and has even managed to slip away from Jim and the rest. He removes all traces of his movements too. If it had not been for Julian and Silver sending their people over, we might not have been able to track him.“We now know that he has bought a lot of gasoline through various channels. I’m guessing Madam Fisher is planning to burn us to death in one go.“Let’s not stick together whenever we head out. We must take different routes and not even sit in the same car.“We’ve also verified through various parties that Mr. Gordon might’ve bought

Kevin thought before, ‘The Queens’ bodyguards haven’t seen Zachary going crazy for love. Even I take my hats off to his devotion to Serenity.’He also thought that he was not as thick-skinned as Zachary either.Whether in business or personal life, Zachary had always been a role model to the other York lads.“Your company will be closed for the holidays soon, right? Do you want to come over to my house for Christmas?” Kevin asked his beloved softly.“I probably won’t go to your place on Christmas Day. My family and I can visit your family a few days later though. Before that, we’ll be visiting my mom’s family.”The Yorks and the Queens were already acting like in-laws.Kevin smiled. “Okay. We can get our marriage license once City Hall reopens after the holidays. Two months should be sufficient to prepare for our wedding, and we’ll hold it in March when the weather is fine.”“I’ll leave the planning to you.”The two families had decided on a wedding date.Callum and Camryn wou