“Huh?” Zayn was demoralized. “What do you mean ‘Huh’? You can tell when it’s time to eat, but you can’t tell when it’s time to be home early? Take a look at the time—it’s thirty minutes past nine! Do you actually expect us to wait for you to come home? Who do you think you are? You’re just a freeloader who stuffs his face and slacks around like a fat, lazy pig!” His mother-in-law, Ruby, always had a way with her words. Her incessant nagging could go on for hours with varying levels of insults. He could never bring himself to talk back to her either. Faye was on her last straw, so she quickly piped up, “I stored some leftovers in the fridge. You can heat the food up yourself. Give it a break, Mom. You can stop yelling at him.”Ruby rolled her eyes before trying to justify herself. “What’s wrong with giving him an earful? He deserves it more than anyone else in this house! He’s been unemployed for four years, and he just bums around all day doing absolutely nothing. This man has no
Feeling her eyes boring right through him, Zayn felt like his heart had been caught in his throat, so he frantically tried to walk away so he could avoid her gaze.There was no way Faye recognized him, right?Luckily, Faye shifted her attention away from him. She thought she was insane to compare Zayn to Violet Vision’s chairman.Violet Vision’s chairman was an affluent tycoon holding a high position in office. His presence was infinitely powerful compared to Zayn’s, who was a lowly man who married into the Carter family. She could still accept him for his lack of lifeskills, but he was also a coward. He was as timid as a mouse, and he could never stand up for himself. Zayn was a far cry from the chairman.Faye shook away the absurd thought. She replied to Ruby thoughtfully, “It’s not someone that I’m acquainted with. I think he was wearing a mask because he didn’t want me to see his face. After all, he’s a man of class.”Ruby recognized that beguiled look on Faye’s face from anyw
Faye’s heart melted with pity upon hearing Ethan’s words. She nodded and agreed, “Alright, send me the address and I'll drop by later.”“Alright, alright, alright! I’m really glad that you can come, Fifi!” Ethan was overjoyed. The excitement on his face vanished at once after he hung up the call. The corners of his lips began to curl upwards into a cunning smile. He muttered to himself, “Hmph. I was afraid that you might not come. As long as you’re here, you won’t be able to escape anymore!”He sniggered cunningly. Faye was unaware that Ethan had already come up with an evil plan against her. When she got off work and came out of the office, she frowned at the sight of Zayn waiting for her in the lobby. “You’ve gotten off of work, Fifi.” Zayn walked towards Faye with a bright smile on his face. Faye nodded nonchalantly. She noticed that many people were pointing at her secretly and whispering, “Who’s this man? He looks poor and pathetic.”“How is he even worthy of speaking to
Zayn watched as Faye left and let out a long sigh. She was still so naive. Based on Zayn’s understanding of Ethan, he was certain that Ethan had some form of ulterior motive behind him asking her out this time. For safety reasons, Zayn called Sean up…Over on Faye’s side, she drove the car away in a hurry. She went back home to change into a new outfit before heading to Fireflies for Ethan’s birthday celebration. She sincerely assumed that Zayn was judging others by his own standards. As her ex-university coursemate, she knew Ethan well enough to know that he would never hurt her. Ethan was a rather boastful person and enjoyed showing off, but he was never a man with ill intentions. In addition to that, they were in a society with legal systems and security cameras that could be found everywhere. Even if Ethan harbored ill intentions, would he have the courage to act upon them? On the contrary, it was Zayn’s actions that disgusted her more. At eight, dressed in her new outfit, F
It was fortunate that the music began blasting again. The rest of the people pretended not to have heard her and continued dancing with each other to conceal the awkwardness. “I’m sorry. It's my fault for being rash.” Ethan forced a smile and apologized to Faye. Faye did not bother herself with him either. She nodded, brushing it away.Next, the crowd in the private room began drinking and chatting. The room was bustling with noise and excitement. Faye had also loosened up a little slowly under the influence of the mood. After a few drinks, she busted out a few dance moves. She was very good at dancing with her graceful movements, impressing those around her. Besides Ethan, the rest of the men were ogling her with a fervent gaze.“Come, Ms. Carter. Cheers!” said a man to Faye with a grin as he walked over with a glass of whiskey. Faye declined him respectfully, “I’m sorry. I drove here, so I’m not drinking.”The man said, “That's no big deal. Just grab an Uber later.”The peo
It was close to eleven o’clock now, and it was already very late for Faye to be out. She said to Ethan, “Ethan, I’m still working tomorrow, so I’ll get going first. Here’s a gift for you, and happy birthday.”Faye took out a delicately packaged gift box and passed it to him. After managing to take Faye down after so much effort, how could Ethan let her off willingly? Moreover, Faye had already drunk the spiked cola, so the pill was about to take its effect soon…He opened the gift and found that it was an expensive tie, much to his surprise. “Thank you, Fifi. I needed a new tie. You know me so well!”Faye smiled calmly and said, “It’s great that you like it. I’m heading home first. Have a good time.”Ethan hastily called out to her, “Don’t go, Fifi! It’s almost midnight. Leave after we cut the cake, alright? Please, I’m begging you.”Faye furrowed her brows. Looking at how Ethan begged her piteously, she was reluctant, but she had to comply. “Alright then. I have to go home afte
Ethan sniggered aloud and exposed his true self. He leered at Faye. “Ah, it seems that the medicine has already begun to take effect, huh? I can see that your face is flushed and your legs are weak. Do you feel unwell?”The rest of the people were also laughing maniacally like him as they ogled Faye with malicious intentions. “Ethan! Wh-What have you given me?!” Faye’s voice even began to sound shaky. “You’re so smart, Faye. Surely you’ll be able to figure it out, so there’s no need for me to explain it to you, is there?” Ethan looked as despicable as he could be. Where was his graceful and dapper act from earlier? Right now, Ethan looked just like a perverted thief. The man, who had tried to compel Faye to drink a shot of whiskey earlier, said with an evil grin, “Beautiful girl, this is some good stuff, huh? Haha…”Faye’s entire body was trembling in anger. She regretted it more and more now. If she had the chance to do it all again, she pledged that she would have listened to
Indeed, the person who had broken the door with a kick was precisely Zayn wearing a clown mask. He had appeared as the chairman of Violet Vision to save Faye. He had used this persona after careful consideration. Firstly, Zayn was just a common person, so it was not very realistic for him to know Faye’s whereabouts. In addition to that, the owner of Fireflies was acquainted with Ethan, thus it was highly possible that Ethan had notified Fireflies’ owner prior to his plan this time. If Zayn were to appear without careful consideration, he could possibly fail to rescue Faye and also implicate himself as well. However, adopting the persona of the chairman of Violet Vision would be different. He could find out Faye’s whereabouts easily and rescue her without much effort. Upon entering the room, he noticed that Faye’s clothes were still tidy and she had yet to be violated, so his anxiety melted away. While rushing over here, he had met with an accident on the road that delayed him