"If you don't like it, leave it. I will get you something else to eat," Gilbert said, going to take the plate away.Kisa suddenly held on to the plate of pasta, choking on a sob as she slurred, "It is delicious. The pasta you cooked is delicious. It is just that I didn't expect you to cook it for me. After all, you said that you never liked me."It hurt him to hear her last sentence. 'As expected, no matter how much of a goodwill gesture I have made, she still minds what I said last time. She always holds grudges and holds on to those hurtful things I said," Gilbert thought to himself. He then stroked her long, silky hair and said helplessly, " Those callous things I said to you the other day were really all lies. They were just for grandma to hear. I thought you would understand me."Kisa sneered in her mind. 'Have I ever understood him? Had the warden not first told me the truth about the fire that day, he might have successfully deceived me again.' She secretly kept down the bitt
Gilbert asked in a deep voice. He was going to say that Jensen had asked the warden to slander him, but thinking of Jensen's current condition, he thought better of it. Besides, he had said the same thing at the hospital the other day, but she did not believe him and even gave him a sarcastic sneer."Who knows what the warden has been through all these years? And he didn't even look like a good guy. So I couldn't trust him.""But isn't Jensen the one who found the warden? Don't you trust Jensen?" Gilbert asked in a strained voice.Kisa's face darkened at the mention of Jensen. She leaned back in her chair and murmured, "I trust Jensen, but there is no guarantee that the warden has seen no one else before Jensen found him. What if the actual killer was someone else, and the actual killer had threatened him? So I won't conclude that you are the mastermind of that fire just because of his one-sided story." She would not fully believe that Gilbert was the mastermind based on the warden'
Davian was wide-eyed. He had not seen Gilbert smile in days. He remembered that when he went to see him at the Kooper residence yesterday, Gilbert looked dejected. 'What happened? Could it be that Mr. Kooper fell in love again? That's unlikely since he loves his wife so much. There's no way he could fall in love with another woman so quickly. Could this phone call be from his wife? But, that's even more unlikely. After all, his wife was looking at him with hatred in the hospital the other day as if she wanted to kill him.'While Davian was still wondering, Gilbert stood up. It was uncertain what the person on the other end of the phone said, but Gilbert's smile was especially gentle. "Okay, just give me a minute. I'll be right there," Gilbert said.Davian remained frozen in place even after Gilbert had walked out of the CEO's office. He was almost certain that Gilbert had fallen in love again. He was curious about what kind of woman it was that had brought Gilbert out of his misery s
"Even if you are filming, I will make the meal at home, and you can eat it as soon as you come home," Gilbert casually said.The mention of the word 'home' tugged at Kisa's heartstrings, but she quickly regained her composure. 'I will never have a home together with this man,' she said to herself in her mind....Blake was crouching alone under a tree in the garden of the Kooper residence, looking so lonely that it was almost heartbreaking. So Ada and Andrew brought Madalyn out."Grandma, Blake is always depressed these days. Can you please cajole him? Andrew and I have not been able to coax him." Ada looked at Blake and said to Madalyn worriedly.Since Jensen's accident, Mia had left Blake here. Blake had not smiled since that day and had become much quieter, not as cheerful as when he first came to the Kooper residence.Madalyn felt sad, too, when she thought of Jensen. Though she cared most about Gilbert, her grandson, she still had some feelings for Jensen. Looking at Blake r
Madalyn immediately frowned; a look of confusion was on her aging face."Second act in love? What do you mean?"Davian leaned in with a mysterious expression, "Mr. Kooper got a call from some woman today, and he was beaming. After that, he took off in a hurry to see her.""Who's the woman? Is it Kisa Becker?" Madalyn asked dubiously.'Only Kisa Becker can tug on Gilbert's heartstrings in this world. Even though I don't want to admit this, it is the truth. But judging from Gilbert and Kisa's current relationship, it also seems unlikely,' she thought.Davian echoed her thoughts, "It's definitely not Ms. Becker. She still hates Mr. Kooper, so she couldn't possibly get back together with him."After hearing Davian's words, Madalyn immediately snorted icily."Hate? Who is she to hate Gilbert? She can't atone for her sins even if she paid Gilbert back with her own life."Davian was speechless.'Here we go again! I shouldn't have brought this up,' he thought.Just as he was about to
Gilbert cooked quite several dishes, most of them being Kisa's favorites.After placing the dishes on the table one by one, he smiled and said warmly, "Come on. Let's eat."Kisa walked over with the contract."What's this?" Gilbert asked curiously after seeing the contract in her hand,Kisa pulled him into a chair and handed him the contract, "This is the contract from when I transferred the equity of J & K Film Group to Jensen. After giving it some thought, I decided to transfer the company's equity to you."Gilbert frowned."To me?""Mhm. I want J & K Film Group to merge into GK Pictures."Kisa continued earnestly, "You started GK Pictures singlehandedly. With Jensen's current state, I don't have the confidence to manage our company. I'd rather the company gets merged under GK Pictures rather than letting other companies take advantage of it. At the very least, other companies won't be able to dissolve J & K Film Group when it's under GK Pictures. Besides, this will also expa
"Ah!" Kisa shrieked.She quickly put her arms around his neck, "What... What're you doing?""Didn't I say we're continuing our unfinished business?"The man smirked and carried her to the bedroom.Gilbert closed the heavy curtains, and they were isolated from the hustling and bustling world outside.Their tiny bedroom became a space for them to have a good time.Clothes were scattered on the floor as the soft, large bed shook.Every time they did this, Kisa would think to herself, 'This man must be really interested in my body. Otherwise, why'd he always ask for it like he's gone mad? I'm only now understanding that he can do such things even though he doesn't love me; he's purely interested in my body, and that's why he's so engrossed in it.To him, this is probably what slightly sets me apart from other women, only slightly. However, me being 'special' to him has nothing to do with love. For instance, we've known each other since childhood, so this is what makes me special to
"You should eat more... Your small frame can't handle me..."The man's sentence was drowned out by the whirring sounds.Kisa lowered her gaze and twitched the corner of her lips self-mockingly.'I'm being intimate and sleeping with him with an ulterior motive, yet my body still reacts to his gentle actions. Isn't this very absurd, ironic... and sad?' she thought.The whirring of the hairdryer stopped abruptly. Gilbert stroked her long, silky hair and chuckled, "Alright. It's dry.""Thank you."Kisa smiled and looked up at him. There was an inexplicable hint of sadness in her tone.She continued, "You're being so nice to me right now. Will there come a day when you get bored of me and hate me again and say heartless things to me like you did that night?""Of course not!"Gilbert replied in a panic and pulled her into his embrace."I said before that I won't push you away again, no matter what happens in the future. Unless... Unless you betray me or stop loving me."Kisa's hea