“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
Perhaps Olivia was tired of crying, as she gradually calmed down after entering the room.All she did when she saw Zyla’s pale body lying there was sit beside it with tears shimmering in her eyes.Her first encounter with her emerged in her mind.Everything that had happened during their time together flashed through her mind like a movie.“Zy, you promised me that I would be the one who left first. How could you abandon me just like that?”Then, she took a deep breath. “Zy, what did you mean when you said seventeen years? Get up and tell me, please.”Seventeen years was the same amount of time Olivia had been in love with John for.However, she could not remember anything.The more she tried to remember, the more it hurt her.It was so important to Zyla, so why could she not recall the slightest bit of what happened?The blood on Zyla’s hand had dried up. Olivia took a wet tissue and wiped it as she muttered, “Zy, you like being clean and pretty. I’ll prepare a pretty dress
Golden Hills Apartment.After Zac sent Olivia back, he decided to stay and accompany her because he was worried.“Liv, go and take a nap. You didn’t sleep last night.”Although Olivia had not slept all night, she did not feel like sleeping at all.However, she saw Zac’s dark circles when she lifted her head and nodded obediently. “Okay. Let’s eat something, then rest.”Zac had accompanied her these past two days.He would not eat if she did not eat.If he did not sleep, he did not sleep either.Zyla was gone, and she did not want Zac to fall ill next. Thus, she suggested having a meal, even though she had no appetite.Zac was a little surprised and relieved at the same time. “Okay, go take a bath. I’ll cook.”“Okay.”As soon as she entered the bathroom and looked at the familiar bottles, sorrow struck her again. Tears flowed down her cheeks.She turned on the tap and gave her eyes a D.I.Y. hot compress so Zac would not be worried.Even so, she could not stop her tears from
Olivia, Zac, and Ken built a tomb for Zyla right beside Uncle Wallace’s grave.She was afraid Zyla would feel lonely, so placing her tomb in the Larson family’s burial ground would give her some company. Zyla might feel less lonely like that.Just two restless nights had made Ken look haggard. His beard and mustache had grown, and his hair was messy. He did not look like a young master of a wealthy family anymore.“Ken.”Olivia took some tissues from her pocket and handed it to Ken. “Zy loved you, but she felt inferior to you. She didn’t have the guts to accept you.”Ken was shocked, and he looked at her in a daze.“Before, Zy felt like she was nothing, but at least she had dignity. However, that night, she lost her dignity. That’s why she wanted you to stay away from her.“Later, when she found out it was you, she was happy. However, she feared you only saw her as a one-night stand.”Then, she sighed and touched the photo of Zyla on the tomb. “But I think Zy wants you to walk
“Oh, I’m so glad to hear that b*tch is dead!”Olivia could hear the joy in Dorothy’s voice. She clenched her teeth and asked, “Was it you?”“What do you think?” Dorothy sneered. “Olivia, you said you weren’t a jinx, but everyone who cares about you…“Your mother, father, that old fella, Uncle Wallace, that b*tch Zyla, and that ungrateful brat, Ian.”Then, Dorothy gasped and said pretentiously, “Oh, wait. Ian isn’t dead yet! But maybe he’ll die if someone pulls off his oxygen tube.”Hatred almost overpowered Olivia. Her nails dug deep into her palm, and it was bleeding. However, she reminded herself that she had to bear with this. It was not the time for her to get mad now.When Olivia did not respond, Dorothy thought she was afraid and said, “By the way, there are two more people around you. One of them is Zac, and the other is Ken. However, I think someone will help me deal with them sooner or later without me needing to do anything. Olivia, just admit defeat.”“Dorothy.” Oli
John froze and looked at the woman with flushed cheeks in his arms in disbelief.“Liv…”Olivia did not give him a chance to speak. She kissed him again. “Johnny, don’t you want to sleep with me?”He wanted to!Of course he wanted to sleep with Olivia!He lost control. He wanted to respond to her passionate kiss, even though he knew Olivia was only doing this to him because she was drunk.Olivia might soon return to the Olivia who hated him, and then, she would leave.However, he did not mind.John picked her up, and they kissed all the way to the bedroom. They had a passionate night....Olivia woke up early the following day. To be precise, she did not sleep at all.Although her body was tired, her mind was clear.She remembered the despair she felt when Zyla died in her arms covered in blood, and she remembered how cold and stiff Ian’s body was.It was impossible for her to forget all of it.The person behind all this was the man lying beside her.That man was her legi
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