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231. DO I... HAVE FEELINGS FOR HIM?
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Steen did have a small dining table in his office, and just over a month ago, the man also said he would always eat lunch at it. However, in the last three days, Steen for some reason chose to take Vivian out to eat instead of eating at the dining table in his office.
Vivian had no choice but to accept the invitation today too, and that was why she immediately changed her clothes before going to the man's company after reading the text from the man.This was not the first or second time she had visited the company building, and it seemed that some of the employees in the building already knew her, such as the security guards and a few girls sitting at the company's front desk.So, when they saw how Vivian visited the company, they immediately greeted her warmly. They also knew that the CEO's wife had never come uninvited ever since the first incident that happened in the company, and that was why they let the girl go directly to the CEO's office.<Related chapters
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“You said you've been keeping an eye on that woman ever since I ordered you to find evidence from her, right? What did you get from your observations?” Steen asked Vivian while she was enjoying the food on her plate. She just put everything on her plate. She thought she should use the opportunity to feed the baby when she didn't feel like throwing up at the moment, and that was why she planned to eat everything to her heart's content. But then Steen's voice sounded again in the office, and Vivian had to stop what she was doing as she looked up from her plate to the man sitting across from her. Steen's voice was enough to shut down any system in her head, and that was why she had even stopped chewing the food in her mouth, and now she looked like a squirrel with chubby cheeks when she looked at the black-haired man with her pair of wide eyes. At this moment, Vivian wasn't sure if it was an illusion or not, but she could see how the man was smil
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"Are you hurt somewhere?" Right after Steen returned to the mansion, that was the question that left his mouth. In fact, Steen had only returned to the mansion an hour after Vivian had called him. Vivian had indeed asked the man to return to the mansion immediately after she found out the truth about Kate, but the man couldn't do that because he was still a busy businessman. Just like what he had told Vivian before the girl left the company, he had an important meeting today, and that was why he had to delay his return to the mansion. Steen simply said that he would be back in an hour, and Vivian, left with no other choice, could only accept the man's answer. However, Vivian didn't stop there, and she sought permission from Steen to go to the vet before the man returned to the mansion. Of course, Steen was confused, but he also couldn't ask for a further explanation because the meeting was waiting for him, and that's why he could only agree with the girl's reques
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Depression. Vivian thought that Patricia Dahl's depression had been fueled by a car accident that left her confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life, and it worsened after learning of the affair between her husband and her nurse, but there seemed to be something more than that. Steen had just told her about how Kate was purposely giving his mother dangerous drugs to cause depression. Kate was a nurse, which was why Steen said it wasn't difficult for the woman to play around with the medication she gave his mother. One day, he saw how Kate prepared his mother's medicine, and Steen saw medicine he had never seen before. He was the one who personally went to the pharmacy to get medicine for his mother, and because his memory was so good, he remembered every medicine he bought that day. That was why Steen knew that one of the medicines prepared by Kate was not what he got that day, and he immediately confronted the blonde woman. The woman
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It was her last day. Before she knew it, it was already her last day. It wasn't the last day for her to breathe, and it also wasn't the last day the Earth rotated, but Vivian still thought that today was the end of the world for her. It must have been Samantha who gave Elena her number, and that's why Elena was able to text her this morning, saying that the two of them should meet tonight to discuss her final decision. But, what was there to talk about for Vivian? Even if Elena gave her a year to consider, maybe nothing would change, right? Sure enough, Vivian still had to return to her original place, and she also had to return everything to its original owner, who was none other than Elena Vester. But somehow there was a heaviness in her heart when she thought of leaving the Dahl mansion. The large building that, at first, she thought was a giant refrigerator because of the coldness inside it, gradually turned into her home. Ah, ho
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Kate Dahl said yes. She confirmed that it was indeed she who initiated all the changes in the mansion after Patricia's death, including how she moved the garden to the backyard. She reasoned that the mansion needed a new face after Patricia's death, and since Stefan didn't say anything about it, she could easily renovate the mansion to her heart's content. Hearing Kate's answer, Vivian frowned at the woman, thinking it was too easy for her to erase Patricia's traces in the mansion. Yes, Vivian did think that the blonde woman deliberately tried to erase Patricia's traces so no one wouldn't remember her anymore. "Now I can understand why Steen chose to put that large photo frame in the living room. He just wanted everyone to remember his mother's existence in this mansion after Kate changed everything to erase his mother's traces," Vivian mumbled to herself. Kate was no longer standing by her side. The woman said she needed to meet someone today
I'm a Prostitute, Not a Substitute 238. I FOUND SOMETHING
"I found something, Steen!" She was no longer at the household waste collection area at the mansion, and instead, she was in her bedroom when she finally decided to call Steen. It was an ordinary day, and that was why Steen went to his company as usual today. It was almost lunchtime, and Vivian didn't even know if he was busy or not, but she called him anyway after finding something that might give them important clues. "What are you talking about? Why do you suddenly sound impatient and excited?" Steen responded, and Vivian blinked after hearing what the man had just said. At this moment, she only realized that she had indeed been impatient and overly excited ever since she found the strange writing “secret” on the trunk of a single tree in the dumpster area. She immediately went to the maids' residence and asked them to fetch her a spade, and the maids were even confused by her unexpected request. Despite this, the maids still found a shovel
I'm a Prostitute, Not a Substitute 239. A SURPRISE
When Vivian opened the door to Steen's study, she was greeted by darkness before her hand finally found the light switch on the wall, and she pressed the button to chase away the darkness. When she was no longer engulfed in darkness, she could see that Steen's study was no different from the man's office in the company. There was a table and a chair behind it, and there were also three bookshelves filled with books in the room. Just by looking at the many books on the bookshelves, Vivian knew that the man liked reading books. The study did have a similar atmosphere to Steen's office in the company building, but it was slightly smaller than the man's office in the company. There was no sofa or a coffee table in the room, and perhaps that was enough to show that Steen was not expecting any guests in his study. Vivian knew that she could learn more about Steen from this room, but she also knew that she didn't have much time because she needed to find the d
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A name. It was not just a group of letters used to address someone so they would turn to the caller and not ignore the caller. A name had a deeper meaning than that. A name was used to identify a person, used to distinguish someone from other individuals. A name would always stick with a person from the time they were born until the day they last breathed, and even at their final resting place, their name would also be written or engraved to let everyone know that the body buried underground belonged to the owner of the name. A name was indeed an important part of one's life, and that was why one would not feel happy if someone called them by the wrong name. Perhaps that was also the reason why Vivian had returned to wearing a wedding dress today. It was still the same wedding dress she wore months ago when she officially became Steen's wife, but because she was using someone else's name then, she and Steen decided to have another wedding ceremony to announce to everyone that it was
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Someone was standing in the middle of the mansion's stairs. With teary eyes, he looked at the people standing in the living room one by one. His eyes were not only filled with tears, but the two of them were also filled with fear and confusion. He looked lost and lonely even if he wasn't alone in the big building. Maybe the adults in the living room kept talking about Stanley before, but they probably forgot that the kid was also in the mansion the whole time, and they also weren't aware of the possibility that the innocent boy had heard everything from the second floor. But maybe Steen was aware of the possibility, but he simply didn't care at all. That was why he looked away from the boy before saying, "Let's go." Both words were aimed at Vivian and Elena, like how he had suggested the three of them leave the mansion immediately. But neither Vivian nor Elena moved from their positions even after hearing the order, and they both focused their
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Steen somehow could not directly answer his father's question this time. He was still grinding his teeth to suppress his anger, but no words could come out of his mouth at this moment. Recalling the disgusting memory, he remembered how he did not find any used condoms in the hotel room, and it was easy to tell that he had done it without any protection the night before. He wasn't even sure if it was because he couldn't think straight when he did it or maybe it was Kate's intention, but he was sure there weren't any used condoms in the hotel room at the time. He wasn't stupid, and that was why he could see the possibility of her being pregnant after they had a such activity that night, and it was also the reason why he hated that kid called Stanley so much. Even if he didn't try to find evidence that Stanley was indeed his son, he could see the similarities the boy had with him, and it had the power to terrify him. Because of that, he had alway
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Kate had been dragged from the mansion by the police, and even the man named Peter had also been caught by the police. Hence, only four people were left in the living room after Marlon also left the place. There were only Steen, Stefan, Vivian, and Elena in the living room. Everyone still ignored the presence of plush sofas in the living room as they preferred to remain standing rather than sitting comfortably. They all even continued to stand like statues. Even Steen who previously looked the calmest of them, now looked shaken after hearing what Kate proudly said before being dragged away by the police. "I always knew that the child was not mine," Stefan muttered breaking the tense silence in the living room. “I always knew about it, but I didn't expect the child to be yours, Steen. How are you going to explain it to me? Do you like your stepmother? You have treated her coldly all along, but you even got her pregnant with your child. I didn't expect yo
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“Recently, that bitch doesn't dare to touch her phone because her phone is haunted by my mother, right? Ah! Even her fear should be enough to tell that she was scared because she had done something to my mother in the past, but I know that such a thing wouldn't be enough to prove that she was indeed a criminal. That's why I focused on finding something on her phones that were ignored by her out of fear in the past week. On one of her cellphones, I found enough evidence to land her in jail.” When everyone was speechless, it was Steen who continued to speak. Turns out that was his real plan. He didn't plan to pressure Kate so she would kill herself just like his mother did years ago, but he just wanted her to ignore her cell phone so he would get a chance to touch it. Yesterday Kate left the mansion without her cell phone, and Steen took the opportunity to look for more evidence in the cell phone. Finally, he found what he was looking for in one of her cell phones.
I'm a Prostitute, Not a Substitute 298. KATE'S AFFAIR
"SHUT UP! DON'T TALK NONSENSE IN MY HOUSE!" Kate immediately shouted at Peter, but even her voice sounded unsteady as she looked nervous as hell. Her voice was shaking, her pupils were trembling, and even her breathing was ragged. All eyes suddenly fell on the blonde woman, and it was finally Stefan who opened his mouth to respond to the woman, "Are you sure what he said was just nonsense?" Stefan also looked surprised after hearing what Peter had just said, but he still had time to ask the woman that question. At this moment, the woman no longer glared at the kneeling man, and instead, she stiffly shifted her gaze to Stefan. Stefan was her husband, and he was known for his strict and assertive personality. Many people were afraid of him, even Kate was afraid of him before they got married years ago. But today she somehow looked scared again when she had to face the old man even if the man was her spouse. “D-don't listen to what that
I'm a Prostitute, Not a Substitute 297. TRUTH AFTER TRUTH
Steen had revealed everything. He had disclosed how Vivian and Elena were actually part of a family living far away from Haston City, but Elena was kidnapped by Lily and her husband two decades ago. At that time, the twins' parents died in a car accident, and little Vivian was found by a couple after the incident, and she was raised by the couple into adulthood. Steen deliberately did not mention how Sarah had purposely taken Vivian as her daughter instead of returning the child to her relatives, nor did he mention the name of the family Vivian and Elena came from. He didn't think that the information was necessary, and that's why he kept it a secret. And maybe Stefan really didn't need that information, and the story Steen had just uncovered had shocked the old man enough. His pair of eyes widened as he looked at the twins, but he still didn't say anything as he still couldn't overcome his shock. Steen could see how his father was stunned by
I'm a Prostitute, Not a Substitute 296. THE CULPRIT
It was Marlon who had just entered the mansion, but this time he was not alone. His hand was holding another person's arm, and that person's hands were tied with a rope behind his back. After arriving at the living room, Marlon forced the person to kneel in front of the five people. One person looked confident after seeing the person's appearance in the living room, while three other people looked shocked and confused, then one person looked scared as her eyes widened when she saw the person who had just arrived in the living room with Marlon. "So, he's the person, Marlon?" It was Steen who looked confident upon seeing the person's arrival in the living room, and although his question was directed at Marlon, his eyes were glued to the figure kneeling in front of him. “Yes, sir,” Marlon immediately answered his boss's question. “His name is Peter Ford, and he works in a bar in town. He's the one who posted that anonymous article about you, sir.”
