He had never experienced such a feeling before. It was new, yet memorable. Karen was still tying the tie seriously, waiting for his response quietly. She had her head lowered and Kevin could not see her face clearly. All he could see was a flash of her thick eyelashes moving, as if she was calling for his pity. Kevin could not help it— He suddenly raised her chin, leaned over, and kissed her. The kiss came so suddenly and violently that Karen stiffen. However, unlike what she did usually, she didn't hide or reject but responded awkwardly. The kiss was long and sweet. They didn't let each other go until they stopped breathing. Kevin stroked Karen's tender face and smiled slightly next to her ear. He whispered, "Okay." His voice was hoarse and deep, like refined sand, with a warm breath. Karen trembled. She quickly lowered her head to cover her blushing face and pretended to tie his necktie. However, her hands were a little bit of sha
There was another silence on the other end of the phone. The silence lasted longer than the previous one. It was so long that Karen finally said, "Say something." "Don't think too much about the company's affairs. I won't interfere with the business manager's position, nor will I let my subordinates interfere," Kevin said. Kevin's sexy and pleasant voice came from the other end. Every word seemed to beat Karen's heart rhythmically. Kevin knew that Karen cared about this, so he would never interfere and let her fight for that position with her own ability. Whether she could succeed or fail was her own choice. He would never interfere. Karen nodded. "Okay, I believe you." Kevin added, "It's cold outside. Go home early if you have nothing to do." Karen smiled. "Alright, Mr. Kyle." Seeing Karen on the phone, calling him Mr. Kyle and smiling shyly, Faye got goosebumps all over her body. "Mrs. Kyle, you know that I haven't had a man's nourishme
"If he dares to mess around, I will definitely not let him go." Karen narrowed her eyes slightly and said fiercely. Hiding from him would only make Charlie more and more fearless, and Karen didn't want to be under his control. No matter how powerful the Gook family was, they could not control the world all by themselves. Moreover, this was a society ruled by law. More importantly, she was willing to believe in Kevin. She believed that Kevin was very capable. If Charlie really dared to do anything, Kevin would do something about it. "Karen..." Faye suddenly hugged Karen and patted her on the back, "Karen, come on! Promise me, don't let those scum hurt you again." It was because Faye saw how Karen had been hurt by the betrayal that she understood how deeply Karen had been injured. However, those who hurt her not only didn't know to repent but came up to her again. Did they want to hurt her again? "Faye, don't worry. No one can hurt me anymore." K
Kevin was not around, but the two of them did not hang up the phone all night. If Karen could feel Kevin's presence, it was like he was there physically with Karen. When she got up in the morning, she heard Kevin's voice on the phone. "You're awake." It was as if he was really sitting by the window, listening to her wake up and looking back at her. Karen smiled. "Yes, I'm awake." Kevin added, "I've got someone to prepare breakfast." "Mr. Kyle, if one day you don't treat me so well anymore, what should I do?" Karen said very sadly. Kevin had done everything so thoughtfully that she would gradually get used to it and rely on him. If one day he was not so thoughtful anymore, in fact, it would return to the way it used to be. But for a person who had been used to his thoughtfulness, she would feel that he doesn't treat her well anymore. What should she do at that time? "As long as you are Mrs. Kyle, I will treat you well." She was his wife, a
"The patient is already in poor health, and she has suffered a serious injury, leading to a temporary coma. We must treat her immediately." The patient is already in poor health! Suffered a serious injury! No one knew how long it had been, but Karen could only repeat what she heard the doctor had said before he entered the emergency room. Thinking of the bruises on her mother's body, and the painful and regretful eyes of her mother when she looked at her, Karen's heart ached so much that she almost stopped breathing. In this life, her mother was weak and had no opinion, but the love given by her mother since she was little was no less than any mother. Karen still remembered that when she was a child, she was very naughty and often injured her own knee. Her mother often helped her clean her wounds, and at the same time, she would be crying. Her mother was such a cry baby, a woman who used tears to solve problems. She was such a weak mother
They all knew that Kevin just called Karen. After that phone call, Mr. Kyle then asked to go back to Chatterton Town immediately. They had been with Kevin for many years, but they had never seen him so rebellious. With such a huge business, the leaders of several western districts were all here. However, Director Kyle screwed it up at the most critical moment. Was it possible that President Kyle has gone beyond feeling sorry for Karen, did he just develop feelings for her too? ...... After sending Karen's mother to the special ward, the doctor sighed and said, "Miss Karen, if your mother wakes up, don't trigger her emotions too much. And domestic violence can't be tolerated anymore. It's better to seek the law to protect herself." Karen had thought of seeking the law to protect her mother, but her mother had been educated to obey her husband since she was a girl. No matter how the man treated her, she never thought about resisting, and she woul
Kevin wore a silver-gray suit with a black overcoat. Because of his tall figure, he looked elegant. When he came to Karen, he looked like a moving work of art, which made people fix their eyes on him. Karen looked at him quietly and watched him get closer and closer to her. Finally, he came to her side. He called her name in a low voice, "Karen—" At this moment, Karen did not hesitate at all. She threw herself into his arms, stretched out her slender arms, and he held her thin waist tightly. "Mr. Kyle, why are you back at such good timing?" Because he knew that Karen needed him at this time, that's why he came at such good timing. Kevin hugged her with one hand and patted her on the back with the other. He said softly, "Karen, mother-in-law will be fine. Don't be afraid." "I was scared at first, but now that you're here, I'm not afraid anymore." She wiggled in his arms. She said softly, but she was more at ease. It turned out she didn't even kn
Karen's mother and Kevin had just finished talking when Karen came back with the porridge she had bought. She looked at her mother and said with a sweet smile, "Mom, I bought your favorite century egg and pork porridge. Have a try and see if Chatterton Town or Beaford City's porridge is better." "My Karen, you are still the most considerate and sensible one," Karen's mother smiled and said. Maybe the knot between Karen's mother and her daughter was untied, Karen's mother looked much better than she did in the morning, and her voice was softer. Karen opened her arms and hugged her mother like she was a child. "Because you are my mother. Of course, I should take care of you." "Alright, you are the best!" Karen's mother smiled gently and kindly. She was satisfied that she could still be so close to her beloved daughter in her lifetime. Kevin looked at the mother and daughter, especially when he looked at the happy smile on Karen's face, there was a peac
...... 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