Dorothy cautiously said, “Johnny, you locked the door from the outside.”John looked at her coldly upon hearing that. “Didn’t you give her food to eat? You locked it again?”Dorothy was startled by the look in his eyes. She lowered her head and said, “I-I was afraid you’d blame me for letting her go. I didn’t dare to…”“Forget it.”John did not bother to listen to her explanation. He kept banging on the door, louder and louder each time. “Olivia, are you waiting for me to kick the door down?”However, he received no response from Olivia.Dorothy suddenly fell into his arms when John wanted to kick the door down.“What’s the matter?”“Head… My head…hurts…”John looked at the door and then at Dorothy. “I’ll help you get back to your room.”“Sorry... Johnny.”John noticed Dorothy’s painful expression and felt sorry for her. He spoke gently. “I’m sorry for being harsh just now. Rest well. I’ll call the doctor.”Dorothy tugged his arm carefully. “Johnny, don’t fight with Liv. Le
When John walked past Olivia’s room, he stopped in his tracks. He wanted to knock on the door. After a long while, he drew his hand back.He walked down the stairs and left in his car.John was confused. he kept thinking about how Olivia was before everything happened.Olivia did not like to cry. Even if her hands were bleeding, she would only frown.However, Dorothy loved to cry. She always looked wronged and pitiful. At first, she made him feel sorry for her, but after a while, he became annoyed with it.However, Dorothy was the one who had accompanied him through painful days. She even donated a kidney to save him. He would never forget her kindness.As for Olivia…The thought made his blood boil in anger, and he subconsciously pressed down the accelerator harder.He drove to the bar and dialed Zac’s number.“Come and drink with me.”Zac was still outside Cliffside Villa. He looked at the second floor and sighed. “Which bar? I’ll be there soon.”“The old place.”“Okay.”
Olivia’s last scrap of rationale warned her that this was only for a moment, and she should not dream about being able to live in this moment for so long.However, she then heard John mutter, “Liv, the other day in West Village, I saw you in the fire. You scared me. I rushed in without thinking. I thought about how it would be nice if we both died in the fire together.”Olivia’s body trembled more.It made her wonder if those words were really from John.In West Village… Was it John who saved her, not Zac?When Zac told Olivia this, she could not believe her ears. Unwilling to accept it, she did not dare to believe it was really John.John had loved her very much before this and would have done anything for her. However, he… now belonged to Dorothy. He would never save her…Therefore, when she heard John mention the fire, Olivia felt her heart hammering as though she was going to have a heart attack.However, she did not turn around. She remained in the same position and asked,
“Oh, Olivia, don’t try to accuse me of something I haven’t done. Johnny won’t believe you anyway. Just say whatever you want.”Then, Dorothy headed downstairs.While walking down the stairs, she pondered on how she would teach Olivia a lesson and speed up the process of their divorce.Two years ago, John rarely returned to the peninsula. Now that Dorothy had moved into this house, she thought she could get his attention more. She never thought his attitude toward Olivia would improve.She had caused this.Dorothy could not be at ease until she married John.As she walked into the kitchen, an idea popped into her mind, and she smirked....Olivia had not eaten for two days, and her already weak body could not take it anymore.Retaliating against Dorothy had exhausted her, forcing her to lie back on the bed.It was interesting to think about how John had trusted Dorothy to feed her.He was like a fool who could not differentiate lies from truth. He believed everything Dorothy
“What’s the matter?”Dorothy glanced at Olivia and complained as she sobbed, “Liv spilled her soup on me in fit of rage. I’m afraid she might hurt herself…”On the other end of the call, John frowned and coldly said, “Okay. I’ll be back.”After hanging up the call, Dorothy smirked and said, “Olivia, let’s see which of us will get punished.”She would never let John and Olivia’s love be rekindled. She would keep the secret from thirteen years ago and two years ago concealed from him.Olivia watched Dorothy in disbelief. She burst into laughter.Even though it was the same old trick, she knew John would be fooled again.Dorothy was puzzled. “Olivia, how can you still laugh when you know you’re doomed? Johnny will punish you when he comes back.”“Yes, and so what? Dorothy, I’m Mrs. Freeman, and you’re still John’s mistress after all you’ve done, aren’t you?”Olivia smirked and stared at Dorothy. “And I’m already bored of you being a one-trick pony. Do something else next time.”
John strode to the bed and forcefully lifted the pale, thin woman up from it. “Olivia, are you still pretending to sleep? How dare you pretend to be weak when you have enough strength to slap Dorothy!”Olivia slowly opened her eyes and looked at the familiar man before her.“Why can’t you speak?”“What is there to say? Will you believe me?”Her words startled John, making him feel sorry for her.Even though he was drunk last night, he remembered this woman asking him the same question then.However, John had seen the mark with his own eyes. How could he choose not to believe it? He was not blind!He flung his hand out and threw Olivia to the ground.Olivia had no strength left in her. Her stomach was grumbling, and the pain in her lungs was killing her. She was like a broken doll, breaking into pieces because of the fall.As she landed, she had to use her hands to keep her face off the ground. They hit the tiles hard.In a flash, porcelain pieces stabbed into her palm, and bl
Dorothy headed upstairs and stood outside the glass door, looking at Olivia on the ground. She shouted, “Look, Olivia. Johnny doesn’t care about the truth from your perspective.” Then, Dorothy went to open the glass door, but she realized that John locked the door. He had even taken the key with him.Dorothy froze, and she kicked the glass door with hatred. “Damn it!”Olivia leaned weakly against the guardrail. Her eyes were only slightly open. “Dorothy, why are you angry? You’ve won.”“Oh, it makes me angry that you might think my whole plan was just to make you stay out in the sun!”Of course she was angry.She had planned so many things and even found the man from two years ago.However, this was how things turned out.All John did was lock up Olivia and hit her twice. He did not mention divorce or seem to want to kill her.He only asked that b*tch to reflect on her mistakes.No man would be able to stand it if their wife cheated on them. John had hated Olivia for cheatin
There were no windows on the balcony, so she would get wet if it rained.Moreover… she felt like John would not be coming back since he had Dorothy accompanying him.Her heart gave her another faint twitching pain at the thought, but she fought it off.With the glass doors locked and with no way out, she looked down at the lawn she had landed on the last time she climbed out. She probably could do it again...Olivia took a deep breath and carefully climbed over the railing. However, her legs slipped, and she nearly fell.She gritted her teeth and pulled all of the tiles out of her palm. Then, she tried to crawl over the railing again. She moved down inch by inch.However, just before she hit the ground, her hand slipped because it was covered in blood. She fell straight to the lawn, making the tiles in her leg embed deeper into her skin. Olivia did not have the time for this. She needed to get inside.She limped to the front door and keyed in her password, but an error message