“Surprised?” the man said with a faint smile.Fia hadn’t even managed to react yet when she felt Eileen’s body freeze.She held Eileen’s hand and said as she steeled her heart, “Long time no see, Victor.”“Looks like my little cousin’s wife is much more courteous than he ever will be.” Victor Maxwell looked at her amiably before turning his eyes to Eileen. “I’m leaving, Eileen.”“Okay.” Eileen lowered her head and dug into her finger.Fia was very familiar with that action of hers. She would do that every time she was nervous.She looked at Victor leaving on his Lincoln before holding Eileen’s fingers.“Stop it. Does it hurt?”“Fia, I…”Eileen didn’t know where to start.While Fia was quite curious, she didn’t ask.She then told her what she was facing right now.“My grandma passed away and my mom still doesn’t know about it. My uncles don’t want me to go back either. But my grandma treated my mom and me so well… How can we not see her off one last time?”Eileen quickly he
“When I was at your place that day, Conrad said that I became famous for no real reason. He wasn’t wrong, because what he said was true.”Fia instinctively held Eileen in her arms. A thousand different thoughts played in her mind, but none of them formed words that she could say to her.She had met Vincent a few times. She met him during the Maxwell’s family dinner with Conrad.Every time, the same woman would stand by his side. She heard that it was his fiancée and they had already been engaged for five years.At the time, she was curious why they hadn’t gotten married in those five years.Not to mention that Victor was two years older than Conrad. Were Conrad’s uncle and aunt not getting anxious?Now that she knew her best friend had a relationship with Victor, she didn’t know if she should tell her.“Fia… On the day that I found out I was pregnant, I was so happy. I even bailed on a bigshot director just to tell him back at the company. And he…”Eileen accidentally bit her o
“Eileen, I’m a bit worried.”“About what?” Eileen slurped in a mouthful of delicious spaghetti and glanced at Fia who didn’t take a single bite.Fia took out her SIM card and said, “My phone is dead and I haven’t got the time to buy a new one yet. Do you have an old one? I want to make a call.”“Hang on.” Eileen stood up and walked over to a cabinet. She then took out a box from a bunch of phones. “You can keep this.”It was a new model that wasn’t even available on the market yet.Fia felt that it wasn’t appropriate and quickly said, “This is new. Just give me something you’re not using.”“What are you talking about? With our relationship, if I give it to you, just use it. The manufacturer was the one that gave it to me. I didn’t have to pay a cent.”Since Eileen put it that way, it would make Fia feel like a stranger if she continued to refuse.She then removed the packaging and put in her SIM card.She then called the owner of the seafood restaurant.When the call went thr
“Drunk?” Eileen quickly got up. “Let’s go. We have to find him. We can’t have that woman toy with your husband!”Fia sat there unmoving.“I’m tired.”“What happened? Are you feeling uncomfortable?” Eileen looked at her with worry and looked at her belly. “Is the baby alright?”“I stayed in the hospital a few days ago. My pregnancy is alright,” Fia said as she raised her trembling hand and massaged her temple. “I’m mentally uncomfortable, physically tired, and generally just upset.”Eileen knew how it felt and quickly sat by her side saying, “I know you’re tired. But you haven’t given up your feelings for him yet. You’re also his wife. You can’t just let him be and let him have fun with other women out there.”“Let me tell you something…” Fia gasped for air. “I drove to the Manning’s family home earlier tonight. He didn’t come out and they refused to let me see him. I forced them to open the door with a dagger in my hand.”Eileen looked at her in shock and she didn’t dare to imag
Conrad shook his heavy head and stared at his older cousin Victor.While he hadn’t gathered what had happened, he could still feel the insult that was hurled his way.He freed himself from Victor’s lackeys and pounced on him.“Oh?” Victor let out an amused laugh as he looked at his cousin staggering toward him and the punch he threw at him.He yawned and couldn’t be bothered to say another word. All he wanted to do was go back to sleep.He then said to his men, “Send Mr. Maxwell home. If there’s even a single bruise on him, you know what will happen to you.”“Understood. What about the woman in the car?”Victor gave her a glance and said, “That shrieking bird’s not part of the family, so stop being such a busybody.”“I got him and am sending him back.” Victor gave Eileen a call. “When will you come over to accompany me?”Eileen looked at Fia as she held her phone in her hand. Fia was simply sitting in the living room staring into the air.“Not today, boss.”“Eileen, now that
“Madam, where were you so late at night?”“I was meeting a friend.”“You shouldn’t go out so late at night alone. There might be bad people out there.”“It’s fine. My friend got her driver to send me home.”Mrs. Taylor couldn’t help but sigh and pointed at the second floor. “Master Maxwell is drunk and Master Victor’s men have sent him home. He was so drunk that he attacked them.”“Oh,” Fia said, recalling how he was when he was at school. He needed to fight at least once a week.However, he became much more of a gentleman after he became the heir to the Maxwell Corporation.She suddenly couldn’t remember what he looked like when he fought.“Are you hungry? Should I make supper for you?”“I’ve already eaten at Eileen’s place.”“Alright. Then you should head up and rest,” Mrs. Taylor said before closing the door.In the master bedroom, the door wasn’t properly closed. A night lamp was left switched on inside.Fia took in a deep breath before quietly pushing open the door.S
“Do you hate me because I destroyed you? Because you married me and lost him?”Fia was speechless.She didn’t know what he was thinking in that brain of his… The way he thought was beyond any ordinary person.If he was a normal person, he would have known that she loved him!Three years they slept on the same bed during their marriage… If he had a heart, he would have sensed her love for him!Whatever. His love didn’t belong to her. He couldn’t have sensed it.All she wanted to do was hide her love for him. Only then would she be able to stop herself from being humiliated that much!“Speak!”When Conrad thought of that possibility, he was so angry that he almost exploded.He grabbed her by the mouth. “I told you to speak!”Fia gritted her teeth and looked at him with a sneer. She didn’t want to say anything.“Who’s the man?”He asked in a low voice.“Doctor Jason Evans?”Fia frowned as she didn’t say a word, but all that did was anger him.“I got it right? No wonder you
She was staring at the ceiling. He wasn’t sure what she was thinking.His possessiveness took over as he pulled her into his arms.“You were very beautiful and obedient just now, Fi.”Fia’s body tensed up as she covered herself using the blanket.She was supposed to be angry, but she was very embarrassed instead.Love… It really could make someone so cheap.She lost all her bottom lines.When Conrad saw how she was acting, he let out a cheeky chuckle.“Get out!” She raised her knuckle and whacked him twice although she was still under the blanket.That was the first time he was like that after being married for three years. She was blushing like there was no tomorrow.It felt… Very strange.The more she thought about it, the more she yearned for it.“Fi, be honest with me. Are you old acquaintances with Doctor Evans?” Conrad’s ire had been doused as he asked her that with her in his arms.Fia closed her eyes and said, “I only got to know Doctor Evans recently. Nothing you