Freya responded, "You are different." "What's the difference between us?" Eunice took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "In the end, he and I are the same kind of people. We are chasing after love." Freya advised, "You like Jefferson, and Jefferson likes Adrienne... Regardless of whether Adrienne likes Jefferson or not, at least Adrienne doesn't fancy any other man. This is the difference." Eunice's voice rose. "Freya, the seven of us grew up together. Adrienne is three years younger than the six of us. When she was a child, we all took care of her. I can understand that, but now she has grown up and she is an adult. Why are all of you still protecting her? It's okay for you to protect her, but why do you close me out?" "Eunice, when did we do that?" Freya valued the relationship between the seven of them dearly. From an early age, they had protected Adrienne because of Jefferson and also because Adrienne was much younger than them. Even after everyone
Jefferson stuffed the two marriage certificates into Adrienne's hand and noted, "Idiot, take a good look at what these are." Adrienne held the two marriage certificates. She felt repulsed and wanted to throw them away. But, when she saw Jefferson's fierce eyes, she dared not do so. Thus, she could only hold them stiffly and said, "Why did you give me these?" As soon as she saw these two certificates, she would think of the mistake she made when she was drunk. It caused every unchangeable consequence. "See whose name is written on it and see the picture pasted on it." Jefferson was taller than Adrienne. In addition to that, he was looking at her from above, which made her feel oppressed. Adrienne didn't want to see it. She stuttered, "What... what do you want to say?" "You don't even want to look at it?" Jefferson's self-control snapped. He snatched the marriage certificates and showed them to Adrienne. "We got these marriage certificates from registering
If it weren't for the fact that they grew up together, Jefferson wouldn't have given Eunice the chance to get close to Adrienne! These words pricked Eunice's heart but she did not give up. "I told Adrienne that if she likes you, I will leave immediately and never appear in front of you guys again. She told me that she doesn't like you. She told me that I could pursue you without worry." Eunice took a deep breath and added, "Jefferson, I don't think I've done anything to hurt you all. I'm just like you, loving someone in my own way." "Love? Do you know what love is?" Jefferson mocked coldly, "Don't talk about your desires so highly." Eunice argued, "I don't know love? Then, do you know love?" Jefferson was at a loss for words. Indeed, he did not know what love was. He only knew that he wanted to bind Adrienne to his side and not let her leave his protection for the rest of her life. Was he really like Eunice? Were they using their
Zelson was at a loss for words. "Mr. Zelson, you told me that justice is above everything." Adrienne uttered word by word, "I have always remembered these words. Hence, I took every murder case seriously. I did my best not to wrong any innocent person and not let any murderer go." Zelson, on the other end of the phone, was still silent. Adrienne did not know what he was thinking. She continued, "More than once, you have told me that being a forensic doctor is special because we are a profession that speaks for the dead. If the victim couldn't tell others, we will speak on their behalf." Zelson still remained silent, but Adrienne knew that he was listening. "Mr. Zelson, I've worked with you for two years. You have always been my role model. I'm always proud to be your student. What on earth happened to make you tell me such a thing today?" After a long period of silence, Zelson finally spoke. However, he dodged Adrienne's questions. "Adrienne, it's getting late.
Adrienne was startled. She had worked with Zelson for two years and she had never seen him losing his temper. Even when he was furious, he could still maintain his sense of reason and rationally handled things. He spoke little, and he would always consider the feelings of the people around him when he spoke. He was completely different from Jefferson who would verbally attack everyone he met. Working with Zelson was pleasant. Now that he was acting out of his character, there should be something that he couldn't reveal. If she gave him some time, he would definitely tell her the truth. Thinking through all this, Adrienne put away her questions and curiosity. She nodded gently and said, "Then, I will prepare some materials and go with you in the afternoon." After coming out of Zelson's office, Quill asked someone to call Adrienne to his office. When they met, Adrienne saw that his expression was rather unnatural and instinctively knew why he was look
Jefferson was indeed handsome, but Adrienne really did not understand how he was considered cool. Vincent then added, "Boss, this is the famous forensic doctor of Chatterton Town, Zelson Jacob's top student. She's Adrienne Carter." After introducing them to each other, Vincent supposed that his boss would at least properly greet a lady even if he were bad-tempered. He never expected that Jefferson would just throw Adrienne a glance. Jefferson then pointed the blame at him. "Just say that she's a forensic doctor. Why the hell do you have to add 'someone's student' before her name? Are you looking down on me or anyone else?" Vincent suddenly didn't know what to say. He felt wronged but he couldn't say anything else. Jefferson did not press further. He just pointed to a room and ordered, "The corpse is there. Dr. Carter, please check the specific cause of death and report it to me as soon as possible." Jefferson's words were normal but Adr
After Adrienne returned, she kept on working without a break. At 9 p.m., the autopsy report then came out. They were right about it, the victim was indeed poisoned to death. To be exact, the poison was arsenic, which was quite a popular drug used as a poison. When Jefferson got the autopsy report, his eyebrows knitted into a deep frown. He looked at Austin and asked, "How's your investigation going?" Looking at Jefferson's scary look, Austin instinctively took two steps back and answered, "Boss, they threw the leftovers of the prisoners' meals. I couldn't find any clues." "All of you simply can't do anything. What is the use of letting you guys work under me?" Jefferson shouted. Jefferson's roar made Austin step back, but he still muttered softly, "Boss, we're mainly working on catching drug dealers, not criminal investigations. We need the professionals to do things like these." Jefferson was speechless, but he had always been a person who didn't care ab
Adrienne was so scared that her eyes widened. Seeing her face, Jefferson could not help but laugh out loud. "You are really an idiot. You don't even know how to close your eyes when a man is kissing you." "I don't have much experience," Adrienne admitted, and then Jefferson kissed her again. This time, she took his advice and closed her eyes. However, Jefferson paused again and teased, "Little idiot!" He was laughing again! He must be laughing because she couldn't even kiss properly. Adrienne very much wanted to prove him wrong, but she really didn't know how to kiss. "I listened to what you said and closed my eyes. Why are you laughing again?" Jefferson rubbed her head and said, "Little idiot!" At least, she did not reject him kissing her. This was a good sign, Jefferson told himself. "Why do you always swear?" Adrienne pouted. She had no idea how cute she sounded, and she only sounded like this when she was talking to Jefferson. In the
...... 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