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
He opened his eyes that held a sly glint. He grinned at her, then got up, washed up, and headed off to work.Over the next few days, the deadlock between the pair had inevitably softened, thanks to their physical intimacy. One night, when Edward returned from a dinner party, she spoke to him straightaway, “Arrange a position for me in your office. Any insignificant position will do. Oh, and don’t tell anyone about our relationship.”He was overjoyed, but he maintained a cool facade. “Be my ass
Edward’s personal phone did have a lot of numbers, and they could be searched alphabetically, so she found Jake’s name in no time at all. The number was foreign to her and was completely different from the one that she had previously memorized. Vivian swept her gaze across the number at once. There was still some time before Edward would be done with his shower. She gritted her teeth and used his phone to call the number.This was a very risky idea. However, it seemed highly possible that this
She did not seem surprised. She turned around and looked at him. When she saw that he only had a towel wrapped around his waist, she raised her brow. “Aren’t you cold?” she asked mockingly.He maintained a poker face as he smirked and replied, “Not at all.”Vivian nodded slowly, then turned her head back to the television. She glanced at it for a while then absent-mindedly asked, “Can you give me two other books? I’ve finished reading the last one.” She got up and brought the book that she had
Edward stopped in his tracks and thought of releasing her then and there, but couldn’t bring himself to do it. Indeed, he couldn’t bear it. He was like a teenage boy, hoping that she would soften up from all of his warmth someday, and have some mercy on him.Less than two days later, Vivian accepted a job offer from Levin Enterprise. Although Edward had said that he wouldn’t be involved, that wasn’t exactly the case. He had secretly told Wade to send word down to human resources to arrange a le
“Not yet,” she heard Wade say, “We’ve searched all possible places. There’s been no news. The phone is dead too, so we can’t pinpoint a location. It’s likely that earlier precautions were taken.”The room fell momentarily silent. Edward’s voice grew increasingly cold as he commanded, “Keep searching. That person must be found.” He paused and then added, “Be careful. Don’t let Vivian find out.”Vivian grew increasingly nervous as she listened. Her mind went into a mess when she heard the later
She walked out of the study after she said this, heading back to her room to change into her house clothes.Edward followed behind her. After a moment of hesitation, he wrapped his arms around her from behind, holding her and refusing to let go. “Are you angry?” he asked in a gentle, coaxing voice.Vivian really wasn’t angry even though she could guess that the relationship between Edward and Estelle wasn’t as simple as a mere “involvement”. Nevertheless, how was this her problem? She didn’t c