Kevin pressed Karen into his arms and gently stroked her back with his big thick palm. "I'm sorry, I'm late." Karen did not expect that Kevin would appear here at this time. For a moment, her nose felt a little sour, and tears welled up in her eyes. However, she did not allow herself to show weakness. She looked up at him and smiled. "Didn't you say that you would only be back tomorrow? Why did you come back earlier?" Kevin could see how she was pretending to be tough, but he didn't say it out loud. He just held on tighter and said, "I came to pick you up and bring you home." Karen pushed him away and raised her head from his arms. "I, I've hurt someone. I can't go back with you now. Go back to your work. I will be fine." Charlie's character was quite straightforward. If she were to be locked up for two days, he would no longer be angry and would not make any more trouble for her. If Kevin took her away at this time, it would be a slap
On the way back, Karen tried to communicate with Kevin several times in order to let him know the seriousness of this matter, but she was scared by his cold eyes and swallowed back her words. When they arrived home, she pulled on his sleeve and said carefully, "Kevin, just listen to me this once. Don't intervene in this matter. It's not something you can interfere with." Kevin looked at her and reached out to hold the back of her head. He let her look into his eyes and said softly, "Karen, trust me." His simple words, like endless power, were slowly injected into Karen's body, and her pale face slowly regained some color. Karen looked at him, pursed her lips, and said cautiously, "Kevin, why didn't you ask me why I was sent to the police station?" Kevin touched her face and said with some distress, "Karen, no matter what the reason is, you just need to remember that I've got your back." He knew about her three years ago, and he could ev
Karen, obviously, did not have a clue about Kevin never getting second place at school since he was young. He had graduated from Harvard University, which was part of the Ivy League, and that it only took him half the normal duration to obtain a doctorate degree from the university. "You must have been beaten up a lot." Karen suddenly felt upset for him." I truly don't understand what you boys are thinking." Karen added, "When I was young, I ranked first in the entire school for all subjects, and then I was admitted to the most renowned university in New York at that time." However, she originally did not want to enroll in that school. Karen wanted to major in her favorite subject which was art, rather than going off to the top university in New York. Her biggest dream was to design the most elegant bridal gown in the world, with the aim that any girl could put on a bridal gown of her design and become the most beautiful bride. However, this dr
William also came over and looked at Karen worriedly. Then he turned to look at May and said, "May, if you are excessively free, you can assist me with my proposal." May rolled her eyes and exclaimed discontentedly, "William, you only know how to protect Karen. What about protecting me?" William glanced at Karen subconsciously and said, "Don't talk nonsense." William knew that Karen was going to be married, however, he didn't come to work to ramble on about this. Perhaps he didn't want to cause any trouble for Karen, holding on to a last shred of hope that she might still consider him a worthy man. Karen smiled and said, "All of you get back to work. Director Kevin will handle these things. It's not our concern." Meanwhile, in the director's office of Innovative Tech, Nick was reporting the situation to Kevin very carefully. He said, "Director Kevin, everything has been passed down according to your instructions. We will let that Charli
After the Gook family declared that the Gook family and its subsidiaries would no longer cooperate with Innovative Tech, Innovative Tech took immediate action to manage this PR crisis. However, the results were not favorable. For the time being, it seemed that the director of Innovative Tech, Kevin Kyle, was standing before a big storm. Seeing this statement, Charlie raised his eyebrows slightly and showed a grin. Just a small director of a tech company and this guy had wanted to fight with him! Charlie felt that he was powerful enough to even bring Noah and his ark to come back to life. Seeing that his master was in a good mood, Duncan immediately said, "Master Gook, as soon as the news is released, Innovative Tech will not even have a chance to retaliate." Charlie sneered at the phone in his hand. "Don't be complacent too early. Sometimes what you see may not be true." Duncan asked dubiously, "Master Gook, what do you mean?" "It seems
Karen had countless dates with Charlie a long time ago. At that time, it was happy and sweet, but now Karen only had one feeling—disgust! She did not want to see this man even once more, but had to come to see him out of no choice. She took in a deep breath and tried to calm down. After going upstairs, Charlie waved her over and said, "Karen, I'm here." In the past, Karen liked the way this man called her name, but now... Karen shook her head and did not want to think about the past, so she walked towards Charlie and sat down opposite him. After settling down, she subconsciously glanced at Charlie's forehead and saw that it was bandaged. She didn't know how the wound was. Charlie grinned and said, "Karen, you are concerned about me." Karen did not deny that she was concerned about his wound since she was the one who caused it. She did not want to get involved in a homicide case for this unworthy man. She glared at him co
"Karen..." As soon as Charlie finished speaking, Kevin walked over to their table and called Karen's name softly. Hearing Kevin's voice, Karen's body trembled slightly. Instinctively, she wanted to block Kevin from Charlie's sight. Kevin pulled her to his side and raised his hand to push her hair behind her ear. He said softly, "Sorry to keep you waiting." Hearing Kevin's low and attractive voice and his calm but a gentle expression, Karen suddenly felt less worried. She looked at him and smiled. "Have you finished your work?" "Yes." Kevin nodded and took her hand. "Let's go. I'll treat you to something scrumptious tonight." Karen nodded and said tenderly, "Alright." Kevin held her hand and walked away. From the beginning to the end, he did not look at Charlie, as if there was no such person at all. Charlie looked at their backs and came to his senses after a while. This man named Kevin gave people a stro
Given what was occurring, Karen was stressed and knew that stressing would not help the situation. She chose simply not to think about Charlie and what he would do, and focus on her daily life. Coming out of the pet food store, Kevin asked Karen, "Where do you want to go now?" Karen knew that Kevin was very busy, but she also wanted to be pampered and behave like a spoilt wife in front of her husband. She took Kevin's arm and shook it. "I want to do some duty-free shopping. Would you like to accompany me?" Kevin did not say whether he was willing or not. He just opened the door and said, "Get in the car then." Karen thought that her guise might not have worked, but she saw that Kevin had set the destination on the navigation system as a duty-free shopping mall. Kevin didn't make time to go shopping in the past. Whatever clothes he wore were all custom made by the Kyle family's private designer and atelier. Even if it was the mat
...... 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