It was Kisa's name that showed up on the screen. Gilbert picked up the phone and answered it with no hesitation."Hello, Gilbert?"When Kisa's voice came into his ears, he suddenly closed his eyes and heaved a sigh of relief. At this moment, all the worry, tension, and fear transformed into unspeakable anger. He gasped lightly, his chest heaving."Gilbert?" Kisa called out again when she did not get a response.Gilbert clutched his phone and asked in a deep voice, "Where are you?""Oh, I had an incident on the road last night, and then Jolina saved me, and then I spent the night at Jolina's place.""Then why didn't you return my messages last night? Why didn't you answer my phone calls? Did you know last night I was... I was..." Gilbert yelled furiously, and at the end, he put a hand to his forehead, feeling powerless.Kisa felt Gilbert was angry when he suddenly stopped speaking. So she hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I did not mean not to answer your phone, nor did I mean not to r
The house was filled with the smell of cigarette smoke. Her heart skipped a beat, wondering if Gilbert had been here or was here at this moment. Thinking of this, she could not wait to check the rooms without changing her shoes. But there was no one there. Not giving up, she went to the bathroom—there was still no sign of Gilbert. So she thought he must have left.Kisa was disappointed and dropped onto the couch, staring blankly at the coffee table. She suddenly frowned and hurriedly sat up as she saw the ashtray on the coffee table full of cigarette butts. She remembered she had cleaned the ashtray, and Gilbert had not come over in the past few days, so it had always been clean. But now, it was filled to the brim, and two cigarette butts were still burning and billowing white smoke. So she knew Gilbert must have stayed here last night and just left—he must have waited for her for a long time.She hurriedly took out her phone and wanted to call him. But just as she was about to do th
Christopher probably lost his patience as he had tried to leave several times, but Carolyn forced him to stay.During the break, Kisa looked at Christopher quietly. She no longer had any affection for her father. Her dearest and most beloved person was her mother. Probably because of guilt, Christopher was afraid to look her in the eyes. Kisa sneered, feeling sad to see their relationship come to such a pass."I have just asked you to come to visit Sharon today. She will be off work in a few minutes. Why are you in such a hurry to leave?" Carolyn scolded Christopher in anger."I really have urgent business. Besides, I am already here, and it is meaningless to keep waiting.""Heh, don't lie to me. I know there has not been much going on at the office lately. And even if there is, it is not as important as Sharon, okay?""All right, all right. I'm not leaving. Please stop arguing and making a scene here, lest people would laugh at us.""Heh, who dares to laugh at us but that b*star
"Kisa," Christopher faked a smile with even a bit of humility in his attitude, "what is going on here? Why did you have Sharon held up?""Dad, help me. This b*tch just can't stand to see me getting successful. Help me, Dad!" Sharon pleaded for his help.Instead of looking at Sharon, Christopher tried to please Kisa. "Tell me your grievances, Kisa. Don't do this, or it will harm the family harmony."'Family?' Kisa snickered. 'When I was down and out, this man never recognized me as the Case family's daughter and even joined Carolyn in attacking me. Now that I'm rich, he is shamelessly talking about family.' Kisa sat on a chair and looked indifferently at the family of three, which she wanted to have nothing to do with now. She sneered at Christopher. "Why don't you ask Sharon what she did to me last night?"Christopher looked at Sharon, and Sharon hung her head sheepishly and said, "I did nothing to her. She is just making things up.""Absolutely. Don't you even trust your own daug
Carolyn saw this and was delighted. She sneered at Kisa, "Do you really think there will be no one here in the suburbs, and you can do whatever you want?" She then called out to the two people, "Come and see, the celebrity Kisa brought a group of men to bully my daughter."When Kisa saw the faces of the two people, a sneer flashed across her face. And Sharon's face turned pale.It was Jolina and Peter. Carolyn was transfixed for a moment and felt that the man looked very familiar. She tugged at his arm without giving it a second thought. "Please help my daughter," Carolyn said, pointing at Kisa, cursing, "That woman is trying to hurt my daughter, thinking that no one can see it in the suburb—"Before Carolyn could finish, Peter yanked her hand away in disgust and stepped aside. If Jolina had not asked him to testify against Sharon, he would not have bothered to come and watch these clowns perform. 'Argh, this is really boring!' he groused in his mind.When Jolina walked silently to
Kisa looked at the bodyguards. "You guys drag her to the bushes so it won't dirty everyone's eyes with that scene. Ahh," Something suddenly came to mind, and the corners of her lips hooked up in a ruthless smile, "remember to take pictures.""No! Kisa, you viperous b*tch! I hope you will die a horrible death! Let go of me! Let go of me!" Sharon hissed and screamed hysterically.Carolyn was so mad she was about to lunge at Kisa to hit her. "You b*tch, how dare you do this to Sharon! B*tch!"Christopher quickly pulled her back and pleaded with Kisa. "Don't do this. We are family. Don't make things too ugly.""Heh!" Kisa looked at them with cold eyes. "You care so much about your daughter, huh? Am I not someone else's daughter, then? When you conspired with her to harm me, did you ever think my mother would be sad and hurt, too? You can brazenly hurt and bully me just because my mother is no longer here?" Kisa smiled with tears in her eyes.Peter looked at her quietly, and it hurt hi
When Kisa gradually lifted her gaze, she saw Adrien trudging toward her with a cigarette in his hand.Meanwhile, Carolyn looked at Adrien as if he were her savior.She broke free from the grasp of the bodyguards and ran up to Adrien. Then, she grabbed his arm while saying in panic, "Please save my daughter, Mr. Tanner. I'm begging you; please save her..."Sharon was screaming at the top of her lungs in the bushes; her piercing scream sounded terrifying since they were in a parkland.Adrien scanned the area with a smile before turning to Kisa, "What's happening here?"Kisa merely sneered and did not respond.Peter had his hands in his pockets."Last night, Sharon knocked Kisa out. She intended to get some men to force themselves onto Kisa, but I saved her. What do you know? Today, Sharon got what she was coming to her.""Don't listen to him, Mr. Tanner! My daughter is innocent! Sharon is one of the kindest people, so please hurry and save her."Carolyn quickly cut in and shook
"Let me tell you something. Think of today as a lesson and stop trying to cause harm to me, because... you're no match for me.""You!" Sharon was furious.She wanted to cuss at Kisa. However, she was in pain from the grip on her chin, so she could not throw a deathly glare at her.Kisa chuckled, "This time, I'll let you go for Mr. Tanner's sake. Besides, I've recently been investigating the true perpetrator behind the fire. If I learn that you had something to do with the fire, then... Even God won't be able to save you."Kisa said with a cold and ruthless expression.For a moment, Sharon was speechless and stared at Kisa with a stunned expression.She seemed as if she was genuinely frightened.Kisa sneered as she flung her aside. Then, she led the bodyguards away.Meanwhile, Peter had seen enough of the drama and dragged Jolina away.Soon after everyone left, Carolyn eagerly went into the bushes. She hugged a disheveled-looking Sharon while cursing, "That wench! How dare she