บททั้งหมดของ His Mad Delusions: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

When Anise dragged her suitcase out of the long-haul bus, she was greeted by the familiar scent of osmanthus blossoms characteristic of the small town.Her mother was already waiting for her on the platform when she arrived. The moment she met Anise, her eyes reddened as she tightly grasped her daughter’s hand and became very emotional, “You’re back. Wonderful, you’re finally back.”While Anise was on the way home, she had been silently watching the scenery rushing past the window.Judging by the way nothing seemed to have changed, one would think the town had been abandoned. The breakfast stall on the corner of the street was still there, and the locust tree near the mouth of the alley was still lush as ever. It was as if time had stood still in this place.At the same time, she felt as if she had awakened from an extended nightmare. Though she was exhausted, she felt revived when she inhaled the air of freedom.A breeze swept a locust dangling off a branch on a gentle freefall.

It had been three days since Liam last slept.The blue display of the computer screen reflected on his tired face. Next to him was a coffee cup with a thick layer of brown residue accumulating on its surface.He rubbed his aching temples before resuming typing. His fingers danced across the keyboard while streams of code appeared on the screen.He tracked it down.An IP address appeared on the screen. The location pointed to a luxury apartment in Bisa.He scoffed to himself before proceeding to hack into the device.The webcam turned on immediately to reveal a familiar face.It was Clarice, wearing a smug smile. She was in the middle of removing her makeup in front of the mirror when the display of her phone glowed up.The notification was the same content she had just posted on the anonymous account.“Anise is scum and deserves to be cyberbullied.”Liam's eyes gleamed with ice.He quickly extracted all the data he could from Clarice's computer, including her encrypted priva

Anise stood in front of the fresh produce section of the supermarket. She was fiddling with the selection of noodles on the shelf.It was her twenty-eighth birthday today.She hadn't told anyone about it. Even when her mother called, all she did was tell her with a brisk smile, “I’ll be busy at work today and will probably celebrate it later this weekend.”She only said it because she did not want her to worry about it.Her birthdays the past few years… were often associated with torrential rain, misery, and heartbreak.Last year was the worst of them all.Memories surfaced involuntarily…Last year, she spent her birthday working well into midnight until she received a drunken call from Arthur, “Come pick me up at Blue Bay Club.”She braced the pouring rain and got to the club only to see Clarice kissing him on her tiptoes.Arthur must have spotted Anise, but all he did was look away without a single care in the world. She even allowed Clarice to splash red wine on her…“Here

“Mr. Renault, do you need to take a small break?” His assistant could not resist issuing a gentle reminder.The shareholders' meeting today was attended by key figures in the finance industry. They were gathering to discuss upcoming investment strategies for an emerging intelligent robot project.It was a pivotal moment for the company, but Arthur seemed very distracted.He was staring silently at the way the branches swayed outside while specks of sunlight illuminated them at ever-changing angles. The image of the resolute look in Anise's eyes when she fell to the ground replayed in his mind continuously. It was a look he had never seen in her before.What he saw within them was pure, unfiltered hatred.It was an unfamiliar expression. It gave him the impression that she was gradually slipping from his control, which filled him with dread.The Anise he knew had always been submissive and docile. She was the type to trail behind him with her head bowed low. She would hold his han

The Reids had been embroiled in countless scandals over the last few days, which went beyond anything simple like tax evasion. They were accused of misappropriating a billion dollars of company funds, which they used for traveling, while countless employees were left without wages.One of their employees, who had been working for them for five years, even ended their life because of it.It looked like it was going to be the end of the line for them. Her father barely had a chance to appeal because he was detained while numerous reporters looked on. The initial sentence handed down to him was lifetime imprisonment.It was going just as poorly for Clarice. She was bound by several heavily equipped doctors and taken to a mental asylum located somewhere in the suburbs.At first, it was hard for her to accept that her status had fallen from that of a respectable socialite to a disgraced criminal who would never get a chance at freedom again.Whenever the officers ordered an assembly, s