The voice startled Kisa and Jolina.Kisa frowned at Christopher, who suddenly showed up. He hardly ever came to the studio, so Kisa wondered if he was here to visit Sharon."Didn't the news report say that you were pregnant with Mr. Kooper's child? Why are you now saying you're not pregnant?"Seeing Christopher's excited and nervous look, Kisa sneered in her mind, 'He is not trying to use my relationship with Gilbert to benefit himself, is he?' She heard that Christopher's recent divorce case with Carolyn was in full swing, and the legal battle was becoming a source of gossip in Calthon. He used to hate Kisa as his daughter and broke ties with her. But now, he was trying to butter her up, so Kisa found it ironic.While she was lost in thought, Christopher suddenly tugged on her arm and anxiously asked, "Tell me the truth. Are you pregnant with Mr. Kooper's child?""Heh." Kisa sneered at him. "Does it matter if I'm carrying his child?""Of course it matters. If you're pregnant wit
While Christopher was cursing Carolyn, Sharon suddenly showed up behind him and bellowed. His expression changed, and he spun around quickly. "Sharon? What are you doing here?""Heh, I'm in the studio all the time. Isn't it normal for me to come over? Meanwhile, you came to the studio and bad-mouthed my mother. When you were in love with her, everything about her was good in your eyes. You even kicked this woman's b*tchy mother out for her sake. Now that you're not as good as others and can't keep my mother in love with you, you speak ill about her in front of others. I have never seen a man who is such a loser and useless as you are.""That's enough, Sharon. I'm your father." Christopher's face turned red. "Don't assume that Adrien has sincere feelings for your mom. Look at the way your mom behaves now. Will a man as attractive as Adrien take a liking to your mom? Wake up and get on with your life.""Heh, just wait and see how Mr. Tanner spoils me and my mom. As for you..." Sharon
In a high-end restaurant, Anthony glanced at Lea's sad face and grunted in disgust, "I have taken the time to come out and have a meal with you, so don't look so glum in front of me, okay?""I-I'm sorry." Lea bowed her head, forcing a smile onto her pale face.Anthony looked askance at her, feeling annoyed, as Lea had been strange in the past two days and would not allow him to touch her. If he did, she would look as if someone was trying to hurt her. Upset, he took out a cigarette and was about to smoke.Lea suddenly whispered to him, "It's better not to smoke. Smoking is not allowed here."Heh, you think I'm afraid of them? I can buy ten restaurants like this at once. Who dares to tell me to put out my cigarette?" he said in a huff.Lea knitted her eyebrows, feeling a bit nauseous, but she was afraid to say anything. The smell of smoke kept wafting over, causing her stomach to churn. But, due to the fear of Anthony's displeasure, she fought back the discomfort.Seeing that she
Anthony growled in annoyance, got up, and walked out of the restaurant. Lea glanced at him as he left, and then she got up to follow him. Kisa also followed them out of the restaurant.Back downstairs at Lea's apartment, Kisa parked her car near an out-of-the-way flower bed that was several dozen feet away from Anthony's car. Anthony did not park his car in the designated parking lot. So, Kisa knew he would leave after dropping Lea off. She waited quietly in the car, as she wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Lea afterward.Anthony was smoking as he spoke to Lea. "Since Kisa has given you a day off, you should stay home and not move around in the meantime. When the time comes, I will take you back to Athadale."Lea tugged at the corner of her dress and cautiously asked, "Why are you taking me to Athadale now that I'm no longer of any use to you?"Anthony frowned, seemingly annoyed. "When I tell you to go, just go. What's with the nonsense?"Lea pursed her lips and asked no m
Kisa pursed her lips and did not make a sound. She did not expect that a man as aggressive and vicious as Anthony would help a woman he did not know. She and Lea had not met yet when that incident happened."You know what? He was there like a God from heaven, scaring away the bad guys with just one word and telling me not to cry. He said if anyone bullied me again, I could just drop his name: Anthony Mullen. Anthony... Anthony... The name I will never forget," Lea said, suddenly giggling at Kisa. "Just because of his name, I never got bullied again during those years in that bar."Kisa felt sad when she heard what Lea said. She could tell that Lea really loved Anthony, but the way Anthony treated Lea was anything but love. She saw it all at the restaurant just now. Kisa looked at Lea sadly. "You treat him like he's a God, but what about him? Does he love you?"Lea shook her head. "It doesn't matter. What matters is that I was with him. Ever since I caught a glimpse of him when I was
"Can you not tell Anthony about my pregnancy?"Kisa smiled self-deprecatingly. "Don't worry. From now on, your business is none of my business. I will mention it to no one." With that, she walked outside without looking back.The glass door reflected Lea's sad and crying face. Such is love in the world—it is not always possible to have both love and friendship. Since Lea had chosen love, she had to sacrifice her friendship with Kisa. After breaking off their friendship, she would not feel too bad when Anthony made her hurt Kisa next time.When Kisa came out of the restaurant, she felt terribly sad. She suddenly remembered the time in Kerrona Hill, where Lea asked her to see the snow and almost got her killed on the snowy mountain. 'It must be Anthony who asked Lea to do that. She didn't expect that by doing so, it could have killed me, did she?' Kisa had once suspected Lea because of that incident, but she did not expect that Lea was working for Anthony. Apart from the Kerrona Hill
"Just let the maids do it.""The maid's cooking is not as good as mine. Give me a moment." Gilbert smiled and strode toward the kitchen.Kisa looked on with amazement. Previously, she had always felt that his tenderness and affection were all just a pretense. But after she had ruined GK, and he could still be so kind and caring to her, it made her think twice about whether the 'truth' she was told was credible. If it was not, then there might be a more powerful mastermind behind it all. She was almost certain that Carolyn and Sharon couldn't be the mastermind because they did not have the ability. 'But who could it be? Who could be the one to toy with us all? Or, maybe I'm wrong. There is no one else behind this. But, Gilbert's kindness to me these days really doesn't match up with the so-called 'truth'. If Gilbert really wants me dead, there is no need for him to do all this. Especially after what happened with the contract. There is no reason for him to be so nice to me.'She sat
"What a temper! I just chided you a little this morning, and you ran away from home." It was Madalyn. She was coming down from upstairs with George's help."Grandma, she just came back. Please let her eat something first, okay?" Gilbert said with a frown.Madalyn grunted and wanted to say something more but had to choke back her displeasure because she was worried that her great-grandson might be starving. She shot a glance at Kisa and then looked at Gilbert. "You are to move back to your original room and not sleep with her for the next few months.""No. I know what I'm doing.""You don't know what you are doing. You are as desperate as hell every time you are with her."Pfft!George and a few maids close by covered their mouths to suppress their laughter. Kisa hung her head in embarrassment, as Madalyn was just too blunt.Gilbert's face darkened. "Grandma, can you please let me save some face?""No. Your face is not as important as my precious great-grandson. I don't care. Yo