One, his father opened the door and let the kidnappers in. Two, the kidnappers had the keys with them and let themselves in. As he was thinking, George Ken looked up at the pinhole camera inserted in the wall. His father had asked him to install the camera. It was aimed to record Karen Daly when she came over to visit. He didn't expect this camera to come in handy in such a special situation. George rushed to his study and turned on his computer. The surveillance camera recorded every second of footage when he was not at home. At 8:13 pm, two men who were disguised as plumbing workers rang the doorbell. Because of his father's appearance, they had agreed that Herbert Ken wouldn't answer the door although George was not at home. Herbert heard the doorbell. He walked towards the door and looked through the peephole. He didn't recognize the men at the door. So, he returned silently to the study. The two men waited at the door for a while, an
Karen Daly felt oddly uneasy. During the phone call, George Ken sounded nervous and panicky. She thought for a moment and picked up the phone to call George back, but the line was occupied. Who else would he be calling? If only she had a sister-in-law, there would be someone to take care of George. She didn't have to worry about him so much. She wanted to talk to Kevin Kyle about George, but Kevin was busy working in the study, so he probably had no time to pay attention to her. She took a deep breath and looked at Little Karen lying beside her. The little kid was not sleeping very well. It seemed that she was thinking of her brother Lionel. Over the past few days, Kevin tried to arrange for someone to accompany Little Karen. However, at the moment, they couldn't find a suitable playmate for her. They could only let Little Karen wait. They hoped that when the new child arrives, Little Karen would return to her old, lively, happy self. After a w
Everything was fine when George Ken left home earlier that day. His father was busy cooking Karen Daly's favorite meat dish. When he went out, his father told him, "George, remember to get Karen's feedback. I'll try to do better in the future." His father's words still echoed clearly in his mind, but when he returned home, his father was gone. More surprisingly, his father was... "Dad, wake up, please wake up... You haven't gone back to Karen yet, how can you leave like this... Dad, do you want to leave like this? You haven't reconcile with Karen yet, and you haven't hugged your little granddaughter. How can you just leave like this?" "Dad, you have a new ID card and passport. We can go abroad for a surgery any time." George took out Herbert Ken's documents and said, "Dad, look, open your eyes. After you complete the operation, you can see Karen again." "Dad, wake up. Please wake up?" He shouted and screamed, but he couldn't wake his fath
After Kevin Kyle left, Karen Daly found it harder to calm down and fall asleep. Her anxious thoughts clouded her mind. She rarely saw Kevin rash out like that. It was such a short outburst, but obvious enough to not escape her eyes. Kevin had been in charge of Rovio for so many years. He always treated everything with a certain sense of calm and peace. He had many capable people under his wing. Most things could be solved by other people, and so he didn't need to worry about them at all. Karen didn't believe that the call had anything to do with Rovio. Could something actually have happened to George Ken? She got even more flustered just thinking about it. She picked up the phone again and was ready to call George. However, George's call came through first. Karen was so excited that her hands trembled. "Brother, where are you? What are you doing?" "What's the matter?" George's voice came from the other end. His voice was sounded so pitifu
George Ken had never practiced any form of self-defense or martial arts before, but he was tall. That punch almost used up all the strength in his body. That was a hard blow to Kevin Kyle's face. Almost immediately, Kevin's perfect face bruised up. But George was not satisfied. He wanted to kill Kevin. How could he be satisfied with just some superficial bruising? George steadied himself and punched out again, but this time Kevin didn't give in. Kevin grabbed George's wrist in mid-air. He twisted it with great force and held it firmly. He said in a deep voice, "George, what the hell do you think you're doing? He's dead. Even if you hit me, he won't come back to life." Kevin had a very cold, rational character. The man was dead, so we should focus on a proper send-off so that he can rest in peace. The right thing to do was to find the murderer and bring him to justice. It was the right thing to do for Herbert. "Bastard! How dare you say su
The Kingston Wharf murder incident was trending online, and more and more people knew about it. The incident was being discussed everywhere. When Kevin Kyle heard about it, it was already two or three hours later. He had just finished dealing with Herbert's arrangements when he found out that the news was already trending on the Internet. He made a quick decision and immediately asked his people to suppress the search and to delete all the messages and news articles. Anyone who spoke about it again would be reported. People would start asking questions about the identity of the deceased. Sooner or later, someone would find the answer. Kevin had to take drastic measures, just in case. George Ken was also keeping busy. He had tried to contact the person who had taken those photos of his father and posted them on the Internet. That person was there. It was very likely that he had seen the murderer. He could have seen everything that happened before Geor
"Director Wilis, this is your workplace and it's for official work. I don't think it's a good idea." Kristine Daly remained in her seat. She wasn't going to listen to Mr. Wilis. "You're not coming over, right?" She did not move, so Mr. Wilis got up and took a good few strides to reach her side. He grabbed Kristine into his arms. Mr. Wilis was a head taller than Kristine. He gazed down at her with complicated emotions that Kristine couldn't comprehend. She didn't like it and turned away from him purposely, refusing to meet his eyes. Mr. Wilis reached out and turned Kristine's head towards him. Then he said in an overbearing and rough tone, "Oh Kristine, my Kristine, tell me, what should I do with you?" When he first met this woman, he didn't think highly of her. He considered her to be just a beauty with no brain, who only knew how to use her beauty to seduce others. But later on, he realized that people who knew how to make use of their strengths were actu
Kristine Daly refused to give in, so Mr. Wilis increased his force. Every time, he would exhaust all his energy in order to subdue her completely. However, it was useless no matter what he did. Kristine bit her lips and silently shed her tears. She just didn't want to submit herself. "Kristine—" Mr. Wilis forced in again and shouted her name at the same time, "Answer me, call my name!" Kristine bit her lips that were already bleeding and put on a melancholic smile. "Director Wilis, I have been responding to you." Mr. Wilis pinched her chin and forced her to look at him. He then yelled at her fiercely, "Damn you woman, I asked you to call my name!" "Your name?" Kristine clenched her fists and smiled again. I'm really sorry! They had known each other for many years. She had always addressed him as Mr. Wilis or Director Wilis, but she had never called him by his name. For a moment, she really couldn't recall his name. "I asked you to call my
...... 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