Brenda said doubtfully, "Monique, it's best if you don't have anything going on with that man. If you have a relationship with him, your father and I won't be able to help you." "You don't have to worry about me. I'll handle it myself. Let's just settle the paperwork and get Grandpa admitted first." Brenda sighed and said, "Your grandfather has always condemned me for not giving him a son all these years. I know he's always pulling a long face at you and your sisters. But, when it comes to protecting you all, he has never failed." Speaking of her elderly grandfather, Owen, Monique still remembered how kind he was. She still remembered when she was ten years old, she was bullied by a boy next door. She bit her tongue and kept quiet but Owen saw everything. He brought her over to the boy's house and made it clear that any girl from the Zellweger family was not to be messed with. Owen was unhappy to have three granddaughters but he never allowed anyone to bully the
Seeing that she was about to hit him again, Levi frowned and thought, "Why is this woman exactly like that Monique from the army? She's always using violence to solve problems. Are all girls with the surname Zellweger this violent?" However, because she was pretty, he could bear it if he hit her. But, if it was Monique from before, he would not let her off the hook so easily. "Don't let me see you again. Each time I see you I will make sure to beat you up!" With that, Monique turned around and left. "Miss, you are quite feisty but I like it." Levi reached out to touch his eyes and felt a little pain. Nonetheless, when he thought about making this hot-tempered lady his one day, his confidence soared. He didn't care about anything else. "Young Master Brown, this..." Marcus happened to witness this scene. He didn't know what to do, thus he decided to just listen to Levi's orders. He didn't want to make things worse. "It's nothing. Just go do what you need to
Back then, Julien was blinded, mistakenly thinking that Vanessa had betrayed him for money. If he had spent even just a little more thought on it, or if he had gotten someone to investigate, he probably would have found out the truth. Then, Vanessa and Lawrie would not have suffered alone for so many years. Ignoring Vanessa's warning, Julien moved the stool and sat down beside her. He hugged her and kissed her again. Vanessa was so angry that she stomped her foot down on his. "Julien, did you ignore what I said just because I was the one who chased after you?" Julien's expression darkened. "Are you falling for Levi's nonsense?" Vanessa said gloomily, "I think what he said kind of makes sense. After all, he is a man. As a man, he would know a fellow man's thoughts better than I do." Julien let Vanessa go, picked up the spoon, and started eating. He did not mess around anymore. Seeing him suddenly become so well-behaved, Vanessa silently prayed for Levi in her hea
A month passed by in the blink of an eye. In the past month, Lawrie recovered well and was finally discharged from the hospital. He was so happy that he was skipping and hopping on the bed, asking, "Mommy, does this mean that I can play with Larry every day now?" "Yes, Lawrie. You can go see Larry whenever you're free." Having stayed at the hospital for a month, Lawrie's hair had grown out quite a bit, and his pale face was much more ruddy now. In Vanessa's eyes, Lawrie looked so cute that she couldn't help kissing him. "Baby, you're finally getting discharged today. I'm so happy." "I'm happy too, Mommy." Lawrie hugged Vanessa and gave her a sweet kiss. Then, he saw Julien pushing the door open and stepping into the ward. Lawrie watched as Julien hugged and kissed her. At that instant, Lawrie was extremely displeased. He warned, "Hey you big bad guy, don't hug and kiss my mommy!" "Lawrie, I'm not a bad guy. I'm your daddy. You should call me 'Daddy'." To tell th
Vanessa nodded and said, "I know. I love you as much as you love me, Lawrie. No one can take my love away for you." "Me too, Mommy." Then, Lawrie looked at Julien with reproach in his eyes, as if Julien was the one who made Vanessa cry. "Big bad guy, you'd better not make Mommy cry anymore. We must make her happy everyday." "Yes, let's make Mommy happy." Looking at these two men, Vanessa felt like crying again. "What should I do?" "I'm usually not a crybaby," Vanessa said inwardly. ... Secret Garden was bustling with excitement that very morning. Not only was Julien bringing his girlfriend back home, Jayden and Silvia, who had not been home for the past six months, would be coming home too. Since early morning, Karen Daly had been keeping herself busy by cleaning up Julien and Jayden's bedrooms. After tidying up the rooms, she went to the kitchen to cook some of their favorite dishes. It was almost noon, Julien and Jayden should be arrivi
As expected, Jayden Elias Kyle and Silvia Turner, whom Karen had been waiting for for the entire morning, got out of the car. Karen hurried over to greet them. "Jayden, Silvia, you guys are finally back. I missed you two so much in the past six months." Silvia stepped forward and gave Karen a big hug. "We missed you too, Mom." Karen took the opportunity to say, "If you miss me then you should stay here a little longer. It'll be the best if you can move back here so that I can see you every day." "That's a deal, Mom. I'm going to stay in Chatterton Town for half a year then. If Jayden doesn't agree to it, we can just ask him to go back to Madison City first. Let's see how long he can survive by himself." Listening to what Silvia had said, Jayden's face darkened. "Silvia, what nonsense are you spouting?" "Who said that it was nonsense? I want to stay in Chatterton Town for 6 months this time. I want to live with Mom and Larry." At the end of the
Not long after Jayden and Julien were home, Karen Joy arrived with her son Larry. Before entering the house, Karen Joy held Larry's hands in her palms and reminded him, "Larry, not only are Uncle Jayden and Auntie Silvia back, Uncle Julien has brought Auntie Vanessa and Lawrie home too. As this house's young master, you must take good care of them, okay?" Larry replied sensibly, "I know what to do, Mommy." "Mommy?" Larry suddenly changed the way he addressed her, which made Karen Joy feel a little unaccustomed. "Did you learn that from Lawrie?" Larry threw himself into Karen Joy's arms with a smile and said, "I was just joking with you, Mom." Karen Joy gently twisted Larry's ear and said, "Naughty boy." Larry turned around and ran into the house. When he entered the house, he saw Silvia, who had always doted on him, completely focused on Lawrie. He felt a little dejected but since Lawrie was younger than him, Larry decided not to take it to heart. "A
Vanessa blushed and smiled awkwardly. At that instant, she was a little displeased with Julien. Julien brought her home with him, but not only did he not officially introduce her and Lawrie to his family, but he also left Vanessa alone and went to accompany his grandfather. How could he just let her handle his family all by herself? She subtly looked out to the porch, hoping that Julien would come back to accompany her. However, no matter how many times she looked out, Julien did not show up. Karen Joy and Karen noticed Vanessa's gaze in an instant and after giving each other a knowing look, Karen Joy said, "Vanessa, why don't we go out to the porch for a walk." "Sure." In fact, the three of them had been talking for quite a while now, so Vanessa had been wanting to go out for a walk. Moreover, she wanted to see where Julien was, but she couldn't bring it up. Karen Joy's proposal was indeed timely. Karen said, "I'll hand Vanessa over to you now. You're responsib
...... 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