Edward lowered his head and took out a booth of cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket. He knocked on the booth skillfully and procured a stick to bring to his mouth before lighting it up. He took a deep drag, then only raised his head to look at Vivian. He cracked into a smile and said, “I’m sorry, Vivian.”Vivian’s hands that were placed on the table were clenched tightly into fists. Still, this action of hers did not stop her body from shaking profusely. Her jaw was tightly clenched such t

Her gaze chilled Edward’s heart. He looked at her in a daze and clenched his teeth a moment later. He leaned forward and carried her from the bed while saying, “Viv, let’s go home.”Vivian did not speak or resist. She lay there quietly for him to carry. Then, she closed her eyes slowly. Edward did not send her to the villa. Instead, he took her back to the condo that he lived in on the usual days. He carried her to the second floor and placed her on the bed in the bedroom. She remained silent

Jake was pinning Edward down strenuously at all times, and he shielded them with the car. He waited until the car left before he loosened his grip on Edward and said anxiously, “Edward, are you alright?”Edward’s arm was grazed by a bullet, but he had completely sobered up from his inebriation. He answered coldly, “I’m fine.”Jake acknowledged that with an ‘oh’. He could not refrain from hissing in pain and drawing in cold breath right after that. Edward turned around to look at him upon heari

Vivian closed her eyes tiredly and kept mum.As he let out a self-deprecating laugh, he released his hold and, enduring the pangs it caused, inched away from her to the other side of the bed and retreated to sleep.The shooting was an assassination attempt on Edward’s life, and the hunted was definitely not going to let the perpetrators get away. Still, days of intensive investigations uncovered nigh nothing. At most, he found out that the car where the gunshot came from belonged to a nondescrip

There was no other audience in the garden. Over the tall bushes and grasses, crisscrossing shadows of patrolling guards pacing around the area clashed against the dying dusklight.Vivian dismissed Jake’s barefaced attempt at flattery and strode toward a swing in the garden. She sat and rocked on it a little, then raised her eyes to his face. “I’ve done some research on the Levin family before, and the evidence shows that they’ve always been the natives of Golden South City. Since when did they o