During the ten years Scarlet grew up in the Cooper family, apart from Emily, Julian was the one who treated her with the most warmth and kindness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every New Year at the Cooper residence was crowded with visitors, and her birthday was easily overlooked. No one paid it much attention except Julian. Every New Year\u2019s Eve, he would bring her a cake, let her make a wish, and wish her a happy birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Compared to William, who constantly teased, mocked, and caused her endless trouble, she naturally gravitated toward the composed and gentlemanly Julian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, her feelings for Julian were never romantic. After all, Julian was seven years older than her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back when Scarlet first came to the Cooper residence, she was a child, while he was already an adult.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What Scarlet felt for him was not affection but trust. He was a warm, reliable adult, and she was simply an orphan following\u00a0<\/p>\n
her instinct to stay safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she had to marry into the Cooper family, Julian was clearly the safer choice than William.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Looking back on the past three years only proved how right she had been\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had never expected anything more. She married into the Cooper family for Emily alone. She planned to go through three peaceful years and then divorce when the time was up\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was William who had insisted on drawing her in, tempting her, only to abandon her in the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She found herself wishing it had been Julian instead\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian was a decent man. Even if he didn\u2019t love her, he\u2019d at least have respected her and never hurt her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After word got out that Emily was bark and her health had taken a turn for the worse, quite a few people came to visit during\u00a0<\/p>\n
the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Thompson family showed up as well\u00a0<\/p>\n
During a phone call, Emily mentioned caveally that she had not seen Shaon in a long time and missed him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hence, Andrea dragged Shaun out of bed and brought him along\u00a0<\/p>\n
Having stayed out fooling around world lane the night before and barely slept, Shaun was dead tired. When he realized William wasn\u2019t around, he felt even less interested. He sat in the living room listening to the elders talk, yawning nonstop. He soon slumped over on the couch and fell asleep\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time he woke up, it was already afteroon, and Andrea and Justine had both left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn.\u201d Shaun was dumbfounded. \u201cDoes my shot not want me anymore?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sitting across from him, Emily said with a gentle smile, \u201cThis is your home too if you\u2019re tired, just rest here. William will be\u00a0<\/p>\n
back soon. Come on. Have some chicken wings\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ellen brought over a big tray of food and drinks\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shaun had practically grown up at the Cooper residence, so he felt completely at ease. He happily ate whatever Emily offered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
just as Shaun was digging in happily, Emily sighed gloomily. \u201cWilliam and Scarlet are at it again. I don\u2019t even know what it\u2019s about. I\u2019m old now, and the kids never fill me in, so I end up worrying \u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re divorced anyway. Why bother?\u201d Shaun then added, \u201cif William likes Nicole, why not just let them get married?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
FIRST\u00a0<\/p>\n
$500\/511 $3 BIG BLINDS\u00a0<\/p>\n
PLAY FREE\u00a0<\/p>\n
ON US!\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
H\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fly kooked at him sharply. \u201cDvd William tell you that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, don\u2019t that obesous?\u201d Shaun had abways assumed everyone knew that Being questioned like that made him pause in\u00a0<\/p>\n
They were together for years. Nicole went abroad for college, and William even waited for her for several years. If Scarlet hudy\u2019t stepped in, they\u2019d be married by now,\u201d Shaun stated\u00a0<\/p>\n
They broke up a long time ago.\u201d Emily said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly. They broke up before the wedding,\u201d Sham retorted\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing that, Emily couldn\u2019t help but think Shaun was always slow to get the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had already broken up by the time Nicole went abroad.\u201d Emily corrected him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
than instinctively blurted out, \u201cThat\u2019s bullshit!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shaun was about to apologize when Emily snorted \u201cFine I\u2019ll let you off\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m done talking to you You\u2019ve been following Willam around like a shadow and still don\u2019t know a thing\u201d Emily got up, giving up on trying to get any information from ham \u201cHow unless I was away for three years, yet I still know more than you\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shaun was rendered speechless. He began to doubt whether his relationship with Willam had ever been real\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat? I had no idea they\u2019d broken up Weren\u2019t they doing well together? Esches I Willian go off to Amziva after getting married and stay there for over two years before coming back has exclaimed\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt went to Nevala because of Melton More, the global financial huti, not be Nicole was there Emily\u2019s face turned serious \u201cMy grandson is so presse, building a cafeer that leaves everyone else in the dust, and all you can see is Nicole ?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
XCLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
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