The night after he bought her the dressing table, she had greeted him home and happily had her hands around his neck and even kissed him a few times.The girl’s passion and sincerity… He felt something different stirring inside of him when he recalled those memories.In the past, he rarely thought of her that way, but recently things were different.Just what kind of feelings did he have for her?Was it because she was his wife and he wanted to respect her? Or was it because he wanted to atone for what happened to her grandmother?No, that was not all of it. Perhaps, he had all kinds of feelings for her.Even the type between man and woman. Otherwise, he would not have lusted for her body even after their marriage of three years, and he never got tired of it either.“Is there a reason why you want to see me, Mr. Maxwell?” Lola tightened her grip excitedly.Conrad’s eyes glared at her coldly and asked directly, “You told Fia that Esme employed someone to kidnap her. Do you have
“Say it.”“I want to go to your house?”Fia suppressed her impulse of wanting to mock her and asked, “You want me to create a chance for you?”“Once I have Mr. Maxwell under my thumb, I’ll remember what you did for me. I won’t steal your place as his wife. I know my limits since I’m just from a normal family… I can’t be the madam of a household as large as the Maxwells.“But I can’t stand it anymore! Mr. Maxwell has been completely charmed by Ms. Manning. He didn’t care about your life and death anymore. If I don’t help you take his heart back, you will be removed at any time!”Fia lowered her eyes. How pathetic.Esme Manning… Lola… They were all the same. Even she would become someone different after this.No… She would become even more vile than them… It would be all their fault!“Fine. This evening then. Come have dinner at our place.”“Sure!”“Remember. Don’t completely destroy your relationship with Esme Manning. Maintain your connection and serve her.”“But Mr. Maxwe
“Is it true?” Conrad took one step toward her, unleashing an intimidating aura.Esme took one step back from him out of fear, and began muttering, “I… I… At the time, your cousin pulled you out of the car, and his people smashed my window. I was scared. I suddenly realized that I couldn’t let you leave me. Only you can make me safe. Only you can protect me. All I want is for you to care for me a bit more, so… I…”“So you lied?” Conrad let out a cold smile. “Don’t you feel you’re dirty?”Esme looked at Conrad in terror. “I never said I was r*ped, only that I almost lost my innocence.”“But, you still lied. Your heart… is no longer pure.”Conrad shook his head in disappointment and put his hand on Esme’s shoulder.“Esme, it’s becoming harder and harder for me to understand you…”Esme used this chance to grab his hand. “But I simply love you too much! You and Fia are husband and wife. I don’t know how to make you stay, so all I can do is make myself look as pitiful as possible so t
“Maybe she didn’t know about it and simply made a guess, wanting to destroy your relationship with Mr. Maxwell.”“How so?”Lola approached Esme and whispered, “I’m working at Gryphonheart Hospital, right? So, I found out by chance from a colleague that Doctor Evans is recruiting skilled psychiatrists for a female friend. That doctor is known to keep his distance from women. The only woman he’s close with for now is Fia. I suspect that she’s mentally disturbed.”Esme then remembered how often Fia had been admitted to the hospital. The last time, she had secretly asked a nurse. The nurse didn’t know the facts, but she did know that the doctor had administered sedatives to her.“Lola, what kind of sickness needs sedatives?”“For patients who could lose control of their emotions, such as depression and psychopathy.”Esme was stunned. “Is she really going mental? But she looks quite normal.”“Maybe because it’s in the beginning stages and the symptoms aren’t too obvious yet.”Esme n
Fia suddenly realized that he was so fascinating! Not only did he delete the evidence in Lola’s phone when he said he would “go over to investigate”, but he also didn’t feel any sort of guilt when facing the victim.Even when nothing had happened, she could already see how he would act after it happened.For his childhood love, he could completely ignore his wife’s life.“I went and investigated. Your friend’s so-called evidence is all fake. She doesn’t even have Esme on Messenger!”“You deleted it, didn’t you?”Conrad was dumbfounded. “You’re willing to believe an outsider instead of me?”“I want to believe you, but there’s no need for it anymore.”Fia got out of bed and pulled open one of the drawers from the dressing table.“Do you want to come and take a look?”Conrad went over and gave it a curious look. When he saw the design on the piece of paper, his expression darkened.It was a design for a necklace. However, the feeling the design gave was one of death and darkness
Once they were in the dining room, Conrad helped Fia to her seat and then sat next to her before deshelling prawns for her.Lola could see everything that was happening. She was very jealous and very confused as well.Mr. Maxwell loved Esme, but why would he treat Fia so well at home?Were all men like this? They could treat the wife at home equally well despite having multiple partners outside.“Eat more, Lola. Don’t be shy,” Fia said with a smile.Lola nodded with a smile but she wasn’t feeling that great inside. She was upset that Fia was still acting like she was the mistress of the household. There was no point to act like that in front of her when she couldn’t even handle a homewrecker!Conrad pretended that Lola didn’t exist, but she became bold, getting a chicken wing and placing it on his plate.“Don’t disgust me!” he spouted.Lola was embarrassed to the point of blushing as she began to tear up.“Oh, don’t cry, Lola! That’s how Conrad is. He’s very slow to warm up to
“She really wants that project that much?” Conrad got a headache whenever he thought of it. He was thinking of completely erasing every single trace of that project.He was willing to make a new project for her.“Sir, you didn’t know about it either. You can’t blame yourself for what happened to Madam Thea.” Silas consoled him.He heard footsteps from behind him. Conrad turned and saw Lola. He looked at her with a cold expression.“Silas, send her home!”He didn’t want to see her in his home. He didn’t know what Fia was thinking and why she would befriend someone like that.Lola knew that there was no chance for her to get any closer to Conrad today. In order to not make him detest her more than he already did, she left without any complaints.Only a nightlight was kept on in the bedroom when Conrad walked in. He saw Fia already in bed.Normally, she wouldn’t go to bed that early. She would speak to him about the happy things that happened during the day and would then help him
Just sleep. Everything would be better after some sleep.“Why are you here, Conrad?”Esme couldn’t sleep, so she drove to a bar near the university. Surprisingly, she found Conrad there, having drunk to the point of sprawling on the counter.Conrad was already somewhat drunk, and he looked at the ecstatic Esme.Perhaps it was because both Fia and she shared the same blood from the Lawsons. In that instant he thought he saw Fia.He shook his head and said, “Why are you here, Esme?”“I couldn’t sleep so I came over to have a walk. We used to come to this bar all the time. Fia’s first experience at the bar was here too, all because I dragged her here.” Esme suddenly locked her eyebrows together and explained, “Don’t misunderstand me, Conrad. I didn’t follow you. It’s really a coincidence that I see you here.”“I know.”He had already deleted the GPS tracker on his phone.He took his phone and gave it a look. Fia didn’t call or message him.He then placed it on the table with a s