How could Bernard Gook not be hated? So that moment onwards, he planned on bringing him down. After years of hard work... he finally did it and got Bernard to pay for his sins. But... even after his revenge and Bernard was brought down, what was the use of that? He could not even get the heart of his beloved woman, nor could he protect her. Mr. Wilis stared at the elevator again, as if Kristine was still standing there, looking back and smiling gorgeously at him. At the end of the day, he was similar to Bernard. They were the kind of people who would do anything just to achieve their goals. Or perhaps, Bernard was slightly better than him. Bernard had at least made up some beautiful lies to charm his mother. Yet, what about him? He had wanted to keep that woman by his side, but he had been insulting and treated her violently over and over again. Even when they were being intimate, he had never treated her with tenderness. The
After leaving Bar Street, Karen Daly did not go home immediately. She asked the driver to pick Little Karen up from Chatterton Town Military Kindergarten. Little Karen had been very sensible recently. She would go to kindergarten and go home obediently. All this while, she wasn't looking for Brother Lionel either. Maybe she had forgotten about her Brother Lionel after all. When Karen arrived at the kindergarten, their classes were ending. Many parents were waiting outside, eagerly watching out for their children. It had been a while since little Karen started school. The nannies and bodyguards would come and pick her up every day. Yet Karen, as a mother, had never picked her up once. Watching all these parents and grandparents that came to pick up the kids at the kindergarten, Karen instantly felt that she was an unqualified mom. She had been trying to find ways to care for Little Karen more, but she did not even bring her to school once. No wonder daddy w
"I called you earlier. Why didn't you answer?" Kevin Kyle asked Karen Daly, who was standing beside him while he was blowing Little Karen's hair. "I was bathing Little Karen. I left my phone in the living room, so I couldn't hear anything." Karen approached Kevin and then asked, "What's up?" "I've brought back the person you're looking for. Do you want to see if you're satisfied with him later?" Adopting a child was still, after all, something to be decided between a couple. Kevin wanted to discuss with Karen before bringing Jayden home but Karen did not answer her phone. Karen continued to ask, "A brother for Little Karen?" Upon hearing the word "brother", little Karen's eyes suddenly lit up. She stared at her parents with her big gorgeous eyes. "Yes." Kevin nodded and patted Little Karen's tiny head. "Do you want a brother?" "Brother? Yes, I want a brother." In Little Karen's mind, the brother she thought of was Brother Lionel. She had been looking
Neil Brown parked his car and strode into the house. When he walked past the drawing-room, he saw Little Karen sitting alone in the room. The little girl sat in front of a large painting easel. She was holding a brush, and put in her best effort to paint something. Neil hadn't seen Little Karen for a few days and he wanted to give her a hug. So, he walked into the painting room. "Baby Karen!" "Woo..." It wasn't Little Karen who answered him, but instead, it was Momo, who was lying on the ground with an extremely unhappy look. "Hey buddy, are you sad to see me?" When he came to visit all this while, the little fellow would definitely run and jump around him. What happened today? "Woo woo..." Momo continued to sob. She must have felt mistreated, but no one could understand her language. Neil turned his focus to Little Karen. He watched her draw, "Baby Karen, what are you doing?" "Uncle." Little Karen raised her head and smiled sweetly a
"Little Karen, go play with uncle." Neil came over and carried Little Karen away. Neil had never been interested in these adult gatherings so he thought it was better to spend time with the kid. "I'm going with them too." Mia followed behind Neil too. Papa Kyle and Mama Kyle were talking with Jayden. They haven't really connected with Jayden yet, so they wanted to bond with the child. After a while, Kevin went back to the study room to work. Karen was told that he was going to have a video conference. Karen had nothing to do, so she helped Sarabelle serve desserts and fruits to everyone. As the hostess of the household, she needed to make sure that everyone had an amazing experience at the gathering. "You're not listening to me again." When Kevin saw Karen enter his study room with fruits, he frowned. "Look, I'm fine." Carrying this baby wasn't as much hassle as carrying Little Karen. Karen was able to stay active and her health condition was v
Today, the members of the Kyle family, Neil Brown, as well as some of their close acquaintances were here, but George Ken did not turn up. George drank heavily two days ago. He would get drunk, sleep, wake up, and then drink again. He had spent a good three days at the bars. George transformed into another person after those few days. His gorgeous and handsome look turned extremely sullen. People who knew him might not even recognize him at their first glance. "Mr. Ken, you can't drink anymore. You will die if you drink some more." This was probably the 999th time Chace Yaleman had said so. Yet, he only advised out of courtesy. He did not really stop George from drinking. He was even refilling George's glass as he spoke. "Chace, you have your own sh*t to take care of. Just mind your own business. Don't f*cking mind my business." George downed another glass. Chace filled George's glass up again. "George, what on earth are you worrying about? You
Karen Daly did not open the video immediately, she replied with a voice message to George Ken, "Brother, if you have time to drink with your friends, how can you not have the time to come to Secret Garden?" Jayden was the child they adopted. Karen and Kevin would raise him as their own child, as a part of the family. On the day when Jayden was officially adopted, of course, they hoped that the important family members would all be present to show their appreciation and respect for Jayden. It would also be a formal way to let everyone know that he would be part of the Kyle family and introduce him as Jayden Elias Kyle. She informed George yesterday, but George did not come. Karen was somewhat upset. After Karen's voice message was sent out, George did not reply to her. She waited, and finally, without any replies, she decided to click on the video that he sent. She clicked on the video. Karen could see quite clearly that the video was recorded from George's
"Karen!" Kevin Kyle patted her back and called in a deep voice. "No one can hurt me. Don't worry." "But..." Karen Daly didn't know what to say. She believed that Kevin wouldn't hurt her father, but she couldn't explain the video. George Ken might have all the answers. "No buts." Kevin rubbed her head and kissed her forehead. "Just trust me. Go to sleep. When you wake up, everything will be fine." She had been busy handling Jayden's adoption for the past few days. Kevin guessed that she would be tired, and a good night's rest would help. "Okay," She nodded obediently. Kevin picked her up and strode into the bedroom. He put her on the bed gently and said, "Go to sleep. I'm going to take a bath." Kevin got up and was about to leave, when Karen grabbed his hand. She looked at his worried gaze and said, "Go and wash up, I'm going to sleep now." It was late already, she didn't want to disturb Kevin with her personal matters. "Good g
...... 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