Tension instantly rose in the air as Tyler turned to study Vicky sharply.Just as she tried to understand why Tyler was staring at her, he questioned, "What have you done?"Her heart sank when she met his cold eyes.When she failed to respond, he walked over to her and grabbed her by the wrist. "Vicky Shaw, I'm asking you what you've done."He had not raised his voice, but his presence instantly became extremely intimidating.She stared blankly at the man before her and muttered, "I didn't do anything..."Tyler was so gentle with her earlier and seemed to have completely transformed into a different person at the moment. Vicky found it hard to accept or adapt to the change."Vicky Shaw, I better not find out that you got rid of the child behind my back." He glared sharply at her with a hint of contempt in his eyes. "Or I will make sure you pay for it."He let go of Vicky and walked out of the room.Bam!The door slammed shut behind him, and the doctor left the room after cast
A few moments later, Vicky's phone started vibrating once again.She stared at the caller identification on the screen and expressionlessly blacklisted the number....That night, Tyler did not return home for dinner, nor had he called or texted her.Vicky had not attempted to call him either.She thought that she would get into a conflict with Tyler when he found out about the masked man. To her surprise, their marriage had been ruined by a child that never existed in the first place.Because of it, their relationship seemed to have returned to the original state where Tyler ignored her whenever he wanted, and she found it laughable that she had no clue as to why he treated her that way.Just when Vicky thought that Tyler would be spending the night outside, the bedroom door opened and Tyler strode in.Without sparing a single glance at Vicky, he walked straight into the bathroom for a bath.His phone started to ring as soon as he was done with his bath.Not at all concerned
The man slowly approached Vicky, and each step he took felt like a sledgehammer to her heart."You blocked my number, so all I could do was to come and see you."'This man is insane!' she yelled inwardly.As the masked man got closer, she ran out of patience and grabbed the lamp by the nightstand and flung it toward the man, but he simply tilted his body to dodge the attack.Crash! The lamp slammed onto the ground and shattered into pieces.The only light in the room vanished following Vicky's action, but the man had only been delayed by a second before he started to walk toward Vicky once again through the shattered glass.The shattered pieces of glass cracked as the towering figure approached in the most intimidating manner.Facing the masked man was different from calling or texting him.During the day, she had been in the depths of her despair and risked it all to shut him out, but all the courage she managed to summon vanished as soon as she saw him in person.It was only
'How did I get myself involved with this pervert?!' she screamed inwardly."Perverts love being scolded. Keep going." The man's mask glittered in the most terrifying manner under the moonlight, and Vicky felt like she had fallen into a never-ending nightmare.Just then, the man asked, "Vicky, do you want me to leave you alone?""That comes with a price, right?""That's right," the man said coldly. "Steal confidential information from Tyler Hart for me, and I'll leave you alone. How does that sound?""Dream on!""If that's a no, then you can only wait until my insomnia is cured.""And if your insomnia never...goes away?" she blurted out asking."Well, then," he whispered casually, but his words pierced through her like pricks of ice, "I will never let you go."Her blood ran cold as fear overwhelmed her.She did not doubt for a moment that he was joking; it was a warning....The next day, Vicky woke up with a throbbing headache, and she jolted when she saw the shattered glas
Tyler studied the shattered glass by his feet and asked, "What happened?"Vicky panicked and said, "I accidentally dropped the light last night, and it was too late to clean..." Not daring to meet his eyes, she muttered, "W—When did you get home?""In the morning."Vicky did not have the courage to ask him about where he had been. "Go ahead to the dining room for breakfast," she said. "I'll clean the room.""Leave it." He reached to grab her wrist. "Leave it to Nanny Paterson. Come and have breakfast with me.""Okay..."The breakfast seemed to stretch indefinitely.To her bewilderment, Tyler did not leave after breakfast, and he simply remained sitting in the dining room with his coffee as he watched the finance news.Vicky was both confused and worried that Tyler would notice something, so instead of asking him about it, she decided to go upstairs to change and head to the studio."Vicky." He set down his coffee and called out to her abruptly. "Pack your things and come with
Just then, Vicky noticed something odd about the phone Tyler was holding.She frowned when she realized that he was using a different phone instead of the usual one he owned. Throughout the time she had spent with Tyler, she never saw him using this phone, and it seemed obvious what could require a man to possess two phones at the same time.Vicky quietly moved toward Tyler and stared at his phone.Tyler finally noticed her presence when she was getting too close and snapped his head up abruptly to look at her.The look in his eyes darkened when he saw her and he simply asked with a composed voice, "When did you come downstairs?""Just now." She kept her eyes on his phone. "Have you gotten a new phone?""No." The faint signs of shock had faded from his face. "It's for work.""Work?" Vicky looked at him. "I've never seen you with this phone before.""It's for the business trip to Drome. Sometimes, when I don't want others to know my number and can't turn them down on the spot, I
Apart from the time Tyler returned from a business trip, he had not been intimate with her since then.After being married to him for so long, Vicky knew that he had needs, and it was abnormal for Tyler to restrain himself. On top of that, it had been some time since he held her in her sleep.Even when their relationship was at its worst, he would still hold her close and sleep with her in his arms. Lately, however, he would not touch or hug her and seemed to be distancing himself from her.The only explanation Vicky could think of was that he had another woman.Once the seed of doubt was planted, its root would spread and take over a person's heart swiftly.'Maybe...' The photo she once saw in Tyler's study room emerged from her memories. 'Maybe the woman in the photo has returned.'...Harry arrived shortly after, but instead of accompanying Tyler on the business trip, he simply left after sending Vicky and Tyler to the airport.Four hours later, the plane landed in Drome.A
The man acted swiftly and caught Vicky before she slammed onto the ground."What's wrong? Were you having a nightmare?" Tyler asked, his handsome features faint under the moonlight.Vicky would have felt safe when she saw him at any other time, but fear had taken over her at this moment, and she hysterically tried to get away from him. "Let me go! Don't touch me... Go away! Go away!"She was feverish and completely out of control, which she had not been except for the first week since she returned home from Forever Night."Vicky." Tyler stared into her eyes. "It's me."Vicky's eyes remained dazed and unfocused as she struggled to distinguish dream and reality.She continued to fight his embrace and screamed, "Let me go! Let me go right n—mmph!"Tyler lowered his head and captured her lips. Unlike his usual forceful ways, his kiss was gentle and consoling at the moment.Tyler was never a gentle and caring man, but when he acted that way, there was not a woman on earth who could