"Aaargh... Aaah..."Vivi couldn't stop whimpering as she tried to sit up, her body sore and painful. She looked down at her bruised left arm, and her eyes immediately glazed over as she remembered what Darren had done to her last night.This wasn’t the first punishment she had received from Darren, but this punishment was even more severe than the previous one. Because this time, it wasn’t just about Darren's anger, but hatred in the man exploded through the punishment that Vivi had to endure all night."And since you can't appreciate the love I give you, from now on, I'll show you what it feels like to be my enemy, Vivianne."Suddenly, what Darren had said to her last night returned to Vivi's ears and trapped her in an overwhelming fear. It was already so bad for her to accept Darren's love by pretending to be nice to him in return. Vivi couldn’t imagine how bad it would be if Darren hated her and made her his enemy."Darren..." Vivi looked around the room to find Darren, but there w
"Why do I feel so pathetic? Am I so desperate to beg her to pretend to love me?"After Vivi had fallen asleep again under the influence of the medicine she had taken, Darren went downstairs and sat in front of the bar to calm himself down with a bottle of wine. And as he thought about what he had said to Vivi earlier, he felt an instant regret that made him feel like a stupid man.Darren had always been dominant, and all the women had always submitted to him so easily that he had never felt heartbroken. But Vivi was different. Vivi's rejection hurt Darren's dominant soul and made his desire to have her even more passionate."I'm pathetic." Darren lowered his head, remembering again what he had said to Vivi earlier. He had gotten too carried away earlier, and after asking Vivi to pretend to love him, his heart didn’t feel better and instead made him feel restless thinking about how pathetic he was right now."Oi!"Darren turned his head in surprise when someone suddenly sat beside him.
"Do you want to have a child to control Darren's wealth? Do you want to use your child to get rid of your husband?"Walking in the hospital hallway, Vivi turned her head to Bryan, who was walking next to her, and looked at him with a frown on her forehead."Now that I can get everything from Darren, why would I bother getting pregnant just to control his wealth? Besides, are there any women that are crazy in the real world? You must watch too many dramas!""Of course, there are women like that in this world!" Bryan replied to Vivi's words in a high tone. "The world is full of cruel people like that, and women who use their children to control their husband's wealth do exist!"Vivi pursed her lips, wondering why Bryan could be so upset and angry with her just for that. But when she remembered that she was one of those wicked women who had married Darren just for his money, Vivi realized that what Bryan had said was true."If that's not your intention, why do you want to have children?"
"Yo! What's up?"Vivi blinked before pulling the phone away from her ear to make sure she didn't have the wrong number. But when she saw Darren's name on her phone, Vivi was sure she hadn’t dialed the wrong number. But what confused her was that the one currently answering her phone wasn’t Darren but Bryan."You dialed the wrong number, didn't you? I just turned it off...""Why are you answering Darren's phone?" Vivi quickly cut in before Bryan disconnected the phone."So what, I'm not allowed to answer his phone now just because he's married? Listen! Before you were even born, I–""Has Darren come back from Europe?" Vivi interrupted Bryan again."I went to Europe! Why can't I go to Europe–""Hello, Vivi?"Vivi blinked again when Bryan's voice was suddenly replaced by Darren's after Bryan's loud screech."Did Bryan follow you to Europe?" Vivi asked."Yes. He suddenly showed up at my hotel room about an hour ago," Darren said, which made Vivi wonder how rich people like Bryan and Darre
Vivi, who had been hiding in the bathroom, sat up when she heard the door open. Her heart was pounding, and all the words she had prepared to greet Darren's arrival instantly disappeared."I don't need to say anything," Vivi thought. "I just need to smile at him and–“"Vivi, where are you?"Vivi stopped her train of thought, and a frown immediately appeared on her forehead when she heard Bryan's voice. She quickly grabbed a bathrobe and used it to cover her body, which was clad only in thin and very revealing black lingerie, before opening the door to meet Bryan."Why are you back here?" Vivi asked. "Is Darren still not answering his phone? When is he coming?""He's not coming home tonight," Bryan said, causing Vivi's shoulders to slump. "He has to go out of town to finish some work, and he can't return tonight.""You're not lying, are you?" asked Vivi."Why would I lie? Call him if you don't believe me! Ah, but you'll instantly ruin your surprise if you call him now."Bryan's words m
"Ah... I slept so well."After stretching her body, Vivi sat up without doing anything and tried to gather her consciousness while staring at the sunlight coming through the window, whose curtains were not closed.For Vivi, whose life is mostly spent at home, these three days were one of the busiest days of her life. In 3 days, she traveled back and forth to Europe, where she spent almost 40 hours on the plane and only rested one night in the hotel."But even though I'm so tired, I'm still spending my energy feeling sad," Vivi muttered as she looked at Darren's tie in her hand.When she came home yesterday, the first thing Vivi thought of when she was in her room was how warm the night had been when she slept in Darren's arms and how much she missed it. The longing was so overwhelming that Vivi decided to silence it by sleeping while holding Darren's tie–she unconsciously chose the tie that Darren had previously tied around her hand during the hot night they had spent in this room."I
"Do I have to intervene myself for such a simple issue? What can you do if you can't even do something small like that properly?"Vivi slowly opened her eyes, her sleep disturbed by the sound of Darren talking. The woman sat up, rubbing her eyes to make her vision clearer, not realizing that Darren, who was talking on his phone, had turned around and was watching her."Do it right, or hand in your resignation when I get to the office! There are many talented people out there who want your position, and I don't want to keep a useless person by my side," Darren said before hanging up the phone without waiting for a response from his employee, who must have been hot and cold to hear such words from the big boss on such an early day.Darren walked over to Vivi and handed Vivi his tie after sitting beside her. "My tie, please," he said."Why do you look so tense when it's still early in the morning?" asked Vivi as she began her daily task of tying Darren's tie.Darren let out a long sigh t
"Didn't Bryan say anything strange to you?"Vivi, who was preparing warm water for Darren to soak in the tub, turned her head back when she heard Darren's voice. The man approached her while unbuttoning the cuffs of his shirt."Everything he says always sounds strange to me. When has he ever been normal?" Vivi answered Darren's question as she helped the man unbutton his shirt."Yes, he's a very strange man. So just ignore what he says," Darren advised."Have you talked to him? He won't come here anymore, right?" Vivi asked."He's gone, so you don't have to worry about him bothering you again," Darren said."Gone? Gone where?"Darren squared his shoulders. "He can go anywhere and spend his parents' money like he's been doing all this time, and we don't have to think about it."Darren's hand moved to Vivi’s shoulder and lowered the strap of the housedress Vivi was wearing."I've already taken a shower," Vivi said, implying a rejection of what Darren was about to do to her."You can tak