“What do you want?” he asked her as he smiled, “I’ll give you whatever you want.”“A wedding ceremony. The bigger, the better,” she replied calmly.“Alright,” he replied and stared at her intently, then carefully asked, “Shall I get your parents to come back? If they find out that you’re alive, they…”“I’ve died long ago!” Vivian cut him off shrilly, only realizing that she had sounded too harsh after the words had left her mouth. She paused for a moment, then calmed herself down. “Their daug
Both Vivian and Renne returned home after dinner. Edward was there at home, waiting for her upstairs in their bedroom. He was secretly relieved when he saw her safe and sound. He asked her casually, “How was it? What did you buy?” She threw the shopping bags at him and said indifferently, “Take a look for yourself.” Actually, he wasn’t concerned about what she bought. He just wanted to talk with her. However, she clearly had no intention to talk to him. Nevertheless, he just smiled and said,
He paused for a short while and could not help breaking into laughter. He did as she said, patting her damp hair softly. Then, he asked her again kindly, “Like this?” She made no reply, but she could not find any fault with him either.It was deadly silent. The floor lamp shed a gentle ray of light on her dark hair and seemed to add a tinge of gold to her mane. She had just showered, so her hair smelled heavenly, and it excited him. Unknowingly, he paused his actions. At that moment, Vivian
Suddenly, he stopped talking. Edward’s facial expression was so frightening, and he seemed savage. Seth was so terrified that he regained his wits and dared not continue his ramble. Edward sat there and clenched his teeth while his body stiffened like stone. After a long while, he heaved a sigh gradually. He then looked up at Seth and said calmly, “I’m used to being a gangster but she isn’t. Even if she is, she’s more than enough for me. I’m always the one who doesn’t deserve her. I don’t care
Edward pursed his thin lips slightly and considered it for a short while. He got up after that. “Let’s go and meet Renne now.” They drove the car straight to Renne’s office. When they reached the place, Wade wanted to call Renne to ask her to come downstairs, but Edward stopped him. Instead, Edward got out of the car alone and went straight to Renne’s office to meet her. After all, he had been there as Renne’s boyfriend. Although it had happened half a year ago, the receptionist remembered him
“Did you hire somebody to stalk me?” Renne couldn't suppress her anger. However, she dared not release her anger at him upon seeing how cold Edward seemed. She sat there quietly for a short while. Realizing that he wouldn't give up, she gritted her teeth and used a key to open a drawer beside her desk. Then, she took out a thick file and threw it across the desk at him. “Here you are.” Besides seeming slightly old and worn out, the file was inconspicuous too. It was even sealed tightly with gl
“It’s fine. I’ll eat whatever there is,” Edward said casually, sounding exhausted. He then closed his eyes and adjusted the seat to lean back and take a rest. “I’ll rest for a while. Wake me up when we’ve arrived.” Wade replied that he would, and he drove the car smoothly. The road was crowded with cars. Moreover, Renne’s office was quite far from Edward’s apartment. It was more than an hour when they finally reached the apartment. Edward woke up before Wade could arouse him from his sleep. He
It was indeed dangerous. If she had lingered in the study any longer, she would have been caught red-handed.When Vivian thought about what happened just now, she couldn't help but feel slightly frightened. She peeked at Edward subconsciously and surprisingly found him looking at her too. However, she couldn't see through his thoughts. Edward smiled when he realized that she was looking at him. He asked her, “How’s your body? Dr. Wight suggested that we go and do a physical check-up.” She knew
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