Although January was almost over, it was still cold in Beaford City. Kristine Daly had not stepped out from home from the past few days. She was home all day long but dressed herself up beautifully still. Since young, she had always been a woman who cared about her looks. She did not give up although her face was ruined. She thought that good makeup was equally important. From behind, people couldn't see her scarred face. Looking at her silhouette, she would still be outstanding. Her waist was slim and her wavy blonde hair was hanging freely on her shoulders. Charlie picked up the bowl and took a few sips. Then, his eyes fell on Kristine's back. She was wearing a bright red coat today. The coat was as red as blood. It was so red that it was shocking. He stared at her for a long time, Charlie didn't want to look away. It doesn't make sense that she's still listening to him like she used to. Could it be— Thinking of this, Charli
Charlie's head was smashed into pieces. "It's you! It's you! It's you! It's you!" Every time Kristine Daly hit with all her strength, she roared. Blood splattered on her face and splashed into her eyes, everything was blood red. She didn't stop hitting until she had run out of all her strength. Charlie was no longer what he used to look. He was unrecognizable after being smashed by her. "Hahaha..." Looking at her masterpiece, Kristine laughed abruptly until she burst into tears. Tears and blood were mixed together. It was sweet and bitter, just like her life. All of a sudden, she lost all her strength and collapsed beside Charlie's body. She looked at the disfigured body. Suddenly, she stretched out her hand and hugged him. "Charlie, am I beautiful?" She asked. She didn't get an answer. The only thing that could be seen was the blood that was flowing endlessly. A long time passed, the sky wa
Due to her condition, Karen Daly woke up relatively late these days. It was around ten o'clock in the morning when she arrived at the studio recently. Seeing her arrival, Faye Reed quickly poured her a glass of plain water. Faye tried to say something but didn't in the end. "Faye, what are you going to say?" They had been friends for years, Karen could easily tell that Faye had something to tell her. Faye thought about it again. Even if she didn't tell Karen about it, she eventually would know it since it's such a piece of big news. It would be better for her to tell Karen, as a reminder. She helped Karen sit down and said slowly, "Karen, how do you feel about Charlie now?" "Why did you suddenly bring that up?" Karen asked. Honestly, all her thoughts were focused on Kevin Kyle and the child throughout this period of time. She hadn't thought about those things and people in the past for a long time. As for Charlie, she did not want to hear any n
Under Charlie's protection, Samuel Daly treated Karen rather well, so she was still able to do whatever she wanted. After their high school final examinations, Karen got into the best university in Beaford City as she was the best scorer. It was what Samuel Daly wished for her to study. But the major that she wanted to pursue was fashion designing. Samuel Daly was mad at her because of this matter. With the anger, he disallowed her to have dinner as a punishment. Not only that, he even disallowed her to sit with the family. When Charlie knew about this, he climbed over the wall from the next door, climbed along a big tree until he reached the upper floor of her house, and gave her some hot food. "Karen, eat this." "Charlie, you always treat me the best." She took the lunch box and looked at him with the biggest smile. "If I don't treat you well, then who will?" Charlie said proudly and rubbed her head. Looking at her eating like a pig, Charlie couldn
"Not you?" The one speaking suddenly transformed into Charlie. He stepped forward and strangled her on the neck "Karen, we used to be your closest family, but you betrayed us with someone else." "I didn't—" Karen wanted to speak, but she was choked by him. Her face turned red and she couldn't breathe. She struggled to even say a word. "Karen, do you know how you were born? Samuel Daly gave your mother to another man like she was a toy, and that's how your mother got pregnant." "Look at Kevin Kyle, who is he? He is Leo Kyle who controls Rovio Corporation Inc. He's the dream of a lot of people. But look at you, who are you? How did you deserve to be his wife?" "You think you can tie him up just by being pregnant with his child? Do you think his promise could last forever?" "There's only one reason he's still with you now is because he hasn't met the woman that he truly loves yet." The people who were pointing at her increased. She tried to refute them,
Karen did not know why. The better Kevin Kyle treated her, the more unsafe she felt. She was afraid that he would no longer be by her side when she woke up one day, and she would never be able to find him again. If he didn't treat her so well, even if he was not here anymore, she would easily adapt to it. But now— Now, she found that she was getting more and more reluctant to leave him. Even though their breakup was just a dream, she felt so heartbroken. Although the break-up happened in her dream, she still felt scared at this moment. "Karen, can you tell me what you're thinking?" Kevin frowned slightly. His eyes looked dark and deep. Karen was always absent-minded recently. Kevin Kyle knew that she was keeping something from him, but he couldn't guess what it was. She was still eating, and he was still by her side, but Kevin Kyle couldn't see himself in her eyes. He didn't know where was her mind again. She was always like this recently
"I want to talk to Kristine Daly in private," Karen Daly said. "I'll go to the front and wait for you then. If you need anything, let me know." Mr. Wilis smiled as he finished speaking. He then turned around and left. Karen Daly took a deep breath and returned to the window again. Kristine Daly quietly looked over to the window from the inside of the room, and her eyes were deadly. Karen Daly looked at Kristine's face. Looking at her disfigured face, she thought of a lot of things in the past. Once upon a time, Kristine was outstanding and bright like a diamond. At that time, many boys wanted to pursue her, but they were rejected by her. Until then, Karen Daly finally knew that Kristine Daly had always liked Charlie; her life goal was to marry Charlie. "Are you here to make fun of me?" Kristine suddenly laughed. Her laughter sounded particularly horrible in this quiet yard. Karen's mind was wandering somewhere, but when Kristine's cold and hate
"A what?" Kevin Kyle thought. As soon as Karen Daly finished her words, she felt pain on her lips. Before she could react, she was kissed by Kevin Kyle. He broke into her mouth easily and forced her to accept his powerful kiss. "Oh—" Karen Daly raised her fist and hit him in the chest repeatedly. "B*stard, let me go!" She scolded, but Kevin Kyle did not pay attention to her at all. He kissed her like an angry lion. His kiss was too strong that Karen Daly didn't even have the strength to struggle, but she didn't give up easily. Karen Daly couldn't push him away, nor could she hurt him. This man's strength and the muscles on his body were surprisingly strong. Karen Daly was very angry. Or perhaps she was out of her mind, so she slipped one hand into the collar of his suit and scratched his chest. Kevin Kyle's body shook slightly and he let go of her in a hurry. He pushed her away and stared at her face with his deep eyes. "B*stard!" S
...... 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