After I left the lab, I got on the Dexter's car and headed for the restaurant.

Ten minutes later, the Dexter signaled me to look ahead. "That's it."

I looked up and saw an antique building, which was built near the river and carved with dragon and Phoenix in the distance. It was quite charming.

The name of the restaurant was Wilk.

After Dexter parked the car, he and I walked towards Wilk's door one after the other.

When I arrived at the private room with Dexter, the staff of the research institute had already arrived.

He sat beside me and introduced, "many people have seen Aimee in the daytime, but now we still have to solemnly introduce her to you."

Everyone looked in my direction. I nodded indifferently as a greeting.

"This is Aimee Miller. Everyone knows her name. She is Professor Baldwin's student."

"I admire you very much. I have read every thesis you have published abroad. I really like you so much!"

"It's our honor to work with you!"

I said with a smile, "thank you for your appreciation. I hope we have a pleasant cooperation in the future."

The dinner went on very well.

Many people came to propose toasts, and I accepted them .

I'm not bad at drinking, but there are a lot of people here. Unconsciously, I'm a little drunk.

Seeing that the dinner was about to end, I excused myself to go to the bathroom and washed my face to wake up.

When I came out of the bathroom and went back to the box, my cell phone suddenly vibrated.

I opened it and found it was from my two babies. They asked me when I would go back.

When I saw the message, a warm smile appeared in my eyes. I was about to stop and reply to them.

Suddenly, my shoulder was hit hard and my phone almost flew out.

I clenched my phone and apologized immediately, "I'm sorry..."

Before I finished her apology, the man questioned angrily, "are you blind? Damn it! What a bad luck!"

As he spoke, a strong smell of alcohol spreaded.

I frowned and distanced myself from him.

"I'm really sorry. Are you okay?"

Seeing that he was a drunkard, I was on the alert and apologized again.

As soon as she finished speaking, the person in front suddenly laughed maliciously, and his voice was somewhat erratic. "Little beauty... If I'm okay, you can drink with me for two glasses. I'm glad to make you happy, and I won't haggle with you today!"

Hearing this, I knew that the man in front of me was obviously drunk and unreasonable, so I didn't want to talk to him anymore. I lowered my head and tried to get past him.

As soon as I walked to the drunkard's side, the drunkard's voice sounded again, "don't go, little beauty! I'm very rich. As long as you agree to marry me, I'm sure you'll live a rich life for the rest of your life!"

As he spoke, he laughed lustfully. Seeing that he reached out his hand, my face was slightly cold. I took a step back and kicked the man in the belly.

Because today is the first day I came to the research institute to report. I am wearing formal clothes with a pair of stilettos on my feet. The force of my kick is absolutely not light.

The man was drunk and his face turned pale in an instant. He shook his stomach and fell to the ground.

"Bitch, shame on you! It's your honor that I like you. How dare you kick me!"

After lying on the ground for a long time, the guy gritted his teeth and raised his head, with his eyes red.

I glanced at him in disgust and was about to walk past him.

The man suddenly shouted at the corner, "come on! This bitch dares to hit me, bring her to the box! I'd like to see how she can be rude to me tonight!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two tall and strong bodyguards rushed out from the corner. Seeing the man's embarrassed look, the bodyguard hesitated and said, "Master..."

"Leave me alone! Catch her!"

When I heard the footsteps getting closer and closer behind me, my heart tightened. I put one hand into my bag and tightly squeezed the powder. This is the incense making material I took today. It will cause a strong pain when it touches my skin.

If these people dared to approach again, I would let them know that life was worse than death!

When I turned around with the powder, a bodyguard who was about to touch me suddenly screamed and flew out beside me.

The next second, another man also disappeared in front of me in the same way.

I was stunned and then realized that there seemed to be a figure behind me.

I turned around and saw a slender figure standing a few steps away.

When I saw the person, my heart tightened and I felt my scalp was about to explode. Instinctively, I turned around and wanted to run away.

Penn's pov

I looked at the woman in front of me with burning eyes.

In the middle of the dinner party, I felt the room stuffy and decided to go out for some fresh air.

ihad never expected to see this woman.

--Aimee!

It was her!

When I was about to say something, I saw this woman raise her leg and want to run away.

Without thinking too much, I dashed forward and grabbed her wrist. "Aimee! Where else do you want to hide?"

Noticing her struggle, I exerted more strength to my hand.

"Let me go!"

She turned around, gritted her teeth and glared at me.

"Let you go?"

I stared at the face in front of me.

We hadn't seen each other for six years. Her face looked more mature and charming, as usual.

However, she was not as obedient and gentle as she used to be. Instead, she was more aggressive.

There was even a hint of alienation in her eyes!

Realizing this, I was furious. I looked into her eyes coldly and said word by word, "do you think I will let you run away again?"

Seeing Bill, "get rid of these bastards!"

Then I grabbed Aimee's arm and strode into a box.

There was no one in the room.

When I came in, I closed the door.

For a moment, the room was so quiet that we could only hear each other's breath.

"What do you want? Let me go!" She struggled violently.

I pressed her against the wall effortlessly.

There was dead silence in the room.

Suddenly, I found that the woman in my arms stopped struggling. She said indifferently, "Penn, let go of me. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Hearing her indifferent tone, I was slightly stunned. A moment later, I took half a step back, but I still did not let go of her.

"Don't you have anything to tell me?" Seeing the change of her expression, my eyes narrowed slightly.

She said indifferently, "Mr. Carter, we've divorced for six years. I... I don't think I have anything to talk to you."

"What did you call me?"

I pinched her chin and forced her to raise her head.

But she looked away and said nothing.

Seeing her silence, I was even more furious.

Mr. Carter?

Yes, it had been six years!

Wasn't this woman always so cruel?

She was so cruel that she even abandoned her own son and took him as a passer-by!

No one was more cruel than her!

"Aimee, don't pretend to be a stranger in front of me."

I tightened my grip.

Seeing her eyes were full of resistance.

I lifted the corners of my mouth sarcastically. "Wasn't it you who said you liked me and loved me? Now you pretend to be a stranger to me? Have you forgotten what you have done to me? Have you forgotten, I haven't forgotten!"

"I remember. What's wrong? Mr. Carter now feels that he has suffered a loss and wants to take it back? Tell me, how do you want me to compensate you? To be honest, you were unconscious that night, and I didn't feel anything about it. Now I remember, it's just so so. But I did do harm to you, so if you want to compensate, I won't have any objection."

Well, a few years had passed, and this woman knew what to say to piss me off.

That night, I really didn't have any consciousness, and I couldn't remember the specific situation.

I raised her chin and said coldly, "but since you misunderstood me, I don't mind serving you again."

Then I kissed her red lips.

"Penn, let me go! Are you crazy? This is a private room! Someone may come in at any time!"

Feeling her struggle, I stepped back a little. Hearing this, I pulled my lower lip coldly. "So what? Didn't you say that you would compensate me? I want you to pay me back. Are you afraid?"

Seeing that she didn't respond, I leaned over and kissed her again.

Feeling her soft body, I stopped moving and almost pressed against her lips. "Don't you feel it? Why is it so soft? Aimee, your body is much more honest than your mouth!"

she pushed me away and slapped me!

"Penn, didn't you say that you wanted to marry Bonnie? What are you doing now? Are you revenging on me? If so, you did it! I was thoughtless and used such a fierce method to hurt you back then, but as you expected, I didn't pester you anymore, and I won't bother you from now on! So, let's call it a day!"

After saying that, she gave me a hard look, opened the door and ran out without looking back.

"Sir, are... Are you okay?" It was Bill.

With a gloomy face, I touched my face and rubbed the corner of my mouth with my thumb, and my fingertips were wet.

Looking at the blood on his fingertips, I gritted my teeth and replied, "I'm fine."

Then she walked out of the room.

When I walked out of the room, the drunkard and his men were still lying on the ground, holding and screaming.

I cast a cold glance at the person on the ground and turned around to order Bill, "which hand has touched her? Make it all crippled."

"Yes, sir!"

Without saying anything more, I turned around and left.

After the dinner, I was about to go back with Bill. When I arrived at the door of the restaurant, I saw Aimee get on a man's car.

As the car slowly drove away, my face was gloomy and my eyes were tightly locked on it.

After a while, I looked away and ordered Bill, "go and find out who that man is and what's his relationship with her!"

Back to the Cater's mansion.

When I entered the living room, it was already nine o'clock. I looked around and didn't see Lundy. Frowning, I asked, "where is Lundy?"

Cheryl, who was responsible for taking care of Lundy, was coming downstairs. "Master, young Master has taken a shower and is staying in his room. Do you want to go upstairs and see him?"

I nodded slightly and went upstairs.

"Master, there is one more thing..."

Cheryl said hesitantly, "when the young master came back tonight, there was a very serious bruise on his wrist. I asked him, but he refused to tell me. I don't know if he was bullied in the kindergarten. I think we should pay attention to this matter."

"Got it. I'll go upstairs and have a look."

Then she quickened her pace to the door of Lundy and knocked on it.

Soon, Lundy came over and opened the door for me. hE didn't have any reaction when he saw me. he opened the door, turned around and went in.

I followed him and saw him go back to the table and draw something with a brush.

Seeing that he was serious, i didn't disturb him. I waited aside for a while. When he put down his pen, I said in a low voice, "Cheryl said that you were injured and let dad have a look at you."

Lundy showed me her injured hand obediently.

Seeing the wound on his hand, I frowned slightly. "How did you get it? Was it bullied by a child?"

Lundy was stunned and then shook his head hard.

Wasn't he bullied?

"Then what's going on?"

Lundy picked up the brush again and wrote a few letters on the notebook.

"Fell"

After that, he tilted her head with uncertainty.

"Fell down?"

I saw his handwriting and asked him for confirmation.

Lundy nodded.

I breathed a sigh of relief and touched his wound. "Did the teacher apply medicine to you?"

Lundy nodded.

I nodded, looked at his white and tender hands, and said, "the injury has only been healed for a few days. You still need to apply medicine. Daddy will help you, okay?"

The little guy didn't refuse.

I squatted down, picked him up and went downstairs.

When we arrived at the hall, I put the little boy on my lap, sat on the sofa and ordered Cheryl, "bring the medicine box here."

Cheryl brought the medicine box here soon.

I took out the spray and sprayed it on his wound. Then I kneaded him for a while.

Lundy didn't make a fuss. he just pursed his lips and frowned.

I observed his expression from time to time to see if it hurt.

This little guy looked a little like that woman in a serious way.

As if sensing my gaze, Lundy looked up in confusion and pointed at the corner of my mouth with a frown.

I knew what he meant. I held his little hand and comforted him, "it's okay. A little wild cat bit me."

Lundy was even more confused. She grabbed the pen and paper on the tea table and wrote, "cat, where did you get it?"

"It came back from abroad."

After saying that, I didn't want to talk about that woman anymore. i was afraid that I couldn't suppress anger in front of my son.

Seeing that the little boy was still confused, I raised my hand and took away the pen and paper in his hand. "Well, it's about time. Daddy will take you to bed."

..

Aimee's pov

When I took the Dexter's car home, I put the car on the agenda.

When we arrived home, the two kids were still awake and Daphne was watching TV with them in the living room.

As soon as they saw me, the two kids immediately looked away from the TV and trotted over. "Mommy!"

I touched their heads with a smile.

"Did you drink?"

Aviva wrinkled her nose and said, "I'll make you some tea to sober up. You won't feel headache tomorrow morning."

Then she turned around and went into the kitchen.

Cyrus pulled me all the way to the sofa and sat on my laps. He carefully massaged my temples and said, "I'm giving mommy a massage. Mommy doesn't feel uncomfortable."

Daphne's eyes lit up with envy. "Why is my godson so considerate?"

I looked at her with a smile. "Like it? You can have a baby too."

Daphne shook her head repeatedly. "Forget it. I just want to steal these two from your family."

Cyrus comforted her, " you don't have to steal it. If you are drunk, my sister and I will take care of you in the same way."

"The babies are so good. I love you so much!"

I took the sober up tea from Aviva and took a sip.

After drinking the tea, it was late.

"Well, I'm fine. Go upstairs and have a rest!"

I kissed the foreheads of the two kids.

The two kids nodded, said good night to Daphne and went upstairs obediently.

After the two kids went upstairs, the smile on my face gradually faded away.

"What's the matter?"

Daphne turned off the TV and came over to ask.

I hesitated for a moment and told him what happened tonight. "I met Penn at dinner just now."

I couldn't tell anyone about what happened six years ago.

Hearing this, Daphne was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but sigh, "what kind of tragedy is this? The River City is so big. I thought that if you didn't take the initiative to find each other, there would be almost no chance for you to meet each other."

I lowered my eyes.

"So, what do you think after seeing him?" Daphne asked.

My lips twitched. " Six years ago, he and I were over. Now we are just two strangers. I won't be influenced by him anymore. For the rest of my life, I just want to take good care of Aviva and Cyrus and lead a good life with them."

Daphne smiled and patted me on the shoulder. "That's good. You're so excellent, and there are many people chasing after you. Take your time. Let's abandon that scum!"

I nodded slightly and didn't want to continue this topic. So I changed the subject. "By the way, I haven't bought a car since I came back. Today's reception party is held with colleagues' cars. It's not convenient. Are you free tomorrow morning? Can you go with me to pick a car?"

"What do you want to buy? I have several cars in the garage. You can just pick one."

I raised my eyebrows with a smile, "so good?"

Daphne wrapped her arms around my neck and said confidently, "of course. You are my godson's mother, and mine is yours!"

I promise with a smile.

After chatting for a while, Daphne checked the time and found that it was very late. Then she slowly went back to the next room.

After I washed my face, I lay on the bed, but I couldn't fall asleep.

After tossing and turning for a long time, i finally fell asleep.

In a daze, I seemed to return to the empty room of Wilk.

I was pressed against the wall. In front of me was a handsome face of Penn. He squinted dangerously and approached me.

When we were about to kiss, I suddenly woke up and broke out in a cold sweat.

Because of that dream, I almost didn't sleep all night.

The second morning, with eyebags, I sat at the table and had breakfast with the two kids.

"Mommy, didn't you sleep well last night?" Aviva asked in a sweet voice.

I was a little stunned, and then I thought of the dream again. After a few seconds, I smiled as if nothing had happened. "Well, I accidentally read the files too late yesterday."

The two kids have always been sensitive. I was afraid that they would ask me more. After saying that, I pretended to eat and lowered my head.

The two kids didn't ask any more questions. They just said, "Mommy, don't be too tired. Take good care of yourself!"

I nodded with a smile.

After breakfast, I'll take the two kids to Daphne to get the car.

"Pick whatever you like. " Daphne took us to the garage, with a bunch of car keys in her hand.

The two kids were young, but they knew a lot of famous cars. When they saw the cars in the garage, they clapped their hands and said, "godmother, you are so generous!"

I went inside and found a Mercedes Benz worth about one million at a medium price.

Daphne gave me the key without hesitation.

I'll drive the two kids to school after I get the car.

"Bye, Mommy! Don't be too tired!"

After getting off the car, the two kids said goodbye obediently.

I touched their heads and said, "you too. Be good at school. Mommy will pick you up tonight."

The two kids nodded and entered the school side by side.

Seeing their backs disappear from my sight, I turned around and got in the car. Then I started the car and slowly left the school gate.

Penn's pov

The car stopped at the gate of the kindergarten.

I sat in the back seat and watched Bill get out of the car. He opened the back door and carefully carried Lundy out of the car.

Lundy stood on the ground, turned around and waved at me.

" go inside." I touched his head and said gently.

Lundy nodded and walked into the kindergarten.

Looking at Lundy's back, I felt a little suspicious.

Lundy looked much happier than usual today.

Perhaps it was because he had spent more time with other kis in the kindergarten that he was more relax.

It seemed that what the psychologist said was right. If the little boy had more contact with his pals, his autism would be slowly relieved.

Seeing that Lundy was picked up by the teacher, I withdrew my sight and said to Bill, "let's go."

When I arrived at the company, I attended the high-level meeting immediately.

More than an hour had passed when the meeting was over.

I went straight back to my office.

"Penn, you're back."

As soon as I entered, I heard Bonnie's voice.

Hearing this, I frowned slightly.

Bonnie in a black suit standing in front of my desk with a smile. It seemed that she had been waiting for a while.

"When did you come here?"

I strode to the desk and glanced at the documents on it. Finally, my eyes fell on Bonnie's face.

Bonnie also sat down and smiled gently. "I just arrived. I heard from Bill that you were in a meeting."

Then she looked at the corner of my mouth and asked, "is your mouth... Hurt?"

When I thought of what happened yesterday, there was a touch of displeasure in my eyes, and my tone was cold. "It's just that I accidentally bit it. There's no need to make a fuss."

"What's the matter?" I asked coldly.

Bonnie smiled and said, "yes, I do have some business to deal with. The project we cooperated before is about to be signed, so I come to confirm with you if there are any other conditions. Besides, my parents want to invite you to dinner tonight. Uncle and aunt are also here. I wonder if you have time."

I glanced at her, frowned slightly, and said in a very cold tone, "please tell Uncle and aunt that I have a social engagement tonight, and I don't have time to attend the banquet."

She looked at me with an aggrieved face and said, "Penn, I've been waiting for you for six years. How can a woman have so many six years? Of course I'm willing to wait for you. But if we are destined to be together, why are you still unwilling to get married? At the very beginning, you should let the elders at home rest assured, right? We have planned the marriage from the beginning, why..."

"I did promise to give you an engagement."

I interrupted her question coldly, "but you should be very clear about where this promise comes from. In my opinion, the Carter family has made enough compensation to the Hunter family in all aspects over the years, and even far exceeded the value of this engagement. No one will say anything about this engagement, even if we don't fufill it."

After saying that, I ignored Bonnie's reaction.

At that time, the reason why I decided to marry Bonnie was to repay her grandfather for saving my life.

Because of this, I have a close relationship with the Hunter family. Therefore, when the elders proposed to let me marry my Bonnie, I accepted it noncommittally.

I even felt that Bonnie was the goddess in my heart.

It was not until six years ago that I realized that my love for Bonnie was not the love I imagined.

After that, the elders of the two families urged me many times to complete the marriage as soon as possible, but I found an excuse to put it off.

In the past six years, I have tried my best to provide convenience to the Hunter family and agreed to all their business requests, just to repay the favor of saving my life in the past.

Now, in my opinion, the debt of gratitude is enough.

At least, there was no need to fulfill this marriage.

"Penn.."

I pressed between my eyebrows and interrupted her calmly, "put down the documents. I'll read them later. I have work to do. If there's nothing else, you can leave now."

Aimee's POV

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

I will go to the place appointed with the material supplier with Dexter from the Research Institute.

On the way, it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn't had the chance to know the situation of the cooperative partner yet, so I asked Dexter, "what's the specific situation of the supplier we signed?"

As the director of the Research Institute, if I know nothing about the suppliers, they may think that our attitude is not good enough when we sign the contract later, which will inevitably affect the cooperation.

Dexter introduced the materials to me in detail, "this supplier is very large-scale in the River City. The family runs the production of incense materials. On the other hand, the price of this supplier is relatively fair. In addition, our research institute has a great influence overseas. They know that they want to make friends with us, and their attitude is also good. You can rest assured."

Hearing this, I nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. "I know several big suppliers of River City. According to you, the one who signed the contract with us today should be one of them. Which one is it?"

Dexter said, "the Hunter family."

I was stunned.

The Hunter family?

As far as I know, there is only one medical business in the River City whose surname is Hunter.

And I happened to have a grudge against.

Thinking of this, I frowned slightly. I just hope that I won't be so unlucky to meet the person I don't want to see the most.

After a while, we arrived at the coffee shop.

The suppliers hadn't arrived yet.

Dexter and I sat down first and ordered two cups of coffee, waiting for the other party.

About ten minutes later, someone knocked on the door.

"Here you are."

Dexter cheered up and said to me.

I nodded, stood up and said, "come in, please."

After a while, the door was pushed open and a man's voice came in. "Sorry, we are late."

I raised my eyes and looked forward. As a result, I met Bonnie.

Bonnie widened his eyes in astonishment. His voice was a little shrill because of excitement. "You... Aimee? Why are you here?"