Perhaps, the reason why Jayden didn't want to wake up was not because of his injuries, but because he didn't want to see Karen Joy. It must be that! She used to think that he was annoying, which hurt him severely. Now, he didn't want to care so much about her anymore, so he simply stayed asleep. That way, he could see nothing and would not feel frustrated anymore. Thump! Thump! The sudden knock on the door interrupted Karen's thoughts. She immediately calmed down and said, "Come in." Blake opened the door and walked in. He said, "Miss, there's a girl called Yaya, and she wants to see you." "Sister Yaya?" Karen Joy was a little surprised how Yaya got the news, so she nodded and said, "Ask her to wait for a while, I'll go there right away." "Yes, miss." Blake left respectfully. After Blake left, Karen Joy pulled up the quilt for Jayden and said, "Brother, I'm going to see my friend, I'm not leaving you, don't worry! Get some rest and I'll b
Yaya turned around and looked out of the window, "I'm going to leave Coast City and go back to my hometown. It's quite far away, in a remote area near the mountains, and the children there do not have access to a good education. I am planning on going back to teach them." Karen Joy pursed her lips and asked cautiously, "Sister Yaya, do you want to leave because of my brother? Did he..." She knew that Jayden might have feelings for her, but she didn't stop Yaya from pursuing him or getting near him. Seeing Yaya so upset now, Karen Joy did not feel good either. "No." Yaya shook her head. "Everyone wants to find value in their lives, I want that too. Back then, so many people spent their hard-earned money to support me in my studies. Now that I have achieved success in my academics and my job, I want to go back to my hometown to do something for my people." Yaya already had this plan in mind previously. So, when Jayden didn't reciprocate her affection, it helped Ya
At the Coast City International Airport. As the largest airport in Country A, many flights were flying in and out of the country every day. The majestic planes flying across the vast sky daily served as beautiful scenery in the city. On that day, the Kyle family's plane would take off from this very town too, and its destination was New York. Therefore, before the Kyle family arrived at the airport, there was a person waiting at the watchtower. He looked the same as usual. He was donning a black suit, standing still at the entrance, quietly watching the planes flying in and out of the airport. When a plane with a special logo slowly approached the boarding entrance, he became alert. He stared at the plane and did not even look away. The private plane of Rovio's boss looked similar to other planes. However, there was a special logo on the body of the plane, 'Rovio Airlines'. This caught Nathaniel's attention in an instant. "Sir, your binoculars." Jaso
The person who knew Nathaniel best was definitely not Karen Joy, but it was Jackie, who had been by Nathaniel's good friend for decades. He was like a brother to Nathaniel. Being the President of Country A was much coveted by many people. They would sacrifice their lives and fortunes to attain such a noble and influential position. However, for Nathaniel, being President of Country A was just a means to fulfill his mother's wishes, and to prove his capabilities to the country. His goal was to ensure that the heartless Griffin, who had never loved his wife and son, could realize that Nathaniel was comparable to his other sons. He wanted Griffin to know that abandoning Nathaniel and his mother would be the biggest mistake in his life. Jackie asked, "Tell me, I really want to hear it from you." "You want to know?" Nathaniel responded with a faint smile, "I've tried so hard and eliminated so many people to get to this position, do you think I'll give it up tha
"What can I do to you?" Nathaniel chuckled and looked at Griffin as he squinted. "Perhaps you want the whole world to know what you did? If so, you can keep your mouth shut." Griffin was so mad that he slammed the table and stood up. "Nathaniel, you unfilial son. You disrespected your elders and you brought disaster upon your family! You'll die a miserable death! You'll be despised by the people of the world..." Nathaniel cut him off. "Griffin, before you slander me with your words, you can think about why I'm not willing to respect you as a father. Or perhaps, why you are not worthy to be respected as a father at all." Blood was thicker than water, and a bond between family was hard to sever. However, Nathaniel could no longer endure Griffin's continuous betrayal and diabolical schemes. The bond between them had long been ruined by Griffin's selfishness. And yet, Griffin was shamelessly accusing Nathaniel of being unfilial. Unfilial? As a father, Gr
It had been two weeks since the Kyle family returned to New York. Two weeks passed as quickly as a blink of an eye. Just like that, there was only a week left before the New Year. In the past, during this period, every family member of the Kyle family would return to Chatterton Town and celebrate together with their friends back home. However, due to Jayden's condition, no one in the Kyle family mentioned about going back to Chatterton Town for celebrations. Even Mia, who lived in Chatterton Town, came to New York with her son, Levi. On this day, Karen Joy got up as early as she did since she returned to New York. She went to the hospital early to take care of Jayden. "Brother, I'm here." Every time she stepped into the ward, she would say this. She didn't mind if Jayden could hear her or not, but she would assume that he was awake and that he could hear it anyway. Karen Joy put down her backpack, removed the old flowers from the vase, and placed som
"Brother, you must help me teach Blake a lesson when you get better. You must make him understand that he cannot be spreading groundless news!" "As the President of Country A, Brother Lionel would have regular health check-ups. Why would he die suddenly? Blake must be bullying me because there's no one around to protect me." "Brother Lionel told me that he would protect me for the rest of my life. He said that he would come to New York to visit our family during the New Year. He also said that he would marry me when I grow up! He hasn't even married me yet, so how could he abandon me?" "He made so many promises to me and he is a man of his word. He will never break his promises." "I've always known that he loves me so much that he wants to give me everything in the world. How can he bear to make me sad?" Karen Joy kept talking. While it looked like she was talking to Jayden, but in fact, she was talking to herself. She had to think of a way to convince her
Well, was it really that Kevin Kyle was a stubborn man? If he were a stubborn man who'd never listen to Karen Daly, then he would not have shown up here at this moment to meet a person who made him very dissatisfied. The tall and strong man standing before Kevin was about thirty years old. He was young and lively. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be an excellent young man. However, the longer Kevin looked at him, the more discontented he was. Kevin would never look at him in a different way just because the man had changed his usual style of wearing exquisitely tailored suits to casual clothes. The man arrived earlier than Kevin, but he did not sit down. He was standing as he waited for Kevin. When he saw Kevin, he greeted him politely, "Director Kevin!" Director Kevin? Kevin didn't like it when the man addressed him this way, but he didn't show any dissatisfaction on his face. He only glanced at the man with his usual cold gaze and said not
...... 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