Dorothy was a little annoyed.If not for Zac’s presence, she would have taught Olivia a lesson. She would have made sure she knew who ran this house.However, Zac was around, and he was John’s best friend. Zac might suspect her if she showed him her mean side, so she had to be careful.Olivia walked down the stairs with her brows furrowed. She looked at Zac worriedly. “Mr. Quinton, why are you listening to Liv’s requests?“Liv is ill and always overthinking. You shouldn’t encourage her to run around or bring her back her. It’s bad for her health.”‘What a hypocrite!’ Olivia thought.Despite her injuries, she limped toward Dorothy. She grabbed Dorothy’s neck and asked her again.“Where is Uncle Wallace? Give him back to me!“Dorothy, I’ll kill you if you refuse to tell me!”Dorothy’s face flushed red, and she tried to ask Zac for help. She struggled and kicked her legs as though she was going to suffocate.Zac looked at Dorothy coldly, but after a few seconds, he tried to pull
Olivia’s heart shuddered, knowing she could not explain herself again.John would probably not believe her even if she told him everything.In the middle of the standoff, Dorothy lay in John’s arms and cried, “Johnny, please don’t blame Liv for this. It’s me… It’s because of me… I saw something I shouldn’t have seen. That’s why she strangled me.”“She strangled you?”John looked at Dorothy’s neck and saw visible finger marks on her fair and flawless skin. His gaze darkened, and he questioned sternly, “Olivia, did you strangle her?”Knowing she could not deny it, Olivia took a deep breath and nodded. “Yes, I did. It’s because...”Before she could finish, John snapped at her. “Dorothy, tell me why she strangled you!”Dorothy glanced at Olivia cautiously, then looked at John with fear. She bit her lips. “Johnny, it’s alright. I’m fine. Let’s forget about it. Pretend you didn’t see that, okay?”“Speak!”John only said one word, yet it suffocated Olivia.She knew Dorothy would twi
Olivia’s actions undoubtedly further provoked John.His expression changed, and he grabbed Olivia’s neck. “I dare you to say that again, Olivia!”Olivia’s face was flushed from being strangled. She found it difficult to breathe, and the bloody taste in her throat made her feel nauseous.“John! Let go!”Zac punched John, forcing him to loosen his grip on Olivia’s neck. Then, he grabbed Olivia, who was on the verge of dying.“Are you trying to kill her? Do you know she is…?”Before Zac could finish, Olivia tugged on Zac’s clothes and shook her head, signaling for him not to say another word.Then, she whispered in a voice only Zac could hear, “Take me with you…”Olivia just wanted to get out of here. This place was suffocating her.She had no strength to continue this gith with John. It was draining her little remaining energy…However, before Olivia could leave the house, her vision went black, and she fainted.Zac picked her up and glared at John. “I’ll take her back to the
Zac himself was startled by his own question. He had no idea why he asked such a thing.He had agreed to himself to stay out of Olivia and John’s personal affairs.“Actually, I wanted to ask you to help me with the divorce agreement.”“Do you still want that?”Surprisingly, Zac was nervous. He found himself hoping Olivia would divorce John.Olivia scoffed. “Before, I thought that if we were going to keep on torturing each other like this, we might as well free each other. However, you’ve seen the problem, Mr. Quinton. Johnny doesn’t want to set me free but has no intention of ever living peacefully with me again.“And Dorothy hopes I’ll divorce John. I don’t want to make things easy for her. After all, I’m about to die. I want to annoy her till my final dying breath.” Then, she suddenly looked at Zac and smirked. “Mistress. I want her to be tainted by the identity of being a mistress. Even if she marries John after I’m dead, she’ll still be a mistress. That will be something sh
John stood by the window with his back leaning against the door and one hand in his pocket. Olivia could feel the cold aura around him even if she could not see his expression.Olivia patted Zac, asking him to put her down. Then, she leaned against the door and took a deep breath before shouting, “What else do you want to know, Johnny?”Her voice trembled. She was afraid.Zac felt sorry for her, even though he did not know exactly why. Olivia must have faced similar situations countless times before.John turned around and stared at her coldly. He sneered and said, “Olivia, I thought you would learn your lesson after getting seriously injured, but you’ve disappointed me.”Olivia held onto Zac’s arm as she limped into the ward.Watching John approaching her, she held her breath and waited for the ‘punishment’ he would give her.However, the man did not lay a finger on her this time. Instead, he dragged Zac out of the ward with him. With her support gone, Olivia stumbled. Fortun
John did not stop. He opened the door and left.‘Is Olivia dying?‘Who’d believe that?‘Isn’t it just pneumonia? Pneumonia can’t kill.‘Her fever has subsided. She can even move around and seduce Zac. Will she die?‘Who is Zac trying to fool?’When John dashed into her ward, Olivia was sitting on the bed, waiting for him anxiously.She looked up at John, feeling a little afraid. “Jonny, I have nothing to do with Zac, I swear.”Even though she knew it was useless, she took the trouble to explain again.“Oh, nothing? Then what were you doing on the peninsula in the middle of the night with him? Don’t tell me you were looking for someone!”John strode toward Olivia and pinched her cheek as he sneered. “I checked the surveillance camera and saw that no one went to the peninsula today!”‘No way. That’s not true…’However, Olivia soon realized that Dorothy knew there would be surveillance, so she would have taken care of everything in advance.This would make it even harder for
John stopped moving and stared at Olivia with his dark eyes, making her gasp in fear.That was it. She had pissed John off.Olivia closed her eyes, shrank her neck back, and instinctively shielded her head with her hands.However, she did not feel anything even after a long time.She carefully opened her eyes and peered through a gap in her hand. The man that had been in front of her just a moment ago was gone.She put her hands down and looked around. John was no longer in the room.Olivia could not believe it. She had strangled Dorothy, and Dorothy had accused her of cheating on John. Then, she pissed off John and even slapped him. However, John had not done anything besides leave the ward.This was impossible.John had been so cruel to Olivia. He did not show her mercy even when she was wounded.Had she woken him up from his daze with her words?Olivia put down her sore arms and looked at her bleeding body. She sighed.Perhaps John had begun to believe her. After all, the
Zac took out a phone and handed it to Olivia. “Last night, I bought you a new phone. But you were already asleep, so I took your old phone.“Yours isn’t broken, but it doesn’t work that well. I got you a new one and forwarded the information from your old phone to the new one.”He said it casually, but he was afraid he might have crossed the boundaries of their relationship. He kept glancing at Olivia to observe her emotions.However, Olivia was only surprised.Since John got mean and her father died, no one had ever cared about her this much.Such gentle and unforceful care made her feel comfortable.Zac noticed that Olivia was startled and thought she was worried about her privacy, so he quickly explained. “Please rest assured. I didn’t look through the stuff on your phone.”“No, I wasn’t thinking about that. I-I wanted to thank you.”“By the way, about your butler, Uncle Wallace. The police called and confirmed that he got off the train at Ocean City. Surveillance footage sh