Vivian pretended that she didn’t notice the eye communication between the two of them and agreed, “Great, let’s go then.”Vivian and Edward went for dinner. Certainly, it was a good restaurant just like the CEO of Levin Enterprise recommended as the ambiance and the food quality was definitely above average. However, there was not much conversation between them as usual. Vivian’s goal was to be close to Edward without getting him to feel suspicious, while he was trying his best to please her wi
Unexpectedly, that was truly what Edward wanted to hear. The expression on his face improved, and he nodded his head in satisfaction. Then, he looked at the celebrity behind Seth and asked, “Is she your friend?” Seth appeared like he was deeply frightened. He could not utter anything for a short while. That celebrity was a new movie star who had become famous recently. She was smart, lively, and knew how to behave appropriately. She went forward when she saw Seth’s reaction and took off her su
Vivian won a lot of chips that were stacked high before her. She soon lost interest in the game, thus she turned around and said to Edward, “I’m tired. Your turn.” While Edward was slightly reluctant, he wasn’t actually afraid of losing the game. He just knew that Vivian would sit over on the sofa if he joined the game instead of sitting beside him and watching them. He smiled faintly. “Don’t play anymore if you’re tired. Let’s go home.” The other players were infuriated. How could they lea
When they reached their apartment, it was already the middle of the night. Vivian appeared exhausted, so she went upstairs to go to the bedroom directly. Edward wanted to enter the bedroom with her, but he was afraid that he might appear too eager and it might displease her, so he stopped in the living room. “Vee,” he called out to her. When she turned around to look at him, he didn’t know what to say. He could only smile and say, “Goodnight.” Vivian pursed her lips gingerly but remained quiet
Xyliana Yanders was the celebrity they met that day and Seth’s girlfriend. After they exchanged their WeChat IDs that night, they didn’t lose contact for the past two days. Moreover, Xyliana even sent some photographs of the set to Vivian, extending her a warm invitation to go and visit her. Although Vivian was uninterested in Xyliana and her film, she needed to go there because of her little scheme. No matter what kind of request she voiced out now, Edward would grant them whether they were r
Suddenly, he called her softly, “Vee.”Vivian did not turn around as she replied, “Yes?” He replied, “If you want to meet Seth in the future, just tell me directly. You don’t have to beat around the bush.” “Sure,” she replied calmly without giving any explanation. Edward was slightly impatient. He was quiet for a short while before he asked, “Why are you acting like this?” She pursed her lips and replied, “People need to have a mission in their lives in order to stay alive.” He was st
He watched her in silence. His gaze was gloomy, profound, and so deep that they were like bottomless pits. After a long pause, he suddenly smiled and asked her in a soft voice, “If I die, will you shed a few tears for me?”“I’ll do more than shed a few tears for you! If you die, I’ll shed tears of joy and have a good cry too. I’ll cry for three days and three nights non-stop,” she replied, her soft lips spewing the cruelest words.He simply smiled and gently pushed the stray hairs on her foreh
Edward was neither angered nor fazed when he heard this. He simply nodded slowly and discussed seriously with her, “So, would you like to meet up with Seth? Or you could work at the company. I can arrange a position for you on Seth’s side. It’d be easier for you to see him then.”It was like a punch to a cotton bale. No force was required at all, except that it irritated Vivian so much that she was close to puking blood. In her annoyance, she shot him a fierce glare, then turned her head away a
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