Sotiria removed the plastic cover on the paper cup without hesitation and poured the full cup of apple juice into Renata’s mouth. Just then, an ugly man pinched Renata’s nose. Unable to breathe, she swallowed the apple juice. Thud!Sotiria tossed the empty fruit juice cup on the floor, turned around, and left, refusing to look at Renata any more.It had been four years. She had been living frugally. She wouldn’t even give Naomi clothes and toys that were too expensive… And it was all to save up money to help Renata.However, at the end of the day, she had been helping a venomous snake!This snake had turned around and given her a deadly bite.Who knew what those two men would have done to her if she hadn’t struggled profusely yesterday. If Zachary had arrived one second later, that terrible drug would have been pumped into her system, and she would have been reduced to a slave to drugs by now…That way, Naomi’s life would have been no different from having no mother at all!Na
Sotiria felt as if someone were strangling her throat. She had no idea how she had managed to answer.“No! It’s not true! You’re lying. You’re just trying to convince me that your actions against me were perfectly justified. That’s why you’ve deliberately concocted this lie to deceive me.”“Oh, really?”Renata turned around and looked at the two ugly men next to her. Renata’s smile was bitter and filled with disappointment.“You’ve already given me that drink. In just a few minutes, I’m going to become a toy for these two wonderful men, just like you wanted. What’s the use in concocting a lie to deceive you?”Sotiria had no response.However, she refused to give up.She had heard a few rumors over the past four years, but Garrison had told her that she was a good woman who was both pure and flawless inside and out. She had always believed that she wasn’t as filthy as everyone said.However, she had recently begun to be acquainted with her filthy past. It was enough to fill her
Clink!Sotiria tossed the plastic bottle with blue liquid onto the floor. Zachary had given this to her while they were in the car.Renata’s laughter stopped abruptly from extreme shock. Her gaze upon Sotiria changed from disdain to confusion.The two ugly men were dumbfounded from shock. When they saw Sotiria turning around and leaving, the shorter man said, “Miss Green, I thought you wanted us to have fun with her? Why did you give her the antidote? What are we supposed to do now?”“Let her go. Go back to wherever you came from.”Sotiria’s gaze was calm and indifferent. She walked toward the door without turning back.“Well…”The two ugly men were reluctant, but Zachary had instructed them to do whatever Sotiria said. As such, they exchanged looks and released Renata, then sadly walked out the door.Renata had lost all of her strength at this point. Without the support from the two men, she crumpled and knelt on the ground. She no longer cared about giving a good image. She w
Sotiria stopped and stared absentmindedly at Zachary’s devastatingly handsome face.“How much do you love Charlotte Simmons?”Zachary felt as if a knife had sliced through his heart when he heard that name. However, he was used to concealing his feelings, so he simply frowned.“How is that related to our relationship?”“It is.”Every time Zachary surveyed her with his vast yet cold eyes, Sotiria couldn’t help feeling her heart pounding against her chest. She had to force herself to steady her breathing in order to avoid looking too nervous.“I may not know the details of the grudge between you and Garrison, but I know that your vengeance against him stems from Charlotte Simmons. You’re the noblest figure in Rothesay. Celebrities and starlets are lining up to give themselves to you, and you’ve ignored all of them. Yet you’ve approached me just to have vengeance against Garrison. You’ve hugged me, kissed me, and you’ve even pushed me on the sofa and… Cough!”Sotiria’s face flared
Sotiria slowed down but did not turn around to look at him.“We had an agreement. I’d let you take me to Rena, and you’d let go of the fact that Garrison punched you in the face and Naomi bit your leg. We’re even now. From now on, my business is no longer your concern, Mr. Connor.”Zachary, as handsome as a god, squinted his eyes.“You’re not going to find Melina.”His voice was calm and steady, yet it sounded like a sudden clap of thunder in Sotiria’s ears. She immediately froze in place.‘Yes! It was Melina who instructed Renata to put drugs in my apple juice and arranged for those two men to humiliate and destroy me! I may have spared Renata, but I am not sparing Melina. I’m going to make Melina pay!’Next, she was going to have her vengeance on Melina!However, she had not mentioned any of this to Zachary, yet he had already figured it out!“How did you know that? And…” Sotiria calmed herself for a while before finding her voice again. “Why can’t I find her?”“Because she’
Lucas glanced at Zachary. “Er… It’s like this. Melina is currently detained in Second Master’s home. Second Master has instructed me to make a call and have someone force feed that solution once I see you and him arriving at his car. So I made the call about a minute ago.”Sotiria was both shocked and confused. “So you’re saying that Melina has already consumed that drink, correct?”“That’s right!” Lucas nodded complacently. “So you should probably understand what those two ugly men are doing at Second Master’s home by now.”‘Yes!’Sotiria would have to be an idiot if she still couldn’t understand at this point!“Second Master has made accurate calculations. The effects of that solution on a human will only start working in eleven minutes after consumption. Given my superb driving skills, we will only need fifteen minutes to get from here to Second Master’s house. If we run through all red lights, nine minutes should be enough.”Lucas showed Sotiria his watch.“So get in the car
She was hoping for him to pursue her heart more ardently!‘Oh my God! What is wrong with me? I’m Garrison’s fiancee now. Garrison and I will be walking down the aisle in just a few days. How could I have such feelings for another man? Could it be that I’m just a bad woman to the bone? No! I don’t want to be that same woman anymore! I need to sever all intentions I have for Zachary. I’m not going to have any more feelings for Zachary again!’As such, Sotiria shut her eyes and tried her best to get rid of her distracting thoughts.A warm current flashed across Zachary’s usually icy pupils when he saw the look on her face.That resistant, struggling internal battle on her face seemed very cute to him.‘D*mn it! Sotiria? Cute? I must have a screw loose. That’s the only explanation why I’d actually consider a wh*re like her as “cute”.’Zachary realized that ever since he had met Sotiria, he was beginning to develop the feelings he once felt when he met Charlotte that year. When he had
At that moment, Melina saw Sotiria too. She immediately reached out her hands and asked for mercy.“Tiria, save me, please. Tiria!”Sotiria’s gaze turned cold. She walked toward the garage.“Tiria…” The drug’s effects made Melina hot all over as if she was in flames. Her skin was drenched in sweat.“Look at me. They forced me to drink something. If this keeps up, I’m finished. I know they’re only doing this to me because of you. Tell them to give me the antidote.”“Hah!” Sotiria raised her brows indifferently. “What makes you think I’m going to tell them to give you the antidote?”“Well…” Melina, who now looked drunk and out of her mind, was instantly rendered speechless from Sotiria’s reaction. It took her a while to calm down before she could find her voice again.“Tiria, I know why you’re doing this. I admit that I’ve thought of hurting you, but Mr. Connor saved you right on time. I never really caused any substantial harm to you. You shouldn’t hurt me!”“Oh, really?”Sotir