“Hahaha! Run? Where to? How? They want to kill me because of that woman! You can’t escape too if you’re with me!”Esme laughed out in a craze. “She’s so lucky! Why didn’t that truck crush her completely?!”She had tossed Fia down the van when she saw a truck coming from the opposite direction.“Stop it and listen to me if you want to live!”Hope appeared in Esme’s eyes. “You know a way?”“But you have to promise me this. Once we’re done here, leave the country with me and never come back!” The man wished he could kill her, but as much as he hated her, he was also in love with her!Because of her, he had turned from a teacher to a vagabond. He could never ever cleanse himself again!“Fine, I promise you!” Esme held the man’s neck and kissed him deeply.As long as she could leave this place alive!One day, she would return, and she would return all the humiliation and pain she had suffered.… “Mr. Maxwell, Director Parker’s men have found Ms. Manning!”Conrad stopped as he l
All they could hear were cries as there were people playing in the river further upstream.The vehicle carrying Esme suddenly burst into flames and fell into the river.Everything happened so suddenly and quickly that Silas and Tiger were all shocked.Conrad and the others quickly ran over, with Silas following behind them.At the riverbank further away, a man in black wearing a black hat looked at Conrad who was on the bridge over River Fane.He smirked wickedly and glanced at where the truck fell before leaving without alerting anyone.“What should we do, Mr. Maxwell?”Conrad’s eyes were red. Red from fury.“Find her and bring her to me! I want her corpse even if she’s dead!”“Of course!”Conrad glared at the river's surface. Everything had happened too conveniently!Esme couldn’t have died just like that!Fia was very angry at him right now. He hadn’t taken her to Fia to explain to her yet!His fists cracked loudly as things spiraled out of control.“Oh, cuz… I never t
Even if she couldn’t see, she didn’t want him to think that she was staring at him!“It has nothing to do with you.”Eileen pursed her lips and said, “She did a brain scan. It's a brain hemorrhage. The doctor said it formed a clot and it might have pressed on some nerves.”“Don’t waste your breath on him, Eileen.”Eileen then said with mixed feelings, “She needs to rest and can’t take any more provocations. Please speak to her gently.”“Tell him to leave!” Fia said stubbornly.Eileen then looked at Conrad and begged, “Please go for now.”Conrad really wanted to hug Fia, but when he saw how cold her expression was, he listened to what Eileen had to say and didn’t do anything else.But he didn’t leave. He intentionally walked away but stopped when he was at the doorway.He wanted to protect her.“You leave too.” Eileen stared at Victor.“I didn’t do anything to hurt her. Why should I leave?” Victor sat on the chair.Eileen had just wanted to yell at him when Fia asked, “Is wh
“Oh, speaking of which, do you still want a divorce?” Victor let out a snicker and continued. “Betrayed during your marriage, getting so many injuries, you lost your child and your health. Don’t tell me that you still don’t want a divorce?”Victor ignored Eileen’s angry eyes and said, “If you still don’t want a divorce after all of this, then you deserve this.”Fia’s body trembled as her eyes began to show nothing but sorrow.True… She deserved it all.She knew that he didn’t love her, yet she wanted to marry him anyway.“Can you stop, Victor?!” Eileen looked at Fia worryingly. “Don’t listen to him. He never worked well with Conrad, so he wants to provoke you to divorce so he could feel better!”“No… He’s right. I deserve all of this.”To Fia, what Victor said was really cruel.He showed her the truth that she never wanted to see.Conrad couldn’t just watch anymore and said, “Victor, just give up if all you want is to watch us suffer! I don’t have an ex-wife, only a dead wife!
Victor had not married yet, but Eileen’s reputation was already endangered because of her relationship with him. Had they been outed after his marriage, she would be blamed for being a homewrecker for knowing fully well that he was already married.That would completely ruin her!She couldn’t make Eileen end up like her!“I can help,” Conrad said in a deep tone and his eyes grew darker.Esme was missing so he couldn’t prove his innocence.He needed to find a way to make her stay with him! And Eileen’s predicament was a very good opening.Fia was stunned as she let go of him with her hands shaking. She sat down on the bed and grabbed the fabric of her pants tightly.Her eyes were staring right into the air as she scoffed.“Does it come with a condition?”“Yes.”“Alright. I’ll agree to it.”Conrad looked at her in shock. She didn’t ask what the condition was and simply agreed to it.“As long as you can help Eileen leave Victor and let her go free, I’m willing to do anything y
“Eileen, I told you. When you signed the contract with my company, you’d be mine, alive or dead!”Eileen thought back about how stupid she was in the past. She didn’t know Victor was someone so scheming!She thought that his domineering attitude toward her was out of love for her.Even after he told her to get an abortion, she still believed that he would only treat her that gently because she was special.She even wanted to hold on to him, hoping that one day he would say that he loved her and wanted to marry her!She never realized that the contract she signed all those years ago would become the chain that bound her.Eileen smiled as she endured the pain from being choked. “Then, let me die!”“Do you think I would mind?” Madness began to overtake Victor’s eyes as he slowly put more strength into his hands.Eileen continued to look at him with a sneer. Even when her face was slowly becoming red and she was having difficulty breathing, she didn’t beg for her life.Yes… Kill h
Fia avoided her question and said with a smile, “I’m the one who should apologize to you, Eileen.”“I can’t finish the other two dresses now that I’m like this.”Eileen frowned and she couldn’t hold it anymore as tears flowed down her face silently.Even now she still remembered the dresses.“Don’t worry, Eileen. I’ll ask Conrad about it later. He has plenty of talented staff in his company. I’ll somehow send the designs to him and get those people in his company to complete them for you.”“No need. You already finished one, right? I’ll wait for your eyes to recover so you can complete the other two.”Fia paused and mumbled, “I don’t know when that’ll be.”… After Conrad left the hospital, he drove to River Fane again.He needed to find Esme. Even if she was dead, it was still something that he could give Fia!“You’re here, sir!” Silas ran over when he saw the car stop by the roadside.“Found anyone?”Silas shook his head. “We found one of the officers’ bodies. There were
Conrad knew that it was pointless to explain to her. He turned to Eileen and asked her in an irritated tone, “Why did you bring her here?”“I wanted her to come here,” Fia said as she pulled Eileen back and took a step forward.However, she was still looking in the wrong direction. She wasn’t facing Conrad but an empty space next to him.“I wanted to see if you’re going to be here by the riverside.”She bit her lips and said, “I knew you'd be here, though. You can’t give up on any hope to save her, right?”“I…” Conrad looked at Fia. She had a small frame. However, he felt that the person in front of him was a giant rock of ice.He wanted to explain, but she cut him off. “The bus exploded and fell into the river. She’s dead.”With that, she passed the phone to Conrad.“Fia said that I received an anonymous message on my phone. Take a look.”Conrad received it and then saw the message.’ll curs