“A second marriage?”Olivia knew that Zyla wanted to break the tension, so she pursed her lips and said, “I have to get a divorce first.”“Would you consider a second marriage after your divorce?”A trace of desolation flashed across Olivia’s eyes when she heard Zyla’s questions. She forced a smile. “Zy, stop making fun of me. Even if I got a divorce, no man would want someone like me.”Who would like a woman who had been married, had two miscarriages, loved someone for seventeen years, had suffered a bloody feud, and currently had terminal lung cancer?Plus, her idea of love already died the moment she fell from the roof.‘Love? Oh, what can love do?’She sighed and murmured, “Love only leaves people blind, and in the end, they will open their eyes to see that they’re covered in bruises. Zy, I don’t want love anymore.”Although she said it in a very low voice, Zac still heard her.This made him feel a little lost, but more than that, he felt distress in his heart.Suppressin
“I don’t know.”“Then how do you know about the poisoning?” John raised his eyes and stared at Ken coldly.Ken snorted coldly. “That’s a secret between me and Liv. You don’t need to know.”After learning that the real culprit behind Olivia’s fall from the building was John, Ken had stayed mad at him.He had always helped John back then, but now, how was John repaying him?John stood up suddenly. His black eyes were icy. “Who allowed you to call her Liv?”“Should I continue to call her Sister-in-law?” Although Ken was a little afraid of John, he still swallowed his saliva and said, “John, you really should reflect on yourself instead of always finding fault with others.”After saying that, he ran away quickly. After all, he did not want to be beaten up by John.The man in the room suddenly remembered something, took his mobile phone, and called Wes.“Have you found her?”“Sir, Ms. Ellis has been discharged from the hospital, and we can’t find her in any of the places she’s liv
At noon the next day, Olivia was having lunch with Zyla when the door was suddenly pushed open, and a gust of cold wind swept in.Before she could react, she was pulled up from the bed.She turned her head in panic and saw that familiar handsome side profile. Her heart suddenly tightened. “John, let me go!”However, he ignored her and dragged her out.She felt fear and hatred at the same time. As she struggled desperately, she hit the foot of the bed, and her eyes teared up from the pain.“Are you crazy? Let go!”Zyla hurriedly stood up and grabbed John. “Jerk John, what are you doing? Sis Liv is weak now, and she can’t handle all of this. Let her go!”He gave her a cold look. “Go away!”“Let go!” She blocked the door with open arms. She raised her head and said, “You’ll have to step over my dead body if you want to take Sis Liv away!”“You overestimate your capabilities too much.”After saying that, John violently pushed Zyla away and walked out.Zyla groaned in pain as she
John slammed on the brakes and pulled the car over to the side of the road.“What did you say?”Olivia hit her head on the glass because of the sudden braking. She yelped in pain. “Are you insane?”John reached out and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him. He snapped coldly, “I’m insane for marrying a woman who has someone else in her heart!”‘He believed it again?’Before this, she had emphasized many times that she had not cheated, so why did he never believe her?“You maniac!”Olivia did not know where this sudden burst of strength came from. She struggled from his grip, unfastened her seat belt, and pushed the door open to get out of the car to run back.However, she was already physically weak, so she was out of breath within two steps. Then, her mouth was filled with the metallic taste of blood.Moreover, she was not wearing shoes, so the soles of her feet hurt a little, and she had to stop.She wanted to stop a car to escape, but when she took a closer look, sh
Olivia did not know what John was trying to do.Just now, he had been so hostile like a wild beast, but now, he was gentle and considerate like a gentleman.She stared at his back for a long time before she lowered her head to change.Sometimes, she felt like he was a schizophrenic who had a split personality. It was so hard for her to read him.Before this, she wondered if something had happened to him that led to him developing such a temper.However, she had never met his family nor heard John mention anything about them.Thinking of this, she put on a bitter smile. It turned out that they really did not know each other well enough.In the beginning, she viewed their love through rose-tinted spectacles. It could not withstand any pressure at all.Suddenly, she felt relieved. Maybe they would not have lasted even without Dorothy.The two of them were silent for the entire journey. She only came back to her senses when John said, “We’re here.” Then, she looked out the window.
Ian hesitated for a moment. Then, he went downstairs and sat on the sofa. “Okay, I’ll give you ten minutes.”How could ten minutes be enough?However, Olivia was overjoyed. She sat beside him with a smile.However, as soon as she sat down, he got up and sat across from her. He said indifferently, “Just say whatever you want to say.”Olivia smiled bitterly in her heart. What had happened to her brother?His actions and words were so similar to John’s that they scared her a little.“Ian, I never did anything to let Johnny down, and I didn’t make the Larson family go bankrupt. Over these past two years...”Olivia paused. Then, she bit her lips and continued. “I haven’t been doing the things you think I have. You should know that.”“If you haven’t done anything, are you saying that they framed you?”Obviously, Ian did not believe what she was saying.She was not surprised by this. After all, John did not believe her either.“Ian, I have a lot to say to you, and I also want to kn
Perhaps Olivia was being too emotional. Her lungs convulsed, and a metallic taste rose from her throat.She was so frightened that she quickly covered her mouth with her hands. She turned around and suppressed her cough painfully. Then, she swallowed the blood back down.Upon seeing this, Ian’s pupils contracted slightly. “What’s wrong with you?”He remembered that she coughed up blood in the cemetery yesterday as well. Was she sick?Olivia wiped away her tears with the back of her hand. She pursed her lips and answered, “It’s okay. Just a little cough.”“You coughed up blood yesterday. I saw it.”When she heard that, Olivia trembled slightly. She felt a lump in her throat, and she could not help but shed tears again.It turned out that her younger brother was still worried about her.“Maybe there’s something wrong with my lungs, but it’s nothing serious.”Seeing that she was refusing to speak, Ian did not ask any more questions. After that, he turned and went upstairs to go t
“Yeah.”John took the opportunity to sit right across from Olivia. His eyes were like pools as he looked at her and said, “Cook me a bowl of that too.”Olivia was stunned and caught by surprise.John was being unexpectedly nice. That could only mean…Olivia looked down at her own bowl of noodles and pushed it toward John. “If you don’t mind, take this, then. I haven’t touched it yet.”“I don’t mind.”He slurped up a mouthful of noodles and swallowed slowly. He looked at Olivia and said, “It’s still the same familiar taste. I like it.”That made her more uneasy.What was he trying to do?She immediately looked at Ian and could not help but be curious. Was John putting on a show for him?Once that thought was born, Olivia stuck with it. She felt a little suffocated.However, she did not want to expose John, so she turned back to go to the kitchen to whip up another bowl of noodles. This was the first time in two years she had gotten to eat a meal with her brother, and she did
Elegance Gardens.As soon as Olivia entered the door, Ken appeared out of nowhere with Fred and Kate standing beside her. Then, the three of them looked at her with surprisingly serious eyes.Olivia was stunned for a moment. “What’s the matter? I just went out for a meal. Why are you so serious?”“Was Jennie the one who took you out?”It was Ken who spoke first.Olivia nodded. “Well, yes.”“Liv, are you crazy? You went out to eat with her?”Fred stepped forward, looked her up and down, and said with a frown, “Have you forgotten how she betrayed you? You should never tolerate someone who cheats even once. What if she had bad intentions of inviting you out?”“Pheebs, that woman is not as straightforward as you think.”Out of the three, Ken was the calmest. “Did she say what she was doing in Ocean City?”Olivia shook her head. “I asked, but she didn’t say anything. She only said that she wanted to stay in Ocean City and asked if I was still angry with her.”Hearing this, Fred r
Jennie brought Olivia to a popular fondue place. The melted cheese looked very appetizing, and it was the kind that Olivia liked in the past.However, she could not raise her spirits today, and after eating a few mouthfuls, she put down her fork and started to space out.Jennie gave her a piece of strawberry. “Pheebs, eat more. You are so skinny now. Why do you still eat so little?”“Maybe I don’t have a good appetite.”“Don’t you always have an appetite for cheese? Pheebs, how long have you been like this? Have you seen a doctor?”“I’m used to it. It’s fine.”Jennie suddenly grabbed Olivia’s hand and looked at her solemnly. “Pheebs, what’s wrong with you? You’ve really changed a lot, and I don’t even know you anymore. Even though I could tell you were sad before, you were still very positive, but now… I’m worried that you’re going to do something stupid.”Upon hearing this, Olivia was stunned for a moment. Then, she forced a smile. “No, I just haven’t slept well recently, so I’
The next day, Olivia woke up and planned to go to the mental hospital to find Dorothy without telling everyone, but she received an unexpected call.“Pheebs, it’s me. I’m in Ocean City. Do you want to meet?”Olivia was stunned for a few seconds before she realized who the other party was. Then, she could not stop herself from frowning.“Jennie Sutherland?”“Pheebs, are you still mad at me? Why are you calling my full name like that?”Olivia pursed her lips. She smiled dryly and did not explain.Perhaps it was because too many things had happened recently and they had affected her state of mind. Unbeknownst to her, she became less tolerant now.Whatever happened in the past had not blown away like dust, but remained in her heart and turned into a deep grudge.When she heard that Olivia was not speaking, Jennie smiled. “Are you free for a meal? Pheebs, do you not even want to eat with me now? I am genuinely…”“Next time.”She was still a murder suspect. Plus, she still had not
‘Zy...‘This woman looks like Zy…’Fiona Miller glanced at her, frowned slightly, and stepped forward to get in front of her.“You are so weak, but you still have time to worry about me? Stand behind me.”Olivia was taken aback. Not only did they look alike, but they even spoke similarly, especially so as she stood in front of Olivia. They were so similar…Before Olivia knew it, her eyes were red.‘Zy…’However, her Zy died in her arms. She watched Zy lose her breath with her own eyes, so how could she appear here?However, Olivia was really greedy for more time with Zy, so greedy that she did not want to be rational anymore.When she regained her composure, she saw Fiona and the fat woman engaging in a fight, so she hurried forward to help. Olivia pulled the fat woman’s hair back and then separated the two.The fat woman cursed a few times, but in the end, she was still a little scared, so she ran to the opposite side of the room and squatted down.Under the light, Fiona’s
“He really is innocent!”Olivia roared as she watched the officer walking away.However, the other party did not look back at her. It was as if no one cared about the truth at all.Just as she lost her footing and fell, someone pulled her hair forcefully.“Ah!”“Hello, b*tch! Someone wants us to take good care of you!”When Olivia heard that, an unusually tall and burly woman had already dragged her to the ground. The woman then sat on Olivia’s body and slapped her with all her might.Olivia had just had a fever and was still weak. Thus, when she was slapped hard all of a sudden, she felt her brain buzzing instantly.However, the other party did not seem like she was going to stop. After that, the woman raised her hand and slapped Olivia again.After two slaps, blood spilled from the corner of Olivia’s mouth, contrasting against her pale face even more eerily.Just as the fat woman was about to slap her for the third time, Olivia suddenly exerted all her strength to grab the
After a while, someone kicked open the door, and uniformed police officers walked in with an arrest warrant.“Miss Olivia Larson, we need you to come with us.”Olivia was taken aback, but Fred had already rushed forward before she could register what was going on.“There is no Olivia Larson here. You have found the wrong person. My sister still has a fever and needs to rest. Please get out immediately!”However, the leader of the group just glanced at him, ignored him, and then walked around him to the bed. After that, he looked down at Olivia, who was lying weakly on the bed.“Ms. Larson, you probably don’t want me to take coercive measures, do you?”Olivia did not know what was happening, but she knew very well that her identity had been revealed. She had nowhere to escape, so she had to face the music.Therefore, she lifted the blanket and stood up.“Okay, I’ll go with you. But please wait for a moment downstairs to let me change, okay?”The man glanced at her and nodded, “
Olivia fell ill. However, scared of being hounded by the paparazzi, Mrs. Simmons was too scared to send her to the hospital, so she could only call Ken over.The two were busy these days and did not have much contact with each other. Ken came in and froze when he saw Olivia lying in bed.'Why is her face so pale? Why is she so frail? She's so thin that she looks like a piece of paper from far away and has blended into the covers.' "Ken? You came?"Groggy, Olivia felt someone standing at the end of the bed watching her, so she tried hard to open her eyes to see. Seeing it was Ken, she squeezed out a smile."Jeez, Mrs. Simmons. I'm just a little tired. Did she have to bring you over?"Ken frowned, went up to test her forehead, and said, "You're an adult. Why did you get yourself into this with no one around to look after you? You're a mother. You don't even know you have a fever and still stay up all night."Olivia pressed her lips together and said nothing."Are you worried ab
Xavier bailed out Olivia that night."Pheebs, don't worry. Nothing's going to happen to you. Trust me."Xavier grabbed her hand and comforted her repeatedly, but Olivia did not respond. She was like a stunned puppet.She had temporarily left the place that scared her, but her heart was still unsettled.She thought everything was over when John died.However, it seemed John's death was the beginning of everything.Who was behind all this?She desperately wanted to know.She suddenly grabbed Xavier's arm and used an almost imploring tone, "Xavier, help me find out who did this, will you?"She knew she could only solve the problem from the root by finding the real culprit and source.Xavier frowned. "I will. Please give me a moment.""Thank you...""Don't thank me. You're making yourself a stranger."Xavier opened the car door for her as he spoke. "Get in the car. I'll take you home. Lyla and the rest are waiting for you at home."Olivia froze at the mention of Lyla. Then sh
After leaving Quinton Group, Olivia got another call from the school."Mrs. Quinton, you can be at ease now that we've investigated this and all those involved have been handed over to the police."The person on the other end of the line paused. "Besides, we've also solved the case of Sam smashing the car. All the teachers involved have been fired, and the students have been ordered to transfer to another school. You can let Sam and Miss come back to school without any worries, Madam."She frowned as she hung up.She was surprised by the way the school handled this.She did not believe the school handled it voluntarily. After all, the principal had arrogantly demanded an apology from her.Why fire everyone all of a sudden?The more Olivia thought about it, the more she realized that it must have something to do with the board of directors, but who was secretly helping her?'Is it Zac?'Is he atoning for it in such a way because he knows he did something wrong but is too scared