"Hello, Ms. Miller. I'm Anson Long, Annie's older brother.""And I'm Alvin Long, Annie's younger brother." The brothers introduced themselves and sat down, treating themselves as if they were invited guests.Yvonne looked at Annie in confusion. She hadn't mentioned that there would be anyone else coming over the phone.Annie clenched the menu tightly. She looked at them sternly. "Why are you two here? Ms. Miller had specifically invited me to talk. You two—""Annie, it's not very nice of you to say that. We're family. We're doing this for Excel Pharma. If the boss of Hope wants to make a deal with Excel Pharma, we should be here too. We want to thank Ms. Miller as well," Anson interrupted Annie with a smile. He gave Yvonne a flirtatious look.Alvin immediately chimed in, "Yes, Annie. This is a great thing. You can't just take it all for yourself, right?""You …" Annie was furious. They might have put it nicely, but they were just afraid that they wouldn't be able to gain anythi

"Mark has arranged for me to help Mr. Jensen out for the time being," Gwen explained.Yvonne sneered. "Mark again. He didn't cause me any trouble on the cruise. It turns out he had something else planned.""Ms. Miller, don't be mistaken. I was the one who asked Mark to arrange it for me," Chuck said. "I really want both of our companies to work together. I got him to get me someone who is familiar with you, so I could get closer to you."Yvonne looked at Chuck. "Mr. Jensen, I had already told you clearly. The things that you want involve too many aspects. I have to have a meeting internally to decide."She narrowed her eyes. "Why are you in such a rush?"Chuck could see that Gwen's appearance had irritated Yvonne. But now he also knew how much Gwen meant to her. That was a good thing."I'm not here today because I want to force you to make a decision. I had just arrived in Northerna City, and I'm not familiar with the place. The only friend I could think of was you, Ms. Miller.

Yvonne's head hurt thinking about it. "I don't know either."She rubbed her temples. "Chuck Jensen is so eager to work with Hope. I think he has other intentions."Yvonne completely disliked Chuck for what he did."But Gwen is with Chuck. If this collaboration doesn't work, Mark might punish Gwen."Yvonne was torn. She looked at Stephen dejectedly. "What should I do?""Will you listen to me?" Stephen asked in retort.Yvonne immediately thought of what he was going to say. She rolled her eyes. "You heartless capitalist."Stephen chuckled in amusement. "You have your answer, right? Why do you insist on making me the bad person?"Yvonne would never be able to leave Gwen alone. That meant that regardless of Chuck's intentions, she would still try to make things work. She would have to be careful not to let Hope suffer any losses in the collaboration. She would rather put all the risk on herself than let Gwen be in danger.Stephen had already known Yvonne would choose this. He ha

Outside the kindergarten gates, Stephen watched Elvin and Britney enter the building before he took his phone out and sent a message to Yvonne. "They have reached safely."It was a simple sentence without anything else.When Yvonne received the message, she replied, "Okay." The two said nothing else. However, Yvonne continued to clutch her phone in her hand in a daze. Her current situation did indeed feel like a normal life.All these years, she had been busy with her career. She rarely had time to think about her life. At that moment, when she thought back about it, every facet of her life had something to do with Stephen.She smiled helplessly, just thinking about it. When had Stephen silently invaded every corner of her life?Yvonne stopped herself from dreaming. She sent a message to Annie, asking her to meet at Galarinx Restaurant that night.…That night, Annie arrived at Galarinx Restaurant on time. She kept looking back from time to time to see if anyone was following

Late that night, Katie gently entered the mansion. She had just placed her high heels down when the lights in the living room switched on. Startled, she jumped."It's late. Where were you?" Noah questioned coldly.Katie secretly gulped. She pretended to be calm and replied, "I went to see a few clients today. We talked so much that I forgot about the time.""But I heard that you guys ended around 9:30 pm." Noah sounded even colder, as if he were on the cusp of exploding.Katie furrowed her brows. Which bastard had reported her to him?"Yes, we ended around that time, but my assistant had been drinking on my behalf the entire night. I couldn't just leave him alone, right?" Katie changed her shoes and walked over to Noah. She gave him just the right amount of a smile."I was the only sober one there, so I sent him home. He lives quite far away, which is why I'm only back now."Noah pulled Katie into his arms. He clutched her chin tightly. "Since when did you care so much about y