Charlie stared at Mia for a long time. A young girl like her must not dare to play tricks. "I can give you 1,000,000 dollars, but if you dare to play any tricks..." Then he stopped. He believed she would understand what he meant. Charlie waved to his assistant and took out the checkbook to write. "Now you can say it." Mia got up and sat next to Charlie and pretended to be mysterious and said, "I'm telling you, Leo Kyle is actually a playboy. He even impregnated 2 women before. Of course, this news has been blocked by the Kyle family. It's impossible to spread outside." "I'm not interested in what he did before. I just want to know how to meet him. And what kind of woman is his type?" Mia approached him which made Charlie step back. He didn't want to get close to her face. "Of course men like beautiful women." Mia thought for a while and said, "He will attend a charity party in two days. You can meet him there." Regardless of his reaction, Mia continu
"Dishes have been served. Sit down and eat with me, Jacky." Mia remembered that she played the trick because she wanted to capitalize on the scandalous news with Kevin. She felt sorry for misunderstanding Jacky. The servant and the host in the Kyle family never have dinner together at a table, so Jacky didn't dare to break this rule. He stood still and said, "Miss, take your time. I'll eat later." "Nonsense! If I ask you to sit down and eat with me, you should obey me." Mia picked up the chopsticks and started to eat. She said while eating, "Besides, I ordered too much delicious food. I can't eat them all by myself. It's a waste." Jacky reminded her again, "The Kyle family motto taught us to remember our roles. If the young master sees you like this, you will have to learn etiquette again." Mia was choked up after hearing Jacky's words. The Kyle Family had its own family rules, but they were not in the Kyle Family now. Must she still follow the rules? She
However, Karen still did not have the courage. She needed a little bit more. "You'd better go first. I have something else to do." Please give me some time to accept your invitation. On the other end of the phone, there was silence again. After a long time, Karen heard Kevin responded, "Okay." Karen breathed a sigh of relief. After a few words with Kevin, they hung up the phone. It was 11:30 a.m. and her colleagues were ready to go out for lunch. Karen put down the phone in her hand and began to pack her things, ready to go out. Karen was focusing on tidying her stuff, so she did not see Kevin outside. The office of the Innovative Tech used glass compartments mostly, so the insides of the office could be seen clearly from the outside. At this time, Kevin stood outside the business department. He quietly looked at Karen. He had been standing here for a long time. Looking at Karen sitting in the office with her head lowere
"Go through here with your chopsticks. If you put in more strength, the meat will come out easily." She taught him very seriously. When he succeeded, she looked at her student proudly, only to find that he was not really into it like she was. Kevin was just staring at her. They were so close to each other that she could even see herself in Kevin's eyes. Her face was red and her eyes were bright. She was embarrassed and hurriedly turned her head. She pretended to be calm and said, "That's it..." As she was talking, Kevin suddenly pecked on her face lightly. She felt his cold lips on her soft skin. Then it turned extremely hot and numb. Karen felt that there seemed to be a burning sensation on her face. "Don't you want to eat shrimp?" She covered her hot face and brushed the matter away. Kevin raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were particularly dazzling. He smirked and said, "You are more delicious." "Ah, he was teasing me again. He w
Julie then led them to the long, spiral staircase and said, "The clothes are on the second floor." When she went upstairs, Karen found that there seemed to be no one else there except them, no other staff, no other customers... She was doubting if this was really a store? The decoration on the second floor was different from that on the first floor where displayed the famous paintings and antiques, on this floor, there were a lot of dazzling clothes on display. Karen looked at the clothes and suddenly felt excited. No matter how long it had been, no matter how much she didn't want to recall, her love for fashion design had not faded away. She had always wanted to design a perfect wedding dress for herself. Once, she had tried to chase her dream, but before the design of the wedding dress was completed, she was betrayed by her relatives and boyfriend. After that, she never thought about it again. Karen looked at Kevin. Kevin, can I continu
The charity dinner was held on Rana Mountain in Chatterton Town. This mountain was not big, and to be precise, it could be considered a hill. However, the scenery on the mountain was very good, so in this busy city in Chatterton Town, it was unique. However, this mountain was not originally named Rana. It was said that a few decades ago, the young master of Rovio Corporation Inc had met the daughter of the Brown family here. At that time, it was the blooming season. The daughter of Brown Family, Rana Brown who was at the prime of her life, stood in a sea of beautiful women. Since then, she captured the heart of the young master of the Rovio Corporation Inc. Later, the young master bought this mountain and changed its name to Rana. Then he built an extremely grand villa on the Rana Mountain as a token of their love. Unfortunately, they went to the United States together. Rana Brown was in poor health, so she rarely came back. However, their son,
"Young man, it's been a while!" A man, who in his fifties, came over and greeted Kevin. He patted Kevin's shoulder as he spoke. "Hello, Uncle Law!" Kevin nodded slightly and responded politely. The two people simply talked for a while, and the content seemed to be related to Kevin's mother. Karen tried to eavesdrop to hear about Kevin's family. Unfortunately, in the short conversation, the elder did the most talking, Kevin just said a few simple words. Kevin didn't talk much, especially on social occasions. He seemed to be more open with her. Karen wondered, "Is it because she talked too much, so he was forced to talk more?" "Who is this?" The man suddenly changed the topic to Karen. Karen smiled politely, and she was about to answer, then she heard Kevin say, "My wife." "You, you are married? Why haven't I heard of it?" Uncle Law was very surprised. Compared to Uncle Law's surprise, Karen felt excited yet uneasy when she heard Kevi
Karen did not want to talk with Charlie. She sat still and said, "But I don't want to hear it." "Do you believe that I'll let Kevin crawl out of the banquet tonight?" Charlie sneered and left. "You—" Charlie's threat made Karen lose her confidence. Thinking of Charlie's personality, he always does what he wants, she dared not imagine what Charlie would do to Kevin. She did not want to risk it, so she had to follow him. The banquet hall was on the second floor. There was a balcony beside the resting room. The light was not very good. Charlie had already aimed for this place clearly, so he brought Karen here. Karen looked around. Although the balcony was dim, there were people passing by from time to time. She thought that Charlie would not dare to do anything, so she followed him. Charlie looked back at her with the up and down eyes. "Karen, you looked more beautiful." Charlie thought she was charming, but Karen felt disgusted after hearing that.
...... 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