Lahat ng Kabanata ng That Stranger Lying Beside Me: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

William got in the car with large strides. Having been submerged in the darkness, Marcus greeted William as he saw William with a smile, "Mr. Howard!" William looked at Marcus with a frown, "Why are you here?" "I worry about you, sir. And I need to report things happened today, by the way." "What happened today was the work of Julie and her daughter. That figures." He said Indifferently. No one else would play such vicious tricks to Valeria except for Julie and her daughter. "Yes, but Mason Eich also took part in it. He spent big bucks in paid posters and that's why it ended up like this." The name caused a look of disgust to flash across William's eyes. Marcus continued. "Mason Eich doesn't know you. Hard to tell what means Ashley had used to make him believe that you are a pimp, and so he made such a scene. The original author had been driven out of B city under our attack. Do we need to get the author under our control?" "No need!" William r

Thinking about this, Valeria glanced at Bob. Bob smiled, and his eyes sparkled like bright stars. Bob was definitely the most good-looking man she had ever seen. He was just like a god. "It must be because of his good looks that Marcus is so kind to him. It's too dangerous!" Bob was her man now. She would not allow anyone else to keep thinking about him! Not even Marcus! She had to figure out if Marcus had a thing for Bob, and the first step was to get it straight on Marcus's sexual orientation. Bob had been the driver for Marcus for a while, he should know if Marcus had a girlfriend. With this thought, Valeria gently asked, "Does Marcus have a girlfriend?" "Nope?" William shook his head, not getting why Valeria would suddenly talk about Marcus's personal affairs. "How come he doesn't have a girlfriend at his age?" Having got a "no" answer made Valeria more anxious. "How can such a rich young man not have a girlfriend? He should hav

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Valeria rushed to the rotating restaurant in B City. She went through the door of the box and saw Ashley and Julie sitting there with Ronald. Valeria instantly turned dark. Julie had to maintain her good stepmother appearance in front of Ronald. She stood up with a smile and said, "Good to see you, Valeria. Come here and have a seat!" Ashley followed Julie to her feet and enthusiastically held Valeria's hand, as if she and Valeria had never had a problem. Seeing Ashley feigning innocence, Valeria felt disgusted. She avoided Ashley's touch and looked at Ronald, "What do you want, my dear father?" "Come in and sit down, Valeria. I've order the dishes you like. We talked over dinner." Ronald also forced a smile. Valeria knew Ronald had bad intentions behind his smile. It was a challenge for Valeria to cover up her disgust while dining with the mistress and her daughter. Valeria wanted to turn around and leave, but when she t

The two men in black wore ghost masks and looked hideous in the light of the headlights. Ashley was so scared that she screamed. Then she hurried into the car and locked the door. The two phantasmal guy stiffly approached Ashley with bloody hammers and knives in their hands. Trembling and panicking, Ashley picked up the phone and made a call. The call was soon put through. Ashley kept trembling, "Mason, I've seen the ghosts. Come and help me!" Mason was in confusion, "Are you out of your mind? You sure you've seen ghosts?" "Ghosts for real. They're coming to me, with hammers and knives ... So much blood... Ah..." Before Ashley could finish his trembling words, the two ghosts came up to her car. One of them raised the hammer and slammed it against the window of Ashley's car. The sound of breaking glass made Ashley scream in horror. And the phone was hung up. Mason was shocked with  the phone. Screams of anguish of Ashley a few second

Mason's words shocked Valeria. She wondered what made Mason say that. "Ronald had done something to Bob?" "No, not so soon. Mason might be bluffing me?" She mustered up the courage to refute immediately, "You wish. We did nothing wrong, nobody can hurt us." "Nothing wrong? You can deny it but we got the prove!" "What prove? What the hell are you talking about?" "Don't play dumb. Don't tell me that you have no idea what the pimp did last night. You're so ruthless! Ashley is pregnant." Valeria finally assembled some clues from Mason's accusation. Something happened to Ashley, and Mason suspected that she and Bob were responsible. She let out a snort of laughter, "So what happened to Ashley? Just say it. It's ridiculous of you to be so upset." "Well, let's get down to brass tacks. Ashley was stripped naked and splashed with pig's blood among the tombs in the countryside, her car was smashed, too. She is freaked out and having a high te