The appetizing food was placed on the countertop. Silvia took a few steps to the left and reached out for the food. But just as her hand had touched the lid, she hesitated. If the food was placed in such an obvious place, could it be a trap that Jayden had set up? Or could there be poison in it? So if she was to eat it, she would be poisoned to death. And by the time, Jayden would claim that it was intended to poison rats and that it was Silvia's own fault that she had eaten it. "It was said that women are even deadlier than men, but I do really think that this b*stard is even more vicious than a woman. If he doesn't poison me to death, he would never stop." While Silvia was cursing Jayden in her heart, she walked to the kitchen door and looked around to make sure that no one was peeking at her in the dark, and then went back into the kitchen. She opened the lid and there were two bowls in there. In both of the bowls were some unidentifiable soup. Th
This was the first time Silvia had realized that a man could be so gentle yet so overbearing while kissing a woman, as if they were the only two people left in the world. He was kissing her, and she responded to him. Both of them were immersed in this long and passionate kiss. Neither of them was willing to break the kiss, and both of them wanted the kiss to last a little longer. After a long time had passed, the two of them reluctantly ended the passionate embrace. Silvia was so weak after the long kiss that she couldn't stand still. She leaned against Jayden's chest feebly, as she calmed her breathing. "You're awake?" Jayden's voice sounded out of a sudden, which made Silvia's body stiffened a little. It turned out that this man was trying to wake her up using a kiss, but she was so immersed into his kiss that she had forgotten about their true identities. She knew clearly that this man was like a poisonous drug, a man whom she couldn't afford to mess wi
The night was as dark as ink. The crickets in the garden of the villa were chirping continuously. On this quiet night, the chirping sound was very noisy, but it was the sound of nature. The master bedroom on the second floor of the villa was still brightly lit. The blood-orange light penetrated through the thick curtains and shone on the Lover Silk Tree which was blooming outside. There was a very sad and beautiful legend about the Lover Silk Tree. It was said that the Lover Silk tree was known as the Bitter Silk tree at its early stage, and it was not supposed to bloom. Later, a scholar abandoned his wife, and the wife left in hatred. Before she left, she declared that if her husband had a change of heart, this Bitter Silk tree would start to bloom. Her husband would be the leaves, and she would be the flower. The flowers would not grow old, and the leaves would never wither. That way, they would be together forever and ever! Later on, the woman died, and
"I'm 200% serious this time." Jayden wanted to laugh. This silly woman was not aware that she was jumping into the trap that he had set up for her. "Pinky swear!" Silvia insisted on a childish ritual to seal the deal. "Okay." Jayden didn't mind her being childish, so he stretched out his pinky finger and hooked it against hers. "It's a deal then. You're the one who's going to bully me next time." "Okay, it's a deal." Silvia answered in a daze. However, just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly thought of something, "Wait..." Jayden held back his laughter. "What's wrong?" "Are you lying to me again?" She had a feeling that something was wrong, but she was too tired to think about it. She rubbed her head against his chest, closed her eyes, and fell into a deep slumber. Silvia was really exhausted. She lied in his arms and fell asleep in a split second. However, she was not sleeping peacefully. She would frown and pout from time to time, and sh
Jayden looked at her with an evil and arrogant look, making Silvia feel like she was a prey that was being targeted by a predator and was to be eaten up in the next second. Silvia snatched over the quilt and wrapped it around her body. She glared at him and said, "I said not to look, but you're still looking. If you dare to look again, I'll beat you up!" Jayden raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile, "So you can look at my naked body but I can't look at yours?" Jayden was amused by her savagery. Silvia argued, "Who said that I'm looking at you?" Jayden said, "If you're not looking at me, how would you know that I'm looking at you then?" Since she couldn't reason against him, Silvia could only use her best skill, which was being unreasonable. Therefore, she said, "I can look at you, but you're not allowed to look at me anymore." Her face turned red and it looked so adorable that Jayden wanted to 'eat' her again. "I'm only looking at my wif
In the dining room on the first floor. Auntie Cherry, who was setting up the table for breakfast, looked up as soon as she heard footsteps approaching. She was surprised at what she saw. The two people who were quarreling with each other the night before were walking over to the dining room hand in hand. To put it more accurately, it was not that they were holding hands, but Silvia was clutching onto Jayden's arm as if her entire body was latched onto him. Not only did Jayden not push her away, but he also allowed her to scamper around him. "Young Master Kyle, let me tell you, I'm still in my puberty. If I don't eat enough nutritious food, I might not be able to grow any taller anymore. If I don't grow taller, it would probably affect you a lot, right?" He was superficially her husband after all, so if she was to become ugly and skinny and even short, wouldn't he be embarrassed? "Puberty? How old are you already?" Jayden glanced at her. Seeing that she had
Forget it! Silvia didn't want to fight with this b*stard. If he could eat such food, then why couldn't she? Silvia picked up the bowl of oatmeal, grabbed a spoon, and began to gulp it down. After finishing the entire bowl of oatmeal in one breath, she actually thought of going for another bowl because it tasted much better than she had imagined. As she was taking huge mouthfuls, Jayden on the other hand, was taking his time as he enjoyed his breakfast. His calm and graceful composure made him absolutely pleasurable to look at. However, the more graceful he was, the more uncultured Silvia seemed. Silvia glared at him distastefully. Jayden smiled and did not say anything. "I'm done." Other than the oatmeal, she had also finished a whole plate of salad and two hard-boiled eggs. "Mm." He nodded. "I'm going to school now. By the way, I have to go to the hospital to see my mother in the afternoon, so I don't need a driver today, I can just tak
Jayden said coldly, "There will be no one else in my life. I only want you." Silvia was a little mad. "Why me? Was it because you have spent so much money on me? Or do you think it's fun to bully me?" She was not him. She could not read his mind. She only knew that if she had a choice, she would never marry a man who she did not love. Of course, that would only happen if she had the power to make her own choices. Ever since the beginning, she had never had a say about her marriage with Jayden, otherwise, they would not have ended up like this. Jayden said, "I want you, do I need any reasons for that?" Silvia was speechless. Forget it, she didn't want to argue with him anymore. It would only be a waste of time if she continued to persuade him. Since she couldn't change anything for the time being, then she had no choice but to accept it. This way, her life would be much better. ...... Because of the unhappy conversation which happene
...... Eight months later. Adrienne had given birth to a daughter, gathering the entire Yard family in Chatterton Town. Everyone was in high spirits but Jefferson had a sour expression on, as if that was the worst day of his life. Sierra found a moment and went over to Jefferson. "Hey, Jeff. Adrienne just gave birth but why do you have such a long face on? Did you want a son instead or something?" Jefferson responded rudely, "It doesn't matter to me whether it's a boy or a girl. That little girl is our daughter, and I'll love her no matter what." Sierra continued, "Why do you look so upset then?" "Must I have a reason for that?" Well, he was angry at himself. Adrienne had almost lost her life in the labor room earlier, but he hadn't been able to offer any help. Throughout Adrienne's pregnancy, Jefferson had done an enormous amount of research and found out that a C-section birth was relatively safer. Hence, he'd insisted that Adrienne und
...... Johan was still clamming up. Maxtor was so anxious that he couldn't stand still. "Johan, what happened between you and Sierra? Can't you at least explain the situation to me?" After a long silence, Johan looked up and out of the window. "There have been so many fights and misunderstandings between us in the past years and it seems that the past was a time that we can never go back to." Upon hearing this, Maxtor seemed to have put his finger on the crux of the problem. "Did Miranda make Sierra misunderstand you?" Maxtor said earnestly, "Johan, I've told you before that woman has a twisted psyche and you need to stay away from her. You pitied her for being an orphan, but look at what she has been up to." "It has nothing to do with Miranda. It's me. If I..." If he had explained everything to Sierra back then, she wouldn't have felt that insecure about their relationship. He knew everything, but he still got mad at her. Maxtor continued, "He
...... On the first day of school, Miranda was once again met with an unpredicted truth. She found out that Sierra was the top scorer in the entrance exam. She was the overachiever that every university was dying to recruit. Not only did Sierra come from a good family, but she was smart and beautiful to boot. Sierra possessed everything she could have in life. Miranda couldn't figure out why she had to take Johan away from her when she already had so much. What made Miranda even more disappointed was not her inferiority but Johan. On the first day of school, she was over the moon to see that Johan was at the gate to receive her. However, when Johan took her luggage from her and she was wallowing in her excitement to see him, He said to her, "Miranda, that is the girl I like, Sierra. She will be your sister-in-law in the future. You should get on well with her." She didn't want to be nice to her. Instead, she hated her. Mirand
...... Johan's words frightened Miranda so much that her face turned pale. "Johan, Mrs. Silas adopted me. I would have died a long time ago if it weren't for her. How could I have nothing to do with the Silas family?" Johan's face was somber, and his voice chilled Miranda to her bones. "You know that my mother was the one who took you in, but look at what you've been up to all these years?" "Johan, what-what did I do?" Miranda said, trembling with fear. Miranda was an expert at feigning a pitiful appearance and reaping sympathy from others. She even managed to tear up and gazed heart-wrenchingly at Johan at that very moment. However, Johan did not buy into her ploy at all. Not only did his eyes demonstrate her no pity, there was also a trace of disdain that Miranda had never seen before. He loathed her. Upon realizing that, Miranda's heart was broken. Johan had been her dream for those past years. She had worked so hard to do so many things in
...... Sierra wasn't able to refute because what Miranda said was the truth. It was indeed true that many could never compare with her background. However, although she was born privileged, that didn't spare her from putting in effort for her own future. Prestigious universities wanted her because she was the top scorer in the entrance exam but not because of her family background and connections. All of a sudden, Miranda smirked sinisterly. "I know you like Johan, and you want to be with him. Sierra, I like him too, and I want to be with him. You have everything so why do you still want to take my man away from me?" "Excuse me? Who took your man?" Displeased, Sierra said, "Miranda, you were the one who told me that you two were siblings, and that there was nothing going on between you guys. And mind you, you were also the one who encouraged me to go after him." Miranda shouted in a low voice, "Sierra, if I hadn't told you that, would you have remained fri
...... Averting her gaze, Sierra turned around with difficulty. However, just as she had taken a step forward, Miranda's voice sounded from behind. "Sierra, I didn't expect you to come to the airport to pick me up. Imagine my delight to be able to see you on the first day of my return." "You've misunderstood, Miss Attwood. I'm not here to pick you up." Sierra did not conceal her hatred for Miranda as she could not even be bothered to dole out the niceties at her. Miranda chuckled. "I haven't seen you for so many years, but you're still so adorable." It seemed that Miranda couldn't sense the despise Sierra had for her. She approached Sierra with a smile and wanted to give her a hug. Sierra stared at Miranda's outstretched arms and quickly dodged her. A single glance at Miranda and her eyes would be sullied. Sierra thought that she would even throw up should her body come into contact with Miranda's. Miranda was never good at reading between the
...... Stopping her car, Sierra quickly got off to check the situation. No sooner had her feet been on the ground that four men got off from the car in front of her and surrounded her. One of them pointed at her and barked, "Don't you f*cking know how to drive? If you don't, then don't drive. Say it, how much are you going to pay for the damage!" Sierra was driving in accordance to normalcy, but the other party had, so suddenly, cut into her lane without a signal. As hard as she had stepped on her brake, she still collided with the car. They were supposed to be the ones held accountable for the collision. However, they got out of the car and shouted at her, extorting compensation. Sierra suspected that these men had done so deliberately to scam her. She took out her mobile phone and was ready to call the police. However, before she could even unlock her phone, one of the men had already wrenched the phone away from her. "We have something important t
...... In the middle of cleaning the table, Rosie said, "He doesn't only come here to have meals, but he would also get one to go every time. No jalapenos on the one to go. He says that you can't take spices because your stomach doesn't handle it well." Sierra did have a stomach problem, but it wasn't till the point that she couldn't take spicy food at all. Moreover, Johan had never brought any tacos back for her. Sierra figured that he was probably getting it for someone else so she asked, "What did he say to you when he asked you to pack it?" Rosie smiled and said, "He said that he was going to bring it for his girlfriend. He's obviously talking about you, isn't he?" "Oh, his girlfriend." Smiling, Sierra did not put forth any more questions as she knew that Johan had never regarded her as his girlfriend. For him, she was nothing more like a leech that he couldn't shake off. Rosie looked at Sierra and said earnestly, "I know you two fought tod
...... "My ability to act coy?" Sierra said inwardly. She had no idea from where did his temper sneak in again. However, she knew that somehow everything she had done seemed to piss him off. If he didn't like her, then why did he come looking for her? Did he have nothing else better to do? She smiled and said, "Mr. Silas, since you don't like being around me, then let's not meet anymore in the future, nor have any meals together. I'm afraid your appetite will take a nosedive when you see me." "You shouldn't say that, Sierra." Rosie handed one of the plates to Sierra and said, "Every couple gets into fights, but you must know your boundaries. Some words are too hurtful, and you shouldn't just say everything that comes to your mind." Sierra didn't make a sound. She wasn't a fan of others poking their noses in her affairs. Besides, she was not close to Rosie either so she found her rather meddlesome. Rosie didn't seem to register in her mind that Sierra was d