LOGINNicholas looked at Sierra, realizing she wasn't joking and that she meant it."Do you have any good ideas?" Sierra asked."The way you are now is good enough." Nicholas meant it. "You don't just go along with the flow, and you know right from wrong."Sierra used to think that too. She used to think being true to herself was enough. But the more she learned during this time, the more she understood that the world outside was not just about likes and dislikes. It was normal for people to wear different masks all the time, saying one thing and meaning another.Someone like her would only be seen as naive and foolish. Besides, if she refused to bend, then she would break."If you need anything, I'll help you. Just be yourself," Nicholas said. He didn't want to see her forcing herself to do things she hated."I still have to grow up." Sierra looked serious. "I can't keep living under someone else's protection and not learn how to do things myself."She wanted to become someone wh
"Sure," Sierra said coldly to John. "I hope you mean it. See you in a month."After that, she didn't stay for even a second. She walked straight toward Nicholas and Holly, who were waiting for her.John watched her talk and laugh with them then got into their car without looking back. Even after the car was gone from his sight, he still stood there without moving."Sir..." Robin hesitated, as if he had something to say.John's expression did not change. "Say it."Robin pressed his lips, then finally spoke. "If you really can't let Ms. Bell go, talk to her properly. Mr. Gomez went too far that day, but some of what he said wasn't wrong.""There's no need for any of that," John said.He would keep every promise he had made.He would use the truth as his answer to Danny and the others. He would make them understand that a promise was something you had to keep, even if it cost you your life."Can you really accept her leaving?" Robin asked. "According to your agreement, once the d
Once might have been a coincidence, but after more than a dozen questions, Tommy answered almost every one of the scenarios at the same speed.Tommy was prodigious at solving such scenarios."The most impressive part is that he wasn't reading it himself. I was reading it to him," Nicholas said. "After more than a dozen questions, he never asked me to repeat anything.""Look at who his parents are," Holly said, resting a hand on Sierra's shoulder. "Back then, all the top universities were fighting over Sierra. John got into a top university abroad right after high school, too."Nicholas nodded. "True."Sierra rubbed Tommy's head and praised him a few times. Tommy got a little embarrassed from all the praise, then started praising Sierra back.The four of them stayed in the room for quite a while, going back and forth like that.By the time Tommy fell asleep, it was past nine. Only then did they go up to the rooftop to talk.Three chairs were lined up in a row. Nicholas looked
"If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up," Lucy said. She had no intention of saying more to Kenneth. "I still have things to do."Kenneth frowned. "You're really not going to do anything about him?""He's a grown man. Does he still need someone to look after him?" Lucy said.Kenneth fell silent."If you want to micro-manage him, do it yourself. I don't have that kind of free time."John had never really gotten over what happened in the past. He should at least learn his lesson this time. If he still couldn't figure it out, if he still stubbornly believed a promise had to be kept no matter what, then he deserved whatever came of it."Are you serious?" As soon as Kenneth said that, Lucy gave a brief hum of acknowledgement and hung up.Looking at that utterly heartless woman, Kenneth wanted to try to persuade her a little more. Then he realized that no matter what he said, she probably would not listen. In the end, he simply put down his phone with a heavy heart.None of them wer
John had plenty of methods up his sleeves. Back then, when someone made a few nasty remarks about Sierra behind his back, he had Forde and Lance handle it that same night and beat them up.Pamela had pretended to be the person who saved him and caused this much trouble. There was no way he was going to let her off that easily."It's not going to be easy. He has already spent more than tens of millions on Ms. Sanders. If he sues her for fraud, she'll probably spend the rest of her life in prison," Robin said as he drove.Kenneth thought it through.That was true.The villa at Lakeside Villa alone was worth approximately ten million, not to mention everything else she had asked John for. He had given her all of it because he believed she had saved his life.After they finished talking about Pamela, Kenneth dragged the conversation back to the earlier topic. "Do you really plan to divorce Sierra?"John said nothing as he did not want to talk about it at all."You'd better think
John kept looking in the direction Sierra had gone.Robin watched his face grow paler and finally said, "You still have to go back to Jade City tomorrow. You should return to the hospital and get that wound fixed first."John gave a faint nod.Robin left with John. With so many people around, he did not hold John. He was worried someone would use this against him.Sierra watched them the whole time. Even though John showed no obvious sign that anything was wrong, she knew his wound was most likely bleeding again.But this was something that had to be said sooner or later.Better to say it all at once."Sierra?" Holly walked over and called her name several times.Sierra only came back to herself after John left the ballroom.Holly could tell something was wrong. She tried to look at what Sierra was looking at, but saw nothing. "What did Maxwell say to you? Why do you look so pale?""That obvious?" Sierra asked."That obvious." Holly nodded.Sierra lowered her eyes and hid t
"You still have me," Sierra said, shifting Tommy's attention. "Whatever you want to do, Mom will stay with you and do it until you're completely worn out!"Tommy knew Sierra was trying to cheer him up. After rolling his eyes once, he said, "Then let's go to the haunted house."Sierra jabbed a fing
This was the absolute truth.It wasn't something an excuse could deny."It doesn't matter anymore," Sierra said as she raised her guard again. "All I need to know is that you plan to take care of her for the rest of your life and you want me to accept her existence."John's eyes grew darker. Sh
"Don't you already know?" John said nonchalantly. He rested one hand on the armrest, his dark eyes meeting Sierra's without flinching. Neither of them backed down. In the end, Sierra was the first to give up."You can give up on that idea right now." Sierra hated his confidence and indifference
"You already knew the answer from the very beginning, didn't you?" Pamela's friend said, emotion gleaming in her eyes as she looked at Pamela.Pamela watched John and Sierra walking ahead, each holding one of Tommy's hands. The madness and jealousy in her eyes hit a peak. "I won't accept it.""W







