Chapter 37: Do you want it?

"Why does she want me dead?" Candy asked after a long while of silence, as Diego drove them back home. The bloody scene kept replaying in her head, and she couldn't shake it off.

"Because you are in her way," Diego replied.

"But I never did anything wrong, and she badly wants to end me. How am I even standing in her way?"

"I was supposed to get married to Vanessa so she could easily have her way to me, but her plan was ruined because of you," Diego replied, and Candy's lips fell apart. This was just like her mother, forcing her into a dangerous marriage just to secure control.

Diego noticed her discomfort, so he added, "She won't come after you for a while, but she'll find another way."

"If I hadn't come to the altar, would you have married Vanessa?" she asked, looking up at him.

"Maybe," he replied. His gaze was cold enough to make anyone cringe.

"What? Even after knowing how your stepmother is?"

"Can we stop talking about this?" he asked coldly, then stopped the car. Candy glanced o