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
Pregnant?“What did you say, doctor? I’m pregnant?” Olivia looked at the doctor in disbelief.The doctor sighed. “Yes, but Ms. Larson, you have lung cancer. You are not fit for pregnancy.“I told you before to rest well, but you refused to do chemotherapy, and you’ve been admitted to the hospital every three days with injuries. Ms. Larson, no one can save your life now, even if he’s a God.”Finally, the doctor pursed his lips and suggested, “Ms. Larson, abort the baby. You can live an extra few days if you do.”All that remained in Olivia’s mind was the fact that she was pregnant.After a miscarriage two years ago, the doctors said she would have trouble conceiving again. For the next two years, she indeed never conceived again.Now…She lowered her head and rubbed her hands back and forth over her stomach. This was a baby she had gained throughout all this pain. How could she abort it?The rift between her and John had started with her miscarriage. If she kept this baby, mayb
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