He held her hand and walked outside. Before long, she stopped walking all of a sudden. He turned around and realized that she was crying. She stood there and looked at him. Then, she said with a trembling voice, “Edward, he has the records of your plastic surgery which you did in Spain. Moreover, Renne has gone to the Konstantins’ residence to take that file which contains your fingerprint data. I’ll give these two things to you. Let them go, please.” He was well aware of those things which sh
Stunned, his expression darkened. He never foresaw that she would do such a thing just to take revenge on him. She would actually take such a big step in revealing her most painful scar in front of everybody so that he would be humiliated deeply. However, what she was unaware of was the fact that he was not afraid of humiliation. He just couldn’t bear to see her hurting herself. He would rather choose to have her hurt him instead. Edward pursed his lips as he was filled with a deep fury. He co
Edward was quiet for a short while. Then, he nodded.When the others learned that Jake was home, they came to welcome him especially, so Jake stopped talking about his Southeast Asian updates and turned to drink wine with them. Edward followed suit. However, when a woman tried to approach Edward, Jake would immediately come to his rescue and drive her away before he could say anything. Jake said, “Get lost! Don’t come near Ed. If you leave a lingering scent of your perfume on him, my sister-in-
However, he didn’t notice her emotions. He moved his lips slowly up her body and stopped around her neck for a moment before approaching her exquisite face. He called out in a deep voice, “Vee.” Barely before he could kiss her lips, Vivian stretched her hands out to stop him. “That’s enough!” She pushed him aside harshly without caring about his shock. She freed herself from his embrace and stayed away from him as she said coldly, “If you cannot suppress your desires, go and find someone else.
“What if I do?” she asked.Jake chuckled and replied, “Then, I’ll be the sacrifice. Remember to bring flowers to my grave when that happens.”This was a covert answer to her last question. She raised her brows in shock, then surveyed him carefully and slowly shook her head. “Doesn’t look like it.”That statement had come out from nowhere, but Jake understood. He sniggered. “Because those who look like it are already dead.”Maria emerged from the kitchen with some tea in the middle of their c
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
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
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