Faking her calmness, Sotiria turned around and walked toward the front door of the police station with a deliberate, steady pace. “From the “Book Of Love” that I read, it says that the more men a woman has experienced, the harder she is to tolerate loneliness.” Zachary’s voice wafted into her ears from her back.Sotiria felt as if she had fallen into an ice cavern and all her blood turned cold.“Are you making fun of me, Mr. Connor?”“I’m just stating a fact. We’re not living in a feudal society anymore, and both men and women have physiological drive. It’s the nature of humans, and there’s nothing to be ashamed of to admit it,” replied Zachary. He was standing as straight as a ramrod, and his deep brown eyes were bereft of any emotion.Sotiria’s lips quivered non-stop as her cheeks flared with color.“Even if you’re not making fun of me, I don’t think this is a topic that a man and a woman should talk about. Mr. Connor, maybe I was a loose woman in the past, but I’m no longer t
Garrison was known for his courteousness and gentlemanship. However, his eyes were ice-cold and bloodshot right now.“The doctor said I can’t consummate with Tiria because of a chemical substance, and this substance is normally used in prisons for chemically castrating repeat rapists. Although I haven’t found out how I got poisoned, I know it must be your doing, Zachary!”On the other hand, Zachary’s eyes were cold, but he did not say anything. He did not admit it, nor did he deny the accusation.Sotiria looked at Zachary, unable to close her mouth.Zachary!Was he really the one who had made it impossible for Garrison and her to consummate? Garrison’s body was trembling, and his eyes were rounded wide in anger. “Zachary, you are so wicked! How dare you do such a shameless thing to obstruct Tiria and me? Aren’t you afraid that I will spread the news and make you the laughingstock of the whole city?”“Hoh?”Zachary stuck his arm out of the window. His face was bereft of emotion
“Are you alright, Garrison? The corner of your lips is bleeding. Does it hurt?” Sotiria, who was squatting beside Garrison, hastily took a band-aid out of her handbag and carefully pasted it on the corner of Garrison’s mouth. Garrison’s rage dissipated in an instant the moment he was facing Sotiria. His gaze turned gentle as he said, “I’m fine, Tiria. Don’t worry.”“Okay, can you move? Come, let me help you get up.”“Okay.”On the other hand, Zachary was looking fixedly at Sotiria, his expression cold and unfeeling. The way she looked at Garrison when she helped him to his feet was filled with so much affection and gentleness that Zachary felt as if someone had plunged a blade into his stone-cold heart, and a crack appeared on his expressionless face. After Sotiria helped Garrison to his feet, she did not look at Zachary anymore and just went straight toward Garrison’s car with Garrison.“Stop it right there!” Zachary shouted, his voice trembling slightly.Garrison let out a c
“Tiria, you can’t go with him!” Garrison grabbed Sotiria’s hand tightly, his voice thick with anxiety.Sotiria gave him an assuring smile and said, “Garrison, I don’t want to owe him anything. After paying back the three favors, I will cut ties with him and never see him again. As such, you have to let me go.”“No! I don’t trust him. He said he wants you to watch a movie with him, but what if he does the same thing again like what he did at our wedding the other day? What if he takes the chance to take you hostage and force you to divorce me? Tiria, I can’t watch you dive into his trap without doing anything!”The more Garrison said, the more worried he became. His right hand tightened to the point that his fingers had sunk deep into Sotiria’s flesh. Sotiria, however, did not scream out in pain. Instead, she patted the back of Garrison’s hand and comforted him, “Don’t worry, Garrison. I’ll be honest with you, the person I had lunch with today was Zachary. He asked me to buy him a
There were only two seats in the best viewing area in his theater room. When Sotiria followed Zachary to the theater room, Henry was waiting there. He stifled a glance at Sotiria and said deferentially, “Mr. Connor, which movie would you like to watch today?”Zachary replied plainly, “The same one.”“Yes, sir,” Henry sighed inwardly. Even though he had tried his best to conceal his emotion, one was still able to notice the hint of sympathy in his gaze when he was looking at Zachary. Zachary would always come to the theater room alone for the past three years, watching the same movie.He knew that watching a movie was never Zachary’s intention of coming to the theater room. He was just using the movie as an object of reminiscence.Today was the first time Zachary brought a woman to the theater room. He thought there would be something different this time, but Zachary still wanted to watch the same movie unexpectedly. Sotiria was curious about the movie that Zachary requested. Ho
Sotiria quietly took ten deep breaths to force herself to calm down. Her head no longer had a splitting pain, but her brain felt as if it were poked by a needle, throbbινγ from time to time.At that moment, Sotiria was unaware that this was a precursor to regaining her memories. The next time this happened again, she would regain her memories. Soon after The First Sorceress Princess was released in cinemas, it received countless rewards…This movie was widely recognized by movie critics worldwide as “the most outstanding fantasy film in the past 20 years”. Allegra (Charlotte) was touted as a god-like female artist, the likes of which were so rare that they had never seen in a century.These awards were not like those given to movies with unrefined work peppered with irky storylines, which were bought by bribing judges. These were earned through pure, hard work.Sotiria may be very conflicted about Charlotte at the moment, but she soon immersed herself in the movie, just like she
Only then did Sotiria relax. Her lips continued to tremble.“What…”“Marry me,” said Zachary. His face was like a glacier.‘Huh?’ Sotiria’s thoughts wavered. Zachary lowered his dazzling, crystalline eyes, gazing at her not exceedingly pretty but rather delicate features. “Before you arrived, you said that you didn’t want to be ridiculed, that you wanted to clear your name. I know that it was Virginia who hurt you. Furthermore, Virginia’s the one who killed your mother and caused your fall from grace.”Sotiria was shocked.“How do you know all of this?”Zachary smiled secretively and didn’t answer. Instead, he said, “I even know that based on your individual strengths and IQ, your chances of exposing Virginia are pretty much zero. You’d only end up being locked in prison out of recklessness and stupidity, just like how you tried to force a confession from Virginia today.”‘What? I’m not as stupid as he says! Everything that’s happened today was just a simple mistake, oka
However, after that surge of emotion, Sotiria’s heart was filled with a bone-piercing chill. She swatted Zachary’s hand away with a strength that had come from nowhere.“You’re doing it again, Mr. Connor! You said these very same hypocritical words to me when you tried to approach me at the beginning. I’ve grown tired of listening to them. Don’t you think you should be a little more creative before using these words?”“This time, I’m being sincere.”He stared at her momentarily. The regal, kingly Zachary showed no signs of playfulness in his eyes.“I really do like you. That’s why I stopped you from leaving Rothesay, I don’t want you and Garrison to be intimate with each other, and I ran to save you the moment I heard that you were taken to the police station.”The tips of Sotiria’s fingers trembled.However, she refused to believe it. She shook her head absentmindedly.“Don’t lie to me, Zachary. I can sense your feelings for Charlotte. When I watched her movie with you, your ey