“Why are you inquiring so much? You’re not the one anyway,” the man with the cigarette in his mouth chimed in immediately. Edward refused to comment on that. He darted Vivian a look and gave her a mocking smirk. Then, he urged her, “Come over and help me check out the tiles.”Standing there and listening to their obscene remarks, Vivian clenched her teeth in rage so hard that she almost crushed her teeth. Finally, she managed to control her emotions with great effort. She walked over expressi
“Evil! That’s too evil!” the chubby man on the opposite end muttered to himself as well. He looked up to squint at Vivian, then he asked Edward, “Edward, where did you get this girl from?”Edward did not answer the question, but he looked at Vivian with narrowed eyes. She had a calm expression and appeared oblivious to the situation around her. She stared at her tiles with rapt attention. He could see the excitement hidden in her eyes, so he lowered his gaze to take a glance at the tiles in fro
While Noelle had no fear of Vivian, she was afraid of Jasmine. She could not help feeling nervous upon seeing Jasmine’s infuriated state. She asked frightfully, “What’s going on, Jasmine? I thought she’s just a useless lecturer. What can she do to me?”“Why don’t you think with your brain? Why did Mr. Levin come looking for you personally? Do you think that he did it for you? Who do you think you are?!” Jasmine became even more enraged upon seeing her foolish expression. She did not bother to s
“I’m coming out!” He could almost hear her speaking through clenched teeth through the phone. He chuckled softly and answered, “Sure, I’ll be waiting for you.”She came out soon and caught sight of the striking, black car stopped by the side of the street right outside the gates of the housing estate. It was a chilly winter night, so there were very few pedestrians crossing the remote street. Nonetheless, she still glanced side to side before she jogged over and opened the rear door of the car.
“Really? I shall wait and see how you’re going to make me regret it then.”While his arms were propped by her sides as he looked down at her from above, his lips were curled into a smirk. “Vivian, do you think that I can’t differentiate between your true and feigned emotions?” His finger glided gently across her cheek. He was obviously still catching his breath softly, yet the words uttered from his mouth were cold as ice. “You aren’t blushing, you’re not short of breath, and your heart isn’t p
Liam did not notice the loophole. He trusted her so much just as before and did not suspect her in the slightest bit. He only noticed the fatigue on her face. When they returned to their home, he pitied her and urged her, “You should resign from your day job if you’re too tired. You’re going to change your career when you complete your doctorate study anyway. Don’t exhaust yourself trying to help out those children. You can’t even enjoy your birthday celebration.”Vivian wished that she could c
Noelle transferred the money to Vivian’s bank account rather promptly. It was an astounding amount—enough to buy a particular fruit-themed smartphone—but Vivian ended up purchasing a carbon copy of her old phone.After installing a new SIM card, she waited for Edward’s next move.From her surreptitious consultation with experts, Vivian understood that if Edward wanted to spy on her through her new phone, he would have to reinstall the same monitoring software in her new device. Through her lates
Vivian, however, felt only goosebumps crawl all over her. They nailed her feet to the floor while her body was too dumbfounded to budge.He gladly allowed himself to be escorted by the event facilitators. As he passed by the stunned woman, his nonchalant eyes sized up her face before a corner of his lips curved upwards. Nonetheless, he did not let it slow his pace as he went straight into the elevator.Vivian’s spell was only broken after he disappeared into the elevator. She hurried to the rece