Vivian only stayed for two days in the hospital. On the afternoon of the third day, she was discharged from the hospital and moved into Edward’s condo. Her mother had called her several times, but she dared not let her know she was injured. In the end, she had to come up with an excuse to explain why she could not go home these few days.Sitting on the couch next to the window, Edward listened as Vivian made up a story about how she decided to pay a visit to her colleague’s hometown in Guizhou
Vivian felt he was acting strangely and she began to feel worried. She was fully aware that he had a deep obsession with her body. That was why she had said that she wanted to take a shower. She wanted to seduce him and bring out the monster in him. She knew he was still angry with her. Therefore, rather than having him throw a tantrum in other ways, it was better for him to vent his steam through something more intimate. Never did she expect that he would be able to restrain himself so well.S
Her reaction was too real, or perhaps, he never expected that a woman was still able to play mind games at a time like this. Delighted, he propped himself up and climbed on top of her. He pressed his forehead against hers and teased as his voice was filled with longing, “You ungrateful little thing, go around and ask when have I ever treated anybody with such patience before?” Vivian let out a long sigh of relief inwardly, but she dared not to let her defenses slack. As such, she continued to
Wade could not be sure about their relationship, so he did not make any remark. He waited for a while, but Edward did not give him any orders. After a slight hesitation, he continued, “Mr. Levin, Master Levin summoned you back to the Levin Estate earlier. He already knew about the incident that happened at Tipsy Tonight the day before yesterday.” Edward raised his head to look at Wade after this piece of news. It took several minutes for the information to set in before he sneered contemptuous
Wade answered respectfully, “Understood, Mr. Levin.”He retreated from Edward’s study carefully. Just as he was about to turn around and go downstairs, he did not expect to see the door of the opposite room open. Vivian strolled out of the room dressed only in a nightgown. She seemed to be startled when she looked up to see him and she covered the loose edge of her nightgown as she greeted him in a slightly awkward manner, “Hello, Wade.”Wade remained expressionless just as before. His manner
He was stunned for a moment. He looked at her silently for a while before he suddenly asked her, “Do you want to run away?”Vivian curled her lips into a smile with great effort and answered truthfully, “I’ve always wanted to escape even before I had this dream.”Edward looked at her and could not help laughing in spite of himself after a moment. He seemed to have forgotten about his embarrassment when he had to retract his palm earlier, so he extended his arm to her once again and said win it
She considered it for a moment and asked in all apparent seriousness, “Things that a gangster likes perhaps? Drinking, fighting, car racing? Uh, and also fooling around with women.”Edward was stunned for a moment upon hearing that. He felt like he was at a loss as to whether to cry or to laugh. “You must’ve been watching too many television shows, haven’t you?”She chuckled shyly and said, “Actually, I envied those people when I was in junior high. They were carefree and unfettered. I used to
Jake was well aware that Alfred despised him. He gnashed his teeth in hatred secretly though he grinned joyously on the surface. He waited outside for a long time until Alfred came out. Only then did he knock on the door and enter Edward’s office. He took a glance at Edward’s expression and said while sniggering, “Edward, I can tell from your face that you haven’t been satisfied properly these days.Edward raised his head and darted a cold glance at Jake but disregarded his remarks. With a gi
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