The chiller?Olivia’s heart grew cold immediately.It was winter at the moment, and the temperature indoors was already below freezing point. If Ian was locked in a chiller, how cold and hopeless would he be?She did not even dare to imagine what would happen to him.After a long time, Olivia finally spat after digging her nails into her flesh, “Go faster!”“Why don’t you ask Mr. Freeman for help, Liv? I think he’d be willing to help us out.”Olivia’s heart sank when she heard Fred mention John.If what happened before had something to do with John, could he have something to do with what was happening now as well?However, when she thought back to what happened at the pub, she was a little suspicious.Could she have misunderstood him?However, as Olivia thought more, she knew how much John pampered Dorothy, and it was not impossible for him to be her literal partner in crime here.“We stand on opposite sides.”Fred did not ask more once he heard Olivia.When they arrived
“Olivia!”Without any other choice, Fred could only follow her and dive in.After swimming just a short distance, she felt breathless. It was probably Ian’s life that allowed her to hold on and continue diving.After a while, she found a refrigerator truck at the bottom of the lake.She quickly swam over and hit the car cabin.She got even more anxious when she did not receive a response. She used all her force to hit the car cabin, and she even forgot that she was still in the water as she started to yell Ian’s name. As she opened her mouth, a mouthful of cold water gushed into her throat, and she started suffocating.Just as she was about to pass out, Fred got a hold of her and swam towards the surface.Olivia’s breathing was very weak by the time they reached the shore.Fred did not hesitate to perform CPR on her. Just as he was about to place his lips on hers, she opened her eyes, and their gazes met. “I…I…” Fred was shocked and immediately straightened his back with bl
Olivia helped Fred to drag Ian onto the shore. Noticing how pale Ian’s face was, she could not help but start tearing up.His body was as cold as ice. There were still icicles hanging on his dense eyelashes, and purple bruises were all over where his hands and feet had been tied.She went forward and hugged Ian while crying. “Ian, are you cold? Let me warm you up. Please be okay!”However, Ian did not respond, which made Olivia go crazy.“Ian! Talk to me! Don’t leave your sister alone. Please wake up and look at me!”She kept on shaking Ian’s stiff body and cried frantically, “Wake up and respond to me, Ian! Ian!”Fred could not bear seeing her like this and hugged her to comfort her. “Sis Liv, calm down. Let’s wait for the ambulance, okay?”However, Olivia could not hear anything and continued crying loudly while murmuring Ian’s name.At that moment, John, who was standing aside, walked over wanting to pick Olivia up. However, he was pushed away the second he bent down.“Get
Before Olivia was able to react, John picked her up bridal-style. “What are you doing? John, put me down! I want to see Ian!”She struggled and punched him with her fists, but he did not compromise. Instead, he carried her into the lift and went straight to the top floor.He put her on the bed and went to the bathroom to get the shower ready.However, before he even got to the bathroom, Olivia was already trying to escape, limping.John walked over and stopped her. “Olivia, enough already.”With tears in her eyes, Olivia looked at him stubbornly and resentfully, bit her lips hard, and said nothing.Initially, she was full of anger, but seeing her fierce yet soft appearance now, John was a little helpless, and his voice became softer. "Olivia, Ian is in the emergency room. It's useless for you to go there. Take a hot bath and change your clothes first. Are you trying to fall sick as well?”However, Olivia shouted, “I don’t need your mercy!”“If I wanted to kill Ian, I would’ve
Half an hour later, Zyla reached the hospital.Knowing that Ian was in trouble and Olivia would definitely be anxious, she quickly walked inside.Suddenly, she knocked into someone, and just as she wanted to apologize, she felt a piercing pain in her tummy. She looked down to notice a knife being stabbed into her abdomen.The man grabbed her shoulder, and before she could react, he pulled out the knife and stabbed her once again.He covered her mouth to prevent her from screaming and got near to her ear to whisper, “My apologies, but you found out something you shouldn’t have, and Mr. Freeman can’t let you walk away with it.”‘John Freeman?’She struggled, trying to escape from the man, but she did not have the strength to. She was stabbed a few more times at the entrance of the hospital and collapsed to the ground on her knees. The man knew that his work was done and walked away with a smirk.No one noticed anything wrong with her even after the man left. The passersby only g
“Zy!”A nurse passed by, and Olivia ran over. She fell to the floor and grabbed the hem of the nurse’s pants. “Nurse, please rescue Zyla!”The nurse then noticed a lady drenched in blood on the ground not far away.“Give me a moment. I’ll call the doctor now.“Doctor! Doctor! There’s an emergency patient over here!”Olivia crawled back to Zyla and hugged her head, crying. “Zy, stay with me, won’t you? Didn’t you say that you wanted to go skiing in the snow? We’ll go after you recover, okay?”Zyla’s breath was already unstable, and her eyes were getting heavier by the second. She could not even bring herself to say a word.“Zy!”The voice of a man came, and Ken ran over to look at the woman who was dying on the floor.Even though he was used to seeing people come and go, he was still taken aback. “Zy! What happened?”He immediately helped Zyla with some first aid and called the nurses over to help.After being carried up to the stretcher, Zyla grabbed his arm and tried to s
‘Zy… died?’That struck Olivia like lightning. She was shocked.She felt as though she had stopped breathing once she heard the news.Unwilling to believe it, she looked at Ken, trying to say something, but in the end, she gave up.Tears streamed down her cheeks and dripped onto her hand. The feeling of it snapped her out of her sorrow. Awake from her daze, she grabbed Ken and roared as she questioned, “You promised me she would be fine!“Why did you lie to me? Zy won’t die! She won’t die!”Just as she was expressing her devastation, the nurse pushed out a bed with a white cloth over it covering Zyla.Olivia froze and turned around to look at the white cloth. She bit her lips and let go of Ken.She limped to the bed and lifted the white cloth with her trembling hands. All she saw was Zyla’s pale face.After staring at it for a few seconds, she gently touched Zyla’s face.It was still warm.She grabbed the nurse’s hand and screamed like a lunatic. “Nurse, she’s not dead. Her
At two o’clock in the morning, Olivia woke up crying.She pulled out the needle in her hand, wanting to get out of bed. However, Zac, who had been accompanying her by her side, noticed her movements.He closed his laptop and stood up to help her.Looking at her pale cheeks and swollen eyes, Zac frowned and said anxiously, “Liv, you’re weak now, and you need a good rest. Tonight…”“Where’s Ian?”Her voice was so hoarse from crying that she sounded ten years older than she was.Zac wanted to persuade Olivia otherwise, but he also knew how stubborn she could be.Moreover, before this, the situation had been different. This time, Zyla had died before her, and it traumatized her.Thus, he draped a jacket over her and poured her a glass of water. “Drink this glass of water, and I will take you to see Ian.”Upon hearing that, Olivia took the water cup and drank it all at once.Then, she got up and rushed to the door.However, just as she stood up, her legs turned to jelly, and she
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