Chapter 37

One of her faults was that she could never keep up with the world.

For example, if she quarreled with someone and was badly scolded, her brain would react only after the person left. 'I should have refuted her this way just now!'

This happened several times, in fact, more than a dozen times, before she finally realized that she was not a quarrelsome and scheming person. Thus, she preferred to avoid trouble whenever possible.

What she said to Sylvia on the phone had been conceived in her head during the time when she had refused to answer Sylvia's calls over the past few days.

However, it was one thing to conceive and another to speak.

When she had spoken the words stored inside her mind, she felt as if she had been drained of all her strength.

Sylvia was frightened by it.

She leaned against the tree to cool her head for a long time before picking up her cell phone and heading back.

As her silhouette slowly returned to the villa, a woman hidden in the corner of the small garden