"I'm sorry if my performance disappointed you," Deric said.Caraline took a few steps away from Helen, turning around and shaking her hair. Her hands reflexively folded in front of her chest, glaring at Deric in exasperation. "You still look as bad as ever.""Really?" Deric scanned his appearance several times. "So what should I look like to look good in your eyes?""Stop talking nonsense. Ugliness is the other side of you." Caraline tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. "Expensive clothes don't necessarily change a person." "Helen," Deric called as he approached."Yes." Helen still had her back to Deric.Caraline quickly blocked Deric's path with her arms crossed at her sides. To be honest, she didn't want him to see Helen's current appearance."What are you doing?" asked Deric.Helen half-turned around. "Are you-""Stay where you are, Helen. I won't let Deric bother you any more than this." Caraline said in a half-snapping tone. She was suddenly confused when she realized h

"Tell me everything about Deric," Caraline said.Jeremy, Jonathan, and James were shocked when they heard Caraline's words. The three brothers turned to each other, silent for a while.Caraline rolled her eyes. "I didn't invite you to see your annoying behavior. If you want me to invest my money in your company, answer my questions honestly, and don't waste my time any longer.""We understand," said Jeremy, "Where do you want us to start?""Whatever," Caraline snapped, looking away. "You can say whatever you want as long as I need to hear it. I won't cut you off."Jeremy still wore a forced smile. He didn't understand Caraline's way of thinking. Why would she do this for Deric? Was Deric really that important to her?"I'll start with him and his mother coming to our family."Caraline changed her sitting position slightly. Her hand began to press the recording button on her phone. She didn't want to miss even the slightest bit of information."Our mother died when we were in elementary

"He's my sister," Caraline said in a flat, but piercing tone.James stroked his hair a few times, looking down deeply, staring at his shoes. He didn't dare look back at his siblings, especially not at Caraline. Jeremy and Jonathan would certainly beat him up again. Unfortunately, he didn't know that Carla was Caraline's sister.Meanwhile, hearing James' words, Caraline could only squeeze the hem of her dress tightly. Her eyes were glaring with puddles of stifled tears. The air seemed so thin that she could hardly breathe. She dared not imagine what Carla's life was like at school.Caraline leaned her back against the back of the chair gently, then turned her head to the right side. Her grip on the dress was loosening, but her emotions were getting the better of her.'She's nothing more than a loser who doesn't have a single friend at school. It's as if she was born to be bullied.'Those words hit Caraline to the bottom of the abyss. As a big sister, she had been negligent and failed

Caraline let out a long breath as she walked out of the room. "Keep an eye on those three men while they are in my house.""Yes, Miss," replied the three men in black uniforms in unison.Caraline stepped into the room. When she entered the room, she found Grace and some maids organizing boxes. The room seemed to be full of Deric's stuffs. "Get out of this room right now.""Yes," the maids replied in unison.Caraline quickly locked the door, sitting down on the sofa that faced not far from the pile of Deric's stuffs. The woman let out a long breath, massaging her forehead slowly. Deric's three brothers did not necessarily answer her curiosity. There were still hidden secrets about Deric.Caraline got up from the sofa and started checking the boxes. If she counted correctly, there were five large and three medium-sized boxes. "These things must be as disgusting as their owner."Caraline grabbed a pair of scissors from the drawer, squatted down next to the box, and began to open each one

Jeremy sat on a chair not far from where he stood. One hand massaged his forehead, while his gaze was fixed on the surface of the lake. He preferred to stay out of the way rather than be drawn into Jonathan and James' pointless chatter.Jeremy was lost in reverie. If the allegations about Caraline being the perpetrator of Deric's collision were true, then the puzzle that was occupying his mind would at least find some light. He and his brothers didn't care about Deric's accident so they didn't pay much attention to the hit-and-run perpetrator. No matter how Deric looked now, it wouldn't change their assessment of him.However, after Caraline asked about the accident, Jeremy became curious about the truth behind the tragedy.Was Caraline deliberately looking for Deric all this time to take responsibility for her mistakes? But why would she marry a disabled Deric if she wanted to pay for her mistakes? I think it's too much, especially since the media might reveal it to the public one da