“It seems more like you don’t want to have me around, Adam, and I simply won’t let you get what you want,” Shirley said through gritted teeth, then looked at Cathy.
“Help me with the preparations. I’ll be discharged shortly, then I’ll go and stay a t his house.” Cathy glanced at the silent Adam. “I misspoke. That’s not his house— that’s my house too!”
Adam was not bothered to quibble over what Shirley had said. He merely shot a glance at Cathy and turned to walk toward the entrance.
“Whatever,” he said without looking back.
When he walked past Cathy, Adam gave Cathy a knowing look.
Adam and Cathy’s eyes met, and then they smiled.
Soon after, Niamh learned that Shirley was moving in with Adam. While she was not in a hurry to look for Shirley, Kendrick was.
He handed the sample of the poison he had extracted from Shirley to Adam, hoping that Adam was able to find time in developing an anti-toxoid test reagent that could combat the poison as soon as possible.
Adam solemnly agreed, indicating that he would do it promptly.
As a doctor, he wanted to save people. Additionally, deep down, he hoped that nothing would happen to Shirley.
After all, they were siblings.
This was a relationship that he could never give up in his lifetime.
Even if Shirley had turned into a cold- blooded and cruel person.
At the end of the day, she was still his sister.
Shirley stepped into the house once again, but the feeling she had in her heart was different from the last time she had entered.
She had indeed read the diary Adam had given her.
However, she refused to face it or believe it.
Cathy cleaned the room for Shirley which Adam had assigned to her.
Although Adam and Shirley did not say it, Cathy could tell this was nothing like a guest room—it was Shirley’s old room.
She could also tell that despite Adam’s nonchalant expression on the surface, he had been behind the development of the situation.
The reason Shirley could move in was that Adam already had the opinion to have her move in Cathy had merely helped him by bringing this up.
While Carter had listened to Camille and had not gone to find Shirley any further, in reality, he still got people to seek out Shirley’s whereabouts.
Today, Carter finally got news about Shirley.
He cleaned himself up, put on a coat, then left in a hurry, deliberately avoiding Camille as he left.
Snow began to fall amidst the biting cold winter winds when Carter stood at the entrance of Adam’s house. He stopped momentarily, then stepped forward.
Carter had been here once, so he knew this was Adam’s house.
However, Shirley and Adam were antagonistic. He knew that Shirley despised her brother, so he found it curious that Shirley would be staying here.
As the wind and snow grew heavier, Carter stepped into the house, feeling the warmth enveloping him.
He patted away the snow accumulated on his shoulder and entered.
Cathy was making soup for Shirley. She quickly lifted her gaze when she heard the sudden footsteps entering the house and saw Carter walking toward the stairs.
Cathy became more alert at the sight of Carter.“ You’re trespassing again, Mr. Gray.”
Carter, paying no heed to her words, glanced at Cathy. “She’s upstairs, right?”
“The person you’re looking for is not here. Please leave.” Cathy’s attitude was firm.
Carter continued ignoring Cathy and kept to himself as he went upstairs.
“ Stop!” Cathy hurried toward him to intervene. “ Carter, this isn’t your house. You can’t come here whenever you want.”
When her voice fell, Carter slowly lifted his eyelids.
“Typically, no one can stop me from going anywhere I want.”
“However, this is a private residence. You can’t come in here without the owner’s consent!” Cathy intended to confront Carter to the bitter end, betraying no hint of fear of Carter.
Carter’s face rarely displayed signs of emotions, but his brows now twitched, and he lifted his gaze and glared at Cathy.
“The owner’s consent? Do you think she’ll disagree with me? She owns this house too, doesn’t she?” Carter looked upstairs, and it was clear who he was referring to.
“However, I didn’t hear her consent! ” Cathy insisted on stopping him. Her clear and beautiful pupils glowed with unyielding courage.
Meanwhile, Shirley was resting in the room, leaning against the bed. Since the gigantic house was quiet, she could clearly overhear the conversation downstairs.
She had not expected Carter to come here, but right now, she dared not face this man.
She wanted to leave but she was not immobilized by her unfeeling legs.
She did not want Carter to see her hideous, crippled, and disfigured state.
With a strenuous effort, Shirley moved herself to the side of the bed, intending to hide in the closet or the bathroom. This way, at least, she could ensure that Carter did not see her current state.
She used all the strength in her arms to support her body as she crawled on the floor.
Her unfeeling legs were then dragged onto the floor with a loud thud.
When Cathy and Carter, still at the stairs, heard this muffled sound, their gaze simultaneously shifted toward the source of the sound.
Cathy, intuitively sensing something had happened to Shirley, immediately turned, intending to examine the room, but Carter was one step ahead of her.
“You can’t go!” Cathy reached out and seized him.
Carter’s face fell, and he now looked extremely annoyed and impatient. He turned around and his eyes, usually gentle and calm, were looking sharp and hostile.
“I’ve never hit women, so I hope you won’t be the first.”
He then swung Cathy’s hand away and resumed walking.
This time, however, his arm was seized by another strong palm.
Carter’s face fell. Extremely annoyed, he turned around, and this time, instead of seeing Cathy, he was met with a pair of fearless and determined eyes.
“l’ve never hit anyone before, and I too hope you won’t be the first to make me go against my principles.”
Adam’s piercing eyes confronted Carter’s.
Carter had not expected Adam to suddenly return home, but even so, this was not enough to prevent him from seeing Shirley.
Of course, Adam could tell what Carter was thinking. While pulling on Carter’s arm, unrelenting, Adam gave Cathy a look.
Cathy immediately understood and swiftly ran upstairs.
When Carter saw this, he tried to break away from Adam’s grip to follow Cathy, but Adam further tightened his grip.
Carter finally could not continue maintaining his elegant and noble fa?ade.
“Adam, right now, you still have a chance. I don’t want to fight you, ” Carter said while giving Adam a knowing look as if he was holding back a rage of fury that could erupt at any time.
However, Adam was undaunted.
“Carter, I’ll only say this once. This is my house, and you are not welcome here. If you don’ t leave now, I will take action against you.”
“Heh.” Carter scoffed at this. “If it’s a fight you want, it’s a fight you’ll get! ”
There was a sudden, loud thud when Cathy reached the entrance to the bedroom.
However, she did not have time to look back. She opened the door and quickly ran in.
Inside, Cathy immediately noticed Shirley had slipped down the side of the bed and rushed over.
“I knew you’d do something stupid to avoid that man. ” While it sounded like Cathy was grumbling under her breath, she still held Shirley’s shoulders in a friendly manner, supporting her back onto the bed with great effort.
However, Shirley pushed Cathy away in a half- hearted manner. “Let me go! He’s coming! I don’t want to stay here! Hide me in the closet! Hurry! ”
Her face was full of panic and fear as she fervently pleaded.
Cathy could not help but frown. “Why are you so scared of him? He has only been using you this whole time, asking you to develop the poison to harm others. It was all his idea. You should have let a man like him go a long time ago! ”
“Shut up! Shut the hell up!” Shirley interrupted Cathy incoherently, and Shirley’s eyes turned red without Shirley realizing it. “Jordan, are you teaching me how to conduct myself now? Did you forget how much you loved that man Felipe Waldburg? You loved him until the day he died, didn’t you?”
Cathy was momentarily stumped for words when Shirley brought up Felipe. However, she quickly recomposed her wandering thoughts and calmly looked into Shirley’s red eyes.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.