“What’re you going to do, huh? Why don’t you shed a few tears in front of him again?”I seemed to have touched a sore spot because Lily glared at me in hatred. “Are you mocking me, Anna?!”Her expression twisted into one of savagery. “Don’t go thinking that you’ve defeated me! I’m telling you, Richard is mine! He’s just…”Before she finished speaking, Richard rushed over and pushed her to the ground. “Why are you bothering Anna?! Go back!”He then turned to me with a flicker of agony and regret in his eyes. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know she’d come here…”When I saw him, I just felt annoyed. I did not want to talk to him and tried to leave. But just as I was brushing past him, Richard grabbed my wrist. At that moment, my patience ran out. “Are you forcing me to burn all our bridges?”Richard simply pretended not to have heard me and stared at me stubbornly. “Anna, I was wrong. Can’t you give me another chance? Please just give me one more chance. Just one! I’ll do it right thi
Richard refused to believe it and shouted in exasperation, “Stop lying! I slept with her! How could you still like her?!”William turned red with rage and grabbed Richard’s collar. “You better watch your mouth!”But Richard did not back down. “I’m not wrong! She was with me for five years—”Halfway through, William punched him in the face. Richard’s entire body tilted to the side. He did not even have the strength to fight back. After a few punches, William pinned Richard to the ground. He had several bruises on his face. But Richard still refused to give up. “You don’t even like her, so can’t you just return Anna to me?”At that, William stood up and looked down at Richard before saying coldly, “Who told you that I don’t like her? I love her! “As for you, your fickleness broke Anna’s heart. I can’t believe you’d still have the gall to show your face before her.“By the way, Anna has already agreed to my proposal.”Richard’s eyes flew wide open. He stared at William in di
Meanwhile, I was living a life I had not experienced for a long time—a relaxing life. But Richard somehow managed to find me very quickly. The moment I saw him, I almost could not believe my eyes. He had gone gray, his hair was a mess, and he had stubble on his face. It seemed like he had not shaved for days. I seldom saw Richard like this. He looked fragile, defeated, meek, and anxious, as if he had lost his spirit. “You really aren’t dead! Anna, I finally found you!”His voice trembled, and he wanted to come over and hug me. I pushed him away. I told him to have some dignity, but Richard teared up at that. “Anna, I know that you’re still mad at me. I’ll deal with Lily. Won’t you come back with me?“If you do, I promise that I will never contact her again.“I’ll make it up to you for everything that happened before!”I remained cold and distant, but Richard did not seem to have noticed it. He started talking about how hard it had been for him to look for me. He g
“Since Anna wanted to leave, so be it.“Without her, the three of us might live even more happily.”Was Lily really saying those things at this moment? Richard’s anger flared. He shoved Lily away with a face as dark as a thunderstorm.“It’s because of you that Anna left! You’re still saying all these vile things?! How could you be so horrible?!”Lily stumbled back and nearly fell. Her face instantly drained of color. Her eyes flew wide open as she stared at Richard in disbelief. “You’re doing this to me because of her?!”But Richard ignored her and asked, “Did you force Anna to leave? Tell me!”Lily refused to admit it and sobbed that she did no such thing. Even so, Richard did not listen to her excuses and slapped her. “Remember this! If anything happens to Anna, I’m going to kill you!”Lily fell to the floor and could not believe what was happening. “You hit me?! You can’t do this to me! How could you?!”She asked indignantly, “Am I this insignificant to you?! Didn’t you
Richard had been putting on a calm front just moments ago, but his face turned pale in the next second. In his disbelief, he grabbed Tyson’s collar. “What did you say? Say that again!”Lily tried to grab him, but he pushed her to the floor. “What did you say happened to Anna?!” Richard’s eyes were bloodshot. At the sight of Richard acting like that, Lily could no longer hide the hatred in her eyes. But she still put on a sympathetic face. “Don’t do this, Richard. This might just be a misunderstanding, and Anna might be just fine. “Could she be faking her death because she can’t accept you being nice to me and Ruby?”At that, Richard trembled. He let go of Tyson and swayed like a drunken man. He could not even stand properly. “Yes. It must be fake. Anna must be playing a trick!”Tyson could no longer watch this and said, “Mr. Lorde, this is the video of the car exploding. It’s the car that Mrs. Lorde was in.“If Mrs. Lorde was inside at that time, the chances of her surv
I did not reply. That night, before I boarded the plane, Richard called. I did not answer. I blocked all of his contacts and threw my SIM card away. From this moment on, I would have nothing to do with Richard. …The next day, Richard was still staring lovingly at Lily in the ward. “Thank goodness you’re okay. If anything happened to you, I would die.”Lily lowered her head and cried. Then, she wiped her tears away and looked up. “I almost thought that I wouldn’t be able to see you again, too.”Then, in a sad voice, she said, “I just wonder… how is Anna?”He suppressed the panic in his heart and tried his best to compose himself. “Ignore her. She must have been sent to another hospital. I’ll have someone ask around later.”Be that as it may, Richard had a bad feeling about all this. When Lily asked about Anna, that uneasiness grew even more prominent. He picked up his phone and sent Anna a text. In the next second, he saw a red exclamation mark appear in front of the