His gaze made Minerva's heart skip a beat, yet she quickly regained her senses. She then straightened her clothes and was about to leave.

Maddox's deep voice sounded from the back.

"Are you going to abandon me after you used me?"

Minerva halted her footsteps, gritting her teeth. She spoke clearly without turning around.

"Mr. Yardley, please understand this. I'm not using you, but you are pestering me, and I don't want to collaborate with you because of this. You're right, I hate you and I do not wish to see you anymore. Thus, please don't appear in front of me again in the future. I hope that we will have nothing to do with each other and become strangers."

Strangers?

Maddox stared at the woman who stood upright.

She was firm and resolute when she spoke these words. It was obvious that she was serious about it.

She had despised him so much in the past five years.

Maddox's eyes dimmed at this moment. He merely looked at her without saying a word and sneered, "Am I a stranger?"

Minerva thought he had heard her clearly and walked out of the parking lot without saying anything else.

After that, she hailed a taxi at the roadside and went back to the Hanover family home.

The Hanover family.

"Auntie Vera, will Mommy come home today?" Beanie asked eagerly, holding Vera's hand.

Beanie was actually very dependent on Minerva because he had been with her since he was a child. She would always bring him wherever she went. She would assign someone to watch over Beanie and would go to pick him up as soon as she was done with work.

Beanie hadn't seen her for the past two days. Therefore, he

She told me that she will be back soon," Vera pinched Beanie's soft cheeks. "I didn't expect that you would be so dependent on your mommy. You are a young man, isn't it such a shame?" Vera wanted to take the opportunity to make fun of him. After all, this little one

eyes and said all of the sudden, "Auntie Vera,

An immature kid? Aren't you

shook off Vera's hand,

over at this moment. Beanie rushed over and hugged his thigh, saying in a childish voice, "Uncle Quill, I saw your photos on Auntie Vera's

words, and she was rooted to

Quill in front of her, appalled, and then at Beanie's cunning look. She

revenge

was a

This brat!

with embarrassment and explained in a hurry, "Mr... Mr. Hanover! What Beanie said is not true. I

her teeth and glared at Beanie with menacing

would embarrass herself in front of her prince charming

"Oh?"

not bothered by this. However, it seemed that Beanie had

would gladly partner with

on Vera's face as

saved my photos? What kind of

cared about it? She thought that she could brush it off this time. But even if he asked about it, so

because I saw your photos in

He wouldn't

"Uncle Quill, look!"

and browsed through the photo album. He then selected several

the pictures on the phone. It turned

entire photo album was

confused. She bit her finger

at it for a while, Vera suddenly realized that it

quickly reached out to touch the phone in her pocket, only to find that her pocket

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