Serenity let her daughter stand on the bed as she helped her out of her pajamas and into the little dress. Once dressed, Lil’ Pie insisted on being carried to the mirror to admire herself.“Such a little diva. My Lil’ Pie looks beautiful in anything.”Serenity tapped her daughter’s cute little nose but indulged her anyway, carrying her to the mirror. After a moment, Serenity asked her daughter, “Pretty, right? This dress was a gift from Aunt Jazz.”“Pretty,” Callia answered seriously. “I’m pretty.”Serenity could not help but laugh at her daughter’s confident and vain earnestness.After changing Lil' Pie’s shoes, Serenity took her hand and led her out of the room. “Come on, let’s go wake your brother up.”Heath’s room was next door. At six years old, he was too old to sleep with his mother. His father had insisted he move to his own room by the age of three.When he was first banished to the nursery, the little boy had cried for a long time, often dragging his pillow and blanket

The two receptionists greeted him with particularly sweet voices.River smiled and responded to each of them in turn.Once he had walked past, the two receptionists whispered to each other.“Mr. York seems especially radiant today. He’s so handsome! I come to work early every day and never leave late, just so I can catch an extra glimpse of him. Seeing Mr. York every day and getting to admire his good looks puts me in such a good mood.”The other receptionist nodded in agreement. “Same here. Mr. York is seriously so handsome. I wonder who’ll be lucky enough to marry him someday. I wish Cupid would shoot Mr. York with an arrow for me. If I could marry him, I’d laugh in my sleep.”Her colleague chuckled. “You’re not the only one with the same daydreams.”Many of the young female employees in the company harbored similar fantasies.Unfortunately, none of them had ever come true.In the almost six years since River had joined Crest Co., countless women had fallen for him, but not a

Moreover, Rosalie was the vice president of Summit Group and the eldest young lady of the Lafayettes.Everyone knew the two were sworn rivals. If news broke that they were secretly married, it would be so explosive that it would be sure to catch people’s attention.Rosalie asked, “Some phones require you to delete photos twice to completely erase them. Once from the album, and then again from the ‘Recently Deleted’ folder. Did you only delete them once?”River replied, “I just deleted them from his phone’s album. I didn’t think much about it at the time. I assumed deleting them from the album was enough.”Rosalie was speechless for a moment. “No wonder.”“I’ll go check the article now and get them to take it down.”Rosalie scoffed, “Countless people have already seen it. What’s the point of deleting it now?”“Then, how about we issue a joint statement clarifying things?” River suggested carefully. “We can say the people in the photos aren’t us, just lookalikes. What do you think

“Do you know who in our company admires River?”Mandy froze, not expecting that question.She hesitated, unsure whether to tell the truth, but Rosalie then continued, “Don’t worry, I’m not planning to fire them. I promised River I’d arrange blind dates for him.“Two a day—one at noon and one in the evening.“That means I need two candidates per day. I figured since we have so many single female employees here, if any of them are interested in him, I’ll give them a chance to meet him.”Mandy was stunned speechless.She thought she had misheard.Her boss was actually arranging blind dates for Mr. River York from Crest Co.?What was going on?And then there was that tabloid she had just seen about her boss and River.Others might suspect they really were secretly married, but Mandy knew better. Her sister was Rosalie’s best friend, and she had known Rosalie for over a decade. She was well aware of what went on in Rosalie’s personal life.Rosalie definitely was not secretly marr

“Damian!”Rosalie was on the verge of losing her temper.“Alright, alright, I’ll stop teasing you. You can get back to work. I’ve got clients to meet, too.”Seeing his sister’s irritation, Damian quickly stood and left.Rosalie stewed in frustration, mentally cursing River a few hundred times.Meanwhile, River sneezed violently, no doubt because Rosalie was cursing him somewhere.Unlike her foul mood, River was in high spirits.He attended a meeting, dealt with some important documents, and then headed out with his secretary to meet a client.By the time the meeting ended and the client left, it was already half past eleven, just thirty minutes before his lunch break started.Too lazy to return to the office, River dismissed his secretary and drove straight to La Grande Solville.Just as he arrived, he ran into Damian, who was seeing a client off.Their eyes met briefly before Damian calmly saw his guest off. River lingered at the entrance, waiting until Damian turned back b