Conrad could feel another headache coming. He stared at Fia saying, “No matter what, you have to apologize to Esme about what happened to her last night.”FIa tightened her fists and asked coldly, “If I don’t?”“Then I’m going to hold you responsible for this as well!”“Hold me responsible? Did I bite her? Or did I slice her?!”“Ah! Conrad, I’m so scared!” Esme screamed and held Conrad’s arm again, screaming as loudly as she could.Fia’s eardrums were hurting from the screaming.Jason frowned and started to get rid of the two. “Please leave, both of you.”Conrad was worried about Esme as well. He took her in his arms and quickly left to look for a doctor.Fia’s tensed body relaxed. Even when she sat on the bed, all she could do was look down as her tears blurred her vision.“There’s something that I forgot to tell you.”Jason then told her about it without her asking.“That lady was admitted in the middle of the night with wounds all over her body. She almost jumped down fro
“Why… Why did they treat me like that? Conrad! Please help me. I don’t want to live anymore!”Conrad could feel his heart thrown into turmoil and he placed his hand hesitantly on Esme’s shoulders.“I’ll help you get justice.”They had just gone to see a psychologist, and according to his analysis, she had Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome.If she were to recover, she would need to be accompanied by someone she trusted the most.As Thea had passed away, Beth and Hank had to be at the Lawsons’. With what happened to Esme, he needed to stay with her right now.“Conrad, I know I’m holding you up.”Esme had been crying to the point that her eyes were swollen and she looked at Conrad pitifully.“Go back to the company and work. I can ask my mom to accompany me.” Conrad frowned. He was worried that Esme’s parents would start a fight with Fia.“Esme, can we talk about it? Let me handle this, alright?”“How are you going to handle this?” Esme looked at Conrad pitifully.Conrad gulped an
Fia knew very well that her mom didn’t want her to divorce. And she didn’t want to make her worry.She said with a smile. “Not bad.”“Is he coming back in time to accompany you lately?”“Yes, just like in the past.”Echo patted Fia’s hand and said, “Good. I can rest easy now.”When Fia remembered her grandma’s passing, she was saddened.Suddenly, she wanted to tell her mom about her pregnancy.She was worried that her mother would suddenly leave just like her grandma.“Mom, there’s something that I need to come clean with you. You’ll be happy once you know it and you won’t worry that much about me anymore.”“What is it?” Echo looked at her expectantly.“Mom, I…”She was just about to tell her when she heard familiar footsteps coming from behind her. She instantly zipped her mouth.“Why are you here too, Conrad?” Echo asked.Fia turned around and glanced at Conrad, lying to Echo and saying, “He went to park his car. That’s why he’s slightly late.”“You shouldn’t have come
“Do you even know what you’re talking about right now, Fia?” Conrad let Fia go and massaged his temple.He then tried to explain, saying, “She had been humiliated and beaten by those men. She was almost raped.”Fia looked at how annoyed he was and repressed her pity toward Esme.She then said in an icy voice, “They didn’t do it to her in the end, right?”“How could you be so cold-blooded?” Conrad looked at Fia in disbelief. “She’s your cousin.”“And she’s your first love. Your Aphrodite.” Fia’s voice and expression were both biting cold.“Fia, you…”“I don’t want to continue this conversation. Do you want me to apologize to her? Fine, withdraw the lawsuit.”“What did Victor give to you?” Conrad tightened his fists.He told her not to communicate with Victor.In the past three years, she had always done her best to perform her duties. Why did she change so suddenly?“You can think of any reason you want, but if you want me to apologize to her, you’ll do as I ask.”The four e
Esme showed Fia all the bruises under her hospital gown. “Look, Fia! This is what you made your best friend do!”“Is that right?” Fia sneered. “If I didn’t see what happened to you, I might have believed you. But now, I’m sure that you did all of this to yourself!”Esme was stunned.Fia then pursued her brutally. “Your face is so pretty… If a few men really did rape you, how could your face be completely unharmed?”The more she continued it, the more ironic she found it. Because she needed to thank Conrad for his teachings.And this made him become more than just a naïve fool.Esme’s face turned pale as she tightened her grip.“How can you be so disgusting right now?”“Disgusting, am I?” Fia let out a smile, which made her quite attractive.“Cousin… Conrad was the one that cultivated this disgusting person, you know?”“You’re shameless!” Esme roared as her face twisted from anger.Fia then said, “If you don’t want me to remind Conrad of your little trick, then please convinc
“What?!” Eileen looked at Fia in shock. “Why don’t you use this chance to show what kind of a woman she is to Conrad?”FIa laughed in a defeated tone.“From what I know about him, even if he knew what happened, he would simply suppress this. The reporters won’t be able to publish those reports.”Eileen scowled as she couldn’t argue against her point.Fia then continued, “If that’s the case, why should we waste our effort?”Eileen then looked at Fia pitifully, “What should we do, then?”Fia took a deep breath and said, “Leave this to me. All I want is to protect the child in my womb.”After Eileen took care of all the reporters, Fia went back to Esme’s ward.“Fia, I beg you. Don’t tell him what happened or he’ll be very disappointed in me.” Esme begged her with a woeful look.She kneeled on the bed and begged Fia with her hand clasped together.“For old time’s sake, alright?”“Cousin…” Fia said in a cold tone. “There’s nothing left between us anymore.”Esme was stunned. “The
“Madam, I’ve looked after him since he was a little boy. I wish for him to find happiness.”“He believes that he’ll find happiness by staying with Esme.”Fia ate only a few bites before heading upstairs.After taking a shower, she was feeling sleepy. She looked at a certain spot on the bed and felt that it was filthy somehow.She pulled the sheets away and lied down only after she changed them.“How can you still sleep?!”Fia had only just managed to fall asleep for a bit before someone pulled her up.She looked at the person next to the bed in confusion.“What now?”Conrad was so angry that he grabbed her arm even tighter.“What did you say to Esme? Why is she asking me to withdraw the suit against Victor too?!”Fia lowered her head. She didn’t have enough sleep and wasn’t feeling that well.She said in a soft tone, “Is that very strange? I told you already before going over to apologize to her. I’ll apologize and you’ll withdraw it.”“Esme is the victim! She never would
“I’m sorry.” Conrad apologized again as he let go of Fia’s hand before turning and leaving.He didn’t know what happened either. It felt like he was being possessed. He didn’t even know what happened anymore.Fia lied back in the bed as she gasped for air like a fish out of water.She wanted to cry, but she felt that crying meant humiliation and she refused to be humiliated further.She wanted to scream, to curse, but she was out of strength.She felt like she was going crazy.She once again fell into a deep sleep and only her ringtone woke her up in the evening.“Hello?”She was too tired to see who called.Wallace, who was on the other end of the call, was silent for about two seconds. “Fia? It’s me, Uncle Wallace.”Fia sat up and held her phone tightly.“What is it, uncle?”“You haven’t told your mom about your grandma, right?”“Yes, I haven’t.”“Good girl. Come to your grandma’s funeral tomorrow with Conrad.”“Alright.”Fia was worried that the Lawsons wouldn’t allo