Vanessa started bawling her eyes out.No! She didn’t kill Jessica! It was James who did it!He wanted to put the blame on her!How could he do this to her?Vanessa shook her head violently. She looked up at James through her tearful eyes, begging for his mercy.Yet James seemed to be pleased with his decision. He kept his knife and nodded, “It’s settled then. Oh! By the way, you have better behaved yourself, Vannesa. If you don’t, your parents might end up in the same predicament as you.”Vanessa’s tearful gaze changed into one of hatred. She glared daggers at the monster, but her glare meant nothing to him.Vanessa slumped to the floor.How did things end up like this…It was just a dress. Why was he making such a big deal out of it?James admired her depressed and pained look. He clicked his tongue. “You’re so pitiful.”With that, James turned to leave.Suddenly, a noise came from the door.James’ face fell. “Who’s there?”He hurried to the door. When he looked outsid
“Miss Moore! Help me!” Camilla yelled at Tamara. The two men caught up to her and grabbed her arms.“What are you doing?” Someone from the crowd tried to help Camilla, but they quickly bit back their shouts when they saw the two scary men.Tamara heard the familiar voice and turned around unconsciously. She only saw the busy crowd and couldn’t figure out who was calling out to her.What was happening?Were her ears playing tricks on her?Tamara retracted her gaze and headed for the lift.Camilla watched as Tamara left. Despair ate at her. She was dragged out of the building by the two men.“Aren’t you a runner? Go on! Try running off again!” One of the men slapped Camilla across the cheeks. He narrowed his eyes dangerously at her.Camilla groaned. Her cheeks had started swelling.“Alright. Let’s hand her over and call it a day,” said the other man. They started dragging Camilla off to the warehouse.“Did I say you could leave?” a soft voice suddenly sounded behind them.The
The man yelled and howled in pain. He was no match for Tamara. All she needed to do was land a few punches, and the man crawled on the floor, begging for mercy.After a while, the man lost the strength even to groan. Tamara finally let him off. She flipped her hair and turned to Camilla. “Are you okay?”Camilla was shocked to see Tamara in action. Her jaws had fallen to the ground. Tamara’s voice pulled her back to reality. Camilla shook her head. “I’m fine…”Tamara stalked closer to Camilla and held her arm. “I’m sorry you were caught up in this mess too.”“Not at all…” Camilla shook her head. “It’s not your fault. I…I overheard something. But they found me out.”Tamara raised an eyebrow. “What did you hear?”Camilla told Tamara what had gone down in the warehouse. She pulled out her phone. “I recorded everything down. Here.”Tamara wasn’t expecting Camilla to overhear such crucial information, but instead of joy, Tamara only felt scared for the girl.James was cruel and bruta
The knife felt cold against her skin. Shivers ran down Tamara’s spine.“Who was that?” James’s voice was gentle, but the knife against Tamara’s skin betrayed his emotion.Anger boiled inside James and woe betide anyone who dared to cross him.Tamara’s eyelashes trembled. She turned around suddenly, causing the knife to slice through her.James put the knife away unconsciously. He widened his eyes.” Have you lost your mind?”Tamara’s clear eyes were void of any emotions. “You’re the one who lost your mind. How many people have you killed?”James pursed his lips. It seemed that the cat was out of the bag.So what?James gave the knife to one of his men. “I am just trying to get rid of the ones standing between us, Tamara. Can’t you see? Vanessa is in love with me.”His words amused Tamara. “Why would I care if Vanessa likes you?”James’ face darkened. “You ought to. You are my fiancée, after all. And as my fiancée, you must know everything about me!”James grabbed Tamara’s sho
Tamara wanted to ignore it at first. It wasn’t a deep wound, to begin with. It would heal fine on itself.But James insisted on patching it up, and Tamara was too tired to argue with him.After the doctor patched her up, the nurse brought in dinner.The two people sat across from each other, eating their meal quietly. Tamara avoided eye contact and kept her focus on the food, aware of James’ gaze drifting toward her from time to time.Tamara ignored him.James kept glancing at her. The only reason why Tamara was eating with him was because of that person.This piqued James’ curiosity.After dinner, Tamara sat on the couch and scrolled through her phone.James muttered faintly, “It’s getting late. Aren’t you going home to rest?”Tamara groaned, “I will.”With that, Tamara left the room.James gave his bodyguard a look. “Follow her. Make sure she doesn’t come in contact with anyone.”“Yes, Mr. Gladwell,” complied the man.…Tamara went straight home to the Moore manor. The
Tamara couldn’t hold it in anymore.Tears started to roll down her cheeks. She quickly turned her head away from Old Mrs. Moore.But Old Mrs. Moore misunderstood Tamara’s action. She thought Tamara didn’t accept her apologies.Her reaction made the old woman anxious. “Please don’t ignore me, Alex. I’m sorry. I really am. Won’t you look at me, Alex? Alex…”It took everything within Tamara to keep all her bitterness and sadness in check. She wiped her tears away and turned back to Old Mrs. Moore. She smiled, “What are you talking about? Why would I be angry with you? I’m doing fine in Londsville. I have a loving husband and two good children. They’re very obedient…”Old Mrs. Moore stared dotingly at Tamara. “That’s my Alex. You’ll always be the brightest star in the sky. You’ll fit right in anywhere.”“Of course!” Tamara nodded but couldn’t bring herself to meet Old Mrs. Moore’s gaze.She was afraid she would cry again if she did.Old Mrs. Moore held Tamara’s hand tightly. “It wa
Tamara’s heart raced. She immediately chirped up, “Got it. I’ll send someone over now!”They finally got the last ingredient. They were so close to getting the antidote!Tamara almost jumped for joy. She didn’t head back to James’ ward. Instead, she waited outside the lab.She didn’t send a lot of men over for fear it would arouse James’ suspicion. Tamara prayed that they would get the herbs back safely.Time ticked on, and an hour had passed since the phone call.It was an hour’s journey from the airport to the hospital, but her men had yet to arrive. Tamara couldn’t help but frown.Another half an hour flew by. A bodyguard suddenly walked over. “Miss Moore, Mr. Gladwell is asking for you.”Tamara groaned, “What does he want now?”The bodyguard shrugged indifferently. “I don’t ask questions, Miss Moore. You should ask him yourself.”Tamara pursed her lips. She shouldn’t act out of the ordinary during these crucial times. She nodded, “Fine. Lead the way.”She checked her watc
James continued smiling gently at Tamara. “That’s alright. I’m fine as long as I have you.”“You’re insane,” sneered Tamara.James didn’t mind her harsh words. He also didn’t care if Tamara liked him. He just wanted her for himself.Tamara lowered her gaze and pursed her lips. Her hatred for James was burning brighter by the day.The atmosphere in the ward tensed.Tamara kept glancing at her phone, awaiting her men’s news.James saw her restlessness and suddenly chirped up, “Can you send for the doctor, Tamara?”Tamara rolled her eyes. “I don’t want to.”James fell silent.He sighed, “My men are busy with something else. Please just call the doctor. Is it that difficult of a task?”Tamara scoffed, “I get a headache from the thought of it. My stomach twists and turns from helping you. All in all, it will be an unpleasant experience for me.”James felt speechless.Tamara was like a land mine. One wrong move, and she would go off.James narrowed his eyes at her. As he stared