He seemed to be in a rather good mood today and he was so forgiving. Not minding her offensive tone, he chuckled upon hearing her remark. He began squabbling with her in humor, “How is it related to my understanding? You’ve already broken up with him regardless of how much you love him. You’re lying for me. Do you think that it’s important for me to know who you love in your heart and who loves you anymore?”He placed his hand on her shoulder and slid it upward to her neck a little by little. A
Vivian did not expect that Liam would investigate his way to Edward Levin. Although her entire body was shaking profusely, her voice sounded unusually calm as she said, “Liam, calm down first. Where are you? I’m coming over to see you now.”He did not answer but continued to inquire further, “Tell me what’s going on. Viv, tell me, is this the person that you encountered in the university previously?”“Liam, where are you?” She was exhausting herself trying to control her emotions. “I’m going t
Vivian did not answer him, but she made her way to the front of Liam step by step. She knelt and placed her hands over his knees to say softly, “Liam, let’s leave this place, alright?” There were tears in her eyes as she looked at him with a pleading gaze. “Let’s talk about things when we’re outside. I’ll tell you everything regardless of what you wish to know. Follow me and let’s leave this place, okay?”His eyes reddened slowly as well. He finally stopped struggling and nodded at her. The t
Vivian grabbed him and urged, “Liam, be rational!” “Rational?” He glared at her with bloodshot eyes and asked, “How am I supposed to be rational? Am I supposed to continue tolerating like you? Vivian, you’re not being rational. You’re being a coward! How can you endure that b*stard’s threats like this? Do you believe whatever he says? We’re living in a lawful society. What are you afraid of? You never used to be like this, Vivian!”Anger drove Liam into an incoherent mess, and Vivian was shoc
How could Vivian possibly answer that? She couldn’t struggle away from the two men next to her and could only shake her head vigorously as tears streamed down her cheeks. The bald man simply smiled, then said, “Alright, let me put it this way. Is this kid left-handed? I really don’t want to make another mistake.”“Please, I beg you! I beg you, please!” Vivian sobbed and pleaded in a muffled voice. She fell onto her knees and tried to kneel before the bald man. At some point, Liam regained his c
Baldie wholeheartedly agreed. “Exactly!” he replied, nodding profusely.He paused, then suddenly asked, “Hey, Jake, what do you think that Carraway woman is doing right now? She was about to make a police report.” He purposefully dug Vivian’s phone out from his pocket as he said this and showed it to Jake. “If it weren’t for a certain swift brother, she would have already called the number,” he said smugly.Jake did not expect him to have actually snatched Vivian’s phone away. He slapped his b
The CEO’s secretary had just met her this afternoon and was too afraid to reprimand her when she saw her rushing in. She hurriedly got up to stop her and anxiously said, “Mr. Levin isn’t in the office!”Her words reminded Vivian who promptly abandoned the CEO’s office, turned around, and headed to the meeting room. This floor took up quite a lot of space, so she had to search methodically, pushing open a few doors in succession before bursting into Edward’s meeting room that was brightly lit. H
The finger had been thrown out of the car window just as the car drove off. No one paid any attention to where the finger landed, so they could only give a rough estimate of the area. Jake and Baldie quickly led their men back to the original spot. The row of men separated into two sections of the road, but it was night time, so they couldn’t find it at all in the darkness.Not too long after that, Vivian drove over in her car and started searching the spot where Baldie and the rest had parked
Did you know, Vee?I’ve thought of this more than once. If only our beginning from that night wasn’t so unbearable, how wonderful would it be?… The light from the setting sun spilled towards her from the side, casting a glow on the piece of paper, illuminating the words on it, and giving them a slight shimmer. Just like last year, when she emerged from the ultrasound room in the maternity hospital, weak after a mere two steps, she had to lean against the corridor. She covered her mouth with
Vivian arrived home a little late. She parked the car at the side of the road first, then collected her subscribed newspapers and magazines from the mailbox at her gate. She flipped through the mail as she walked in. To her surprise, she found a letter. It was an envelope made from kraft paper with her name on it.It was a rare handwritten letter with the faint print of a bamboo tree, drawn with Chinese calligraphy ink. The bamboo was tall, straight, and fierce just like the script on the lette
“It’s been three months now, why isn’t the little one moving? When will the baby quicken?” he asked her, “Can it hear me? Will it remember my voice?”He even asked, “Who do you think it’ll look like, Vee? Will it be a girl or a boy?”She knew very well that he was harboring evil intentions, but she gave into him and crumbled anyway. She sobbed and screamed, “Kill me, Sean Jackson. Kill me. I will never give birth to this child even if I die! Never!”He soothed her, “Alright. Don’t give birth
His lower jaw tightened. The lines on his face stiffened icily like the cold edges of a knife. In reality, he had given up long ago. His heart was as dead as ash. However, refusing to accept this, he grasped at everything, hoping to find a straw that could save a life, not to save himself but to save his child’s life. That was how well he knew her. He knew that once she escaped, she would never spare his child. Did he hate her? Yes. He hated how he couldn’t shoot her dead. Love triumphed over ha
“Then, what should we do?” his aide asked.A hero’s end was, inevitably, death. He wasn’t afraid of death, but he was simply plagued with remaining grievances. After a bout of silence, Edward calmly said, “Do something for me. Once that’s done, just slip away. There are no lives in your hands and you aren’t in the cops’ database. No one will notice you.”This aide had received a great debt of gratitude from Edward once, so he was solely loyal to him. He became distressed when he heard this, so
“You deserve it for all of the crimes you’ve committed!” Vivian screamed, losing control. Her emotions felt strangely steady after that scream. She threw the gun away as her sparkling, dark eyes were filled with renewed determination. She stared at him and spoke, enunciating every word, “Sean Jackson and those brothers of yours, you’ve all got your justice. Beaten to death, right? Arrested, was it? But when you willfully hurt others and view their lives as nothing more than weeds, you should hav
She hadn’t slept the entire night, and she was extremely high-strung. However, she was feeling slightly fatigued. Perhaps because of the comforting glow from the brightening day outside, she lay down on the bed with her clothes on after a bout of hesitation. She had only intended on taking a nap but unexpectedly fell into a deep sleep.Vivian suddenly woke up, startled. She had lost track of how long she had been asleep. She found a figure standing in front of her bed when she awoke and was gre
Vivian was taken aback by his question. “You haven’t caught him?” she exclaimed in astonishment. She thought that they had already apprehended Edward based on the expression on Jake’s face.“Our men have surrounded the condominium,” he answered simply, “He and Wade seized a hostage and hid inside the study. Both sides were caught in a deadlock for a while, but when they burst the study door open, they only found Wade and that hostage inside.”Vivian trembled uncontrollably as she listened to h
The wedding day was drawing to a close. Vivian stayed at the condominium until the day before the wedding. Then, she moved to Edward’s villa by the lake to wait for the wedding ceremony. Edward drove her there himself, feeling reluctant before he left. He turned around and looked at her, then softly said, “Wait for me. I’ll come for you tomorrow, first thing in the morning.”Vivian didn’t respond and simply stood at the doorway, quietly watching him.For some reason, the sight of her like this