Shirley, noticing Cathy leaving, immediately got anxious. “Don’t go. Jordan, please, don’t go!”
She quickly pushed her wheelchair, intending to pull onto Cathy, but Shirley failed to do so and, because she exerted too much force, fell to the ground.
Cathy spun around when she heard the commotion, and saw Shirley gracelessly falling onto the ground. The wheelchair beside Shirley was turned over, and she was lying flat on the ground, unable to get up.
Upon seeing the situation, Cathy quickly spun around and headed over.
She squatted to help Shirley up, but Shirley rejected Cathy, shoving Cathy’s hand.
“I don’t need your pity!” Shirley bit on her lips, eyes agleam with self-deprecation. “Adam must be overjoyed to see me in such a state, isn’t he? He could restore my appearance, yet he’s unwilling to perform the surgery on me! The same goes for you a s well.”
Shirley, fists clenched, glanced at Cathy.
“You don’t intend to help me at all. You’re just forced to take care of a useless person like me because of Adam! “
“You know that you’re forcing this on others, then? ” Adam suddenly walked in through the door.
Shirley briefly paused, before letting out a cold chuckle.
“Hehe. Adam, you’re finally speaking your mind. You’ve never thought of helping me. ‘Blood is thicker than water.’ What utter rubbish.”
“Yes, I’ve never thought of helping you. I’ve permitted your stay here just so that I can sneak a few more anti-toxoid test reagents to help Eveline. Let me put it this way. Do you think this makes more sense? Are you satisfied with it?” Adam questioned her emotionlessly.
At that moment, Shirley, at a loss for words, just pursed her lips.
Cathy noticed the tension in the air, so she did not interrupt the conversation between the siblings but offered her hands to help Shirley up.
Shirley, however, was still being stubborn and pushed Cathy’s hands away again.
“I don’t need your pity!”
“Shirley, withdraw your princess temper. No one here owes you anything, ” Adam lectured her. “If it weren’t for Cathy looking after you all this while, do you think your condition would improve this quickly?”
“I never begged her to look after me! ” Shirley said cold-heartedly. She then lifted her cold eyes. “From now on, I don’t need you two looking after me!”
Shirley said it through her gritted teeth, her fists clenched, then crawled her way to the room door.
Adam just stood aside and watched, his frown deepened at every inch Shirley moved.
Shirley bit her lips and forced herself to crawl forth.
She thought back on the days when she could move around as she wished, her long legs which used to allow her to traverse such a distance to exit the room in mere seconds.
Now, however…
Shirley let out a pitifully cold laugh. ‘This is karma.
‘I deserved it.’ “Hurry and get up.”
Shirley was crawling forth and suddenly, she heard a gentle voice drifting to her ears.
Naturally, she could make out that it was Cathy’s voice
“You bought this clothing specifically to attend today’s wedding. It won’t look nice if you soiled it. “
As Cathy spoke, she squatted and looked at Shirley, who looked lost.
“No one will pity you, and I won’t pity someone who develops poison to harm others. You need not condemn yourself either. Didn’t you keep saying that Eveline had hired someone to mess you up this way?
“Let me tell you, however, that it’s impossible to have been Eveline, so it’s best if you recuperate, then investigate the true culprit who harmed you.”
Upon hearing that, Shirley immediately retorted, ” Apart from Eveline, who else could have done it?! Besides, that woman implied that it was her.”
“That’s not necessarily the case. Isn’t it a common thing to push the blame onto others?” Cathy slowly asked in turn.
Seeing that Shirley was seemingly deep in thought, Cathy then looked at Adam.
“Adam, come over and give me a hand.”
Adam understood Cathy’s meaning, but in fact, he had already intended to help.
However, Shirley was aware that Cathy and Adam were trying to help her up at the moment, but she pretended to be deep in thought, silently accepting Adam and Cathy’s kind intention.
The sun began to set for the evening.
Adam parked his car at the entrance of the most luxurious hotel in Glendale.
Although it was before the time for the commencement of the wedding banquet, the entrance was already streaming with guests.
Shirley was sitting at the rear seat of the car, watching the guests going into the main entrance. She was familiar with many people there, actually.
Carter’s wedding ceremony was a grand one. A day before the wedding, the net was bombarded with the news of his wedding.
The honorable viscount of St. Piaf was about to get married, and it attracted the attention of many.
Additionally, once Carter’s daily life photos were posted on the net, it immediately attracted lots of his fans.
The fact that he was a psychiatrist and a high-level hypnotist further attracted more admiration.
Looking at the lively scene before her, Shirley took out a mini mirror and looked at her face.
After looking at it for a few seconds, she showed no expression as she took out a mask and wore it.
Adam and Cathy were the first ones to get down from the car. After getting out of the car, Adam, feeling uneasy, warned Cathy, “Things might be a little troublesome if Carter recognized her.”
He expressed his worries and could feel that Carter was unpredictable and quite scary.
“Rest assured that I’ll act accordingly. I’ll also take good care of Miss Brown.”
“Cathy, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you all this while, I’d truly have no idea how to deal with m y relationship with her, ” Adam said, thanking her sincerely. Suddenly, he glanced at Shirley. “Even though she has changed a lot when compared to when she was younger, at the end of the day, she’s still my sister.”
Cathy smiled faintly. “I understand. Adam, you do care for Miss Brown. You’re stubborn with your words, but deep down, you care.”
“What’s taking you guys so long?” Shirley’s pestering voice drifted from the car window.
Adam took the wheelchair out from the trunk and opened it, then, with an irritated look, carried Shirley onto the wheelchair. In the end, he deliberately put on a cold expression and spoke to Shirley in a cold tone.
“Since you’ve insisted on coming here to torment yourself, I’m granting you your wish now. I’ll give you an hour at most. Don’t cause a scene, lest you bring trouble to Cathy.”
Shirley chuckled disdainfully when she heard that. ” Just listen to him. Is this the tone a little brother should have when talking to his elder sister? Hmph.
She turned away proudly, controlling the wheelchair, and headed for the entrance herself.
“Adam, go on ahead. I’ll head in for now, ” Cathy said, then quickly caught up to Shirley.
It was likely due to Carter’s status, the procedure to enter the banquet was a little cumbersome.
After Cathy had handed over the invitation card, the guard studied it meticulously like an examination paper, then looked at Cathy and Shirley, who was in a wheelchair, before letting them in.
To prevent being recognized by Carter or bumped into someone they knew, Cathy too wore a mask.
To prevent publicizing their presence, after entering the banquet, Cathy found a spot and helped Shirley to sit at a corner.
Otherwise, sitting in a wheelchair would catch attention.
After all, the people of St. Piaf were not ordinary people. The decorations of the wedding scene were utterly luxurious.
To Shirley, however, it was an absolutely cruel sentence.
Cathy glanced at Shirley and coincidentally saw Shirley smiling, so Cathy asked, “Do you know who’s the bride for this wedding?”
Cathy remembered that she had seen the bride’s name on the wedding invitation card, but it did not strike her as familiar, and she believed that she did not know the bride.
Cathy shook her head. “No idea.” “Hmph. Of course, you wouldn’t know.”
Shirley smiled, seemingly talking to herself.
“She’s considered a childhood sweetheart of Carter’s, but he has always hated this woman, so much so that he had even used Eveline as a shield to rid himself of her.”
Speaking of Carter’s engagement with Niamh, Cathy knew parts of it, but she was not privy to the fact that Carter had been using Niamh to get rid of another woman.
However, on that night, he was about to marry that same woman he had wanted to shake off.
Cathy found it rather ridiculous.
However, after considering Carter’s status, she could see that there were logical reasons behind all this.
“Are you close to the bride?” Cathy casually asked.
“Not at all,” Shirley answered without thinking twice, her eyes glittered scornfully. “Even though I’m not a good person, I think this woman’s wickedness far exceeds mine.”
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.