(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 POV)Fortunately, a staff member's voice came from behind the bathroom door, "Sir, is the band still playing according to the previous arrangement?"In the bathroom, Leo and I looked at each other and froze for a while.A moment later, he regained his senses and said to the people outside, "Wait a moment, we will come out."The people outside the door just left.We just quarreled so much that we didn't even know when he came.After being interrupted by the staff, we all calmed down."Flora, I don't want to quarrel with or hurt you. Don't force me anymore!" Leo said."Please don't talk like you are a victim. Is it really me who is forcing you? Not you who wants me to stay? Leo, it's you who are forcing yourself. In any case, I won't fall in love with you because you never care about my feelings!" I told him the truth.Leo looked at me as if he wanted to find the slightest bit of love in my eyes, but he failed. He found nothing except my cold determination at the moment. At las
(Leo's POV)"I don't like you and don't want to be with you. I'm staying by your side just because you arranged for a bodyguard to watch me and arranged my wedding as soon as I woke up even though I've never said that I'd like to!"I didn't expect Flora to say such a sad thing to me. She never spoke to me like this in the past, whether she was angry with me or wanted to divorce me. But now, she looked at me with disgust and anger in her eyes. There was no longer the slightest love in them.At this moment, her words stabbed me like a dagger, hurting my heart so much that I almost died. My sanity was almost burned out. Obviously, I could feel how differently she treated me now.Her embrace was warm and soft, and her skin still had my imprint. But why couldn't she like me? My heart hurt so much that I couldn't help hugging her tighter. I wanted to keep her, no matter what method or means.Just when I was about to do something I regretted, someone knocked on the door and brought my sanity
(Abbi's POV)After leaving George's phone number with Flora, I left Leo's house and walked down the road. When I thought that they would have a quarrel and separate because of George, I had the urge to sing with joy. After I got home, my parents also saw how happy I was, so they came over and asked with concern, "Abbi Miller, has Leo agreed to give us this month's money?""No." I didn't care about this issue anymore. As long as Leo and Flora broke up, I thought Leo would soon change his mind and be willing to marry me. From now on, his money was my money, and my parents and I could live a happy and worry-free life.But, while I was still dreaming, my mother said nervously, "Why? You must have said something wrong! You bumped his head and damaged his intelligence because of the accident. You've already apologized, but why didn't he forgive you? Did he not want to repay?" The witch thing was too difficult for ordinary people to accept, so Alva made up such a lie for me to explain my si
(Abbi's POV)"Sorry, I was too scared to see you. Shortly after your accident, I hit my head and was hospitalized for a while. And now, my mind is unclear. I... I'm sorry, Gray. I don't even know how to compensate you."I was too flustered. I looked at the man in front of me, and I didn't know what to do.Mable Bell was dead and took the blame for me. I could no longer deal with him as quickly as before. What could I do? In my current situation, I couldn't think of anything. I was desperate.It was good that Gray was awake now. He looked at me, came closer, and noticed the sweat and flustered expression on my face. The look in his eyes became quite complicated for a while."Did you hit your head?" he asked me.I nodded quickly. "Yes. I've received compensation for saving Leo. But... I upset him. He stopped giving me compensation, but I still have some money in my hand. If you want, I can pay you to make up for it." I explained it in detail.My brain went blank, and I couldn't even tel