Jefferson had to admit that his mother had been living happily, and she was never miserable about anything. She took care of her husband and son willingly. No one had ever forced her to do that. Nonetheless, his mother was only happy because she didn't know what Albert had been doing behind her back. If the terrible things his father had been doing got exposed, her happiness all these years would seem like a joke. Albert said, "I have a clear conscience, I have done nothing wrong all these years." "Albert Hefner, it looks like I've overestimated you." Jefferson said as he clenched his fist, "You're a coward that only has the guts to do these things, but doesn't have the guts to admit it." Albert replied, "Jefferson, you think I did all those hurtful things to your mother just by looking at a few pictures?" "I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be fake?" Jefferson said fiercely. Albert smiled and said, "You shouldn't forget that technolog
Adrienne did not dare to move. "What nonsense are you talking about? Let me go, I'm gonna sleep." "If you don't tell me, I won't let you go," said Jefferson with a smirk. "Don't you still have work to take care of? You should go now, and come back early." Hugging her tightly, Jefferson said, "Let me hold you for a while longer to recharge. That way, I'll be much more productive when I work." "What do you think I am?" "You're my energizer," said Jefferson. Adrienne stared at him blankly. It sounded like nothing, but Adrienne's face turned red from his words. She buried her head in his arms, and like a kitten, she rubbed her face against his chest. ...... Jefferson left, but Adrienne was still in bed. She just couldn't seem to fall asleep no matter how long she had tossed and turned on the bed. What on earth had happened at Jefferson's parents' house that made Jefferson mad? Though she riffled through her brain, sti
"Could it be the perpetrator behind all these recent cases?" Adrienne thought to herself. Why would Jefferson go see him alone? Why didn't he bring any backups? Although Adrienne knew Jefferson must have had his own reasons for doing so, when she thought about his life possibly being in danger, she just couldn't sit still. Right then, the person that popped into her mind was Jefferson's father, Albert. Albert was a reputable figure in Chatterton Town. He had eyes everywhere and he was in a position of power. Besides that, he had the support of the Yard family. If they stepped in, no one would dare to lay their fingers on Jefferson. Without much further thought, Adrienne quickly dialed Albert's number. The call connected extremely quickly, so much so that Adrienne wondered if Albert had been waiting for her call. Adrienne went right to the heart of the matter. She said, "Sorry for bothering you this late, Mr. Albert. Jefferson went
The two men before him had most likely done many wicked things without even batting an eyelid; they were real criminals. But in Jefferson's eyes, they were nothing more than circus clowns. "You don't need to put on a menacing farce with those glare of yours. Don't you feel uncomfortable staring at me with your eyes wide open like that?" asked Jefferson with a chuckle. The two men did not answer, thoroughly confused. Jefferson brushed the dust off his shoulder and said, "Since you've let me get to this point, you must know why I'm here. Please lead me to the person I came here to meet." After a couple of seconds, the thinner man of the two stepped forward and told him, "Mr. Hefner, Stephen knows you're here for him, so he's been waiting for you. But before you meet him, we'll have to frisk you." "Of course. I'm not here to fight today. I'll do whatever you ask me to," Jefferson acquiesced and raised his hands. "Check to your hearts' content, but pleas
Stephen's smile stretched from ear to ear. "You know how she is. But what does it matter if she doesn't want to admit it? Like I said, it is a fact that I'm her father and she's my daughter. No one can change that." "Shut up!" Jefferson balked at the thought of Adrienne finding out the truth. Knowing her stubborn nature, she might even take her own life to compensate for what her father had done. Jefferson felt his scalp tingle; he did not dare to think about it any further. "I believe Adrienne doesn't know that you're here to meet me today," Stephen continued. As Adrienne's father, Stephen knew how deeply Jefferson loved Adrienne. He was confident that Jefferson could not bear to let Adrienne find out the truth. That was why Stephen dared to meet Jefferson that openly. "Aren't you ashamed to have her know everything you have done in the past two years?" asked Jefferson coldly. Stephen went over to the sofa and sat down. Then, he took a couple
As he watched Jefferson leave, the smile on Stephen's face gradually disappeared. He sighed deeply and said, "Ninetina, I've gone too far this time, haven't I?" Ninetina, who had been standing behind him all the while, sat beside him and wrapped her slender arms around his neck. "Stephen, no matter how cold-blooded you are in front of others, your love for Adrienne is undeniable. "Really?" Stephen smiled helplessly, bitterly. "If I really loved her, I wouldn't have let her lose both her parents. I blame myself for it every day." "But Stephen, you should know that ever since you've chosen this path, there is no turning back. You should know that if it weren't for Adrienne, Jefferson wouldn't have found us so quickly. I know that there are some things you can't bear to do, but I can do them for you..." Ninetina advised. Before she could finish her sentence, Stephen grabbed her by the hair and said fiercely, "She is my daughter. If you dare to touch her..."
...... It was already two o'clock in the morning by the time Jefferson arrived home. At such a late hour, most people would be asleep. However, he noticed two people at the entrance of the parking lot. One was Adrienne, and the other was his cousin, Sierra Yard, who he hadn't seen in quite a while. When Jefferson's gaze fell on Adrienne, he couldn't help but clench his fist. He was afraid that the dull girl would become sharp all of a sudden and notice something through the look in his eyes. Although Jefferson knew it wasn't possible for that slow little idiot to become that perceptive out of the blue, his face was still ridden with anxiety. Jefferson took a moment to compose himself before getting out of the car. Deliberately avoiding Adrienne, he stepped forward to give Sierra a hug. "Sierra, you've visited Chatterton Town quite a few times, yet you've never hit me up. Are you trying to surprise me or scare me by showing up at my doorstep all of a sudden
"Little Specky, can you stop being unreasonable?" Jefferson was on edge. These words had successfully struck Adrienne's nerves. She was so angry that she immediately stood up, looking as if she was ready to fight with him. "I'm trying to tell you my point of view, but you're calling me unreasonable. What do you see me as if not a clueless child? At this moment, Jefferson finally understood why the older generation had always advised the younger generation to never reason with their wives. Because at a time like this, your wife would only believe what she wanted to. Jefferson was at a loss. Since he couldn't go against Adrienne, he decided to go along with it. "Fine, I do treat you like a child." "Wh- what?" As if she had heard something extraordinary, Adrienne's face flushed with anger. "Jefferson, am I that useless in your eyes?" Jefferson didn't know what to answer. What did he say wrong again? Women were terrifying creatures. Je
...... 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