Vivian nodded. After a beat, she asked, “Was it you?”His lips curled. “Yes.”“Through hired hands?”He shook his head without breaking his smile. “No. I did it myself. Used up all of my magazine clips, that one.”Shock dawned on her face while he leaned closer and tucked a stray hair behind her ear. “Don’t fret,” he said under his breath, “I have an alibi. They won’t catch me.”Nonetheless, the cops might not apprehend Edward due to lack of evidence, but it did not mean that the Baker family wa
This was the first time Vivian had ever shown any keenness to rekindle the warmth in their relationship. Naturally, Edward felt immensely gratified, strafing aside the door to let her in and eagerly asking her what kind of book she wanted. Hurriedly, he led her to the bookshelf in his study, looking at her with glittering eyes.He wanted to please her so much. “Pick a book for yourself. Any book can be yours! You know reading isn’t my thing. I only have them around for the ambiance.”She didn’t
Vivian started to move outside with Edward following closely on her tail. When he reached the door, he blurted out, “Vee.”His hand covered hers resting on the doorknob while he drew closer to her from behind. It took him a while to finally summon the words from his dry throat, “I’m so sorry about the past. Please...please forget them, please? I’m begging you.”Vivian was quiet for a heartbeat before answering him with a gentle pat on the back of his hand, “Let’s move forward from now on, Edward
It served as such a forceful plunge into despair that Edward lost all sense of guilt. Pure lividity began to fill the vacuum as a rage that could not be harnessed by rationality surfaced.“What do you want me to do, Vivian Carraway?!” he fumed through gritted teeth as his hands clutched her shoulders tightly. “What the f*ck should I do to make you forget? What must I do to satisfy you?! I’ve killed Morris Baker on your behalf. I’ve murdered his entire family on your behalf. What else is there le
Vivian chuckled softly. “Which ‘thing’ are you referring to?”Renne was bright not just by name but in character. She understood Vivian almost immediately, and after a long pause, offered, “Say, wanna hang out?”It was an invitation straight out of left field. Regardless of her surprise, Vivian was disinclined to disrupt her best friend’s peace or to drag her into the quagmire. With lightheartedness in her tone, she answered, “Nah. I’ve not been in the mood to go anywhere lately.”Renne was quie
Vivian quickly stowed the porcelain doll back before haphazardly wiping her tears away. Picking up an album and hugging it to her chest, she opened the door and answered, “What’s the matter?”It was hard to ignore the fresh trails of tears faintly glistening on her face. Wade considered her carefully before asking, “Are you, uh, alright?”Vivian never liked hiding the obvious, so she did not try. “I’m fine. I just couldn’t help crying over pictures of bygone memories,” she conceded with a sorrow
For someone who was so trained in compartmentalizing his emotions to the point that he hardly batted an eyelash at snuffing someone’s lights out, he was surprisingly skittish about this little action. In fact, he was so averse to being called out about what he had done that he balked at returning to the couch, preferring to stand a few feet away and gawking at her with his cup of water in hand.Vivian, for her part, ignored him. After snipping away every picture in the pile, she put her scissors
“It’d be great if that’s true,” Vivian said with a doubtful expression after taking a glimpse of Edward.Edward wanted to tease her further. However, she did not seem keen on continuing the conversation. After sorting out the photos and placing both her pictures as well as Renne’s photo into two separate bags, she got up from the couch and walked toward the bedroom. However, Edward did not want to let her go, so he stopped her without hesitation. “Viv.”She stopped and turned back with a fro