ice called hi

rce of the voice, and he cou

e female voic

emale figure comin

s length, he reached out his

ss you,” h

wished for her to appear, and

ed, Gerard,” the so

o him, wanting to feel her

wife. They smelled different. Ivy had a distinct soft smell of rose

abruptly. “You are

ched out her hand, but Ge

houted with a clear voi

ia,” the female fin

about why she was in his

disturbed every year on this

orried about you,” Mia explaine

rt him, but Gerard slapped her

oom where he and Ivy used to sleep,

ruggled to open the door. When he fi

clean up,” Mia said, wa

d coldly, “No woman is allowed to e

e locking it and collapsing onto the bed. Final

nd nearly hit by the door, had

to come every year to see what Gerard was doing on thi

ck on Gerard. No one dared to disobey the Old Master of the

ked. She had never seen Gerard crying like a baby. Even

similar to Ivy’s this night, hoping Gerard w

y, even in his drunken state? She felt humiliated by Gerard’s rejectio

tomped her foot in f

erard from childhood and was the one who always s

h her? Why did he choose someone as lowl

aunted Gerard, huh?!” Mia snorte

ll be mine,” Mia said with determination bef

automatically reached the bedside table to take a gla

o glass of

d make him honey water every time he got dru

n he came out of his bedroom, gone was the heartbroken

suit that cocooned his perfect Greek-God-like body

le Western breakfast on the table

out him needing to tell them anything. They knew their master

h, and his secretary, Will

t. His every move was elegant, and he always

apkin and took the two paracetamol before

liam followed

He used to be chatty and smiled a lot, just like his wife. B

d and couldn't help but cry during Ivy’s funeral. Ivy was always

traight to his private elevator, looking as cold and indiff

he asked in his deep voice as h

check and sign some documents,”

st of his words as he knew it

o say, just say it. Don't wast

say, “The Old Master asked you to go back

s expression became colder, and his aura became icier. It made

his desk without acknowledg

ents on Gerard’s desk and waited patientl

am didn't even dare to breathe lou

angry, no one woul

igning where he needed to sign, and correcting mistak

alf of the documents William

ve them back to me by tomorrow, or they

th those documents; they were all done

ome stricter and always find faults in everyo

tered all over the floor, and was ready to flee

iam and gestured for

the door opened by itself, and

different from Ivy, who was 1.7m tall. This lady was only 1.55m

youthful. With her height, the way she dressed, and her soft tem

” William g

nown each other for so long. There’s no

miled politely, but he still di

t she was too scheming and shameless. Even though she was Gerard’s

r way. Even though she never did anything terrible to Ivy, the fact that she always shamel

nly saw her as his childhood friend, and Iv

sion softened w

Mia?” he asked. Even his t

eing childhood friends and Louis’s girlfriend, Mia had once taken a bullet

s she went to Gerard’s desk and put the l

x and showed Gerard the

do this. William will always buy me lunch