Derek’s POVIt wasn’t going to be easy. Hell, the last thing this was going to be was easy.Fuck! Lia, sweetie, what the fuck have you done?I kept replaying Walter’s words in my head, trying to find something, anything that could help me prove Lia’s innocence. God! None of this made any fucking sense.I rubbed at the throbbing pain in my head when Lia’s screams echoed in the back of my mind, not stopping anytime soon. I hated myself for making Walter tell her that I was dead. I hated hearing her yearn for me, her voice breaking from shock and sadness, painful denial writ in her voice.But I would be lying if I said it didn’t make my heart happy as fuck when I realized that even the possibility of my being dead and no more in this world would make her that fucking sad, like she couldn’t even ever accept it for it would be too painful. Her cries for me broke and fixed me all at the same time.I never doubted how much she cared for me. But the way she was avoiding eye contact with me at
She might not have been the one to add poison to the food but she certainly was doing a good job of acting like she did.I needed to get to the bottom of this.She needed to tell me what the fuck was going on. What worried me most was how stiff her whole body was as she anxiously looked everywhere but at me. Her gaze flew to the windows twice. She wanted to escape.“Get up”, I ordered her, keeping my voice gruff and uncaring. If, it physically hurt me to admit it - she was the one who poisoned me, it would be better to stay cautious and not lay out my heart in front of her only for her to break it apart in a million pieces.She didn’t budge, keeping her gaze down.At the end of my patience, I didn’t try to ask her again.
Caspian’s house looked even more elegant now, the moonlight reflecting off of its surface made the glass exterior look spectacular….. but it was just too treacherously big for me to admit to liking it. Aiden and I had fallen asleep whilst talking. Thankfully I’d set up an alarm so I’d made it to Lucy’s by 5. I took a cab because I didn’t want to bother Aiden, he’d been asleep anyway. And then when I reached Lucy’s friend's apartment where she was staying, she wrestled me into a skin-tight, red, strapless dress which had a slit right up to the top of my left thigh. And then she practically shoved my feet into some high-heeled Louboutins after applying some mascara, a light blush and a rosy red lipstick despite my protests on her dressing me up more than was needed. “Would you hurry up there, Bella ?” Lucy frustratedly called out to me as she sauntered over to the horrendously huge house. How she could walk in six-inch pencil heels would remain a mystery to me for the rest of my l
Muting the movie, I turn to him with a stern look on my face as if to say, ‘Back off mister.’ “You look adorable when you’re angry,” Aiden says, laughing as he pokes my cheek. He pays no heed to my anger radiating towards him. “You are an insufferable nuisance,” I state in all seriousness as I look to the screen where the movie is still playing. I keep on ignoring him even when he tries to make me talk so many times. I’m just so done with his mind games. Once, he’s warm and loving….. then he’s cold and distant in the flash of a second. “Will you tell me what’s bothering you ?” He asks, his tone softening as he entangles his hand with mine on the space I’d made between us on the bed beneath the sheets. “Nothing. It’s just that…. I, uh…” I can’t think of a way to tell him what I feel without sounding like a complete maniac. “Well, that was very elaborate of you,” Aiden replies, laughing at me as I pretend to be mad at him but a smile creeps up onto my face. “Let’s start
Tipping my chin up, he looks up at me with a torn frown, his gaze moves down to my lips just as I lick my bottom lip. “I… uh ...um”, I start with my stuttering…. as always “You’re adorable when you blush.” He gives me a lop-sided grin as he brushes a strand of hair away from my face and tucks it away behind my ear, making me blush even harder. “I should get going, so…..” I start but am cut off by him placing a finger on my lips…...interrupting me. “You know, you are now living in my house, right ?” He says, a mischievous grin spreading over his face as he subtly wraps an arm around me. “Yes,” I answer, curious to know where he’s going with this. “So you should repay me somehow, don’t you think ? It is the American law after all.” He playfully says, pulling me into him by my waist so that my one hand rested on his shoulder to maintain my balance. “Hmm….we must abide by the American law obviously.” I replied, winking at him. But before he can reply, I continue, “And we,
“You look cute when you’re feisty,” Aiden says, giving me a lop-sided grin. What the fuck ? How could a guy go from being so rude and angry to flirty? “You’re insane,” I yell at him. This guy is seriously making me lose my mind. “I don’t know about me being insane but girls sure as hell go insane when they’re under….” He starts, sporting a mocking grin as he leaned against the counter. “You make me want to scream my head off !” I shoot back. His mood swings are giving me a headache. “There are many other ways I can make you scream,” Aiden replies, winking at me. “That’s it, I’m out of here,” I grumble, pissed off by his blunt remarks. Just as I am about to step into the elevator, his hand blocks my way. “What ?” I snap at him. Rubbing the back of his neck, he says somewhat nervously, “Well… since you don’t have an apartment, where will you live ?” Wow ! Seeing Aiden go from playful and flirty to nervous and hesitant in the flash of a second made my head spin……..
“Go to sleep, Bel.” Aiden says. Instead of protesting, I just sigh. Too tired to do pretty much anything. My heart fluttered at the nickname he’d given me, Bel. I kind of liked the sound of it. Just a little bit. Exhaustion taking over me, I fell asleep to the feel of Aiden cuddling me like a baby. …….. The first thing I see when I wake up is the sunlight streaming in through the huge bay window, a few feet away from the bed. Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, I try to get up but then I notice that my form is practically meshed into the muscular body sleeping so peacefully next to me. His leg was tangled into mine, and his arm was over my stomach, gripping it lightly. For a moment, I was starstruck by how hot he looked. Getting up on my elbows, making his hand slide from my stomach to my waist, I just couldn’t get over the fact how someone could look so hot and appealing so early in the morning. His messy hair and his manly but also kind face paired with all of his ta
Aiden further nuzzles into my hair, I can feel the corners of his lips quirking up into a small smile against my hair as he pulls me into him, his hand wrapping around my waist. His coconuty woody scent paired with his warm body pressed against mine and the exhaustion from everything that happened today and the stress of my apartment flooding and me having nowhere to live takes over my brain as it finally shuts down and I fall into deep slumber. My body feels so hot all over, I feel like I’ll melt from the heat coursing through me. Aiden’s chin is on my head and his hand is wrapped tightly around my stomach. His legs are tangled with mine. My breath hitches when I notice how far his shirt has rode up my body. My black panties were peeking out from under the shirt since it had rode up almost to the top of my thighs. I quickly pull the shirt down, my body stilling once I realize I might’ve woken him up by my sudden action. But he makes no move and I can hear him breathing
After Gu Shengrui made a look at Arnold, Arnold understood, went to Mu Haoxuan's hospital bed, pulled the chair aside and sat down. After closing the door in cool summer, he asked, "What happened at that time?"Mu Haoxuan looked at cold summer has pushed the door out, dare to say what he saw at that time. Cool summer is very dangerous, the other party is to kidnap her, prepared, cool summer around hidden unimaginable danger.Cool summer and Gu Shengrui stood outside the hospital door, tossing until now, it was more than one o'clock in the middle of the night, and the night sky was dark and breezy, with a slight chill."Gu Shengrui, can you void the contract? In fact, you just want to play. It's the same who you want to play with, but I can't afford it. I'm afraid. I'm implicated in people around me now. Gu Sheng Rui, I was wrong, I should not listen to advice, at that time in the grassland kidnapping my people said, and then contact you will not be so simple processing. Please, let me
Arnold had no time to ask more questions, so he got into the car and sat in the driver's seat. After he started the car, he looked at Gu Haochen sitting in the co-pilot seat through the rearview mirror. Sure enough, his face was pale and his breath was slightly shortness of breath.Gu Shengrui never drives by himself, because he has had an accident before, and he is basically not afraid of anything, but he is afraid of driving, because a few years ago, he had an accident, a big event, something he never wants to mention. It took him a year and a half to overcome his phobia, but he never drove his own car again.No matter where he goes, he never drives. Even the extremely coquettish cars he decorated in the news are never driven by himself. Most of them are done by Arnold.However, he came by himself today because he was too anxious."Are you all right?" Arnold couldn't help but ask.Gu Shengrui didn't answer, but tried to restrain himself, sipped his lips and endured it, trying to sup
How can you not call a taxi? He and Su Lixin have been playing together since childhood. He knows his living environment too well. Who said taxis can't enter? He had a bad feeling and ordered anxiously: "Find a place where there are many people!"Cool summer is really thunder constitution, how is it so easy to offend some unknown people?"Won't be so terrible? It should be fine, and it is about to walk to the door." Liang Xia looked at the gate not far away, hooked his lips and said, "I seem to see my taxi, it doesn't matter."The cool summer voice just fell, and suddenly it was pulled by the hand sticking out from behind the tree. She just wanted to call for help, but her mouth was covered, and she struggled feebly, but the other party covered her mouth with a wet towel from behind. The other party was tall and strong, and she couldn't break free at all."Woo", cool summer struggled hard, but it didn't have any effect at all, and it was still shackled. The mobile phone fell to the gr
On the third day after Liang Xia was discharged from hospital, she returned to work normally. She had been working for five days, and everything was normal, except... Gu Shengrui really didn't contact her again. Cool summer is not good to contact him actively, but cool summer knows that Gu Shengrui came on the day he was trapped in the elevator. She clearly remembers that he said, let cool summer live well. But why don't you contact her anymore?Finally, after many days in cool summer, I finally found a reason and took the initiative to call Gu Shengrui: asking for salary.Chapter 34 Encounter Danger AgainHowever, cool summer unexpectedly did not think, the other party unexpectedly hung up her phone. With what? Is this man crazy?Arnold, who was watching the excitement from the side, was stunned and asked, "Cool summer?"Gu Shengrui nodded slightly and rubbed his temples. Recently, company affairs made him too tired. I woke up early in the morning and said that the cervical vertebra
Just as the scheme of entering from above was about to be ruled out, Gu Shengrui said, "No, other people enter from below, find something to support the elevator, and continue to go in above to save people. In the fastest way, there must be someone inside, I promise, and you must save her and live."When they heard the sound, they turned their heads. Everyone knew that he was Gu Shengrui, and they all felt his look of not being angry and arrogant.Gu Shengrui lay prone at the elevator entrance on the second floor and shouted at it: "Cool summer! You give me life. Cool summer, otherwise Mu Haoxuan, Rebecca and even all your family members will die. You know me, live for me!"Liang Xia, who was in a coma, seemed to hear someone calling her. She was woken up. She opened her eyes slightly and listened carefully, so she really heard Gu Shengrui's voice and heard him say, "Live for me."Liang Xia spoke slowly and tried hard to shout, but she didn't have the strength, so she had to move her
After the phone was dialed, Gu Shengrui anxiously grabbed the phone and asked the other end: "What about cool summer?""It seems to be trapped in the elevator for several hours." Su Lixin walked anxiously outside the elevator door, and his ears were filled with complaints from the staff from time to time: "What's going on? Is it stuck? Going down from above? Will it work? Hey, what should I do?"Firefighters and elevator maintenance personnel all said that the inside of the elevator was broken and stuck between the first floor and the second floor, which was very difficult to repair. But if there is someone inside, you can't wait and repair it slowly. In this way, everyone is under great pressure. One minute and one second later increases the danger of people inside.Peripheral staff knocked on the elevator and roared inside: "Is there anyone inside? Can anyone hear you? Please answer." However, there was no response at all. In the end, the answer given by the staff was: Either there
Once upon a time, watching others worship God and Buddha, believe in Christ and worship Jesus, they always pretend that I am an excellent socialist successor and tell others that we can't be superstitious, you know? But now, here, she suddenly understood that you don't believe, just because you are not desperate enough, and you haven't reached the moment when there is no hope. At that moment between life and death, all those who have hope will believe. Cool summer now can't wait to kneel down and pray with great concentration. She must let her live. She wants to pray to God and pray to the gods. She wants to grow up in cool summer. She hasn't done anything bad for so many years except stealing pocket money from her family in the first grade of primary school and running to buy snacks.Furthermore, it was accidentally riding Gu Shengrui's neck, which made him ashamed, but she also paid off what should be paid back, and Gu Shengrui had already retaliated what should be retaliated. Why?
Liang Xia hugged his knees tightly, buried his head between his knees, and kept chanting: "Gu Shengrui, your uncle's, Gu Shengrui, your uncle's."At this time, the cursed person is having a video conference, and his previous analysis of education industry projects has done a good job. The monopoly after-school tutoring institution founded by Gu Shengrui was officially launched. After discussing with a group of people, he decided to set up all institutions near colleges and universities at one time, and began to recruit qualified tutors extensively. There was only one month between the training period and the recruitment period.Gu Shengrui stressed at the end of the meeting: "All business opportunities are the same as news, and timeliness is the most important point. On the opening day of our office building, I asked to open directly, but if it was late, my ideas would be stolen. All our previous efforts will be in vain, so everyone worked hard. Once there is any problem in the implem
See, people who have only seen it once despise Gu Shengrui, so he is hated, and it is really not extreme in cool summer. Cool summer is very appreciative of Mu Haoxuan's action. Under the influence of a good mood, she specially drilled into the kitchen and cooked a big table of food well.Cool summer specially prepared wine to drink to look down on Gu Shengrui together.Mu Haoxuan is a very good man. Liangxia thinks his future wife must be the happiest woman in the world, because he always washes dishes and cleans at home, and even occasionally helps Liangxia wash clothes. Cool summer sometimes contemplates that Mu Haoxuan will marry his wife in the future. How will she collect some training fees with the other party? In fact, Mu Haoxuan is so excellent and knows how to take care of girls. Is it her credit?After going to work the next day, Liang Xia watched all the news as usual, and then routinely logged into the registered trumpets on his major websites, and praised all the recent