Vanessa was on leave, so she planned to sleep in with Lawrie. However, Lawrie had gone to bed early the night before, so he had already woken up. He rolled into Vanessa's arms and nuzzled up against her. "Mommy, do you love me?" Vanessa, "Of course I love you." "I love you too," said Lawrie. Vanessa said, "Lawrie, can you let me sleep for a little while longer?" Lawrie said, "Okay." However, in the next minute, Lawrie once again climbed onto Vanessa's body and held her face as he asked. "Mommy, how much do you love me?" Vanessa really wanted to stuff his mouth, but she must not show any dissatisfaction at him. Otherwise, this sensitive boy would start thinking that she didn't love him again. Sure enough, when he didn't receive Vanessa's reply, Lawrie once again pouted his lips. He said, "Mommy, are you not answering me because you don't love me?" Vanessa shoved him under the blanket and said, "Lawrie, if you disturb me again, I'm not goin
When Levi finally woke up, he was already in a military dormitory. Looking at this shared dormitory, he felt like it was the end of the world. Not only was his phone not with him, but he also did not even have any clothes on. If it weren't for the fact that he did not feel any pain or discomfort, he might even think that someone had defiled him. Grr... His growling stomach was reminding him that he was hungry. Levi touched his hungry belly and shouted with all his might, "Neil Brown, Mia Kyle, how can you guys not show any mercy to your own son at all?" However, it was neither Neil nor Mia who answered him but a bugle call. A man in a military uniform barged into the room and raised his hand to look at the time. "Comrade Levi Brown, your uniform is on your bed. Get dressed immediately and gather at the training field in five minutes." Levi was annoyed to start with, now that he was getting yelled at, he rushed up to the man and asked, "Comrade? Who the f*c
After saying this, Vanessa saw that Julien's expression became extremely dark. He had a fearsome gaze, as if he would swallow her whole at any time. Why was he looking at her so fiercely? Was there something wrong with what she had just said? She was always someone who he would ask for when he had a need and forget about when she's not needed. That simply meant that he was just treating her as a sex partner. Did he actually expect her to treat him as her husband? In the past, Vanessa did wish that he could become her husband. But ever since she had Lawrie, she knew that she had no choice but to hide this thought deep in her heart. Julien looked at her coldly. After staring at her for a long time, he got up and went to the study. At the same time, he said in his cold voice, "It's good that you know." Vanessa hid her sadness and shrugged helplessly. "Have you had dinner?" Vanessa knew that she would not get an answer from him, but as his secret l
Vanessa kicked the phone away, but still could not break the phone. The strange man's voice once again sounded. "Well, as long as the child is my flesh and blood, it won't matter who he looks like." "Shut the f*ck up!" Vanessa yelled. The man said, "I know that it must have been hard on you having to raise our child by yourself all these years and I understand that you have a lot of grievances in your heart. Now that I've found you guys, I won't let you two suffer anymore. Well, Vanessa, it's getting late now. How about we meet up tomorrow so that we can talk about our child. I will definitely take responsibility for the child, and if you're willing to, I will also take care of you." Their child? Lawrie? No, Lawrie was her child, a child who she had raised by herself. He had nothing to do with anyone else. She was not going to let anyone take Lawrie away from her. Thinking of Lawrie, Vanessa tried to suppress the panic in her heart. She told herself
Vanessa did not get much sleep, but she was not sleepy at all. She was tossing and turning on the bed but still could not fall asleep. Hence, she got up and went to the gym room for a run. Vanessa loved working out, so she would always find time throughout the week to work out. Running was her usual go to exercise routine. Like she usually did, she started running on the treadmill but halfway through it, she felt that something was wrong with her body. In the next second, her vision became blurry as she dropped to the ground. Before falling down, a face flashed across Vanessa's mind. He was the only one who could save her. However, he was so angry at her the night before, so she guessed that he would not appear in this house for the next few days. By the time he showed up, she was probably a rotten dead body already. ...... Not knowing how much time had passed, Vanessa blinked her eyes and woke up from unconsciousness. She opened her eyes, and the fi
Joel once again stepped into the ward. He said, "Vanessa, Mr. Kyle said that as long as you agree to marry him, you can have anything you want. Even if you want the moon in the sky, he will find ways to get it for you." Vanessa hid under the blanket and said sullenly, "I only want him to stop talking about this, and don't you mention it again too. We'll just pretend that nothing has happened today, okay?" Seeing that Vanessa was this persistent, Joel knew that there was nothing he could do to change her mind. He tried to ask again, "Vanessa, is it because Mr. Kyle didn't do the proposal himself? But you know Mr. Kyle's character, don't you? Even if he doesn't tell you, he does love you." "No, that's not the reason," Vanessa answered. Joel continued to ask, "What is it then? Can you please give me a clear answer, so that I can give Mr. Kyle a clear explanation? Else, he's going to ask me to continue to pester you." "There's no reason for it," Vanessa said.
"Ring..." Right after Julien had left, the man who claimed to be Lawrie's father called Vanessa on the phone. Vanessa answered the phone, "Hello!" The man said, "Miss Vanessa, it's 2 p.m. already. Why aren't you here yet?" Vanessa really wanted to meet this person and get the evidence as soon as possible to bring him to justice, but she was in the hospital at this moment. Moreover, Julien's men were guarding outside. She couldn't leave at all, so she had no choice but to say, "Sorry, I can't make it today because of work. If you don't mind, how about we meet at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow?" The man said again, "This is the first time ever in my life I got stood up. It would be a lie if I say that I don't mind it at all. But since it's you, I'll wait for you for two more days then." Vanessa hated this man so much that she wanted to tear him into pieces at that instant, but it was not the right time yet. Hence, she said politely, "Thanks!" ......
"Have lunch together?" Vanessa could not believe her ears. She thought that she must have heard it wrongly. When he was in the company, Julien had always been that high and mighty president and he would only look at others with a contemptuous look. Now that he had asked her to lunch out of a sudden, there would only be two possibilities. One was he had gone out of his mind, and the other was that there was indeed something wrong with her ears. Julien asked, "Is there a problem?" "Are you sure that you're asking me to lunch together?" Vanessa asked. Julien frowned. "Why do you find it so unbelievable that I'm treating you to lunch?" Vanessa smiled awkwardly. "Just forget it, Mr. Kyle." Julien said, "Well, your boss is treating you to lunch, are you going to kindly accept my invitation or not?" This person was actually using his position as the president of the company to threaten her. Since he had already said so, there was nothing she co
...... 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