"Out with it," Tyler commanded.Hesitantly, Harry answered, "I think it's Miss Sasha."...That evening, Vicky finally regained consciousness.The lights inside the room were off, and only the light of the fading sun shone through the window.She glanced around the room and noticed the towering figure standing by the window. Shadows loomed over the figure as he stood with his back facing her in silence, perfectly blending into the darkness.Her heart twitched in pain for reasons she could not begin to comprehend, and through the overwhelming sorrow, she muttered hoarsely, "Tyler."Still weak from the injury, her head was in tremendous pain. She seemed to have hurt her head when Sasha pushed her down the stairs.Vicky rubbed the back of her head and realized there were bandages wrapped around her head.Tyler turned around and with the light at his back, she could not see his face but could sense the tension rising."What happened?" he asked coldly.She rubbed her head and sai

"I've told myself countless times that I need to live with my dignity intact and that I can survive without a man, but..." Vicky smiled bitterly. "I have nothing and no one to rely on in this community, and even if I don't want to admit it, I have to acknowledge that I'm helpless without you."Tyler stared at her and asked, "So everything you've done in the past month has been for this, right?"Vicky knew that she could not hold a candle to his brilliance, so she did not bother lying."Mister Hart, I worked hard to take care of you in exchange for something that means nothing to you but means the world to me while you enjoy being taken care of... It's a fair exchange.""So the three months of our agreement isn't your attempt to save this marriage, but the time you bought to plan your future?"She shot him an odd look. "I've been trying to save this marriage for three years, and that hasn't changed your mind at all. What can three months do? I don't believe that I haven't hovered o

Vicky fell into silence.Sebastian had not been involved and only knew what he had been told, so he could not know the details of what truly happened....After staying in the hospital for a week, Vicky was finally discharged. Tyler had not shown his face during that time nor had he interfered with what happened to Sasha, who would be locked up for quite some time.Vicky and Tyler went back to treating each other like strangers; he rarely came home and she stopped delivering food to him.They seemed to have reached a consensus to wait for the remaining time to pass.While she recovered, Vicky familiarized herself with her work with Cece's help and was fully capable of running her studio.As a fashion designer, she opened a studio before the car accident, and Cece told her that the studio focused on designing clothes for celebrities.One day, Vicky arrived at her studio and received a call from Cece."Vicky, has the client referred by Director Collins contacted you yet?"Vicky

"Even if Tyler looks into this, he won't find out that I'm the one who did it.""Do you have other plans?" asked the manager."Of course. After all, Tyler isn't that easily fooled." Maria leaned onto the couch lazily. "Sheila is reading her script with Jessica Packman in another room right now as we speak. Sheila and Vicky might seem to be civilized with one another, but they both want the other to die. If Tyler finds out that Jessica is with Sheila this entire time, what do you think he'll think of this?"The manager's face twitched. "You want to sic Sheila and Vicky against each other? Sheila means a lot to Tyler, and he's probably going to just help cover what she did...""You can't cover everything. If Vicky ends up getting violated, Tyler will grow sick of Sheila no matter how much he likes her. She won't matter as much to him from that point onward. Besides..." Maria turned to look at her manager. "Do you take Vicky for someone you can easily bully?"The manager shook her he

The people around them cheered along, and finally, Jason lost all sense of inhibition.Vicky was pinned against the couch, and the darkness inside the room threatened to swallow her whole."Let me go!" Vicky fought and struggled as she finally lost her composure.Smack! Smack!Jason slapped her twice across the face and wiped his hands as he stared down at her swollen cheeks."Curse you! How dare you slap me?! I'll make you regret this!"Vicky seemed to have lost all strength and stopped struggling in despair.Jason's anger was appeased when he assumed that she had given up on fighting and grinned with contentment. He waved his hand in dismissal at the bodyguards. "You may let go now!"He slowly removed his belt and sneered, "You should've obeyed me from the start. If you did, you wouldn't have to suffer at all."He leaned closer eagerly, and the scent of liquor on his body filled her nose.Just as he was about to touch her, Vicky snatched a beer bottle from the table and sla