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
"Karen..." Henry suddenly called out to her. Karen was stunned and she looked at him, then Henry said in his pleasant voice, "Do you have any suggestions or proposals for the case we have just discussed?" Karen was shocked again. "Damn it," she thought. She was distracted and had completely lost focus on the proposals Henry and the team were discussing. "If you have no objection, we'll settle with this for now." Henry clapped his hands and then added, "Alright, let's get back to work. If there are any problems moving forward, feel free to bring them up at any time." Karen was in a daze so Henry spoke just in time to help Karen avoid the awkwardness. However, she wasn't sure if he was actually helping her out sincerely . No matter what his intentions were, Karen had never considered thanking him since she held quite a grudge against him. "Henry, can I come to you anytime if there's something I don't understand in future?" A female colleague aske
"I'm sorry! I can't help it when I see a gorgeous girl." Henry apologized sincerely. He said guiltily, as if he really couldn't control his behavior. "You can't control yourself? Do you think you are an animal? You can't control your desire when you see a female?" This kind of men liked to use their charm to seduce people. Karen didn't buy this, so she did not say it nicely. When Karen returned to the office, everyone was still talking about the homicide at Kingston Wharf. It was never-ending. "Karen, this case is really mysterious and it has hyped up everyone's curiosity. You know a lot of things. Can you perhaps enquire about it, so as to satisfy our curious minds?" Lori, her assistant suddenly came over and said. "Haven't you heard the saying that curiosity kills the cat?" Everyone is curious, but Karen believed that it was better not to overdo it. If they went too far, they might get into trouble without realizing it. All she wanted to do now was
For the lunch meeting, they chose a famous restaurant near PM Corporation. The restaurant was more elegant and quieter than the others around the area. It was a suitable place for work discussion and even dates. They were going to discuss about work, so they requested for a private room. Karen Daly was there for her project, so she brought along her assistant, Lori. When they arrived at the restaurant, Henry and Hector Cheng had already arrived. "Director Cheng." Karen and Lori greeted Hector. Hector waved his hand and greeted with a smile, "We're all young people, so don't be so formal. We're friends when we're out for a meal. Don't call me Director Cheng, it feels distant." They were there to discuss work, and lunch was just secondary. Karen didn't intend to have lunch with them. She just wanted to use the lunch meeting as a chance to get Hector to confirm the preliminary idea of the "Romance of The Wind" design series. But now, it seem
Henry used to be classmates with Kevin Kyle and George Ken, and they were pretty close to each other. Having said so, Henry was very likely to know her relationship with Kevin and George. Even though he knew that Henry still acted outrageously. At the thought of this, Karen Daly felt she could kill Henry at that moment. As the saying goes, a friend's wife can never be touched. The kind of person who did this would not be a good person. Her Mr. Kyle would never have known such an impetuous person. Immediately, Karen recalled the design draft that Henry gave her. Since he knew Kevin and Ivan, the design sketches from Henry was definitely not done by him, he had to have gotten it from Kevin or Ivan. If he had wanted to steal a design, he should have stolen Ivan's work. Any work from Ivan could be sold at a sky-rocket price. He would only make big money if he sold those designs. But her wedding dress was something she specially designed for herself
Hearing what the two passers-by had said, Kevin Kyle's hand stopped short on the door handle. He immediately looked towards Karen who was seated in the passenger seat. When he noticed that Karen Daly did not have any significant reaction, he slowly calmed down. "Kevin, what's wrong?" Karen asked worriedly. Today, Kevin was a little different from his usual self. She could feel it, but she couldn't pinpoint the difference. Perhaps it was Kevin's lack of focus today. When he was with her earlier, she could feel that he was thinking about something else. Usually, when Kevin was with her, he would give his full attention to her. But today, it didn't feel like that. Kevin was easily distracted today. Perhaps it was because of the work pressure at Rovio. Had he encountered some problems that he couldn't solve? Karen wanted to help, but she didn't know-how. "I'm fine." Kevin helped Karen fasten the seat belt, closed the door, and walked around t
As soon as George Ken reached the guest room, Kevin Kyle also arrived. He stood at the door and stared at George with a deep gaze, then he said, "During this period of time, it's not suitable for you to stay here." "You want to drive me away? Why?" George jumped into the bed and lay down with his arms spread wide, "I am your brother-in-law after all, and my father..." "Shut up!" Before George could finish his words, Kevin scolded, "I don't want you to talk about Old Mr. Ken here." "Matthew, what are you afraid of?" George suddenly sat up. "Did you do something bad?" "Karen is pregnant, it's only the first trimester, which is the most risky period. She can't be too emotionally affected." Kevin didn't want to say this, but if he didn't warn him first, he was afraid that George would disclose the news to Karen out of desperation. "Karen is pregnant again? Is this true?" George was shocked. He felt surprised and somewhat disappointed and worrie
York Tanner had been waiting for Kevin Kyle at the gate. When he saw Kevin, York walked up to him immediately, "Director Kevin, I've gotten the information you've asked for." Kevin said coldly, "Go on." York started reporting, "Henry returned to the country on the 18th this month, on the invitation of Hector Cheng, to work with your wife on the "Romance of the Wind" series, a new series of designer gowns launched by PM Corporation." Kevin raised his eyebrows and asked, "That's it?" Did he think too much? He couldn't help but feel that the way Henry looked at Karen was special like they weren't just colleagues. Kevin had always been rather slow when it came to relationships. The reason why he noticed the difference in Henry's looking at Karen was because he felt like someone was eyeing on his wife. York sneaked a look at him, and replied, "That's all we were able to find out as of now." Kevin didn't reply. He got into the car and ask
...... 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