Emily called out to Oliver with a voice full of grievance, her eyes glistening as she looked at him desperately."Emily, don't do this in the future. I saw everything," Oliver murmured softly to her as he glanced at her gently. "Vivi didn’t shove you."Emily’s expression changed in a split second. S
"W-What are you doing?" Violet asked, her voice shaking.Lucius lifted her into his embrace, reprimanding, "Were you planning to just sit here? Don't you want to get your injured foot treated?"He strode out, carrying her to his understated yet luxurious car parked outside.The driver promptly opene
"You need to do additional medical checks to make sure everything is okay," Lucius declared.He skipped the usual procedure and went directly to the CT scan room.Oliver's pale and frail visage emerged in the room Lucious and Violet were in earlier.Emily was receiving disinfection treatment in the
Meanwhile, a cleaner, busy vacuuming the room, accidentally knocked on the table, causing the cup to move and unintentionally sucking the note into the vacuum cleaner.-Violet learned that Naomi had a cold as they left the hospital at about 10 PM. Her old age and fragility, however, made her condit
Violet experienced a shiver down her spine. She turned around just in time to see Lucius leave.How long had he lingered there? She had noticed a shadow lurking behind her earlier, but she had been too absorbed with Emily's interaction to notice it and had mistaken it for a mere shadow of a tree.Op
Emily's smug expression grew as she announced, "Perfect timing. Oliver is about to paint my portrait."Oliver had once mentioned he'd only ever painted a portrait for one girl. Violet hadn't dared to probe further, but now she suspected that girl must be Emily.Violet deeply admired the love Oliver
Naomi's query perplexed Violet. She turned and saw another portrait tucked away in a dimly lit area.The girl in this painting was smiling foolishly and carefreely with squinted eyes. It was her own image.Rubbing her eyes, she confirmed that it was her portrait.The fact that Oliver had painted her
"You wanted me here to provoke me, didn't you? What do you gain from provoking me?" Violet questioned her, her gaze icy.Her straightforwardness stood in stark contrast to Emily, who blushed with anger but couldn't respond.Emily finally said, "I wanted you to see the truth. Our portraits' placemen