Late at night the next day, Holly's fingers still hurt. She tossed and turned in bed before finally falling asleep. Bryce lay beside her and put his arm around her. His phone vibrated suddenly. Bryce was afraid that it would wake Holly, so he put it on silent mode and pulled her arm out gently from under her neck. He wanted to take the call outside. However, Holly woke up. She opened her eyes slowly and asked sleepily, "What is it?" Bryce pointed at his phone. "I'll go and take a call.""Just take it here. Don't go outside. It's cold," Holly said considerately. Bryce assented and picked up the call. He asked, "What is it, Moses?" Samantha's older brother, Moses Cott, said politely, "I'm sorry for calling you so late. Samantha's hand has been crushed by a hammer. The four fingers of her left hand have been fractured, and she's in very bad condition. "She keeps crying and asking to see you. Is it convenient for you to come and see her?"Bryce's expression changed. He
Quirina was almost knocked out from the pain. She held her nose instinctively, her mind blank. She had never expected Holly to be so violent. Holly looked so demure and meek. She looked down and saw that her fingers were stained red. She was angry and in pain. With a shrill scream, she lunged toward Holly. Leitia rushed up and grabbed her by the waist to stop her. The bodyguard heard the commotion and entered the room. He pulled Quirina away. Bryce walked in with Tobin, looking grim. His gaze swept over Quirina, and then he looked at Holly. His expression relaxed slightly when he saw that Holly was fine. Quirina clutched at her bleeding nose and complained to Bryce, "Look! This is the woman you think is so good! She looks gentle and demure, but she's ruthless! She threw a cup at me and almost killed me!" Bryce's voice was devoid of emotion as he said, "Holly has always been gentle, quiet, and peaceful. She must have attacked you because you provoked her." He looke
Bryce was unhappy to see Holly being so protective of Abel.There wasn't much change in his expression, but there was a note of suppressed emotion in his eyes. "I'm going out for a smoke," he said coldly, turned around, and went out.He closed the door harder than usual. However, Holly didn't notice. All she could think about was that night 13 years ago. It had been a nightmare. Wild gusts of wind, roaring flames, unending pain, and shouts of despair rose up in her mind. Abel was the key to that nightmare.The moment he was mentioned, she felt as if her heart had been pierced, and she couldn't calm down for a long time. A tear trickled out of the corner of her eye and dripped onto the blurry photo. After a long, long time, Holly finally calmed down.She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and looked back at the photo. She wondered who was the person helping her in secret.She hadn't even told her own mother about her injury because she was afraid it would worr
Bryce was silent for a moment. Then, he said, "I'll be back in a while.""Come back now. Hurry up."Bryce hung up.Nina walked over to Holly's bed angrily and sat down. She looked hesitantly at Holly but finally said, "Holly, has Bryce been getting very close to Samantha recently?"Holly assented. Nina sighed. "Holly, you're too nice. You can't win over her. She's always been sly, and she's an absolute bitch. Even I am no match for her at those little games."Holly said distractedly, "Oh, really?""Yes. She's always tried to take Bryce away from me. Our families have dealings in business, and we often had meals together during festive occasions. "She would just stick to Bryce and keep whining at him and making him do things for her. She was so fake, but Bryce acted as if he were bewitched. He would do anything she wanted and indulge her every whim."Holly's heart hurt when she heard this, but there wasn't much emotion on her face.Nina said, "After that, I couldn't stand it
Bryce's expression darkened even more.He called the bodyguards, who were supposed to be protecting Holly, and said, "I told you to watch her. Where is she?"The bodyguard said respectfully, "Mrs. Gabelman said that we must be tired after watching over her for so many days. She gave us two days off and said that you were the one who gave the order."Bryce didn't know whether to laugh or not.Holly, who had always been so obedient and demure, was now blithely giving orders on his behalf. He asked coldly, "Where did she go?"The bodyguard could sense his displeasure, so he replied carefully, "Mrs. Gabelman didn't say."Bryce hung up and found Leitia's number. He called her.Her phone was off, too.He frowned and instructed Tobin, "Go and check the security cameras.""Yes, Mr. Gabelman." Tobin immediately went to the hospital control room.Ten minutes later, he called and said, "Mr. Gabelman, someone's deleted all the footage that has Mrs. Gabelman in it."Bryce gripped the p
Somervale Village was at the foot of Somervale Mountain, and it was the old home of Winston. Holly had grown up there. All of them traveled a long way, and by the time they reached Somervale Village, it was already three or four o'clock in the morning. Bryce got out and pushed open the gate to the yard, but it didn't budge. Holly was probably asleep, and Bryce didn't want to disturb her. He pulled the car door open, put the seat down, and got in. He closed his eyes to try to take a nap. He had been running around so much that he was exhausted. He fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, the skies were already bright. Bryce opened the car door and got out. The bodyguard rushed over and said, "Mr. Gabelman, there are people talking in the yard. It sounds like Mrs. Gabelman." Bryce nodded and walked over to the yard. He pushed the gate. This time, it opened. His gaze swept through the yard. It was spacious. Nobody had been living t
"He died long ago. A dead man can't hurt anyone. Someone else crushed Samantha's hand with a hammer, and as for who that person is and why they wanted to get revenge on her, I really have no idea." Holly's voice was perfectly calm, but tears beaded her eyelashes. Bryce looked down at the mound. It was an extremely ordinary-looking grave. It seemed old, and there was a wilted bouquet of wildflowers on it. There were ashes where something made of paper had been burned. The grave was very simple. It was just a mound of earth, and there wasn't even a gravestone. No one could tell whose it was. Bryce's lips curled. In the past, when he had asked Holly who Abel was, she had always avoided answering him. The security cameras had caught the back view of Abel, so she had found an old grave to fob him off.She didn't know that the moment she had called out for Abel in her dreams, he had sent someone to this village to investigate who Abel was. There were 98 families in the vil
It made her heartbeat speed up with how seductive it was. Holly's ears reddened, and she looked sideways at Bryce, hinting at him to take his hand away. Bryce kept a straight face while he spooned oatmeal elegantly into his mouth.No one could tell what he was doing under the table. Holly reached out to grab his hand and tried to move it away from her thigh, but she couldn't. He was holding it tightly instead. He grabbed her hand and entwined their fingers. He even began massaging her palm gently with his thumb. It was making her palm sweat. One of Holly's hands was injured, while the other was held by Bryce. She couldn't eat. She could only sit there without moving.Bryce looked at her and smiled. He asked her on purpose, "Why aren't you eating, Holls?" He usually called her "Holly", but he was now calling her "Holls" on purpose. Holly glared at him in mock anger.Bryce smiled. "Are you only going to eat if I feed you?"He used his spoon to scoop up some oatmea