Kisa only felt somewhat suffocated in her chest.She grabbed the jailer's clothes and questioned, "That means what you told me earlier was false?""Of course, that man had been threatening us after all."The jailer then spat, "He was the main culprit behind that fire. He even gave the warden a beauty, and the things we said back then were not said for you on purpose, but we had really heard Gilbert Kooper say that to the warden. We just said it out loud outside your cell since we thought you were going to die and did not want you to die, not knowing why."Kisa sat on the ground, dumbfounded. Her brain was so numb she could no longer think."Miss Kisa, are you alright?" Jolina asked worriedly.Kisa shook her head like a robot and did not make a sound.Peter frowned and hissed at the jailer, "You better be speaking the truth this time, or I'll skin you alive, and you'll never see your village people again.""Do it then. I'm speaking the truth. I shouldn't believe Gilbert Kooper b
The blood stains on Peter's hand had almost dried but the wounds from the barbs were still quite terrifying, looking like tiny, bloodied holes.Jolina gripped the wet tissue in her hand tightly.She walked over and squatted before Peter. "Is your arm... alright?""Can't you see? What's that question for?"Peter inexplicably felt a little angry.He had rolled up his sleeves, and his entire arm was exposed. The bloodstains could be seen at a glance, and there was no need to ask that question.When Jolina asked him like that, he felt it to be a little fake. It would be better if she had just ignored him.Seeing that he had lost his temper for no reason, Jolina stopped asking and tossed the pack of wet wipes to him."Miss Kisa asked me to give this to you. Wipe up your wounds, don't let them get infected."The woman then left.Peter stared at her back. The flames in his eyes were about to burst out.He sneered in a fury. "How heartless!"If the man she loved were injured, she w
Gilbert only wanted to look for Kisa now, explain everything to her, and happily tell her that Grandma was finally willing to accept her. He believed that she would be overjoyed as well.He pulled the quilt aside and wanted to get out of bed.Kelvin immediately held him down. "What are you doing?""I want to look for her.""Enough. Lie back down," Kelvin pushed him back into the bed and growled, "Get well first. You'll scare her away like this. Also, there's no news about her whereabouts yet. I'll let you know once we find her."Gilbert immediately frowned.'Yeah, there's no news about her whereabouts yet. Where did she hide herself?'He then looked at the clear sky outside.Although Grandma had already compromised with him, he was still nervous.He was still afraid that the woman would not believe him.It was the first time Lea had come to this club. She followed closely behind Anthony, not daring to say a word.Inside the private room, aside from Anthony and her, there wer
"Mr. Anthony, please do not get involved in this anymore. It's not like you have a deep grudge against Gilbert. Why must you hound him like this?"Anthony slowly opened his eyes. A terrifying menace roiled within his drunken gaze.He then sneered, "Yes, I have no deep grudge against him, but they provoked me. I'm always vengeful, so how can I be happy if I don't utterly destroy them?""Moreover, it's because of them I got scolded by my old man many times and even had my authority in the Mullen Group taken away. This time, taking Gilbert down will be the best opportunity for me to turn things around in the Mullen family. I'll definitely change the way the old man sees me!""But...""Enough, drive!"Anthony let out an icy growl before closing his eyes and ignoring her.Lea looked at his arrogant, devilish yet handsome face sadly.'He is strong and competitive, but he is also vindictive.''But has he ever thought about me?''For him to force me to betray my best friend just for
Before Jolina could finish her sentence, she saw Peter taking off his shirt.The man's thin upper body was suddenly exposed to her at such a close distance.The man even smiled devilishly at her. "You wouldn't take a good look every time I show you, so here, have a good look. Who has the better body, me or that man in your dreams?"Jolina choked, her expression turned sullen as she yelled, "Pervert!"As she said that, she turned and left, swearing never to believe a single word of this man ever again.Peter pursed his lips before taking his clothes and grinned as he walked toward a small pond by the entrance of the col.When he tailed the jailer yesterday, he noticed the pond water was clear and good enough to be used for bathing.Just as Jolina returned to the car, Kisa had gotten out of it.Her thin body shook a little, seemingly unsteady.She held the door. Her face was so pale it was horrifying.Jolina hurried over to help her, "Miss Kisa, you...""I'm fine." Kisa smiled
On this day, Gilbert woke up early.He went downstairs to eat as usual.Ever since Grandma agreed to allow him to be with Kisa, his entire being had returned to life and was no longer depressed or sluggish as he was a few days ago.Seeing how energetic he was, Mrs. Kooper Sr. inevitably had mixed feelings about it.She pushed the breakfast the servants had prepared to him and snorted, "You better pray that that woman is true to you and that she will never betray or hurt you. Otherwise, the one hurting the most, in the end, will be you."Gilbert held his mug of milk and did not say anything.After getting along for some time, he naturally believed Kisa's feelings for him.However, for him to say such heartless words to her that day, he had no idea if he could coax her back.Davian and Kelvin have not found any news of her either.It was inevitable for him to worry a little when she disappeared just like that.After breakfast, he went over to Kisa's residence again.When he op
Lea seemingly had already thought up an excuse as she calmly said, "I heard him calling someone and saying that by chance in the bar and learned about this."Gilbert looked at her with an inquisitive look in his eyes.He did not know much about Lea and only knew that she had been acting a little weird since Kerrona Hill.She was, however, still Kisa's best friend.Back when Kisa was terminally ill, it was Lea who took care of her.He pursed his lips and said, "Thank you for telling me this. Kisa has always been a person who is deeply invested in a relationship. You are her best friend, so I hope you don't do anything that would hurt her."Lea's heart tensed up when she heard that.A surge of guilt and remorse welled in her heart.She held her handbag strap tightly and nodded. "Understood. Kisa is equally important to me too."Gilbert did not say anything else and walked out.No matter how credible the news Lea had given him was, he needed to ascertain its veracity.If he cou
Gilbert's eyes narrowed as he immediately got into his car and followed behind.He clearly saw another person in Jensen's car on the co-driver's seat, and that person must be the warden.After Jensen's car exited the trail, it went directly into the main road.Gilbert immediately chased after him as two cars stood between him and Jensen.Gilbert was afraid to lose sight of Jensen again this time, so Gilbert kept a keen eye on Jensen's car.After a few traffic lights, Jensen's car suddenly turned into a deserted road.It was the road heading to the south of the city.The city's south side was undergoing development and was quite far out, so there were not too many cars there.When Gilbert's car made the turn, he drew a considerable distance between him and Jensen. As there were no cars between them, he could still keep an eye on Jensen's car.He could only do this. Otherwise, Jensen will surely notice him.If Jensen discovered he was tailing him and escaped with the warden, th