Kisa was flabbergasted and quickly shook her head. "No. Jensen did not mean that. I sprained my ankle because of my carelessness. It has nothing to do with you. Jensen didn't mean to offend you. He has driven for hours and must be exhausted."Adrien smiled. "Don't worry. I was just joking with him."Kisa pursed her lips. She had felt something was not quite right with Jensen today. 'By all rights, Adrien is Jensen's business partner, and his attitude really shouldn't be like this. Besides, Jensen always knows what should and should not be done and said. There must be a reason for him to act this way.'Mia looked at Adrien and then at Jensen anxiously. After a while, she changed the subject and asked, "I'm starving. When will dinner be ready?"Adrien checked his watch. "Mr. Kooper and others should be here soon. The dinner will start as soon as they arrive.""That is hard," Mia said with a half-smile. Feeling bored, she smoked again.Kisa, worried that Jensen might repeat somethin
A faint tobacco scent of Gilbert wafted into Kisa's nostrils, distracting her.Once everyone was seated, Adrien took the lead and raised her glass to Madalyn. "I didn't expect Mrs. Kooper Sr. to come to join us. It is really an honor for me.""I hope you won't find me too old to join you all." Madalyn smiled and raised her glass to clink with Adrien.Adrien smiled and shook his head. "Not at all. It is all about having a good time."Madalyn would usually look furious whenever she saw Kisa, but she smiled nicely in front of outsiders. Even at eighty, there was still a hint of elegance and nobility in how she carried herself. She sized up Adrien and then looked at his face with a frown before letting out a smile. "I'm sorry to ask; have we met before, Mr. Tanner?"Adrien was holding his cutlery, and his hand froze for a second. He then lowered the cutlery on his plate and looked straight at Madalyn. "I don't think so. Why?""Oh, nothing. I just think you look familiar as if we have
Before Kisa knew what had happened, hot soup was splashed on her body. The soup had just been hotly served on the table. Kisa felt her skin starting to burn."I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." Sitting next to her, Emma quickly got up and took a tissue to wipe the splashed soup from her body.Jensen got up at once and came over to check on Kisa anxiously. "Are you okay?"Kisa shook her head and brushed away Emma's hand. "It is alright. I will do it myself." She took a tissue and wiped the soup stains from her legs and her white down jacket while furrowing her brows in annoyance.The most annoying thing was when Emma cried and apologized to her. "I'm sorry, Ms. Becker. I really didn't mean to do it. I just wanted to serve a bowl of soup to Mrs. Kooper Sr. But somehow, my hand slipped. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.""It is okay. I don't blame you," Kisa said calmly and held back her emotions.But Emma cried even harder. "Ms. Becker, don't be angry. It is all my fault. What should I do? I
Perhaps because of the pain from the scald on her legs or the slippery floor, Kisa failed to get up twice.Sharon, sitting across the table, took the opportunity to taunt her. "Ms. Becker, you're really delicate; a sprained ankle has taken so long to heal."Kisa smiled at her calmly. "Yes, I'm not delicate, just that my body is so weak that even a minor injury takes a long time to heal.""You're so pretentious!" Mia, sitting next to Sharon, could not help but mock.Kisa was not angry, as she was used to hearing Mia's taunts. And when Sharon heard Mia say the same thing about Kisa, she was even more triumphant and sneered at Kisa blatantly. "This beautiful woman is right; you are really pretentious. If I remember correctly, you have been like this since you were a child, making a mountain out of a molehill for a minor injury. You were in a wheelchair two days ago, so why not today? Is it because it will catch too much attention? If you were really afraid of attracting too much atten
At the moment, she was sitting on the leather couch, on which a pillow was nestled in the corner, with nothing to cover her legs. She panicked and went to pick up the jeans on the floor, then glanced at the door in embarrassment—even more so when she realized it was Gilbert standing outside. She pulled her jeans haphazardly over her legs, and her cheeks blushed."Mr. Kooper," Lea looked puzzledly at Gilbert, "are you looking for Kisa?"Gilbert glanced expressionlessly over Kisa's white legs, his eyes lingering on her lace pant legs for a few seconds before looking away. He then tossed a tube of ointment at Lea and turned to leave.Lea picked up the ointment and asked, "What is this?""It is for burns. The kids asked me to bring it over." Gilbert had already walked away as his voice trailed off.Lea glanced at him in surprise as he left, then turned to close the door."Mr. Kooper has an ointment for burns." Lea excitedly handed the scalding medicine to Kisa.Kisa took a look at i
Gilbert frowned. "My father?""Yes, I met your parents. See, your eyes are similar to your father's. Seeing you always reminds me of him."Fragments of memories flashed in his mind, and coming along with those memories was an unspeakable fear. Gilbert subconsciously clenched his hand on his knees, and with the other hand, he pushed the cigarette into his mouth with urgency, as if smoking could relieve his inner panic and fear.Adrien did not notice the abnormality. He took a sip of wine, and his gaze drifted away as if he recalled the past. "Your father was a famous figure in Calthon, rich and handsome, with many women craving for him. At that time, we often..." As if he realized he had said something wrong, he suddenly stopped, took another sip of wine, and switched topics to talk about Gilbert's mother. "Your mother is also a capable person, a famous artist manager who looked like a perfect match whenever they stood side by side. It was a pity..." while speaking, his eyes that had
As Kisa's injured ankle had yet recovered, she was yanked out of her balance and plunged to the ground.Jensen hurriedly held her up and looked at Madalyn. "She has done nothing wrong.""She has done nothing wrong?" Madalyn sneered, "She is the one who did this to Gilbert, and you are telling me she has done nothing wrong?"Jensen and Kisa looked at each other; neither of them understood what Madalyn was talking about. Adrien quietly watched on with questions on his mind. He then asked Madalyn, "What is going on here, Mrs. Kooper Sr.?"Madalyn wiped her tears away in anguish. "Gilbert was in the car when his parents met with an accident. His mother saved him with her life. He was covered in blood, completely terrified. He only slowly got better after countless visits to a psychiatrist. But no one can mention his parents in front of him. Otherwise, he will suffer a relapse.""I didn't know that," Adrien said with a sad face. "Didn't you ask the doctor what was going on?"Madalyn s
"Gilbert has a mental trauma? How come you never told me about it?" Adrien asked in a reproachful voice.Jensen chuckled. Smoke was puffed out from his mouth and obscured the sneer on his face. He flicked off the ashes of his cigarette and said in a faint voice, "I didn't know he had it either.""Impossible!"Jensen sneered, "Why not? Since his parents passed on from the car accident, everyone in the Kooper family was forbidden to mention his parents. For all the years I lived in the Kooper family, I had never seen him have this condition. How could I know he had a mental trauma? "With a cigarette in his mouth, Adrien looked at Jensen with disgust. "You better tell me the truth."Jensen smiled nonchalantly. "Believe it or not."Adrien gave him a baleful glare. "Get out."Jensen didn't want to stay, either. He got up and walked outside. But he stopped at the door, running the cigarette between his thumb and index finger. After a while, he finally opened his mouth. "Do you have a