Eileen paused, but she stood with her back straight. “There’s no need to reconsider my options. Please thank Ms. Starling on my behalf. I’m a human, after all. Not an animal. I can’t hurt another innocent person knowingly!”Fia looked at Eileen worriedly. After she got into the car from the other side, she looked out of the car numbly.“Our future will only get better.”“Yeah.” Eileen sighed before flashing a smile at Fia. “Don’t worry, I’m fine.”Conrad focused on driving the whole way and didn’t cut in between their conversation.He drove directly to the Koi Gardens basement. No one knew Eileen Reid would be here, so there was no one here at all.Even when she got down the car, Eileen was still covering herself. She then said to Conrad, “Take Fia back to the hospital. I can head up myself.”“Eileen…” Fia looked at her with worry on her face as she held onto Eileen’s hand.Eileen grinned at her, saying, “I’m not that weak. Trust me.”“I want to stay with you.”“Now that the
When they were on their way back from Koi Gardens to the hospital, the two of them didn’t speak to each other.Conrad carried Fia back to her ward in the hospital, but there was already someone sitting there.“Conrad…”Esme looked at Conrad carrying Fia with teary eyes. She tightened her hands and cursed at Fia to die sooner than later in her mind.Conrad looked at her with a frown before putting Fia back on the bed and he said in a frosty demeanor, “Didn’t I tell you not to come here and disturb Fia?”“I have something important to tell you. It’s very important. I’ve been waiting for an hour, and I didn’t even eat breakfast.”Fia raised an eyebrow as she lay on the bed. She sighed. ‘Here we go again. She’s trying to act pitiful to get more attention.’“What is it?” Conrad sat next to the bed and said to her coldly.Esme kept on acting and said, “After what happened to Eileen, I don’t know how they did their investigation but they pinned it on me. Your cousin then started to at
Conrad frowned even deeper and looked at Esme coldly, upset.“That’s not what I…” Mean.Before he could say the final word, Esme cried out first. “Fia, I know that you don’t like how Conrad and I were together. But everyone has a past! No matter what, we can’t erase what happened in the past to make you feel better.”Fia could only feel the pain in her head throbbing as if her heart had been skewered by something.She slapped Conrad's hand away as she stared at her with red eyes and brutally said, “Esme, a shameless whore like you will die a terrible death! Go to hell!”“Why are you cursing me like that, Fia? I didn’t say anything at all!”The more Esme was pretending, the worse Fia lost control of her emotions. She scratched Conrad’s hand and growled, “Let go!”“Calm down!” Conrad stood up, hoping to calm her down by holding her shoulders. Instead, she bit him on the hand instead.“Ah…” He gasped out in pain.“What are you doing, Fia?! You’re not a dog. You shouldn’t be bitin
The person on the other end was silent for two seconds. “Ms. Manning offered 300 thousand.”“Give me an account number. I’ll transfer 150 thousand first. Once it’s done, I’ll transfer the remaining 450 thousand.”After she hung up, Fia could feel her limbs go cold as she felt nervousness overtake her.She had never spoken with those people, but she really couldn’t let go of what Esme wanted to do to her.She must reveal the true face of his childhood love to him!Inside the general surgeon’s office.“Conrad!” Esme grabbed Conrad’s arm, her face filled with fear.Conrad gave the doctor that was bandaging her a look and said, “I can’t help with anything here. The doctor will deal with your injuries.”Esme grabbed his arm and refused to let go.Conrad pulled his arm out of her grasp and the impatience in his eyes became apparent.“I won’t repeat myself and there’s nothing else to say. Goodbye.”He turned around and walked out, worried that Fia would let her mind wander too far
When Fia turned around, her face and ears became red uncontrollably.The handsome man that was properly dressed a moment ago was wearing nothing but a pair of boxers, and his perfect abdominal V-line was so alluring.“I don’t want my clothes, alright?” he asked sincerely.Fia couldn’t help but gulp as her eyes shifted away. Her heart began to beat even faster.The man was becoming more and more unpredictable.“You still think I’m filthy? You can’t expect me to shred my skin, right?” Conrad said with a sad tone. However, it was not girly at all. His voice was still cold, but there was a hint of lethargy in it.Fia bit her tongue and accidentally bit the spot where she had bit before this. It was so painful that she winced.“What happened?” Conrad instantly became anxious. “Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Wait for me. I’ll get the doctor.”Fia pulled his hand and said, “I’m fine.”She took a deep breath and said, “Just don’t let her in and annoy me.”“Yeah, I know.”S
Sapphire was stunned before her smile became even more widened and honest.“Even then, that’s the person that we love. Isn’t marrying him a dream come true?”“…” Fia could only remain silent.“Fia, we’re both the same. Neither of us is any better than the other, so don’t advise me to give up just like I never advised you to. Even if the path we take is a lonely one and we find out that we have chosen wrongly, we at least tried it and gave it our all. That’s better than not doing anything at all.”But slowly, Sapphire’s smile disappeared from her face, and she looked at Fia cynically.“You and Eileen Reid are good friends, right?”Fia’s hand tightened. She couldn’t hide any of her emotions from Sapphire anymore as she looked at her.“I know that the reason you asked me to come over is to let go of Victor, am I right? All of you think that he doesn’t love me, so I shouldn’t pester him. But my feelings are genuine. Why should I be the one to let him go? He didn’t ask for my help th
Conrad carried the breakfast over and pretended not to see her worries.“You’re awake. I’ll get you some water to wash up. You can have breakfast after that.”Fia’s eyes were fixed on him. When he came over with a basin of warm water, she asked, “You knew?”“You already guessed it,” Conrad said calmly. He wasn’t that interested in Victor’s marriage.He placed the basin of warm water on the chair and dampened a towel to wipe her hands and face. He then put some toothpaste on the toothbrush and asked her to brush her teeth.Fia took the basin and brushed her teeth as her eyes shifted.The entire atmosphere for the day was very quiet and calm. After they had breakfast, Conrad saw Fia looking at the window dully. He asked, “I’ll take you to Ms. Reid?”Fia felt very conflicted. She knew Eileen. She didn’t want to see her at a time like this.However, she did want to accompany her. She already knew that this was how things would develop after Sapphire helped with the video.Just as
“Conrad, give your cousin a call!” Fia held her phone as the words that Eileen had said echoed in her ears. She felt rattled by it.Conrad pulled the chair and sat opposite the bed, his deep eyes focused on Fia.“Our interference means nothing when it comes to this.”“Can you ask him what his plans are for Eileen after this?”There was a sense of urgency in her eyes. She had been cold toward him, and this was the first time she was begging him like this.Conrad was silent for a moment before saying, “Sure.”His relationship with Victor had always been sour since they were children. He really didn’t want to interfere if he didn’t have to.When Fia saw him dial the number, she quickly said, “Can you put it on loudspeaker?”“Sure.”The moment the call went through, Victor’s relaxed voice came. “You must be very free to give me a call, cousin. Are you calling to congratulate me?”Conrad glanced at Fia and then said to the man coldly, “Now that you’ve married Sapphire, what will h