Chapter 1954


    Sierra trotted to catch up with him.


    However, with her high heels on and Johan''s tall stature and long legs, Sierra just couldn''t get near


    him. It was only a moment before she was left far behind. "Johan, wait for me."


    Johan took the lead and got into the car. He drove away without looking back, leaving his newly


    married wife on the side of the road right outside of the Civil Bureau.


    Sierra''s smile faded away little by little, eventually leaving a bitter and helpless look on her face as


    she watched Johan drive away.


    She knew clearly that he didn''t marry her out of love, so what was she excited for?


    She always knew that Johan didn''t love her, but she fell in love with him and swore to marry him.


    After many years of hard work, she finally became his wife.


    A freshly printed wedding certificate was in her hand at that moment. It should have been a joyous


    asion, but all she could feel just then was unbridled mockery.


    She thought that a piece of paper would bring her and Johan closer together. But at that moment,


    she hade to a realization that not only did the distance between them still exist, it had pushed


    them even further apart.


    "Johan!" Sierra mumbled his name over and over to herself as a foolish attempt to bestow strength


    upon herself. "I have persisted for so many years, and there will be plenty more time to do so in the


    future. No matter how cold-hearted you are, I will find a way to soften that steel of heart of yours."


    Afterforting herself, Sierra tried to put on a smile again. This was their first day as a married


    couple and they had a long life ahead of them. She had to pull herself together, and live a good life


    with Johan. She couldn''t be defeated just because he had shot her a cold look.


    After thinking it through, Sierra headed for the shopping mall. She bought all sorts of things before


    returning to Johan''s home.


    She had never been a good cook. However, because of Johan, who had stomach problems, Sierra


    had spent two years learning to cook, especially his favorite dishes.


    Sierra bustled around in the kitchen for a few hours, grilling steak and nching vegetables while


    she waited for Johan to return home to enjoy her piping hot home cooked meal.


    Naively, she thought that if he could feel the warmth of a family, he would fall in love with the feeling.


    Once he gradually got used to her love and care, he would begin to grow dependent on her, slowly


    epting her from the bottom of his heart.


    Unexpectedly, she waited all the way until 8 in the evening, and Johan was still nowhere to be seen.


    She wanted to give him a call, but she was afraid that she would disturb him at work, so she held


    back.


    She waited again, and it stretched until the night grew dark. Johan still did not turn up.


    When the short hand on the wall clock finally pointed to eleven, Sierra picked up her cell phone to


    dial Johan''s phone number, but all she heard was a cold machine operator''s voice. "The number


    you have dialed is currently unavable. Please try againter."


    He did note home.


    He turned off his phone.


    Sierra refused to give up and tried to contact his assistant instead.


    The call was connected quickly this time. "Hello, Miss Yard!"


    Such a name gave Sierra''s heart a violent pain. In the eyes of the people around Johan, she could


    only be Miss Yard. It was impossible for her to be Mrs. Ss. But she still acted as if nothing was


    wrong. She pretended to be all nonchnt and asked, "Archer, did you guys work overtime today?"


    "No, Miss Yard."


    Sierra said again, "What about Mr. Ss..."


    Johan was her newly married husband, yet she had to inquire about his whereabouts from his


    subordinates. Prideful as Sierra might be, when it came to Johan, she would rather cast her pride


    aside. So she asked casually, "Where is Mr. Ss?"


    "Miss Yard, Mr. Ss usually doesn''t keep us updated about what he does after working hours. You


    can call him if you want to."


    Sierra sighed internally.


    If her call could get through, would she have to call his assistant to embarrass herself?


    Then, she recalled the time when she had made Johan furious. He''d said to her, "Sierra, you are a


    woman, after all. How can you be so shameless?"


    Under no circumstances was she a shameless person, but she loved him, so much so that she was


    willing to put her dignity aside.


    Sierra hung up the phone and kept the dishes she''d spent hours cooking back into the kitchen to


    keep them warm. She thought that Johan must have been dyed by some urgent matters at the


    moment and she wanted him to enjoy a warm meal once he''s home.


    However, Johan never got to eat those dishes after all.


    For the four days after the registration of their marriage, Johan didn''t go to work, nor did hee


    home. It was as if he had been spirited away. Sierra asked around for his news, but to no avail.


    On the fourth night, Sierra, as usual, had finished cooking and waited for Johan to return home.


    Nheless, Johan didn''t show up, even after the food had already turned cold.


    In the middle of the night, when Sierra was asleep and her mind in a daze, she could vaguely feel


    that someone was standing by her bedside. She was so frightened that she sat straight up. Under


    the faint light of the nightmp, she could make out the outline of a tall man.


    He was in a formal suit, standing straight by the bed. He was the kind of man who would make a


    deep impression on others at first nce. But at this time, it was as if he was covered with ice.


    Despite him being two to three steps away, Sierra could still feel the coldness wafting from his body.


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    He stared at her with his dark malicious eyes as if he were looking to swallow her whole. Sierra


    shrank her neck and asked, "What''s wrong, Johan?"


    Without a word, Johan continued to stare at her coldly.


    Sierra was so nervous that she gulped and asked, "Johan, what-what''s wrong with you?"


    "Sierra Yard!"


    Words finally left Johan''s lips. It was the first sentence he had said to her ever since they had gotten


    married.


    He called her name.


    However, he stopped after uttering just her name. Sierra had no idea what he wanted to say. She


    wanted to ask, but she didn''t know what to ask exactly. He looked so terrifying that it made her hair


    stand on end.


    It remained that way for a while before Johan turned to leave once again.


    Seeing that he was about to leave again, Sierra instinctively wanted to stop him; her actions


    preceding her thinking. She turned over and got out of bed. Without even putting on her room


    slippers, she chased up to him. "Johan, where are you going?"


    He looked back and saw her bare feet on the cold floor, and his gaze turned even more frigid. "Go


    back."


    However, Sierra couldn''t care less. Even if he wanted to swallow her whole, she would allow him to


    do so. She just didn''t want him to leave her all by herself and disappear without a trace again.


    She ran over and hugged him from behind. She pleaded, "Johan, don''t go. Please don''t leave me


    alone again, okay?"