“Don’t speak while you eat,” Fia said as she ate even quicker.Conrad waited for her to finish. When she wanted to leave the table, he grabbed her by the wrist.“What are you doing?!” Fia stared at him with wide eyes.Conrad grabbed a paper towel and helped her wipe the edges of her lips.“Look at how you’re eating. You’re eating like a child.”Fia quickly moved his hand away and pulled a paper towel herself. “I can do it myself.”When Conrad saw her hurry out of the dining room, he said, “Have some good rest in the afternoon. Let Mrs. Taylor know if you need anything. I need to go to work.”“Whatever!” Fia left and then ran into Mrs. Taylor.“You’ve finished, madam?”“Yes.”“Then I’ll take you to the second floor. There are a few changes between the bedrooms in this mansion as well.”Fia frowned and looked back at the dining room.She then whispered, “Mrs. Taylor, I’ll sleep in the guest room.”“Why?” Mrs. Tyalor led Fia up the stairs. “We can talk as we go.”But she d
The air conditioner was switched on and she adjusted the temperature to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. She climbed up the bed and gave Eileen a call.Eileen picked up very quickly. “You’re back in Koi Gardens? I’ll visit you tonight after I’m done with work!”“I’m back with Conrad now.”“Huh? Didn’t you say you want to move to your mother’s apartment after you’re discharged?”“He doesn’t allow me to.”Eileen sighed. “He doesn’t allow you, yes. But you can’t bear to separate from him too, right?”“He said that I should stay here so Mrs. Taylor can take care of me.”“True. I’ve delayed my work earlier so I have to catch up. I can’t take care of you.”“Focus on your work. Don’t think too much,” Fia said. Originally, she wanted to ask her if she knew that Victor’s marriage was on the twentieth of next month. But she was also worried that it might harm her, so she didn’t want to ask her about it.Eileen gave her surroundings a glance. It was still not her turn, so she went back to the dres
Their eyes met.The firmness in his eyes became even stronger.Fia couldn’t understand. She was confused.Why would someone who put so much emphasis on his career want to stop his plan of expanding to the capital city?“Fia, to me, my family is more important than my career right now.”Conrad turned and stepped forward toward Fia. “Do you understand what I’m trying to say, Fia?”Fia took a step back uncontrollably. The burning sensation came again.“Conrad, do you even know what you’re saying?”“I know.”“You…” Fia shook her head hastily. “You don’t understand anything. The reason that you’re saying all of this is because of your own guilt. Or maybe because you’re used to me waiting for you at home.”Conrad knit his brows. “I admit. Those might be some of the reasons, but that’s not the whole story.”“How tainted,” Fia said as she felt her heart sink. The reason that she married him was because of love. But the reason he married her or the reason that he wanted to continue t
The bodyguards and the staff glared at the person before noticing who it was. They were speechless as they looked at their boss.Conrad used his foot to straighten up the chair that he had kicked and then took a seat. He then knocked on the bar table saying, “Whiskey on the rocks.”The bartender glanced at the man sitting next to Conrad, poured some whiskey into a glass with ice, and pushed the glass toward him.Conrad raised the glass, raised his head, and finished it in one gulp.“Another one!”After four glasses, the man sitting next to Conrad couldn’t bear it anymore.“Don’t try to get yourself killed in my bar!”Conrad stared at Victor and said, “You might be operating a business here but you’re not the boss of me.”Victor pulled off his sunglasses and mockingly stared at him. “What? Your wife just got discharged and you end up here? What did she do to you?”“Shut up!” Conrad slammed the glass on the bar table and glared at the bartender. “Another!”The bartender looked
Reaching half an hour later, Fia had driven one of Conrad’s cars and parked it at the parking lot before going over to the bar.Even though it was in the middle of summer, the wind was still a bit chilly.She wore something with long sleeves that didn’t show her neck and ankles. She had her hair down, and she was pretty enough with just her natural beauty.The moment she got out of her car she had already attracted the attention of the opposite gender.A beauty with a luxurious car, especially a woman who was beautiful even without any makeup, would tempt any man.Three men came out of the bar, their hands around each other. They were unable to walk in a straight line because they drank too much.Fia was walking toward their direction when she took a step back to make way for them. However, a man caught her wrist.“What are you doing?!” She said in shock as she tried to pull her hand out. “Let me go!”“Wow! This girl is quite feisty!”“Let go!”“Come have fun with me. I’ll tr
“I’m going to say this only once! If you don’t get away from him, I’m not going to show you any mercy!”“Ha! You’re lying!”“It’s just a broken bottle, do you think you…” The woman to Fia’s right couldn’t even finish her sentence when she felt a sharp pain in her neck.The jagged edges of the broken bottle were already placed by her neck.“What… What are you doing?!” That woman was so scared that her face turned pale.Fia looked at her like a mad person and said, “What do you think I want to do?”She pressed the bottle at the woman’s neck, and the other women were so scared that they quickly walked away.All of them looked at her nervously.“Don’t be rash…”“It’s just a man… We won’t touch him, alright…”“That’s right… Put the bottle in your hand…”“Don’t do anything rash, okay…?”The woman that was being kept as a hostage began crying.Fia frowned. “What are you crying about? I haven’t stabbed you yet.”“It still hurts…” That woman mumbled. She didn’t even dare to breath
“Feeling confused? Why didn’t you just die from all the drinking?!” Fia said in a sneer.“How could I die from that?” Conrad was feeling somewhat sad as he tried to get up from the bar, but he began to sway as he lost his footing.Fia quickly went over and supported him, saying, “Why don’t you look at yourself right now?”As their eyes met, a glint of light appeared in Conrad’s eyes.He wanted to ask her not to divorce using his drunkenness as an excuse. “Fia, can we not…”“Can you please not talk?!” Fia said as she held his hand, and then held his wrist. There were too many people in the bar, and it was quite noisy too.She instantly felt agitated like water being boiled in a kettle on an open fire.She was getting a headache just looking at him like that!She wanted to just kill him on the spot after smelling all the perfume on him.“Come home with me right now!”When Conrad heard the words “come home,” his eyes brightened up.He grabbed her and said, “Sure, Fia.”“Stand
That darn Victor. He better not give him the chance or he would return the favor ten times worse!Once they were back in the mansion, Fia slammed the door loudly and woke Mrs. Taylor up, who was asleep on the first floor.When Mrs. Taylor came out, she saw Conrad thrown like a ragdoll to the ground by Fia and she quickly greeted them.“Ah! What’s going on? Why would you drink so much?!”“Mrs. Taylor, please help me up.” Conrad smiled helplessly as he looked at Fia walking up the stairs angrily. He realized that he made a great mistake.Ever since he married her, no matter how drunk he was, he would never ask her to pick him up.However, not only did he have her pick him up today, she even saw him being harassed by a group of women.“Why did you do something like that, Master Conrad? You finally got rid of all the obstacles and the madam could have some hope, why would you make him that angry with your drinking? She still hasn’t fully recovered yet!”“It’s my fault,” He said. If