Peter frowned and shook off the woman's hand. "If it is not something you should touch, you'd better not touch it."The frivolous man's face suddenly turned sinister, and the woman stepped back to the side in fear, not daring to say anything. Adrien held a cigarette in his hand and stared at the bracelet on Peter's wrist for a long time, his mind drifting off, while Jensen glanced at him with a sneer.Just then, there was a sudden brawl outside the door, where Anthony and Sharon barged in despite several bodyguards trying to stop them."Mr. Tanner, we are sorry we couldn't stop them."Adrien flicked off the cigarette ashes and sat upright. "It is alright. I will handle this.""Aye."Anthony frowned when he saw Jensen and Peter. Adrien smiled gently and looked back at Jensen and Mia. "It is getting late. You all go back and rest. See you all another day."Jensen gave a wry smile, saying nothing, and turned around to leave via the other exit. Mia hurriedly followed him.Then Anth
Before Sharon could get up, Anthony stepped on her back and grabbed her hair, forcing her to tilt her head back. "Speaking of which, it is all your fault, you b*tch!""It is obvious that you are greedy, and you think of taking over GK. I didn't force you to work with me. Now you try to blame it on me after losing money. Heh, that is ridiculous," Sharon snarled."You were the one who said Gilbert was dead, so I started a company with you. But what happened? Please f*cking tell me why Gilbert is still alive."Anthony became furious at the mention of this. He pulled at her hair and yanked her hard. Sharon fell to the ground in a heap, her scalp tingling with pain. Yet Anthony did not stop there; he continued to kick her. Peter shook his head and snickered, then continued to play his billiards. Nearby, the women with heavy makeup were too scared to make a sound.Adrien exhaled a ring of smoke and chuckled. "That is enough. You won't get your money back even if you beat her to death. So
"I heard that you and Gilbert went together these days to investigate the prison fire that happened back then."Kisa paused what she was doing and asked with a smile, "How do you know?" Jensen's sudden question reminded her of the mysterious man who saved the two jailers.But Jensen smiled and said, "I ran into Davian when I went to pick Blake up from the Kooper residence; he told me about it."Kisa pursed her lips. 'So he wasn't the person who sent the mysterious group of men.' She continued to sort out the ingredients she had just bought. "Although we didn't find the real culprit of the fire, Gilbert cleared his name, at least," she said without looking up."Oh yeah? That's good."Kisa then glanced at him. "At first, I was convinced that Gilbert was behind the fire because of a conversation outside the door. I hated him for several years. But now I know that the conversation was deliberately made between the two jailers for my benefit at the behest of someone else.""That's goo
"Ma'am."Kisa was busy in the kitchen when a child suddenly hugged her from behind, startling her. When she held the little hands and spun the child around, she saw the cute little face of Ada, whose bright eyes almost melted her heart."What's up?" She stroked Ada's little hair bun and asked gently, "Are you hungry? Wait a little longer. The ravioli and apple dumplings are almost ready."Ada shook her head and let out a mysterious smile. "I came to tell you that Daddy will come over later. He has a surprise for you."Kisa's smile froze. She did not think Gilbert would bring her any surprises, and he would only spoil her mood if he came. But to avoid hurting the children's feelings, she said politely, "Look, it is so cold now, and there is snow and wind. The temperature is going to drop tonight. It is better to ask your daddy not to come, lest he will get sick from the cold.""Wow, Ma'am, so you are concerned about Daddy. I'm going to tell him.""Hey, hey..." Kisa tried to stop h
There was a muffled grunt.Not waiting for any reaction from the person, Kisa rushed into the kitchen, locked the door behind her, and took out her cell phone to call the police. Just as she turned on her phone's screen, the kitchen lights came on. She looked out the door in surprise as she saw Gilbert glaring at her.He was holding a tray of apple dumplings that they had not finished eating in the afternoon, but half of them were on the floor. Gilbert was so angry that he pounded on the kitchen door.Kisa rubbed her nose. She did just knock him with a cane, but she felt she had done nothing wrong, as it was him who sneaked around in her kitchen at night, and she could only think it was a burglar.Only when the man stopped pounding on the door did Kisa open the kitchen door. But as soon as the door was opened, Gilbert yelled at her, "You are f*cking nuts! I almost got KO'ed by your cane!""I dare you to hit me again!" Kisa frowned in disgustGilbert was so angry that he couldn't
Kisa saw a worn photo album sitting on the coffee table and immediately recognized that it was her mother's photo album, the one she had seen at the Case residence but had not been able to take it. She hurriedly picked up the album and could not wait to open it.The first page was a snapshot of her mother sitting in front of the window, her face gentle, just as Kisa remembered. She stroked her mother's face, and tears fell involuntarily. They dropped right on her mother's bracelet in the photo. She hurriedly used her hand to wipe it, afraid of spoiling the photo.Gilbert watched her quietly, not forgetting to bring the apple dumpling to his mouth.Kisa took a deep breath and gathered her emotions. She closed the album and looked at Gilbert. "Did you get this from the Case family?"Gilbert nodded. "That day when I saw how precious you treated your mother's notebook, I thought of what you told me last time about going to the Case residence to get your mother's belongings. So I went t
Kisa took the photo from the album and carefully looked at it. There was a line of words behind the photo. It was the name of her mother and the man. There was also the date of when the photo was taken. 'Damon Kooper? Isn't that Gilbert's father's name? Is the man in this photo Gilbert's father?'At that moment, Gilbert walked toward her with a bowl in his hands. "If you miss your mom, we can go visit her grave sometime. I mean, she is my mother-in-law after all."Kisa did not hear what he had said. Instead, she just looked back and forth between Gilbert and the man in the photo. "What's wrong?" he asked. Kisa quickly closed the photo album when Gilbert came over. Seeing this, Gilbert frowned in displeasure. "You're too defensive. You hide everything from me and treat me like an outsider," he said."Aren't you an outsider?" Kisa asked indifferently, her hands tightening around the closed photo album. 'Jensen said that Gilbert would always react weirdly whenever people mentioned his
'Isn't that David? Adrien showed me a photo of Mom and David before. Isn't that him?'Kisa quickly took the photo out of the album and turned to the back. It was no surprise that David's name was on there. Emilia's stiff and expressionless face in the photo with David at the beginning had turned into a gentle smile. It was clear that her mom had fallen in love with David in the end.From the photo, Kisa also noticed that the bracelet her mother wore was now dangling on David's wrists.'Mom must have really liked him to have given him one of her prized possessions,' she thought. 'But where is David now? Is there still a misunderstanding between them?'Kisa had always felt uneasy about all the regrets in their relationship. She leaned against the chair, feeling troubled.'Regardless of whether David is alive or not, I must find him. I must resolve the misunderstanding between him and Mom.' Kisa did not want her mother to still be misunderstood by her beloved after she died.Then, s