Deborah was having treatment in the beauty salon. She was also shocked by the news. "I will go home right away and ask my husband!"Deborah called Steven and asked him about the bidding m Steven was a little impatient, "Why did you get involved? The decision was made by the municipal committee."Steven was right. It was indeed the municipal committee that picked the Golden Age Group as the winner. The Black family had always been investing and developing abroad. Of course the city opened the door for them when they returned to invest in San Francisco.However, if Steve and, the secretary, were willing to fight for Dexter, the Golden Age Group wouldn't be the winner. But he would never tell Deborah this.Deborah noticed the irritation in Steven's tint. She knew Steven's temper very well, so she had to hang up the phone for now.Emily also rushed back after receiving the news. Panting,she asked as soon as she stepped inside, "mom, what should we do?'"Let's wait until your father comes b
After moving to San Francisco to live with her uncle, Barbara changes her surname. She didn't even have any contact with Steven in the next ten years or so.Although Steven was busy at work at that time, he found time to visit her but was rejected by her everytime. Barbara was stubborn as a mule. She even threatened to suicide if Steven disturbed her again.The father and daughter that were so close to each other had become enemies, which broke Stevens heart. After that, he no longer attempted to reunite with Barbara.Later, Steven and his family's moved to Asbury City as the secretary. Emily who was attending the middle school affiliated with A university, came back and said she saw Barbara. They only knew then that Barbara was admitted to A university.Steven went to visit Barbara after he heard the news, but he was cold shouldered by her again.Thomas was the one who gave Barbara away during her wedding with Dexter.Throughout their marriage, Dexter never known that Barbara's real f
"Secretary are you alright?""I'm alright!" Steven answered. The driver was tall and strong. He was relieved to hear that the secretary was okay, but he didn't intend to let go of Jeremy. He reached out and was ready to grab the person who pushed Steven. Steven stopped him at once when he recognized the attacker.But Jeremy didn't appreciate it. He was in a hood mood today. After winning the bid, he took out all the subordinate to a restaurant to have a feast and only realized towards the end that Barbara was not present. David told him that Barbara was not feeling well and went home early.Jeremy felt like something was missing in his heart. So he asked David to take everyone to the club and drove Barbara home himself.When he arrived, he happened to see Steven's car driving into the hall. He was astounded when he saw Steven.What was he doing here? Jeremy didn't drive the car in. He walked into the hall and saw Steven talking with Barbara. All he could hear were words like "apologies
Jeremy proudly waved the phone in his hand. "Steven is the future father-in-law of Dexter. I had been worrying that I don't have leverage against Steven. Who would know that he would deliver himself to me? I recorded everything he said to you before. Now I'm waiting to see him yielding to me" "Jeremy, how can you be so despicable?" Barbara was so angry that she wanted to slap him in the face. Anyone who thought Jeremy was just a playboy certainly underestimated his ability to take advantage of people. "You're protecting him?" Jeremy was a little annoyed. " He is old enough to be your dad. And he is married. What's so good about him?" "We're not the kind of relationship you've imagined us to have" "It's not that kind of relationship? Then what is it?" Jeremy asked. "It's a long story. I will tell you in the future" "No, I will report him tomorrow if you don't tell me now" Jeremy was not vague about his intentions. His heart was burning with fury when he saw how Barbara was defendi
Deborah and Emily waited until 9pm when Steven came back. As usual, Deborah immediately prepared slippers and tea for him. Emily was not as patient as her mother, "Dad, what's the matter with the bidding?" "What do you mean?" Steven's was about to drink the tea, but he put down the cup in his hand when he heard Emily talking. "Emily is worried, isn't she? You know, Dexter has been preparing for this for a long time and Raina has been calling Emily for an explanation. Emily doesn't know how to answer it" Deborah said. Steven sneered and said, "Why did Raina ask you for an explanation? The decision was made by the municipal party committee. What would you know the reason?" Steven somehow felt irritated when he heard Raina name. His harsh words made Emily speechless. Deborah jumped in to explain, "She must think that you will know more with your position .." "The bidding is carried out in a fair and just manner. Officials will provide her answers if she brings her questions to the C
Emily sat alone in the room and cried silently after being scolded by Steven. Deborah opened the door to send her a midnight snack. Aggrieved, Emily said, "Mom! Why is dad so biased? He only cares about Barbara. Why won't he think about me? Hoe can I face Dexter and Aunt Raina?" "You're so useless!" Deborah glared at her, "You can't stand such a little grievance? Do you remember anything I taught you?" "I just feel sad. How can dad do this?" "Emily, those who achieve great things don't care about trifles. If you can't even put up with such a little grievance, I don't think you should marry into the Lorenzo family at all" Deborah used even stringer language. "Mom, even you are saying this to me now?" "Is the Lorenzo family an ordinary family to me now? Us Aunt Raina an ordinary woman? Did you see how she tortured Barbara back in the days? Who is harsher? Raina or your Dad?" "I...." Emily was at a loss for words. Comparing with Raina, Steven was not in the same league. "Emily, I'v
Raina never expected Barbara to visit a luxurious restaurant like this, do she couldn't help but give her an extra look. Barbara had practically nothing to her name when she left Dexter Lorenzo back then. She even took back the wedding ring that she had given to Dexter and it wasn't long before the ring turned up in a pawn shop. On e could easily imagine how downtrodden she was to go after the mete few hundred dollars that the ring could fetch.Raina was previously involved in a car accident with Barbara and had seen how shabby and old fashioned Barbara's clothes were. She could tell that Barbara was obviously having a rough time and had looked upon her with great disdain."Weren't you so arrogant back then? Did you finally learn how tough the world could be after leaving the Lorenzo's family?"In Raina's mind, Barbara was now the embodiment of destitution, and this, so she was rather taken aback by Barbara's current appearance.Barbara seemed completely different from before. Althoug
Dexter had doted on Barbara dearly in the past and Raina was inevitably thrilled when she noticed that he had become so cold towards her now. "My son could finally let go of the past! I'd soon be free from this too", she thought. Her voice cracked up with excitement as she replied. "Up to you. We could eat whatever you want"Jeremy Black did not sleep well that night. He couldn't stop himself from feeling depressed over the fact that Barbara had been cheated on and was a divorcee. He had never been a gossipmonger, but was very curious about the identity of Barbara's unfaithful partner.For the whole morning, Jeremy had held back from probing about the Identity of Barbara's ex husband out of consideration of how personal the question was. As the Black family was also very particular about upholding silence during meal times, Jeremy also formed the habit of eating in silence.Eventually, he couldn't contain his curiosity any longer and burst out, "Barbara, I'm very curious about the ide