(Leo's POV)When I woke up, Flora was lying on the bed beside me, and the first person I saw was her."Flora..." I called out her name, only to realize that my mouth was terribly dry.At this time, Abbi Miller, sleeping beside my bed, awakened. When she saw that I was awake, she jumped up happily and screamed,"Leo, you are awake!" She was so noisy."I want water," I said to her.Abbi Miller quickly poured me a glass of water. After drinking the water, I asked, "How is Flora now?"Abbi Miller's eyes Floraded mine for a moment, and she said, "She's not life-threatening now, but... she lost a lot of blood, and the doctor said she didn't know when she would wake up.""What?" I opened my eyes wide and looked at Flora beside me.Her sleeping face is still so beautiful, like the sleeping beauty in fairy tales. However, she was also like Sleeping Beauty and would not wake up."Leo, calm down. In fact, it's the best situation now. At least she can't betray you and hurt you again." Abbi Miller
(Leo's POV)I gave Abbi Miller ten million to stop talking about marrying me or seeing my mother again. Otherwise, the 10 million fraud amount would be enough for her to spend hundreds of years in prison.After a short time, my injury recovered. The trauma on Flora's body had also improved, but she still hadn't woken up. I looked at her. Sometimes, it felt like she would wake up the next second, but it also seemed like she would never wake up again."Flora," I called her name softly. She did not accept my call and continued to fall asleep. I kissed her lightly, but she still didn't wake up. She was not Sleeping Beauty. She was in a vegetative state.This despairing reality confronted me once again. I didn't want to put her in a hospital, so I could only take her home, find someone to take care of her, and buy the most advanced equipment to check her vital signs at any time."Flora, I'm sorry. It's all my fault, but please, wake up, okay? I'll apologize to you and make atonement for yo
(Flora's POV)As I woke up early in the morning, I felt a very weird sensation in my neck. It seemed that Leo marked me!The chaotic yesterday replayed in my mind. Whether or not I hated it, I had to admit that we were sexually compatible even though my heart didn't like him. I felt humiliated because of last night.When I walked to the mirror, I saw his marks on my body. On the right back of my neck, there was a tattoo-like paw print totem. It was a light-colored mark, but tattooed on my body. Moreover, I felt something indescribable in my heart through his mark. It seemed that Leo felt complicated about me.I really hated it. After all, I didn't like him. Yet, the man insisted on me marrying him as he had already marked me. How dare he abuse my will in the name of love? What he insisted on couldn't help but make me feel a flood of emotions in my heart.Not only that, I believed that I became more obedient to him after he marked me. This was truly disgusting for me. The only solution
(Abbi's POV)I was going insane because of jealousy. It was I who shot and wounded Flora to save Leo. Not only that, but I also exchanged my wisdom with that hateful witch. In fact, I gave everything to save his life. Yet, what did he give me? As soon as he woke up, he just gave me a sum of money to send me away as if I was nothing to him.For three years, I watched him guard Flora, who was in a comma. I could never believe I lost to her like that when she had nothing left at all, yet she still managed to steal Leo's heart. Meanwhile, I tried to make him fall in love with me for all these years, but he always ignored me, and he still believed that bitch would wake up someday! Not only that, he even prepared to marry Flora as soon as she woke up.Every day and every night for these past three years, I cursed Flora to die. Unfortunately, she finally woke up under Leo's careful care! Why? Why did this happen to me?I couldn't help but regret the time I could actually kill her when I saw
(Abbi's POV)When I entered the house, I patrolled around like a hostess while no one was there."Leo, you have good taste. The furniture here is my favorite style." I sat on their sofa, pretending to be Leo's wife, and talked to the imaginary Leo.That might be the only way I could comfort myself."Leo, what would you like to eat this afternoon? Don't worry. My cooking is very good. You will certainly like it. No matter what I do for you, I will do it with my heart."I went to the kitchen and pretended to cook for a while. I opened the refrigerator and saw all the ingredients in it. Then, I picked up a few ready-made ingredients and began to eat them myself."It's delicious, Leo. Let me feed it to you, but don't eat my fingers," I said with a smile.I smiled and laughed, but my heart cried. I felt so sad.I threw away the food in my hand, dried my tears, took off my clothes and my underwear, then stuffed it into the gap of the sofa. I was waiting for Flora to find it and imagined wha
(Leo's POV)I tried my best to be nice to Flora. I pushed off unimportant work and made time to accompany her for rehabilitation treatment. Watching her weak feet stand up and then walk normally, I felt more achievement in my heart than I could stand up.Every day, I would buy her the freshest roses, cook her favorite dishes, and buy any suitable clothes. She looked very happy. I thought we were going to be happy.However, I didn't expect that the first thing she said to me was, "I want to meet George."I could only refuse her request. I didn't want her to recall those unpleasant and troublesome things in the past, not at all.But she was very stubborn and even said, "Even if it's a worry, it's my own worry. Leo, you've interfered too much. You're just a control freak. You know what? My life can't be completely under your control. I'm a free woman. I can't accept this life like a cage."With that, she was about to leave. I thought of her again after the divorce. I felt as if I were
(Flora's POV)Early the next morning, Leo left. Fortunately, he still had a job, so he wouldn't stay with me all day. Otherwise, I would be too tired playing pretend. My fever subsided, and I became more aware of my surroundings.Leo had forced me to remarry him, and there was nothing I could do to stop him. I didn't want to cause his or my life any problem, and I wanted to flee right away. Unfortunately, he had marked me.While standing before the mirror, I turned my head and looked at the unsightly mark on the back of my neck, filled with resentment. I didn't love him anymore, but he forcibly married, kept, and gave me such a mark. It was more like a slave mark to me, to be honest.While taking a shower, I suddenly remembered that Abbi Miller was hiding something under the bathtub that day, so I quickly lowered my head and went to look under the bathtub. Sure enough, I found a note with George's contact number on it.Looking at the string of numbers, I silently recited it a few time
(Flora's POV)The car was on the road for about half an hour before we finally arrived at a high-end restaurant. By candlelight, we sat face to face at opposite ends of the dining table. After Leo finished ordering, he started chatting with me. He looked at me with his obsessed-looking eyes, "Flora, you have no idea how I wanted us to have dinner like this again."I couldn't bear his affectionate eyes, so I pretended to be shy, lowered my head, avoided his gaze, and said, "To be honest, I really want to know how we fell in love in the first place, how we got together… don't you want to help me remember those things?"Hearing this, he looked at me in silence, seemingly thought about something, and said to me, "That was a long time ago. At that time, you had just graduated from high school. You joined a group called ALICE and made some friends. You went to Emerald Mountain with them and …."In his narration, we met on Emerald Mountain. I got separated from my group, and he was too. It w
Flora's POVOpening my eyes again, I looked at the unfamiliar surroundings with some despair.I thought I would be able to sleep forever and not need to wake up again.But I'm still dead.Leo didn't kill me.Then I'll have to do it myself.I got up, not expecting to see Abbi, who had been watching me from the sidelines, and realized that I was now in what appeared to be the cabin of an airplane.I don't want to pay any attention to this woman.But she reached out to me and talked to me."Flora, Leo has already told me that you're being irrational and even wanting to die, but I'd advise you that it's best to put that idea to rest.""You're not qualified." I said impatiently.At this time, a trace of confusion appeared on her face before she said, "You really are very different from the you of the past ... Never mind, I have already written the reason while you were unconscious, so you can see for yourself."When she finished, she handed me the book in her hand to read.The handwriting
Leo's POVI decided to give Flora her freedom back.By the time I saw Flora again, things were a little out of control."I'm not going to let you die so easily, I'm going to arrange the most brutal treatment for you, I'm going to make you get electrocuted and shot until you don't have a single piece of good flesh on your body, I'm also going to arrange for you to have an operation but I'm not going to give you a single milliliter of anesthesia, I'm going to make life worse for you and I'm going to make you pay for all of the suffering that I've been put through!"I stopped.Through the thin door of the hospital room, for a moment, I was surprised that I didn't have the strength to push it open again.My mother's voice came to my ears, "You could have tried, Leo wouldn't have let me suffer, he would have killed you when he found out the dirty thoughts inside you!""What do you think, do I even care? Besides he'll be gone soon, he'll go to the Mountain to find me a gift from God, maybe
Flora's POVThe cell phone's message alert chimed.I didn't dare to look at it, but looked at Leo and said somewhat sheepishly, "That ... is pretty good."Luckily, Leo didn't mind my perfunctory remarks and continued."After I leave, take care of yourself and your child; if you have any problems you can call my father, you should have met him. I will leave you all my accounts, of course, not all the money you can withdraw now, some are accounts under the name of the company, and at the end of the year there is usually a dividend on the stock, the dividend goes into a private account, company wise things, you can ask Alva, ask my father as well."He looked at me, his eyes full of tenderness.At this moment, I suddenly understood a little why he never hit on Abbi who was still loves him.Even if there wasn't the slightest bit of love in my heart, I had to admit that he was indeed an excellent man, and even at this juncture where he was about to be sent to his death, he still managed to
(Leo's POV)Abbi Miller told me the terrible things she'd seen and then said with pleading eyes, "Leo, please. Don't go. You can hate me, but I don't want anything to happen to you!"Although Alva said nothing, I knew he probably had the same thought as Abbi Miller. However, I had made my decision.I said, "Alva, take Abbi Miller back and make sure she can't escape again."Alva knew my temper, so he could only take Abbi Miller away first.Unexpectedly, when she reached the door, Abbi Miller grabbed the door frame and shouted, "I've been to the depths of Green Jade Mountain, and I know the way there! Leo, please don't drive me away! I can take you there!""Take her away," I said to Alva.Alva was a werewolf. So naturally, he couldn't allow a human to delay him. Alva shook his head and took Abbi Miller away in silence.Finally, the house was completely quiet. Nick and Betty, who went shopping, returned at that time.When they saw me earlier, they went to the supermarket so that Flora an
(Leo's POV)I was shocked by Mike's words. I never thought that all the twists and turns I went through with Flora were because we were originally cursed lovers!And to solve this problem, I feared I had to go to Green Jade Mountain...When I was thinking, Alva said anxiously, "Leo, don't trust him. He may have lied to you! God left no treasure on the Green Jade Mountain. No one has ever found it, right? That mountain's really dangerous!"Surprisingly, Flora said, "To be honest, I don't think it's worth risking your life. I'm fine as I am. After a year, we'll separate as agreed. I won't take the child with me. There's no need for you to go there. I no longer have feelings for you, so don't try to impress me. At most, you can only make me laugh.""Looks like we have a chicken here," Mike said and sneered.Alva clenched his fists and said, "I'd better take him first, Leo...""No, let him go.""What?""Let him go, Alva. He may have attacked me, but he doesn't pose any threat. On the cont
(Flora's POV)During my trip to the sanatorium, I appeared to have achieved nothing on the surface, but I had learned that Leo agreed to Caitlyn Christian being treated there. It raised suspicions that he would finally let her be treated because he was once very resistant to the medical methods used.When I got home, Leo was already back. Upon seeing me, he asked, "Flora, now you can always raise your baby in peace, right?""Maybe." I frowned. "But Caitlyn Christian's state is worse than I thought. She can't even say a word. This can't be your doing, can it?" I asked him."I've told you, she needs treatment and has been receiving it. She's in a bad state, Flora. The illness is already torturing her. Perhaps she had once done something wrong, but now she's being punished this way with her illness. Seeing her already miserable in this state, can't you give up already?""I don't know. I'm tired, don't talk to me." I said, no longer paying attention to Leo.Leo sighed, then he went to one
(Flora's POV)It was a bright and sunny day. Accompanied by Betty and Nick, we walked our way to the sanatorium. As I learned, Leo picked this very high-end and modern sanatorium equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and professional medical care for Caitlyn Christian. I thought she would have a pleasant and easy time here.Doctors and nurses, all clad in white uniforms, walked past me as I continued to walk. A brief thought came to my mind, and I couldn't help but think, 'What if Mable Bell was one of them?' A female killer lurking in the hospital, disguised as one of the hospital staff, could be interesting but scary too. I thought this and followed the nurses to Caitlyn Christian's ward.There was also a doctor there, and when he saw me, an expression of surprise crossed his face."Flora! It's you! How did you get here!" He looked very excited as if he was meeting an old friend.I was confused and hurriedly explained my memory loss, saying, "I'm sorry, but I'm not the old Flora
(Abbi's POV)I was living on the second floor. There was nothing outside my window that could be used to climb down. I gasped and wondered if my eyes were mistaken when a man suddenly appeared in my room. He was tall and slender, wearing a black trench coat, and his whole body was covered with an ominous aura.He was a werewolf.I realized this almost instantly. And what was more striking was that his features were oddly similar to Mable Bell's. I was scared out of my mind but tried to keep calm."Who are you?" I inquired softly, not even daring to raise my voice.I suddenly remembered the horrible scene where Mable Bell was about to kill me almost instantly."I'm Mike, Mable Bell's brother, and I've been on my sister's trail lately. You knew her, didn't you?" he asked with a sinister smirk.I gulped and hurriedly replied, "I don't know anything about that.""Really? You're not lying to me?" Mike asked, pressing closer to me.As I listened to his words, I couldn't help but think of Ma
(Flora's POV)"You've met George. Can you calm down now?" Leo asked me, his expression slightly annoyed."No, I need to see your mother," I said firmly.Since Mable Bell had been Ilana's chaperone and the two of us had argued about it, it was my understanding that Ilana was a key figure in trying to figure out my past life. Leo had been reluctant to bring up the subject of her mother, and I knew that whatever information he was trying to conceal from me was meaningful. So, I had to see Ilana.As expected, he refused my request by giving a somewhat plausible excuse. "She is sick, and I highly doubt that she'll answer your questions. Furthermore, it's better for her to rest than trying to bombard her with questions."My persistent little brain couldn't accept such an excuse, and I wanted to see her at all costs. So, I insisted, "I didn't say I was going to ask her anything either; I just wanted to see her. Isn't it strange that as your wife, I haven't even seen your mother once?"But Le