Married by Mistake: Mr. Whitman's Sinner Wife

Married by Mistake Mr. Whitman’s Sinner Wife [Sixteenth Child] Chapter 1741

Shirley could tell that those hands were that of a woman.

Dazed, she lifted her eyes and was met with a pair of clear, wide eyes.

“The doctor said that your injuries will need proper care to recover, so it’s better if you rest,” Cathy said gently as

she slowly helped Shirley back to the bed.

Shirley sat back down, then gave a cold chuckle.

“Which quack said that? Could I ever recover from my current condition? If they can’t even make the most basic of

judgments, they shouldn’t even be doctors!”

She mocked cynically while enduring her pain.

“Do those pompous quacks think that they’re being kind by telling such lies? I don’t need such hollow kindnesses!

Just say that I am crippled and disfigured! There’s no hope for recovery!”

Upon seeing Shirley giving in to despair, Cathy sternly emphasized.

“Of course there’s hope! Yes, there might be a lot of unqualified doctors out there, but there are also a lot of good

doctors, like Adam, who’s also your brother. Believe in him. He’ll definitely help you recover and return to your old

self.”

“Shut up!” Shirley huffed, interrupting Cathy. “Who do you think you are? You dare shamelessly spew such

nonsense at me? Do you think I know nothing about medicine?”

She turned her face and peered at Adam who was still asleep. “I know everything he knows! However, he might not

know what I know. I understand my current situation perfectly. Heh. If I’m helpless at this, what hope can I have for

him?”

Arrogance flashed in Shirley’s eyes.

Cathy finally saw the dissatisfaction within Shirley.

It was the extraordinarily intense determination to surpass her brother whom she thought her parents had loved

more.

In other words, she was jealous.

However, her jealousy was entirely misplaced.

“You’re Cathy, right?” Shirley stared at Cathy while suppressing the debilitating pain in her body. “Get the nurse for

me, immediately. I don’t intend to stay here. I don’t want to see this person, or anyone related to him. I want to

leave this hospital immediately!”

Shirley was very emotional, but Cathy still looked at her calmly.

“If you still want to get better, you should continue resting. If you want to be crippled and disfigured for the rest of

your life, then you can continue making a fuss.”

“…” Shirley bit her dried lips. “Are you threatening me? Heh.”

She gave a cold chuckle, laced with contempt, then suddenly reached out to press the call button.

However, before she could reach it, her hand was met with a palm that felt familiar to her.

Shirley turned and saw Adam, who had awakened unbeknownst to them, standing on the other side of the bed, his

upright body emitting a resilient aura.

He retracted his hand that was blocking the call button and pushed Shirley’s hand back.

“You ought to be a little more compliant if you don’t want to die,” Adam warned, his gaze penetrating.

Shirley was briefly stumped for words, then chuckled mockingly and said, “Adam, I don’t need you to pity or feel

sorry for me. I certainly don’t need you to cure me.”

“Do you think I want to save you?” Adam asked her coldly. “I’m a doctor in this hospital, and they have passed you

to me. I’m just following the standard operating procedures. If it weren’t for my performance appraisal, I’d have

handed you to the other doctors.”

“…”

Shirley had not expected this answer. She had wanted to refute Adam when he turned to walk away with a cold

expression, but the poison intensified at this moment.

Her pain was so excruciating that she could not straighten herself, and her face abruptly blanched.

Cathy could tell something was wrong with Shirley, so she hurriedly called out to Adam, “Adam! She doesn’t look

too good.”

Adam abruptly stopped in his tracks. He hastily looked back and saw Shirley, her head lowered, clutching her shirt

around her chest, breathing too erratically and rapidly.

Adam quickly strode back to the front of the room and grabbed Shirley’s wrist, checking her pulse.

He noticed that Shirley’s pulse was unsteady and irregular. This situation was critical yet familiar.

“Do you have the same poison in you as Eveline?” Adam asked in disbelief.

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Shirley effortfully retracted her hand. “I don’t need your concern.”

“I certainly don’t want to be concerned about you. Even if you were to suffer and die by this poison, a pernicious

person like you would deserve it.”

“…”

“Adam.”

“However, I have not forgotten. I’m a doctor, and it is a doctor’s duty to save others. Just like with mom and dad, I

won’t let anyone die by my watch, not even if they’re my enemies.”

“…”

Shirley’s movement immediately became sluggish when she heard these words.

It was as if the pain had stopped at this moment as well.

“Heh. Hehe…”

After a long while, she chuckled, coldly and bitterly.

When she returned to her senses, Adam was no longer in the room; only Cathy remained, standing at one side.

“Adam will be back soon.”

Shirley said nothing in response, no longer having the energy to speak.

Although she had developed the poison, she had never known that one of the components could cause such

intense pain once inside the human body.

It was so cruel.

“Ah…”

Shirley could not help but wail out in pain.

She could not imagine how Madeline had gone through this. She felt that she could not endure this any further.

However, she knew she would not die. The first three stages of this poison only consisted of physical torment. Once

it had reached the final stage, the torment would be mental.

She would once again experience the memories she did not want to relive. Those lonely, cold, and dark days when

she had been depressed…

“Hiss…”

The fourth stage has yet to arrive, but Shirley’s heart had already begun to have a splitting pain.

She tried to suppress her emotions, but she still could not control her tears.

Cathy, seeing Shirley’s pained look, went up to comfort her. “Hold on a little longer. Adam will definitely have a

solution for this.”

“A solution…”

Shirley let out a light chuckle through her red, teary eyes.

“I developed this poison and I don’t even have the antidote. Who would have it? Get lost! I don’t need your

sympathy.”

Shirley forcefully pushed Cathy’s hand away.

Cathy, caught off guard, nearly fell, but someone supported her from behind.

“Evie.”

Upon hearing Cathy calling out to Madeline, Shirley spent all her might to lift her red, teary eyes and looked over.

Shirley remembered the moment when that mysterious woman had sat on Shirley and disfigured her. She also

remembered what that woman had said to her.

“Shirley, don’t blame me for this. I’m merely doing this on someone else’s behalf. Think about who you have

offended lately.”

As the phrase kept on repeating in Shirley’s ears, she tightened her grip on her clothes.

Upon seeing Shirley’s current state, Madeline calmly walked over to the bedside. Before Madeline could speak,

Shirley suddenly pulled out the IV, which had been attached to the back of Shirley’s hand, and grabbed Madeline’s

wrist, intending to stab the IV needle into Madeline’s neck.

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When Cathy saw this, she swiftly ran up to intervene. “Evie, watch out!”

Madeline was caught off guard by this sudden attack, but with her agile reflexes, she easily caught Shirley’s wrist,

putting a stop to her deranged action.

“Evie, are you okay?”

Worried, Cathy walked over to Madeline’s side, then turned toward Shirley and reprimanded her.

“Why do you still want to hurt people? Even now, do you still not think that you’ve gone too far? What on earth did

Evie do to offend you, causing you to hurt her time and time again?”

Shirley, enduring the waves of pain, stared at Madeline through gritted teeth.

“Yes… Why do I want to hurt her time and time again? It’s because I am heinous! It’s because I’m a cold-blooded,

inhumane tool! Hahahaha…”

Shirley started laughing maniacally in self-deprecation, then tightly gritted her teeth as she endured the intense

discomfort.

“Eveline, do you find it extremely infuriating and depressing that you’ve encountered someone like me? One can

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only blame it on your horrible luck! I’ll accept the fact that you had someone to do this to me. I have only myself to

blame for having provoked you first. Isn’t that right, Mrs. Whitman?”

Cathy frowned, confused by Shirley’s words.

“What are you babbling about?

What does Evie have to do with your injuries? You were the one who darted out of the road, causing that driver to

run into you because he couldn’t break in time.

“Heh.” Shirley softly chuckled at that. “Observe, Eveline. You’ve put on such a great act. Everyone thinks You’re put

on such a great act. Everyone thinks you’re such a gentle and kind woman. The truth is that your side is even more

sinister and vile than I am”

Madeline was completely unbothered by Shirley’s opinions and comments about her. On the contrary, she

answered Shirley with a calm and composed look on her face.

“Yes, I am a sinister and vile woman, so fret not, I too won’t let you die this easily. You still have something I want,

after all.”

Shirley tightly pressed her dry, pale lips together. “ Don’t even think about getting the anti-toxoid test reagent! I

certainly won’t develop it!”

Madeline gave a cold chuckle, then shrugged nonchalantly. “That’s still not bad. From now on, I’ll have you as

company whenever I have a flare-up. We can be there for each other.”

Madeline’s calm reply seemed to induce in Shirley a phantom pain, as though her injuries had worsened.

Dissatisfied, she clenched the bed sheet, panting, and said, “Heh, Eveline, do you honestly think it’ll b e that easy to

make it through the fourth stage? Let me tell you that you definitely won’t be able to handle it! You’ll definitely

come begging, but I’ll definitely refuse to save you!”

“Just you wait. Let’s see whether I’ll beg for you to save me when the day comes. Who knows? When the time

comes, maybe you’ll be the one who’s begging.”

After Madeline had spoken, she turned around, untroubled, and left.

Cathy saw the hatred burning in Shirley’s eyes and the discomfort that Shirley must be experiencing all over, then

strode after Madeline. Madeline had reached the entrance when she saw Cathy following her. She stopped and

said, “Cathy, you should go back to keep an eye on her.”

Cathy nodded with a solemn expression. “I will, but Evie, what did you mean by what you said earlier?

You have nothing to do with the scar on her face, right? You wouldn’t do such a thing, and there was just some

misunderstanding, right? Why didn’t you explain it to her?”

Upon hearing Cathy’s words, Madeline could feel Cathy’s trust in her. She then smiled lightly. “

Those who trust me would naturally do so. There’s no use in explaining to those who do not trust me. Cathy, you

should return and stay with her.”

Madeline lifted her eyes, studying Shirley who was currently suffering from the poison and her injuries.

“I think she would need someone to keep her company now.”

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After Madeline had finished speaking, she left.

She had initially come here to look for Adam. While she was at it, she went to check up on Shirley. She had not

expected to nearly have another brush with trouble.

Regardless, just as she and Jeremy had expected, whoever kidnapped Shirley had achieved their goal of making

Shirley misunderstand Madeline.

Madeline had a hunch regarding this person’s identity.

In the hospital room.

Jeremy was telling Lillian a fairytale.

The little princess drifted into sleep while listening to the delightful fairytale. Jeremy then planted a soft kiss on the

little princess’ cheek before tucking her in. As he was getting up, he saw that Madeline had returned.

Madeline and Jeremy looked at the little girl who had fallen asleep, then shared a look and a smile. With a tacit

understanding, they then walked toward the chairs by the entrance and sat down next to each other.

“Linnie, what’s the situation over there?”

“Coincidentally, Shirley had a flare- up while I was there. With those injuries on her body, her condition seemed

terrible.”

Jeremy held Madeline’s hand, intertwining his fingers with hers, and his eyes were gentle and filled with concern.

“Even if her pain worsens, or her condition worsens, she’s not worth your sympathy , Linnie.”

Madeline pressed her lips together into a slight someone who has harmed us so cruelly. It’s just that if we still don’t

identify the poison’s components, I’m afraid we’ll be under Carter’s control forever.”

“We won’t,” Jeremy said with perfect certainty, his grip on Madeline’s hand tightened as well.

“Linnie, there’s something I have yet to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“When I injected the ant-toxoid test reagent poison into Shirley, I extracted a small sample should’ve immediately

handed it to Adam, but I have not got the chance this turn of events.”

This news was indeed completely beyond Madeline’s expectations.

If they had the specimen, it would not be difficult to develop an anti-toxoid test reagent that could combat the

poison.

“In fact, I contacted Adam when you went to see Shirley. He said he was on his way home. He sounded frantic.“

“I think Adam is going to get the anti -toxoid test reagent that could eliminate the poison in Shirley. He truly still

cares a great deal about this sister.”

As Madeline was making her conjectures, Adam had been on his way back for the anti-toxoid test reagent as

Madeline had guessed.

When Adam rushed back into the hospital room, Shirley was curled up in bed. Cathy, unable to do much else, had

only stayed by the beside.

Adam swiftly assembled the syringe, then grabbed Shirley’s arm, identifying the location of her vein, and expertly

injected the syringe.

Shirley grunted. The moment of sharp pain was immediately followed by a cool sensation, which slowly soothed the

pain all over her body.

Shirley slowly lifted her head and, with disbelief, looked at Adam who was Administering the injection.

“How… How did you get the anti-toxoid test reagent? Did you come up with it just from your deductions?” Shirley

gasped and asked, using all her strength, her eyes betraying her displeasure. “ Impossible! You can’t come up with

the anti-toxoid test reagent just like this. Adam, you can’t be smarter than me in this!”

Shirley denied hysterically. “Tell me, where did you get this?”

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Adam calmly completed the injection, then his gaze drifted over to Shirley’s hostile face. He had not a single ounce

of intention to explain, and he could not be bothered with quibbling with Shirley about this.

He looked at Cathy who stood by the bedside and gently said, “Cathy, you should head back. I’ll watch her.”

Cathy shook her head. “I can still watch her. You must be exhausted today.”

Adam unenthusiastically glanced at Shirley. “I can’t help that I’m related to this person.”

He sounded disgusted as he uttered this.

“…” Shirley was speechless.

Cathy had wanted to advise Adam again to rest, but she also figured that Adam might want to have a word with

Shirley, so she spoke no further.

“I’ll bring breakfast tomorrow. You should get some rest soon as well, Adam,” Cathy said and grabbed her bag.

Adam sent Cathy to the entrance and did not forget to remind her, “Be careful.”

After sending Cathy off, Adam returned to the hospital room.

Color had returned to Shirley’s face; she now looked better than before. At least the poison was not tormenting her

further. However, the injury on her face and legs would not heal so easily.

“How did you hurt your face? There are injuries on your legs too,” Adam asked coldly, not sparing another glance at

Shirley.

Shirley chuckled softly and leaned backward. “It was Eveline. She had someone do this to me.”

Adam briefly froze, then lifted his eyes. “Did you say Eveline was behind this?”

Upon seeing Adam’s reaction, Shirley smiled with even more disdain. “I knew you’d react like this.

You’d rather believe that woman than believe your biological sister.”

“Well, so you still remember that you’re my sister, huh?“ Adam asked. “You should reflect upon yourself while

you’re here. Besides, I can assure you that Eveline would never ask anyone to do this to you.”

Adam spoke sternly, then turned to leave the room, closing the door securely behind him.

Facing the empty hospital room, Shirley’s negative emotions immediately overwhelmed her.

She touched her face, then looked at her unmoving legs, feeling as though the night sky outside the window was

slowly swallowing her whole.

“Carter.”

She murmured Carter’s name, clenching her fists.

This time, she truly had no chance. Although she had carried out his orders perfectly, it did not matter.

After leaving the hospital room, Adam immediately went to the temporary office the hospital had arranged for him.

He had previously asked the driver r to send Shirley to the nearest hospital, and this hospital was not the hospital he

was working in.

Moreover, the hospital did not hand Shirley to him.

This was merely an excuse that he had come up witlt to treat Shirley.

It was the middle of the night when he took out the old notebook to find a photo in between the pages.

The photo showed a family of four. It was the photo that he had picked up and kept safe after Shirley broke the

photo frame.

The corner of Adam’s eyes grew dry upon staring at this photo.

‘Sister.’

Could he still rediscover his proactive sister who had been full of life, who used to stand up for him?

It was past midnight.

The light in Carter’s study remained on. He answered one call after another, but still, nobody had any news of

Shirley for him.

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For someone who had weathered many storms, he had expected himself to be unmoved by this, but right now, he

was fretful.

Up until daybreak, Shirley’s whereabouts still eluded him.

Carter then decided to search for her himself. However, as he got up, someone abruptly pushed the study room

door open.

Through the entrance came Camille.

Carter found this unexpected. “Why are you in Glendale as well?”

Camille did not answer Carter, but asked, “Are you looking for Shirley?”

Carter paused briefly when he heard that, then calmly admitted it. “I am.”

“Why are you still looking for her?” Camille’s expression turned extremely sour in an instant. “You should have seen

through this kind of woman a long time ago.”

This kind of woman.

The corners of Carter’s eyebrows seemed to furrow slightly at Camille’s description of Shirley.

“Carter, don’t tell me that you’re still concerned for this woman. If you recall what she’d done back then, you

shouldn’t still have feelings for her.”

Camille’s words were laced with repulsion and hatred of Shirley.

Carter put away the vexed emotions portrayed between his brows, and his handsome face instantly wore a cold

expression, reverting to his usual stone- cold expression.

“I haven’t had any feelings for her for some time. The reason I’ve tolerated her presence is to have her gradually

pay back for the things she had done to me.”

Camille’s expression changed upon hearing the words “pay back”.

“You should just let this kind of woman go. What’s the point in getting payback?”

Camille did not want to see Carter committing anything unreasonable or cross any lines.

“I’ve heard that she has even developed some type o f poison that harms humans just to sell them at a high price

to certain sketchy individuals. That woman could not be saved, Carter. You ought to stop dealing with her. Since she

left so decisively all those years ago, you should now just think her dead.”

As her voice fell, the air around them plunged into silence.

Carter knew that Camille despised Shirley. Camille was a reasonable woman who valued relationships, so her

hatred toward Shirley was not without reason. This he understood enough.

However, he corild not understand his heart.

“Don’t worry, I haven’t had any feelings for her for some time. My current dealings with her have only been work-

related.”

Camille did not want Carter to get into contact with Shirley, not even for work. However, she knew she could not

force Carter to a corner because it would only produce the opposite of the desired outcome.

After Camille had left, Carter slowly returned to his seat and turned on his phone.

Shirley seemed to truly vanish from the face of the earth; he could not get hold of any news of her.

Of course, Carter, still suspicious of Madeline and Jeremy, did have them followed, but there was nothing suspicious

about the two of them.

Now that Camille had told him this, he temporarily gave up looking for Shirley. However, his mind brood on.

Shirley has stayed in the hospital for approximately ten days. during which she had another flare-up. Even though

Adam had given her the injection which could soothe her, he had intentionally waited for Shirley to experience the

poison’s torment and pain before giving her the injection.

He wanted Shirley to experience how scary and heinous the poison she had developed was.

Shirley could only tolerate this. Now, she was a good-for-nothing without any power to resist. She could only endure

this.

After being bedridden for half a month, the thing she cared about most was still the injury on her face. When the

time to remove the bandages had finally arrived, Shirley impatiently asked Adam for a mirror.

“A person may not be beautiful, but if she has a kind heart, she won’t be ugly; if her heart is black, she’ll be ugly no

matter how beautiful she may be.” Adam gave Shirley a cold look, then tossed the mirror to her.

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Of course, Shirley understood what Adam meant, but she cared not for that now.

As a woman, she could not accept her face to be disfigured.

Now that she had lost the ability to feel and move her legs, and no one would help her to a mirror, she could only

pick up the small mirror Adam had tossed to her.

Before she looked, Shirley was mentally prepared because, even if she could not see them, she could feel the

uneven scars on her right cheek.

She held her breath and brought the mirror to her eyes. Despite the small size of the mirror, she could still clearly

see the hideous scar on her initially flawless face.

Shirley’s eyes widened, staring at the scar for about ten seconds. She then violently threw the mirror at the floor,

smashing it.

“No!”

She could not accept this reality even though she had already acknowledged this earlier.

Adam coldly observed Shirley by the side as she leaned against the bed. Her face was pale, both hands clutching

the bedsheet. In the end, she could not muster the courage to touch or see her face again.

“Shirley, this is what you reap for your evil deeds. You said Eveline has someone do this to you. Even if it was truly

her, you have absolutely no right to complain.

“just look at what you’ve done to them. Even now, the poison inside Jeremy and Eveline is still not completely

cleared!”

Adam berated sternly.

After being stumped for words for a moment, Shirley sudden burst out laughing.

“You’re right. This is what I deserve.”

Shirley lifted her teary, red eyes. “Adam, you’re cold and ruthless, just like the husband and wife who died a long

time ago. You’re also so cold-blooded in dealing with your family members!

“I am your sister, and you’ve spared no sympathy or concern despite my current state, yet you care for Jeremy and

Eveline, whom you are not related to at all, instead.

“Adam Brown, you certainly are something. You’re indeed their most precious, most highly regarded good son!”

In the face so Shirley’s mocking and ridicule, Adam did not want to offer any explanation.

He took Shirley’s medical report and lowered his eye, taking a glace.

“Your body’s condition no longer shows any other problems now. As for the condition of your face and legs, You’d

need to have regular checkups.”

“Adam, what are you trying to say?”

Adam slowly closed the medical report. ” I’m saying that you can be discharged now.”

“Will you be needing my help in informing your superior? Adam asked, a cold expression on his face.

Shirley seemed confused by the word “superior”, but then quickly realized that Adam was referring to Carter.

In their eyes, was she merely Carter’s subordinate?

She laughed at herself. ‘That’s still fine. At least this was slightly better than being used.’

Adam, noticing better than being used.’

Adam, noticed the change in Shirley’s expression, pretended to be perplexed and asked, “Is Carted not your

superior? Don’t you listen to everything he says? You had a work accident, so as your superior, he should bear

some responsibilities, no?”

“This has nothing to do with him,” Shirley suddenly said, her tone abnormally firm and quick. “There’s no need for

you to inform anyone. You should just need to get me a ride and I’ll leave on my own.”

Adam looked at Shirley, betraying no emotion. “I am not your subordinate, so I’m not obligated to get you a ride.”

“What would you have me do then?” Shirley said anxiously.

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Holding the breakfast in hand, Cathy saw the scene unfolded when she reached the hospital room entrance. After

some contemplation, she decided to speak up. “ Adam, I have an idea, but I’m not sure how the both of you will

feel about it.”

Shirley and Adam lifted their gaze at the same time.

Cathy slowly stepped into the room and suggested, “Adam’s house is big, and the guest room is always empty.

Further, Adam, you’re Miss Brown’s doctor. If both of you were to stay at the same place, it’d be more convenient

for you to keep a close eye on your patient’s condition.”

Cathy then paused, deliberately observing the changes in Shirley and Adam’s expressions.

“At the end of the day, Miss Brown is still your sister, and it’s very normal to have your sister staying with you. What

do you think, Adam?”

After listening to Cathy’s suggestion, Adam darted a cold look at Shirley from the corner of his eyes, then

sarcastically asked, “Does she still think that she’s my sister?”

“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

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“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, Madeline learned that Shirley was moving in with Adam. While she was not in a hurry to look for Shirley,

Jeremy 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.

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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

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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 façade.

“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 Whitman? 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.

“Yes, I thought about him until the day he died, but this doesn’t stop me from looking down on him and despising

what he’d done. I see it all clearly, but what about you?”

“….” Shirley was stupefied by this.

“Listen, Adam’s fighting that man downstairs for you. What about you? Even now, do you still care about that man

and not worry that he might hurt your brother?”

It was as if these words froze Shirley.

Heavy and hurried footsteps could now be heard from outside the door.

Cathy lifted her gaze and immediately saw Carter striding into the room, dark rancor emitting from his body.

His furious eyes swept over Cathy’s face and finally landed on Shirley…