Cathy went down to receive the delivery, which she noticed was a folder from an anonymous sender to Shirley.
Since it was a private item, Cathy would certainly not open it to look inside without permission.
When she was about to bring it to Shirley, Adam came back from his morning run.
When he learned about Shirley’s delivery, he looked at it, then took it and ripped it open.
Cathy hurriedly intervened. “Adam, isn’t this inappropriate?”
Adam slowly provided his analysis. “Who else would know that she’s here? I don’t think Kendrick or Eveline would be sending her things, so only one person remains.”
Cathy immediately understood.
Carter was the one who sent this to Shirley.
Soon after, Adam opened the package and the document inside. He took out the content and saw that it was a wedding invitation.
This invitation, however, was completely different from the one Carter had given Kendrick, and it indicated the names of the bride and groom.
After Adam had read the contents of the invitation, he immediately had a sour look on his face.
“Hmph.” He scoffed. “What is he trying to say? Is he trying to show off to my brainless sister who lacks conscience?”
However, Cathy thought differently after reading the card.
“ It seems that Carter has feelings for your sister. ”
“What did you say?” Adam felt as if he had just heard a joke.
“Carter must be displeased with Miss Brown’s cold attitude last time. That’s why he’s retaliating this way. It could be said that he cared about what Miss Brown had said the other day, so he’s acting this way.”
“He took it to heart?” Adam burst out laughing. “If someone truly cared for another, he wouldn’t have asked her to commit so many vile acts.”
He threw the invitation card into the rubbish bin, then turned around to urge Cathy.
“Cathy, don’t tell her about this. If she knows, she might do something crazy again.”
Recalling the way Shirley had lost control back then, Cathy nodded repeatedly.
“Don’t worry, she won’t know about it.”
“Thank you,” Adam thanked her, “thank you for your help during this period. Truly.”
“I’m relieved to be able to share your burden.”
When Adam heard this response, he felt a sudden warmth in his heart.
Back then, he had wanted to give Cathy a home, so that she could let go of Felipe one day, and then accept him.
However, he felt that they were getting along quite well right now too.
Loving someone did not necessarily mean getting them.
The best scenario would be that both sides felt comfortable.
“Adam, are you home?” At this moment, Shirley’s voice drifted from the room upstairs.
Adam and Cathy shared a look. “ I’ll go upstairs and take a look at her.”
“Okay. I’ll prepare some breakfast for her.”
“Okay.” Adam gently nodded and went upstairs after he saw Cathy turning around.
Shirley had basically accepted the fact that she was now disfigured and crippled. She could not be considered to have fully accepted it, but she had no choice but to face this.
When she saw Adam arriving, her attitude was still cold and disdainful, and it even had a hint of arrogance.
“What were you muttering about with her downstairs? If there’s something to say, why couldn’t you just say it to my face?” Shirley asked in a questioning tone, and her expression was icy.
Adam replied with the same cold attitude, “The person you’re talking about meticulously cares for your daily needs every day, so you’d best change your tone.”
“Hmph. It’s not like I asked her to take care of me. She’s the one who’s been sticking to me.”
Shirley said disdainfully, then shot Adam a mocking look.
“Adam, you’re still capable since you’re able to ask a woman to help you. However, you’d best not forget that you have no place in that woman’s heart. The person she loved is Felipe who was executed.”
Adam was unbothered by Shirley’s deliberate mocking. He did not take it to heart as well.
“You’ve urgently called for me just to tell me this? I’m very busy, and I don’t have time to continue listening to your nonsense.”
After Adam had finished speaking, he turned and walked away with a cold expression. “Stop!”
Shirley quickly stopped him with a hurried tone as she glared at his back.
“Adam, I’ve heard that this woman had also been disfigured back then, and she even had plastic surgery, restoring her looks to how it had been before. Is that true?”
When Adam heard this, he knew what Shirley wanted to say.
“Answer me, now! ” Shirley urged impatiently.
Adam did not avoid this topic. He turned around and calmly looked into Shirley’s anxious gaze.
Neither too fast nor too slow, he said, “That’s right, it’s as you’ve said. Cathy had injured her face back then.”
“You’re the one who operated on her?”
“Yes.”
With this affirmative answer, Shirley’s eyes immediately lit up.
“ In that case, you must have a way to fix my face, right? Adam, perform the surgery on me. I want my face to look how it looked before.”
“Hmph.” Adam coldly scoffed. “Your heart is already black, so it’ll be useless no matter how pretty your face is.”
“You… ” Shirley was momentarily speechless, but she did not give up. Instead, she questioned in a threatening tone, “Adam, I’m asking you again. Are you going to help perform the surgery on me”
“Why should I help you? Do you think you could return to that man once your face is fixed? Shirley, wake up! The reason you’re like this now is that you gave everything to that man!”
“Adam Brown, shut up!” Shirley was suddenly worked up emotionally. She did not want to hear anything negative about Carter. “A relationship is about consent, and the person who’s loved is not at fault! ”
Adam laughed even harder when he heard that. His tone sounded even more sarcastic as he spoke. “ I didn’t expect my vile and devious sister to also be the type to grow infatuated.”
“Fine, I can help you fix the wound on your face with surgery, but you must give something in return.”
When she thought about the possibility of the wound on her face recovering one day, Shirley asked impatiently, “What is it? What do you want in exchange?”
Adam’s eyes lit up. “The anti-toxoid test reagent for AXT6g.”
As he spoke, an evident change came over Shirley’s expression.
The glow and expectation in her eyes disappeared a s well.
“There isn’t any, ” Shirley answered simply.
“There isn’t any? You’re the one who developed the poison, so how is it possible that you don’t have a way to cure the poison?” Adam found this suspicious. “If you truly want your face to recover, you’d best hand me the anti-toxoid test reagent now.”
Shirley put on a bitter and miserable smile on her face. “If I don’t have the anti-toxoid test reagent, you won’t perform the surgery on me, is that right?”
“Yes.”
“Heh.” Shirley smirked sarcastically, leaning against the bed. “I guess I’ll be ugly for the rest of my life then.”
“Even if you were to recover, you’ll still be ugly because your heart is black.”
“Yes, my heart is black, ” Shirley said in self- deprecation. “I want to head downstairs to sunbathe now. My good brother, carry me downstairs.”
Shirley requested knowing that Adam would not reject her request.
Adam indeed did not reject her. He stepped forward and carried her.
Shirley leaned against Adam and quietly lifted her eyes to look at Adam’s face. For some reason, the corners of her eyes felt warm.
“Do you still remember that time? You had twisted your ankle and cried because you had no way of getting upstairs. I was the one who carried you upstairs.
“Now, it’s your turn to carry your crippled sister downstairs.
“Adam, do you think every dog has its day?”
Shirley’s self-deprecating words continued to drift into Adam’s ears.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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