He decided to tell her about Andrew's and Ada's identity on her birthday. At first, he was afraid she would use the children to help Jensen against him. But after spending so many days with her, he felt maybe it was really him who had misunderstood her. He realized that there was really nothing between her and Jensen, and if she really liked Jensen, she would not have made up and even been so intimate with him. Not only that, he could also see that she really liked those two children. So he still wanted to take a gamble.'If I win, then the family of four will be reunited in a real sense. If I lose, then I will accept it as fate. I will never love her again if Kisa uses the child against me. I will consider this as my last gamble, with the children as the wager. If I win, the reward would be our happiness; if I lose....' He lowered his eyes, forcing himself not to overthink and holding her hand tighter.Kisa looked at his hands in puzzlement. After a while, she asked, "What is wrong
On the day of her birthday, even the weather was on her side. The sky had been pouring rain since morning, turning the atmosphere white velvet. So the crew had the day off, and she could prepare for her birthday.Kisa attached little importance to her birthday. So on this day, she did not decorate her house but just bought a lot of ingredients, thinking it would be enough to cook a nice meal at home and then enjoy the moment with Gilbert.Kisa brought all the ingredients she had bought into the kitchen. Her body was soaked through, along with the groceries, as it was pouring outside when she came home. After putting the ingredients in the kitchen, she went straight to the bathroom to shower. When she came out of the shower, she subconsciously glanced at her phone and found that Gilbert had called her twice. She called back at once, taking the phone and waiting for him to answer while she walked toward the kitchen, intending to sort out the ingredients.The call was quickly answered,
Madalyn stood in front of two tombstones with a sad face. They were the tombstones of her son and daughter-in-law, whom she had not visited during the years she was in a coma. Gilbert did not even know these two tombstones existed and was even less likely to visit them. In the past few years, only George had paid visits and cleaned them up a bit. Madalyn looked at the two bright, young, smiling faces in the photos, which were embedded in the tombstones, her heart full of sorrow. She could never forget that day, the car accident that brought her grief and despair. She bent forward slightly, her hands trembling as she wiped the photos on the tombstones. When she spoke, her frail voice was choked with grief."I'm sorry. It took so long for me to come to see you two."Madalyn's hunched back looked frail in the chilly wind. George held the umbrella with one hand and gently supported her with the other. The few black umbrellas looked particularly mournful in the cemetery. Madalyn cried for
"Don't tell your daddy about this place that Grandma brought you to today. Also, don't tell your daddy about your grandparents either, okay?""Why is that?"Children always had a lot of questions. Madalyn sighed and said, "Because if you tell your daddy, he will be very upset, you know?"The two children nodded their heads in acknowledgment. As they sat in the car, Andrew and Ada could not help but look back toward the cemetery. 'So they were our grandparents,' they both thought to themselves."Great-Grandma, will you bring Ada and me to see our grandparents again?" Andrew asked."Yeah. I will bring you two over every year on this day.""Okay." Andrew nodded and exchanged a smile with Ada.As the car arrived at the Kooper residence and pulled into the car porch, Madalyn saw someone come up to her before she even got out of the car. She could not help but frown with disgust."Mrs. Kooper Sr." The person was Sharon, who solicitously wanted to help Madalyn get out of the car. But
Sharon broke free from the servants and headed for the house with a smug look.Madalyn sat down on the couch and stuck her cane up, her face calm. "Say, what proof you have. Don't try to fool me.""Don't worry. I have enough evidence here. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to come to you." Sharon grunted and took out her phone, showing a photo to Madalyn. "Look at this first."Madalyn took the phone with a sullen face. The photo was a snapshot of intimate text messages between Gilbert and Kisa.Sharon sneered. "You can scroll down. There are many more intimate conversations and call history between Gilbert and that woman, which I had someone take pictures of from the woman's phone."Madalyn browsed through the photos one by one, her creased hands shivering involuntarily.Seeing Madalyn's reaction, Sharon let out a triumphant smile. "I'm not lying to you, am I? Gilbert has been with that b*tch all this time."Madalyn finished browsing through the photos, handed the phone back to S
Andrew and Ada were lying on the window ledge of their room. They were relieved to see the maid kick Sharon out of the house."That bad woman has been kicked out, so Daddy should be fine, right?" Ada asked."Should be. Since Great-Grandma loves Daddy so much, she won't listen to that bad woman."Ada nodded her head and felt relieved. Children always think too simply and naively; how nice would it be if adults could be like them.In the CEO's office of GK Pictures, Davian placed the meeting summary on Gilbert's desk and said to the tired-looking Gilbert, "Mr. Kooper, I will do the rest of the work. You go celebrate your wife's birthday.""Okay." Gilbert pinched his sore brow, then got up to put on his jacket. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something. "By the way, since I asked you to follow Jensen's men to find that warden, have things progressed?"Davian shook his head and frowned. "I almost forgot about it if you didn't ask.""How so?" Gilbert asked in a
Gilbert lowered his eyes and looked at the caller ID on the phone screen; it was the Kooper residence's landline number. A bad feeling washed through him, and he answered the phone with a frown."Mr. Kooper, come back quickly. Something has happened to Mrs. Kooper Sr." It was George speaking.Gilbert's heart sank, and he subconsciously gripped his cell phone. George was still on the phone, sobbing, seemingly in grief. Gilbert tensed up, his hand on the steering wheel shivering. He made a sudden U-turn and sped off toward the Kooper residence, and that abrupt change of direction flung the box off the seat onto the foot well, smashing the cake inside into a lump of creamy mess, just like something important in his heart shattered into pieces and could not be put together again.Kisa had already prepared the meal. The table was full of delicious dishes that gave out an appetizing aroma, but there was no one at the table. She was sitting straight on the couch, staring out the window in
Jensen pulled a man out of the elevator, followed by Adrien. The man was about the same age as Adrien, medium built, with a very white complexion. He looked so white that it seemed unnaturally sickly. The man had small eyes, and they were evasive, darting around with fear and anxiety.Jensen had the man's hands cuffed. He pulled on the handcuffs and brought the man in front of Kisa.Kisa subconsciously took a step back and looked at Jensen. "He... He is the warden?"Jensen nodded. "You can ask him questions about that fire back then."Kisa looked at the warden and was transfixed. Perhaps because of Gilbert's absence, she felt uneasy.After entering the house, Kisa poured a glass of water for Jensen and Adrien each. Adrien took the water and sat down on the couch while Jensen kicked the warden in the crook of his leg, sending the warden to drop to his knees."Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me." The warden prostrated himself to the floor, begging for mercy.Kisa looked at