“Ah? What’s with you today, Second Uncle? What on earth are you trying to say? Who’s a wh*re? Who has AIDS?”He turned around and looked at Sotiria, who was lying on his bed. Zenios’s handsome, devilish face was clearly twisted.Zachary raised his brow secretively. “Your eyes tell me that you understand what I’m saying.”Zenios shivered.Sotiria’s mind was buzzing. A bad feeling rose from within her like a cold current.“That’s right. She’s the wh*re I’m referring to.” He looked at the barely-clad Sotiria once again. Zachary’s icy eyes showed no signs of warmth. His tone only held disdain.“Zenios, you’ve never recovered from Carlie’s death. Aside from your occasional drag racing, you kept yourself confined in your home for at least 350 days a year. You need to go out and see the world so you won’t end up like this, unable to even identify what kind of woman you’ve slept with.”Sotiria curled her lips unhappily.‘See! It’s no wonder Zachary’s being so cold to me. He’s complet
The corners of Zenios’s lips twitched. However, he did not say another word. Only the disappointment in his blue eyes lay suffocatingly thick.Four years ago, when Charlotte had left, it was as if she had taken his soul along with her. From that moment on, he seemed to have turned into a hollow shell. Earthly pleasures, sorrow, joy, or anger were nothing more than smoke and mirrors to him. They no longer affected him at all.He could no longer dive into a role and continue acting.He had no choice but to announce his retirement from the entertainment industry during the peak of his career.He thought of Charlotte every moment of every day. He couldn’t even be bothered to care about his looks. He allowed a beard to grow wildly on his face. He held onto her picture every day, gazing at the autographed book she had once given him, and shut himself in his villa, using it as his prison…The weather had been terrible today, so it had made his spirits decline even more. So, he had taken
Zenios never looked at Sotiria at all. He simply lifted his finger and pointed to his right, to the front.“The door is there. I won’t be sending you off.”“Okay…”Sotiria curled her lips helplessly. She quietly took a breath and walked to the door.It had just stopped raining. A bright ray of sunlight was streaming down from the gloomy clouds. Sotiria, who had arrived at the courtyard, couldn’t help turning back to look at Zenios.She was a stubborn girl and was never a simp.‘But… Zenios Connor! Why can’t I seem to feel repulsed by him, despite knowing how cold and distant he is to me? Why do I feel so reluctant to leave him?’Sotiria walked out of Blue Water Bay.Zachary’s car was currently parked outside the gate. He was leaning against the car door, speaking to someone on the phone.Just as Sotiria was walking past him, she noticed that he had just ended the call, so she paused in her footsteps and said, “Mr. Connor, I believe that there’s been a misunderstanding.”Zacha
Zachary turned around and got into his car once he had said his piece.Bam!The car door was slammed shut.Sotiria watched as the luxurious car drove further and further away. Sotiria’s eyes gradually changed from disappointment to disdain.‘See! Zachary isn’t as passionate as he used to be when he pursued me. He’s not the same Zachary, who’s always on the brink of losing control to make him his own! Now, Zachary’s just like the rest, and he scorns me too. He sees me as a “snake”, “a loose woman”, “a sl*t”... If that’s the case, why should I even bother with lowering my dignity and explaining myself to him? It doesn’t matter. I’m someone else’s wife now, anyway! And I’m leaving Rothesay the day after tomorrow! As long as neither he nor Zenios ever calls me to pay off my “debt”, I’ll never set foot in Rothesay again. I’ll forget about him, and I’ll never see him again!’Zachary held the steering wheel tightly. His dark, inky, icy pupils stared fixedly at Sotiria from the rearview m
“Huh? What do you mean…”The immense shock caused Sotiria to nearly lose grip on her phone.“Tiria, why are you acting so strange? Has something happened?” Marco, who spoke on the phone from the other end, sounded concerned.Sotiria had to calm herself before she could find her voice again. “Hold your questions, Marc. I’d like to ask… What were you doing around 12.30 p.m.? Did you know that Virginia used your phone to call me?”“12.30 p.m.… Let me think…” Marco racked his brain. “Ah, I remember. I had just arrived home at the time, so I went to take a shower because I was drenched by the rain. I didn’t have my phone with me during my shower. I left it on the living room table.”Sotiria immediately understood.However, Marco continued. “Tiria, I just checked my phone records. There’s no mention of any call I made to you after 12.30 p.m. Besides, my phone’s password-protected. No one else can access it but me. Auntie Virginia couldn’t have possibly called you with my phone. Maybe
Sotiria picked up her feet and walked past the security guard once she had said her piece, completely ignoring his existence.“Stop right there, Miss Green!”The security guard grabbed Sotiria’s arm. He squinted his long and narrow eyes and examined her hourglass-shaped figure from top to toe, never bothering to conceal his desire.“Alright, I have a soft heart, especially when it comes to sexy women. I could never bring myself to hurt them. How about this, Miss Green? Come into the security room and have fun with me. Then I’ll let you in. What do you say?”Sotiria immediately felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She had initially planned on icily swatting the man’s hand away, but now she couldn’t move at all.‘Sotiria! Just how weak and undignified were you in the past? To the point that even a security guard in your family home would disrespect you like this?’When Sotiria did not respond, the security guard thought that she had agreed. As such, he walked to her front, o
Sotiria smirked. “You have a guilty conscience. Of course you wouldn’t be able to understand what I’m saying. You’re the kind of person who would never cry unless death is staring you in the face. You’d never admit to it if I asked you straight off like this. I’m not going to waste my time with you. I’ve called the police. I’d love to see if you’ll still be as tight-lipped once you’ve been taken to the police station for interrogation!”Virginia’s face was as white as a sheet of paper.If Sotiria died, everyone would think that it was just an accident. No one would suspect her.However, by some miracle, Sotiria had actually survived.Regardless of how flawless her plan was, Sotiria would definitely be able to uncover incriminating evidence on her, even if the police were not involved, as long as she refused to let her go.That was a murder attempt!She and Elizabeth would be doomed if they found anything against them!Elizabeth, who was sitting next to Virginia, was so frightene
Marco’s clear eyes were a mixture of sorrow and sympathy when he saw Sotiria.“It doesn’t matter what others think of her. She’ll always be my childish little sister. No one can ever replace her in my heart.”“Sigh! Marco, You… Sigh!”Harvey could only sigh.Sotiria stared fixedly at Marco. Her eyes filled with tears.‘Don’t worry, Marc. From now on, I’ll be a good woman. I won’t ever let you down again,’ she thought silently to herself.Unbeknownst to everyone else, Elizabeth, who was trembling from fright, was now glaring sharply at Sotiria. The viciousness in her eyes was as deep as an abyss.Just then, a police siren echoed from outside the main gate.Virginia, who was on tenterhooks, was so frightened that her face turned ashen when she heard that sound.Two police cars were parked outside the main gate.Six policemen in uniform got out of the cars. They strode proudly into the courtyard. The leading policeman sternly asked, “Which of you is Sotiria Green?”“I am.” Soti