Evans Group was a small company with a total of six shareholders. The company itself was the largest sharonder, but because s member of the Evans family was running for the position, Gan, the previous CEO, had no say in the situatio
Only the five other shareholders could make the final decision. And among these five people, two were on Eddy’s side, in other words, they were definitely on I ayla’s side.
Hence, Caroline had to convince the other three people to support her. That’s why she had gotten the real ledgers. They could recover the money people had cheated them out of with these ledgers too.
Caroline had just finished tidying up when she got a call from Gwen.
“Don’t you have work? Caroline asked.
Caroline had no hopes for the store Cook had introduced, but she still said, “I’ll call you when I get off work at noon
Soon enough, Caroline and Gwen met at Merry Color.
Caroline was surprised to see that Sean was also there. She asked, “Why is Sean here too?”
Gwen said with a look of disgust, “He insisted on coming. He said he wanted to see you in your wedding dress in advance and show it off to Kirk.”
After that, she leaned over to Caroline and lowered her voice. “Men are so childish.”
Caroline smiled and didn’t refute, Gwen was correct; men could be really childish sometimes.
The three entered the bridal boutique together. The clerk immediately greeted them, “Welcome! Which one of you ladies needs a wedding dress?”
The clerk looked at Caroline’s figure and immediately smiled. She praised her, saying. “You have such a good figure, ma’am. Any wedding dress will look good on you.”
Caroline smiled and walked into the store under the clerk’s guidance.
She had to admit that this place deserved to be the most popular bridal boutique among the upper cla**. The wedding dresses in the shop were boldly designed. They were novel and exciting.
Each dress looked brilliant and elegant. She could tell they were valuable. A wedding dress like this could reflect the identity and status of its wearer. No one from the upper cla** would dislike that.
Sean wasn’t interested in clothes. He wanted to see Gwen wear a wedding dress. But he remembered what Kirk said about a groom seeing his bride in a wedding dress, so he simply said, “I’ll buy you both some milkshakes.”
With that, he slipped out of the bridal boutique..
Caroline moved closer to Gwen and whispered, “Ms. Jameson, shouldn’t you end this probation soon?”
With burning cheeks, Gwen protested, “1–I’m still thinking about it. Carol why does it feel like you keep taking his side? Did he price you or something?”
Just as Caroline was about to answer, a crowd of bodyguards rushed in from outside the door. The bodyguard’s leader said arrogantly to the clerk “Clear out all your customers!”
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The bodyguard’s arrogance made Caroline and Gwen frown in unison.
Gwen whispered in Caroline’s ear, “Why make such a big fuss? It’s not like the queen is coming, right?
The store manager walked out when he heard the commotion, Seeing so many bodyguards, she hornedly asked with a site, w you people?”
“We’re Ms. Daphne’s bodyguards. She’s coming here to try on wedding dresses. You’re the store manager, noen? The word we down on his nose at the store manager.
He ordered. “Hurry up and get rid of the irrelevant people. If we spread any news about this place, you might as well close these doors?
The store manager asked. “By Ms. Daphne, do you mean Daphne Dawson?”
“Yes.”
When the store manager heard that Daphne was coming, she didn’t care about anything else and hurriedly asked the clerks to get the customers out of the store.
Most people were having lunch at this hour, so there was only one other customer besides Caroline and Gwen. The customer immediday left without saying anything after hearing that Daphne was coming.
Meanwhile, Gwen said unhappily. “This isn’t Daphne’s store. Why should we leave when she comes?
The store manager said awkwardly. “Ms. Daphne is Mr. Eddy’s second uncle’s wife. We can’t afford to upset her. Please forgive us.”
Caroline hadn’t planned on buying a wedding dress from this store in the first place. So she said, “Everyone is just doing their job, Gwen Don’t make things difficult for them. Let’s go.”
Although Gwen was upset, she wasn’t unreasonable. She dragged Caroline out. “Daphne is getting crazier and crazier, Im sure she’s
Before she could even finish, she almost bumped into Daphne and Jane, who were walking toward the door.
When Jane saw Caroline, the smile on her face immediately disappeared. She raised her head to slap Caroline
Fortunately, Gwen had already noticed and pushed her friend away. As a result, Jane’s slap landed on Gwen’s arm. Her pale arm tumed red in an instant.
Caroline’s expression turned dark, and before Jane could react, she slapped her in the face.
Jane was struck so hard that her head turned. It took her a moment to react, and she charged at Caroline. “How dare you hit mer
Suddenly, there was a lot of noise at the door of the bridal boutique.
Daphne was afraid of being photographed and hid in the boutique before ordering the bodyguards, “Quick! Break them up.”
The bodyguards quickly separated Jane, Caroline, and Gwen.
After all, Jane was a pampered woman. Although she was very imposing, she was fighting against two young people. Her face and hands were covered in bruises. On the other hand, Caroline and Gwen were unscathed, aside from their messy hair.
Seeing this, Jane became even more furious. She shook off the bodyguards and yelled, “Let go of me
After that, she turned around and questioned the store manager, “What’s the matter with you people? I cant believe you’d let such poor sods into your store! Do you really think she can afford all of this?”
Everyone looked at each other. Caroline and Gwen had an elegant bearing, so the clerk naturally thought they could afford the dresses in the store. However, after hearing what Jane said, she couldn’t help but doubt her vision.
Jane continued, “Do you know who they are? One of them is just a little girl from a small family. And the other one’s family has already gone bankrupt! Am I right, Ms. Evans?” She mockingly said Caroline’s title.
She hated Caroline to the core. Although there wasn’t any evidence pointing to Caroline for what happened to Brie, her daughter had gone nuts after seeing Caroline that da
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After calming down, Jane realized that she couldn’t make a big huss with a big star like Daphine around, so she jesuited to yelling
Daphne thought Caroline looked familiar, so she asked casually. “Who is this, Mrs. Collins?”
“You still haven’t noticed, Daph?
Jane said disdainfulb, “This is Caroline, the woman who had the chance to marry Eddy and become a rich lady but chose to act high and mighty and marry an ordinary person,”
Everyone’s expressions turned dark in response. They still had vivid memories of the events of the past few days.
Caroline had stepped out to refute the rumors and say that there was nothing between her and Adilan and that her husband was an
ordinary person.
There was no way she could afford to buy things from a store like this.
Daphne was different now. She might have fawned over Caroline in the past, but now “So, this is her.”
She rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, “She does act pretty high and mighty.”
“Hey! Are you two done being condescending?” Gwen couldn’t take their yapping anymore.
She asked. “Isn’t it just a wedding dress? Choose whichever one you like, Carol, and I’ll give it to you!” She could afford to spend a few million dollars. At worst she could just pay it in installments.
Caroline knew Gwen was helping her a**ert authority, but she thought it was completely unnecessary.
She lived life for herself. It wasn’t worth spending millions of dollars to buy a wedding dress you would only wear once just to get back at someone. She said, “Let’s go.”
“Now, you’re slinking away because you can’t afford it.”
Jane sneered, “Didn’t you realize you couldn’t afford it before coming here?”
Caroline slowly tumed around and looked straight at Jane. “The Collins family has been out of tune with the other three big families for sa many years. It’s entirely because of your nouveau riche ment*lity.
“There wasn’t a time when your family hadn’t bought publicity, but you still haven’t improved your image.”
Her words were a fatal blow, and Jane’s expression immediately changed.
Gwen covered her mouth and giggled. “Exactly! Although we don’t have much money, we’re clever about spending it. We’re not a bunch of foolish rich people like your family, who don’t change their attitude at all no matter how much money they spend.”
“How dare you?” Jane was furious at her words.
She ordered. “Throw them out.”
Several bodyguards were about to step forward when they heard a drawl: “Who dares try to throw my girlfriend and her friend out?
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Sean walking over with three cups of milkshakes.
Jane didn’t recognize Sean. Seeing that he was alone, she scoffed, “You can’t be Caroline’s husband, right? You look pretty good, but
you’re too poor.”
As Sean listened to Jane’s words, he was glad he hadn’t had a milkshake yet. Otherwise, it would’ve been a waste. He rolled his eyes.
He glanced at Gwen, then handed two cups of milkshakes to her and Caroline, mouthing. “Just play along.”
Caroline and Gwen were confused by his words.
Immediately afterward, Sean turned around and said to Jane, “That’s right. I’m Caroline’s husband.”
Caroline hurriedly looked over at Gwen, but Gwen winked at her, telling her to keep watching.
Caroline had no choice but to watch patiently.
when Jane heard that he was Largunes husband, she immediat
She said. “No wonder Caroline has always been embarra**ed to say who you are. Let me ask you which family are you fro
way you have a house or a car, right?”
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Sean nudded his gold med ula**es and answered honestly, I’m from the Vates family.”
“Hang onl” Sean frowned. “We’re here lo spend money. This is the first time I’ve seen someone try to drive away a customer.”
Caroline look out the list and handed it to Sean.
Jane scoffed, “You’re a good actor, aren’t you?”
After that, she said to the manager, “You’re not really going to listen to him, are you? Even If you take out these clothes, they won’t buy them. It’s just a waste of time.”
Sean turned to Caroline and said, “Go ahead and pick whatever you want, Caroline.” Kirk was the one paying, anyway.
But if she chose to repay the money, she couldn’t afford to. She said, “We should go, Sean. I have to go to work.”
each other as a couple.”
He approached Caroline and quietly said, “Don’t worry about the money. It isn’t an issue for me.”
Gwen convinced her as well “He’s right, Carol Go ahead and pick whatever you want. For people like them, money doesn’t buy happiness at all. Money isn’t an issue for Sean.”
- it.
Speaking of this, the store manager had just finished packing her things and walked out. When she saw the person in charge, her eyes
were red.
The person in charge gritted his teeth and ordered, “Someone escort these two ladies out and ban them from this store!”
“How dare you?” Jane was furious.
She said, “I’m Howard Collins‘ wife.”
The person in charge smiled in response. “I don’t have a choice, Mrs. Collins. Please leave.”
Seeing that using her status didn’t work, Jane hurriedly said, “She’s married to Mr. Eddy’s second uncle, you know!”
The person in charge couldn’t bring himself to keep smiling. If he had to offend Daphne or Sean, he would choose the former.
A rich man’s spouse could go away at any time, but if Sean could mingle with the likes of Eddy, it meant that Sean was also from the upper cla**. Things wouldn’t end
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Four security guards came in, grabbed Jane and Daphne, and threw them out. The bodyguards Daphne had brought didn’t dare to stop them and just slinked out of the store with her and Jane.
After dealing with them, the person in charge ran to Sean again. He said, “Mr. Yates, Mr. Eddy asked me to hand this to you.”
Sean glanced at the item. It was a card.
“There are 200 thousand dollars on this card. You can spend it at any store under Morrison Corp. Mr. Eddy said it’s a token of apology,” the person in charge explained.
Gwen clicked her tongue at his words and nudged Caroline with her arm.
Caroline had never seen Eddy be so generous in their eight years together. Even Eddy had to lower himself in front of someone more powerful than him.
200 thousand dollars was just a drop in the bucket for Sean, but when he thought of Kirk, he smiled and kept the card.
“You’re lucky that Mr. Eddy knows how to deal with people. We’ll just leave this matter at that, but I won’t be so kind the next time this happens.”
The person in charge nodded hastily. “Yes, all right. I’ll make sure to relay your message to Mr. Eddy.”
Sean said, “You can leave.”
“Yes, sir.” The person in charge immediately left, as if receiving grace from a king.
After this, the clerks in the store understood that Sean was someone important, to the point where even Eddy couldn’t afford to upset him.
They all approached him enthusiastically.
“Mr. and Mrs. Yates, let me show you around.”
“We have a new wedding dress in our store. It’s really beautiful
“Mrs. Yates, we also have different styles right here. If you like them.”
Hearing the clerks‘ chatter, Caroline ma**aged her temples. She said wearily, “It’s getting late. We have to go.”
Gwen glanced at her phone. “You’re right. It’s time to go back to work.”
Sean nodded and led Caroline and Gwen out of the store. In the car, he handed the card to Caroline. He said, “You can keep this, Caroline.” It was the card Eddy had given him.
Caroline waved her hand and refused. “I don’t deserve this. Besides, I have to thank you for helping me.”
Hearing her words, Gwen turned in the pa**enger seat and said, “Just keep it, Carol. It’s Eddy’s money. Treat this as compensation for wasting your youth on him.”
Caroline teased, “Since when did you start making decisions for Sean?”
Gwen blushed slightly and straightened up. “I’m telling the truth. You cared for Eddy for eight years, so you should get something from it.”
Sean looked over at Gwen happily, then turned to Caroline through the rearview mirror. “Gwen’s right. You deserve this money. Besides, there’s no point in me keeping it. I don’t buy wedding dresses anyway.”
After feeling the blush on her face slowly disappear, Gwen turned to look at Caroline again. “Carol, you’re taking a wedding photo. You don’t have to leave any regrets, do you?”
Caroline was moved. They were right.
Sean wouldn’t use the card anyway. Even if he got married, he probably wouldn’t buy a wedding outfit off the shelf. He would have one custom–made. It would be a waste not to use 200 thousand dollars.
“I don’t know what to say,” Caroline said awkward
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Sean dropped Caroline off at Thorne Corp before driving Gwen to the city center When they
reached the underground parking lot, Gwen was about to take off her seat belt when Sean held her
hand.
Gwen’s heart skipped a beat, but she pretended to be calm. She asked, “What are you doing?”
“Don’t you have anything to say?” Sean asked in return, looking at Gwen with a tender smile.
Gwen’s heart beat wildly as he watched her. She said insincerely, “What?”
Sean moved closer, maintaining an appropriate distance.
He said, “I helped your friend today, you know…”
He looked at her, silently asking for a reward.
Η
Although there was a distance between them, Gwen could still feel Sean’s breath on her cheeks.
She felt uneasy and wanted to cover her face.
Sean grabbed her wrist and stared at her with a burning gaze.
“Gwen, I know you’re not ready to take the next step, but I’m not in a hurry. But you have to give
me a treat once in a while so that I can have some hope as I wait for your answer” He spoke as
sincerely as a devout follower.
Gwen shivered slightly. She asked quietly, “What do you want?”
“Anything is fine, even just a pat on my head.”
Gwen’s hands trembled. After a long while, she whispered, “Let go of me first.”
Sean did as she said Gwen gently cupped his cheek and kissed him on the lips “How about this?”
She looked at him boldly, but her bashfulness could be seen on her face
Sean’s heart was beating fast. Holding back the smile on his lips, he said, “Yeah, that’s a mice treat. Enough for me to last a long time.”
Gwen looked at him shyly, and her face clowly turned red. She unbuckled the seatbelt and said. Im going to work.”
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After watching her leave the car, Sean said, “Darling, do I get this treatment as long as I help
Caroline?”
“You’re insane ” Gwen glared at him. But when she turned around, she couldn’t stop her lips from
curling into a smule.
Sean rubbed his lips with his fingertips, smiling foolishly. It wasn’t until he heard a honk behind him that he returned to his senses. He realized he was blocking the way and quickly drove away.
On the way, he got a call from Kirk..
“Caroline hasn’t bought a wedding dress yet,” he said quickly, knowing what Kirk would ask as
soon as he answered the phone.
He recounted what happened just now to his friend and sighed, “Caroline considers your feelings.
all the time. How could you lie to her, saying you’re a poor man?”
“Since when did I say that?” Kirk retorted, narrowing his eyes.
As he tapped his fingers on the table, the image of Caroline’s heartbroken expression appeared in
his mind, and his frown deepened.
“The middle management of Morrison Corp only earns 20 to 30 thousand dollars annually.
Although Evans Group is in decline, look at the people Caroline has interacted with as she grew
- up. Aren’t you just poor in her eyes?”
Kirk remained silent.
“But you don’t have to worry.” Sean laughed.
“I just thought of a good way to help you. You can tell Caroline that you won one billion dollars in a
lottery. Then, you can live in peace without worrying about keeping your secret.”
Kirk smirked. “Are you saying this to help me or yourself?”
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