The next day, Minerva woke up with a pair of puffy eyes. When Vera met her, she was shocked.

"F*ck, what the hell did you do? Your eyes are really swollen..."

Minerva did not reply. Instead, she took a towel and rinsed it with cold water. Then, she wrung it and pressed it against her eyes gently.

"That won't work," Vera helplessly said from the side. She looked at Minerva's skinny back and said with a pained expression, "I found that you've been smiling less ever since you returned. If I had known that you would be like this, we shouldn't have returned back then."

"No." Minerva was still pressing the towel against her eyes as she denied. "Why shouldn't I come back? This is where I grew up. This decision has nothing to do with anyone else."

"But... You don't seem happy."

Vera couldn't continue the last sentence.

"I'm fine." Minerva smiled faintly. "I'm fine.

You don't have to worry about me. After all, five years have passed. Are you afraid that I won't be able to make it through this period of time?"

Vera, however, criticized her secretly.

"You've been there for five years, but what kind of days did you live through when you were there?"

She devoted herself to her designing career like a madwoman and everyday after she got home, she slept as if she was exhausted. Later, after Beanie had grown up enough to be able to call her 'Mommy' and even hug her lovingly, only then did Minerva have better judgment.

All these years, Vera had been watching Minerva and her heart ached for her.

Since she had returned because of Maddox, Vera's resentment towards Maddox grew even stronger.

That horrible man!

Minerva back then, yet he was not going to

something just because you are the president of the Yardley Corporation?" The next time Vera saw him, she would

Yardley Corporation's office

in front of his desk in a daze. His brows were furrowed as he placed his fingers on the desk. The documents on the table had been piled up into like a small hill,

of Minerva and he

Knock, knock...

the office but Maddox just

response from the inside, the person who knocked on the door pushed the

office door, she saw Maddox sitting therewith his eyebrows tightly knitted. Obviously, her movements were obvious, but that person seemed to

the table. Then, she sat down on the sofa not far from Maddox and

that Maddox managed to regain his senses. He looked up and saw Abigail

another sip

you come in?" Maddox

on the table. The collision between the porcelain cup and the table made a slight noise. Abigail then said, "What's wrong? President Yardley, you've been absent-minded the whole time when

at her unhappily and his eyes

her arms in front of her chest and looked at

I'll still say

agitated Maddox's sore spot. His brows furrowed tightly

have feelings for you, but she will never be

locked tightly when he heard that. He pursed his lips

to the ear? You

pursed his lips and

want to be with you anymore, no matter how much effort

her very well? If not, why do you

"I am a woman as

attitude was indifferent.

him think things through. Therefore, she would not give up so easily. Instead, she took a step forward. "Back then, why did you

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