Just before the surface of the wine touched her lips, Wolf lowered his glass and looked at Emily with a smirk.
"You seem eager to see me drink it. Is this wine really that special?" Wolf swirled the glass in his hand, still smiling.Emily panicked. "What do you mean? What's wrong with the wine?" Emily pretended to inspect the wine in her glass and took another sip."The wine is delicious. There's nothing strange about it," Emily continued to evade."I think you must think I'm very foolish." Wolf placed the wine glass on the table and stared at Emily."I saw you switch the positions of this wine earlier. Did you think I wouldn't notice?" Wolf laughed.Wolf certainly saw when Emily behaved oddly earlier. She just had to push the wine glass toward him, but instead, she struggled to switch positions when she changed seats.Emily shook her head, but Wolf gestured for her to be silent."But even without that, I wouldn't touch anything handed to me b"Go ahead. I won't consider you to exist. You can try, and Loria will defeat you again. Your desire to possess me will never end beautifully."This was the first time Wolf said it clearly. All this time, his attitude showed rejection, but he never explicitly stated anything. Maybe that was the mistake that made Emily blind and stubborn enough to keep trying."Tommy, please...""Stop calling me that!" Wolf exclaimed disgustedly.Even his father didn't call him by that name. Just plain Thomas. Tommy was a forced affectionate nickname that Emily used to manipulate him."I... love you. You can't leave.""Leave? I would have to stay on first for that. I never did and never will stay near you, so I'm not leaving you! Get that through your head! We are nothing, and even bearing the title of stepmother, you are not worthy, Demon." Wolf spat out. He's sick of Emily's whining."But I did it because I love you. You can't understand?" Another whimper elicited a grimace from Wolf."You call that l
Zoe furrowed her brow as she listened to the recording results obtained by Wolf from Emily. Hearing how Emily tried to justify her actions towards Wolf with words of love sounded disgusting."There's no need to listen to it anymore," Wolf reprimanded, turning to pour his cooking onto the plate. Sausages and asparagus."I think you need to cut some parts to make it sound better. You sound too harsh there," Zoe said, handing the phone back to Wolf and taking her portion of the plate. The part where Emily screamed when Wolf poured wine sounded like attempted murder."It seems you have a lot of experience in editing recordings," Wolf remarked as he sat down and began to eat as well.Zoe smiled shyly, looking down. Wolf was obviously alluding to Zoe's past acts of revenge by manipulating Iris's voice recordings."I won't do anything to that recording. I'm afraid the police won't consider it valid evidence if the recording has been edited," Wolf said.Undoubtedly, editing would render the e
"I'll handle it." Wolf stood before Zoe. He wants to know who the uninvited guest is.Wolf didn't immediately open the door. He checked through the peephole and saw two men waiting patiently, not appearing threatening. So, he opened the door."Oh?" The man waiting seemed surprised to find Wolf opening the door."Who are you?" Wolf asked."Does Mrs. Zoe Edison live here?" the man in front asked.Wolf frowned. He had never heard anyone mention Zoe's name like that before. Usually, if not Loria, then Zoe Anderson. His last name is not associated with Zoe."Who are you?" Wolf asked again. He wouldn't provide answers before they gave clear information."Oh, sorry. We're members of the NYPD. I'm Detective Benson." The man in front raised his coat to confirm his identity, showing his badge."Who came?" Before Wolf could ask further, Zoe, curious, followed behind Wolf to see who had come."AGH!" Zoe let out a small scream and stepped back from th
[No news has been heard by anyone. I feel like Billy is trying hard to cover up this scandal. How? I'll dig into it if that's what you want]Sanchez's message made Wolf frown. After hearing about Max's arrest yesterday, Wolf naturally asked Sanchez why there was no news about it. Sanchez looked into it, and apparently someone was hiding that news—someone who happened to be Billy.[No. Wait. Hold on. If possible, compensate anyone trying to publish this news. I don't want any news circulating. Not yet, for now]Wolf wanted to avoid any news before the issue was clear because he didn't want the media to discover Zoe's involvement. After Sanchez replied, Okay, Wolf turned to Zoe, who was sitting quietly beside him, looking out the window."Can't Zoe skip this?" Wolf asked Cliff, who was in the front seat. Wolf also brought Stefan along to drive.Wolf asked for something that might make Zoe feel lighter. Even though they had arrived at t
"Does that imply that Maxwell Taylor is the father of the child you were carrying at the time?" Benson asked. Zoe nodded."Was this the reason Maxwell Taylor wanted to get rid of you?""Most likely. He didn't want his career to be hindered by the existence of that child."Benson nodded again and wrote down the facts on his paper. A fact Zoe couldn't reveal before due to her coma."So, what really happened back then? Could you tell us in more detail?"Zoe remained silent for a while, and no one rushed her to speak."If you don't want to talk about it, I can ask the police to postpone..."Zoe shook her head, then thanked Cliff with a nod. She would speak. Zoe didn't want anything left unsaid.Zoe recounted everything. The events of that day from the beginning—how Max hurried her to retrieve a forgotten sock from the apartment, her encounter with Iris and what they both did, his anger, and the incident on the stairs.Though halting and
"BUNCH OF IDIOTS! HOW HARD IS IT TO FIND JUST ONE PERSON!"Billy shouted at his three subordinates standing before him with downcast faces. They were tasked with finding Iris.Ever since Max informed him of his breakup with Iris, Billy has been trying to anticipate it by searching for her. However, they have yet to find her. Even after Max ended up in jail, they still couldn't locate Iris."Now what do I do? Max will keep being there without Iris!" Billy raged, hurling a small vase of flowers from his desk to the floor.Billy was searching for Iris because he planned to plead with her. At the very least, he wanted to ask her to retract her testimony in exchange for returning to Max or doing something else. But he had to find Iris first."We've tried searching everywhere, but to no avail. I'm sure Iris is in the witness protection program. I only got information that Iris went into the police station but didn't come out. We can't search without any informatio
"Why so fast?" Zoe stared at the summons she had received in panic.When Benson mentioned that she would receive a summons to attend court, Zoe assumed the trial would take place maybe around one or two months later, but it turned out to be only three days later and effective in two days."I think Benson waited until his file was complete before calling you. That's why now he just has to submit it to the court, and the schedule comes down immediately," Cliff explained. He took the letter from her hand to examine it."I only have to come once, right?"Zoe asked to confirm, as she really didn't want to attend the trial multiple times."Yes, that's why I asked to meet with the psychiatrist who treated you. I need to ask them to answer questions about your condition well. They have to give the right answers for the judge to grant the request," Cliff explained today's plan."I think they'll be here soon. She said they still had a patient earlier,
"He's trying to save himself! So cunning!" Wolf hissed irritably.It was clear from Iris's statement that she only wanted to save herself by blaming Max and Billy."She made them look like she was under pressure to hide the truth about Zoe. Iris then used that pressure as an excuse to justify all her strange actions. She hid from her mistakes by using mental health as an excuse." Sara shook her head, looking annoyed. She was obviously upset when someone used mental health as a lie."She managed to escape using a lifeboat before her ship really sank." Cliff looked at Iris, who continued to sob and cry amidst her words."It doesn't matter. Let it be," Zoe said, folding her arms and staring at the television without blinking."What do you mean, let it be? She's lying again!" Wolf also pointed to the television with a disapproving face."At least she has been honest, especially about me. Whatever she said makes things right; just let it be," Zoe repeated.