“Fia, I’m just worried about you. Your uncle came and told me what happened in Gryphon.”“He told you I pushed Britney off a bridge, didn’t he?” Fia then asked sarcastically, “What else did he say? That I’m mentally ill? That I’ve become so suspicious of others that everyone seems like a bad person to me?”Conrad’s face turned cold when he noticed Fia’s emotions start to become unstable. He even wanted to snatch the phone from Fia’s hand so she would not be adversely affected by negative feelings.However, he felt relieved when he saw her smirking at the phone, seemingly not feeling hurt at all.“No. Your uncle didn’t say that.” Conall frowned and said, “I didn’t think of you that way, Fia. I believe you. Whatever you did, you must have done it with a reason.”“Don’t worry. Even if you all think of me like that, I would not mind at all. Besides, Mr. Finn Parker and Madam Barbara were once a couple. So it’s only normal for him to defend his dear sister-in-law,” Fia replied in a moc
Sophia looked at Fia, to see if she agreed with this idea. Fia thought that Tiger was a huge, hunky man so he should be able to handle any kind of danger coming his way. So she said, “I want to pay Britney a visit at the hospital.”Tiger did not probe why she wanted to visit Britney. Instead he told her what he knew right away. “Miss Thomas isn’t there. She was released from the hospital yesterday.”“That early?” Fia was surprised to hear that. “But she had just miscarried a baby and even jumped off a building? Doesn’t she need medical attention at the hospital?”“I don’t know the details.” Tiger was loyal to Conrad and strictly obeyed his order to not tell her full details about that cursed Britney. “Fine. I guess I don’t have to go to the hospital then.” Fia figured that Peter probably had fetched Britney out of the hospital because he feared for her safety. Even if she wanted to find them now, Fia had no idea if they had fled to the Hall’s household or to the Thomases’ hous
“Mrs. Maxwell…” Kent said to her solemnly, “If he’s keeping it from you, I think he’s doing it for your own good. It’s very likely that he doesn’t want you to worry about these matters.”“…”Kent’s words were so reasonable that Fia was not able to refute them at all.“Alright, I’ll give you a call when I find them.”“Okay. Thank you again for your help.” After hanging up, Kent sent a message to Sally.A few minutes passed and no reply from her. Kent figured that Sally was busy with her learning so she did not have time for her phone. So he directed his attention back to his computer and kept on working on his tasks.At noon, Conrad returned from the company. Fia and Sophia were watching something on the television and chatted about the plot of the drama they were watching. When they saw him come home, Fia asked, “Oh, back so soon?”Conrad sighed and said, “I’m home to have lunch with you.”Fia said, “You can resume with your wo
Fia looked at Sophia’s figure as she slipped away and squeezed Conrad’s hand. “Look at how scary you are toward her. She’s scared of you.”“I treat Tiger and Silas the same way too,” Conrad said, not feeling that there were any problems with that. There had to be a boundary between the leader and the subordinate. They couldn’t be friends forever.“But the way you are with Tyler isn’t that friendly either,” Fia said as the thought crossed her mind.Conrad frowned and asked, confused, “You think Tyler and I are friends?”“Aren’t you friends? Why did you save him before if you aren’t friends?” Fia asked as she couldn’t really understand.“He wasn’t the only one that I saved,” Conrad added.Fia pondered and asked, “Other than Tiger, Silas, and Ford… Who else did you save?”Conrad gave it a thought and said, “Silas saved me too.” Otherwise, he would never have kept him by his side as he was so talkative.“True!” Fia looked at Conrad and nodded. “But there’s something about you that
“Just a nightmare about a snake?” Conrad asked in a deep voice.Fia could sense that there was something wrong with his tone, and she immediately glared back. “Of course. What else do you want me to dream about?”“I was just asking,” Conrad said with a frown as he got the car back on the road. Fia stared at his face from the side. Once one’s suspicion had been amplified, one could easily overlook the care that the person had toward him or her. “Conrad, stop being so suspicious!”Conrad quietly gritted his teeth before saying, “I’m not. I was just asking.” After that, he suppressed his feelings and continued driving.Fia felt upset whenever she thought about Esme. “In our marriage, you’re the one who did the betrayal first. Not me.”Conrad raised his eyebrow and said, “Can you please not talk about it? I wasn’t planning to fight with you.”When Fia saw how irritated he became, she instantly didn’t want to talk to him anymore.The two of them reached Marcus’ home, both not wanti
“I understand,” Conrad said as he loosened his fist. He shouldn’t have made Fia angry just now. “I’ll pay more attention next time. I won’t make her angry.”“I hope you’ll remember what you told me whenever and wherever you are,” Marcus said with a smile as he walked into the house.When Fia heard the footsteps, the gloom on Fia’s face disappeared, replaced with a light smile.“Sorry about that, Mr. White,” Fia said as she stood up, showing how gentle she could be.Marcus frowned. “Didn’t I tell you that there’s no need for all these mannerisms? I dislike them the most.”His tone was light and non-confrontational, and it made her loosen up a bit.Fia’s tense body had also relaxed a bit as she sat back in her seat.“Can you treat me, Mr. White?” she asked curiously.“It’s not something that I can do alone. It’ll need the cooperation of your family and yourself,” Marcus said as he took out a deck of cards with strange pictures on them. He then placed the cards on the table in fro
“You cannot terrorize yourself using your own delusions and convict your husband of a crime he did not do,” Marcus said. He was wearing dark-colored traditional garb today. Along with his long hair tied behind his head, he looked like a Zen master.Fia couldn’t help but smile. “Which temple did you come from, master?”Marcus smiled and said, “The temple is where the Buddha is, and the Buddha is in my heart.”Fia couldn’t continue the conversation anymore.He was like someone who wasn’t bound to this world’s primal instincts and needs.Maybe because he had gone crazy once? After he had recovered, he didn’t really care that much about the world anymore.If she had gone crazy too, would she have ended up like him?To be reborn after her madness, so that nothing could ever hurt her again?“I’m still part of this mortal world,” Marcus said in time. “I’m just like any other human being. It’s just that my experiences made me see beyond what our life has to offer.”Fia asked, “Why did
“Go. Don’t run off.” One of the bodyguards followed Esme while the other went to the washroom.Once inside the supermarket, Esme picked up quite a few things while constantly peeking outside.Suddenly, when she saw a black Bentley driving into the neighborhood, she quickly paid for the basket worth of items.Esme hastened on the way back as she calculated the amount of time needed for the car to park so that she could take the ride on the elevator.She was worried that the two bodyguards would become suspicious, so she said, “I’m having a stomachache and I need to go to the washroom, so I need to go back to the apartment right now.”The two bodyguards didn’t say a word. It’s good for them if they were to return early.Esme pressed the button to call for the elevator. When the door opened, she encountered the man who had just parked his car in the parking lot in the basement.“What a coincidence,” she greeted him sweetly.Jason frowned deeply and then saw the two bodyguards behi