LOGIN"What's there for Adrian to be thrilled about?" Stephanie said with a laugh."That's true. Jonathan probably isn't even a real competitor to Adrian. The real competition should be Gabriel," Wynette remarked.Stephanie raised her hand as if to smack Wynette on the head.Wynette quickly shielded herself, wailing, "I'll stop! I won't say anything anymore! Have mercy on me!"…After Stephanie dropped the call on him, Jonathan sat in silence for some time, still clutching his phone.Scenes from the past few years flashed through his mind.He had really made a terrible mistake. He shouldn't have gotten tangled up with Kiara in the first place. He definitely shouldn't have agreed to help her get into Cloudcrest or arrange a performance for her.That deplorable woman! How dare she orchestrate an accident to hurt Stephanie? The nerve of her!Anger blazed in Jonathan's eyes. He leaped up and marched off.Soon, he arrived at the detention center, where he saw a disheveled Kiara mutterin
When Stephanie took the call, Jonathan's hoarse voice rang out. "I saw the news, Ms. Ford."Stephanie raised a brow. "And? Are you calling to plead on Kiara's behalf?"That was the first thought that came to mind. After all, Kiara had once been involved with Jonathan."Why would I?" Jonathan exclaimed at once. "I just wanted to ask something… Was she really the one who orchestrated that car accident back then?""What do you think?" Stephanie shot back. "I'm not going to fabricate evidence just to frame her."Jonathan's breathing grew noticeably heavier."If that's all you had to ask, I've given you my answer. I'm ending this call now," Stephanie said."Wait, Ms. Ford!" Jonathan called out urgently. "I…""What else do you want?""I want to tell you… that I'm sorry."Jonathan felt like he had a thousand needles stabbing him in the heart.Kiara was the mastermind behind that car accident! She was the one who nearly killed Stephanie, the one who left her right leg crippled, unab
Kiara, once Martha's most beloved adopted daughter, had now become an enemy in her eyes.Reluctant to even mention her name, Tyler simply scoffed."From the looks of it, the person who was backing her won't bother with her anymore. She can just wait to rot in prison for the rest of her life!" Martha said bitterly. "Oh, right. As for that child she was carrying back then…"Tyler whipped his head up. "Why are you bringing that up?""I'm just saying—since she had someone else supporting her, there's no guarantee the child in her belly was yours!"Martha was just venting in frustration, but the possibility hit Tyler like a lightning bolt. His face instantly went pale.She was right—Kiara was a pathological liar!This would explain why she always seemed distracted after she got pregnant. He had gotten the feeling that she was hiding something from him. Thinking about it now, there was a high chance the child wasn't even his!And even if it had been his, she must've been fooling arou
After a while, the two bodyguards left as well, leaving Kiara alone. She sat blankly with her back against the wall, even forgetting to cry.What did Stephanie mean by that remark? Could it be that there was a chance for her right leg to make a full recovery? How was that possible?If that were true, what was the point of everything Kiara had done back then? What did her current situation amount to?She would spend the rest of her life in prison, while Stephanie remained the Ford family heiress with a fiance like Adrian. She would live out a happy, perfect life.Kiara burst into laughter, but it was filled with despair. As she laughed, tears streamed down her face.…In a remote town of a small foreign country, Tyler sat by the bedroom window. He was reading a Cyrenian news article on his phone, one that was about Kiara. The truth behind the car accident had been uncovered, and Kiara had been arrested.This meant the things he'd done back then would be exposed as well.Tyler le
The two female bodyguards were incredibly strong. No matter how much Kiara struggled, she couldn't get back up.Stephanie looked down at her from above with a faint mocking smile."Yeah," Stephanie said coldly. "I came to mock you. Just look at yourself right now. See how ridiculous you are.""Stephanie!" Kiara screamed herself hoarse. "This is all your fault, you bitch!"Stephanie didn't care about the insults at all. In fact, it made her chuckle. "You think I did this to you? You did this to yourself, Kiara."She took a few steps forward, her icy gaze like a blade that sliced right through Kiara's already fragile nerves."Back then, Tyler was the one who pursued me. I had no idea what was going on between you and him. After I got together with him, you called me your future sister-in-law to my face while sneaking around with him behind my back. And you're saying that I'm to blame for your situation?"Tears streamed down Kiara's face again. She glared at Stephanie, her whole bo
Yet, just before Stephanie's car accident, the produce wholesaler suddenly approached Walter out of the blue to hire him for a shipment—and Walter agreed to do it.The accident happened while he was making that delivery.Not long after the incident, the wholesaler disappeared without a trace. After he was found, it didn't take long before he spilled everything that had happened back then.Someone had approached him, giving him a sum of money to hire Walter for a delivery. Following the accident, he was given a much larger sum and told to leave Hydroton and never come back.Kiara was the one who paid him off before the accident. Naturally, Tyler was the one who paid him off to disappear afterward.Even though neither of them showed up in person, using technology and digital data, the police were able to confirm that the accounts used to transfer the money belonged to the two of them.There was also Kiara's prior record. She had previously been detained in Hydroton for intentionall
Donald Manson's birthday banquet was set to be held in the Diamond Hall of a particularly fancy hotel. Kiara, who had dolled herself up for the occasion, linked arms with Tyler as they walked into the banquet hall.Since it was Donald's 60th birthday, the banquet was immaculately planned. Many gues
"Don't worry about it. I'll make the arrangements for the gift."Tyler studied Kiara after that, thinking that she often reacted weirdly whenever he brought up the Fords of Jetterpolis recently. What on earth was up with her?Whatever. It was useless for him to dwell on such matters. Kiara would
Adrian didn't speak, but the look in his dark eyes showed that he wasn't going to deny Andrew's deduction."I should've known," Andrew said, his voice shaky. "Knowing you, how could you have accepted a marriage alliance so easily? Why would you have wasted your time going to another city just for y
"And here you are, still arguing with me." Stephanie shot Wynette a glare."Heh! I'm sorry! I won't do it again!" Wynette grinned at her cheekily.She watched as Stephanie put a painting away. "Is this the painting Andrew has given you?""Yup." Stephanie placed the lid on the case properly before







