On this side, after Nolan left the restaurant, he became more and more angry.
He had never been hit by his dad before, but this time he got slapped because of that woman, Alessia.
Ever since he met Alessia, he either got slapped or was on the way to getting slapped.
Nolan didn't drive home but went straight to the bar.
Feeling depressed, he didn't feel like chatting with people or flirting with girls anymore. He just sat in the corner, drinking heavily one glass after another.
Until he got half-drunk, he accidentally turned his head and found a woman sitting in the empty seat beside him.
The woman wore a green long dress and a beige fisherman's hat, also drinking heavily one glass after another.
But her figure seemed somewhat familiar.
Finally, Nolan belched and recognized the person in front of him.
"Sisca?"
The woman raised her head at the sound and revealed her face, indeed it was Sisca.
Nolan's eyes showed half delight from being half-drunk. He didn't expect the woman he had met alone several times to bump into him at the bar.
Nolan walked over, naturally putting his hand on Sisca's shoulder.
Sisca was startled and quickly glanced around. Seeing that no one noticed them, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She softly scolded Nolan with a coquettish look, "Nolan, what are you doing? This is a public place."
Nolan was melted halfway by Sisca's coquettish eyes.
Instead of letting go of Sisca, he held her tighter, deliberately speaking in her ear.
"Sisca, are you saying it's not okay here? Then let's go somewhere else."
What two adults do when they change places is almost self-evident.
Sisca felt nauseous, feeling disgusted.
With Dominic in the picture, she really didn't fancy Nolan.
Sisca covered her chest and pretended to be sad, saying, "Nolan, I'm sorry, I really don't feel like it. Since the live broadcast incident a few days ago, I haven't received any offers for three days. You know, what does this mean for a popular celebrity? It means I could be forgotten at any moment."
After the last live broadcast accident, although Dominic's sudden appearance had regained her some fans, her popularity plummeted.
No matter how she issued statements afterwards, she couldn't completely recover.
The company also gave her a break for a while and suggested that she publicly appear with Dominic to prove to everyone their relationship, affirming that she only had a one-sided disagreement with Bianca.
These days, she almost called Dominic every day, but she couldn't reach him. Later, she tried using another number, and it got through.
Dominic had blocked her.
She endured the sadness and called David.
David did answer, saying that during this time, Dominic didn't want to see her again.
It turned out that not only did the company give her a long vacation, even Dominic gave her a vacation.
If Dominic didn't answer her calls this time, what about next time?
Would he really cut off contact with her and ignore her forever?
Sisca felt like she was losing step by step.
And her loss was because of Alessia's return.
"Nolan, I really hate Miss La Rosa. Would you blame me?" Sisca took a sip of wine, half-truthfully and half-jokingly said.
Unexpectedly, the man beside her nodded in agreement, "I hate her too. It would be great if she could disappear."
Sisca's heart skipped a beat for no reason. She nervously turned her head to look at him, and her eyes met Nolan's.
The message conveyed by the man's eyes after drinking was the same as hers.
"So we..." Sisca started, leading, smartly not finishing her sentence.
"No." Nolan was clearly tempted, but he changed his mind at the end.
Sisca felt a little disappointed, but she smiled to please him, "Nolan, of course I know it's not possible. I was just joking."
As she spoke, she subtly moved away from Nolan without leaving a trace, not even allowing him to embrace her anymore.
However, Nolan was an expert in the field of beauty. In such trivial matters, how could he let Sisca slip away easily?
He put his arm around her again, pulling Sisca back into his arms, patting her shoulder with his palm and said, "Sisca, I wasn't joking with you just now. We won't touch her just because she still has some use, but we can target others."
"Others?" Sisca didn't understand.
Nolan grinned evilly, "That's right, doesn't she have a pair of twins? Let's deal with them, consider it a lesson for Alessia."
He didn't forget that the root of this trouble was that pair of twins.
Targeting Alessia's children, Sisca was inclined to deal with Alessia.
But after some thought, she agreed. Making Alessia feel troubled and nervous made her feel good too.
"Don't make a big fuss about it." Sisca finally gave a cautious reminder.
"Don't worry." Nolan took a sip of wine, "You can wait for my good news then."
"Okay." Sisca gently tucked her stray hair behind her ear.
...
Rosedale Residence.
Because Riley moved in, Bianca also stayed here.
Alessia didn't mind anyway, there was plenty of room at home.
But Christian seemed less than happy.
"Auntie, why are you staying here alone, without bringing Dad, and not bringing Big Brother either?"
Bianca felt heartbroken, suddenly feeling that her cute little nephew wasn't cute today.
Did he think she wanted to stay here? No, it was to keep this little heartless mommy.
"Auntie, we won't bother you anymore, when can we see Big Brother again...?" The obedient Eleanor also came over.
The little one glanced upstairs where her mommy was, then leaned towards her auntie, "And Dad, actually Elle misses Dad too."
Eleanor felt low, she was so pitiful, she had only seen her dad up close once.
And at that time, Dad didn't seem very happy.
As soon as Christian heard Eleanor mention Dad, his ears perked up, obviously his thoughts were the same as Eleanor's.
Bianca looked at her nephew and niece longing for their dad, and the little bit of anger that had been stirred up by her nephew just disappeared.
There was no way, who could resist cute children.
Bianca's eyes flickered, and finally stood up abruptly, patting her chest to assure them, "I hear your request, I will help you solve the problem."
After saying that, Bianca went upstairs to Alessia's room.
"Sister-in-law, I need to talk to you." Bianca pushed open the door.
Alessia raised an eyebrow.
Bianca approached, her gaze fell on the design drafts in Alessia's hands.
On them were designs from the Al Studio, the latest season's design layouts.
Bianca's eyes immediately lit up, excitedly picked up the drafts and flipped through them, "Sister-in-law, are the clothes on these drawings going into production and on the market next season?"
"Yeah." Alessia nodded.
"They're so beautiful, sister-in-law, you even incorporated elements of Bohemian Style in this issue's designs. It would be great if they could be launched in Canada first." Bianca sighed.
Alessia said, "It's not impossible."
"Really?" Bianca looked up in surprise.
"Of course." Alessia nodded decisively.
This issue's drafts were inspired after returning to Canada. She originally planned to launch them in Canada first, and it was rare that Bianca also liked them.
After thinking about it, Alessia said, "Then I'll let you handle the domestic agency for this issue?"
"Huh?" Bianca was stunned.
Although she was very happy, Bianca didn't immediately agree, but considered her own conditions. She honestly said, "Sister-in-law, although I really want to take the agency alone, my abilities are limited. Can I do it with my friends?"
After saying that, she looked nervously at Alessia. After all, there were too many clothing design companies in Canada that wanted to get the agency for LR Studio.
Alessia didn't care, "It's up to you."
She wasn't opening doors for Bianca, but because Bianca liked it. Sometimes genuine affection is also a part of strength.
"That's great." Bianca happily flipped through the drafts in her hands again.
With her and Jessie, there should be no problem with taking over this agency.
Jessie didn't know that Al was her sister-in-law's studio. If this girl knew, she would probably be even more surprised that the two little kids she had her eyes on at the fashion design awards ceremony last time were her nephew and niece.
The more Bianca thought about it, the more she couldn't suppress the rising emotions in her body.
After a while, she finally remembered why she came here.
Bianca sighed with relief, then her voice became much quieter as she spoke again, "Sister-in-law, can I discuss something with you?"
"What is it?" Alessia asked.
Bianca took a deep breath and said in one breath, "Can you let me take Christian and Elle back to the old house for a while, and then you bring Christopher here? It's fine not to tell my brother about Christian and Elle's existence for now, but at least let my brother have some contact with these two kids."
Bianca was helpless. She thought, in this world, probably no one could understand her tangled heart.
Alessia hesitated for a moment at her words.
There seemed to be no flaws in this exchange of identities, but over time, if Dominic ever thought about the twins, then nothing could be hidden.
But last time, Christopher also expressed his desire to spend some time with her.
She had been absent from Christopher's growing up years for so many years, it should be fair...
In the end, Alessia compromised, "Okay, I agree."
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