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“Nothing.” Victoria smiled at the man and shrugged her shoulders. “All I did
was just look at the matter from your perspective. So, I can now
understand why you’d me me. It’s all because of the love and empathy
you have for her.”
ric only kept his eyes fixed on Victoria as she was speaking. “So?” He
clenched his jaw, his eyes turning sinister.
“I mean, I understand shees before everything else in your heart.”
Victoria paused for a second and added, “So, I think I’d do the same thing
as you did if I were in your ce.” Victoria hadn’t been through a dire
situation in which she was rescued. Thus, she had not experienced despair
and hopelessness. Instead, all she could do was put herself in ric’s
shoes by imagining herself in his ce, although she could not feel the
emotions he felt. After all, she understood it was easy for ric to fall for
someone who saved him in a life–and–death situation.
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ric red at Victoria unhappily. “What would you do? You were
convinced that I would pin the me on you, weren’t you?”
Victoria kept her head down, her eyes getting shaky for some reason.
“That doesn’t matter anymore.” Because what matters is that I just saw
through everything yesterday. I should have seen thising sooner. If I
still had feelings left for this man, I would feel nothing anymore after
yesterday. Victoria felt surprisingly calm when she went ces and
strolled around the whole day. Deep down, the only thing she wanted to
do was to leave ric when his grandmother was done with her surgery.
“Really?” ric pursed his lips and glimpsed the new clothes Victoria just
bought as the agitated gleam in his eyes slowly faded. “Fine then, forget
about it if it really doesn’t matter.” What else can I do besides forgetting it
and moving on?
Victoria continued to stand there for a few moments, but when she looked
up once again, ric was nowhere to be seen. She then blinked and
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brought the basket of filthy clothes with her while walking out.
Since that day, ric and Victoria found themselves getting along with
each other in a way they had never before. While ric behaved
indifferently without mentioning a single word about what happened the
other day, Victoria went back to the way she got along with ric before
udia returned from abroad. When ric woke up from bed early in the
morning, she would help him put on his necktie; when they were eating,
she would thoughtfully ce the dish on his te; when it was time for a
bath, she would fill the bathtub for him. As Victoria did everything a dutiful
wife should, they seemed like the perfect example of a lovely couple to
everyone else, including the butler, who thought they were reconciled.
Nevertheless, only ric knew Victoria was just pretending. After all, she
had been pretending so well that she looked just like an actress who was
ying her role. If it hadn’t been for the disappointment that filled her
eyes, ric would have thought she had reconciled with him as everyone
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else did. Earlier that day, ric put on a jacket in an emotionless manner
and wore a necktie, but before he could fasten it, he heard Victoria’s voice.
“ric, the color of your necktie doesn’t match your shirt.”
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ric stopped upon hearing thedy’s voice and turned around to look at
her. While there was no one else around, ric looked at Victoria with a
stony gaze as if she was a stranger. However, Victoria didn’t seem to be
concerned by that at all as she walked up to him and picked another
necktie from the box. “This one seems to match your shirt more.”
When ric took the necktie with a cial look on his face, Victoria
grabbed the end of the necktie and volunteered to help him put it on. “Let
me do it.”
ric fixed his gaze on Victoria and smiled sarcastically. “Fine.” It was then
that Victoria walked up to him and tiptoed while helping him with his tie.
As the two of them got closer to each other, ric was able to notice the
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facial hair on Victoria’s fair skin and her full lips, even with just a quick
glimpse. At the same time, the faint aroma that was wafting from thedy
somehow reminded ric of their memories. Knowing Victoria never used
perfume, he knew the smell came from her body and hair shampoo.
Soon, ric felt a strong urge to pull Victoria into his arms as the scent
continued to waft toward him. After all, he always did that to Victoria, but
just when he was about to raise his arm, Victoria, retracted hers and
looked at him. “Done.” The nonchnce in her eyes became a de that
plunged through ric’s heart. In that instant, all the love and sentiment
he had for Victoria disappeared without a trace.
“It must have been tough for you to put on a show all this while.” ric
curled his lips and indifferently smiled.
“Not at all. It’s what I should do.” Victoria reacted with a casual smile.
While Victoria’s unconcerned reaction seemed like a punchnded on a
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sponge, ric took his eyes off thedy, whereupon he walked off and
made his way out the door with an emotionless look.
“Hold on,” Victoria called out to ric, who only stopped in his tracks
without looking back because he wanted to hear what she was going to
say. Upon pondering for a few seconds, Victoria organized her thoughts.
and probingly asked, “About Grandma’s condition, has the doctor
contacted and told you anything about it?”
At first, ric thought Victoria was showing concern for his grandmother,
but when he heard the few words toward the end of her sentence, he
slowly began to understand the meaning behind her question. Thus, he
curled his lips upward and sarcastically asked, “Are you in a hurry or
something?”
In spite of ric’s aggressive tone, Victoria didn’t seem to be angry at all.
Instead, she only responded coldly and said, “Well, I’m not in a hurry. I’m
just worried about Grandma’s health if her treatment takes too long.”
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ric turned around and gazed at Victoria, questioning her with an
indifferent tone, “Are you actually worried about her health? Or are you
scared that it’s going to go against your favor, Victoria? Do you really want
to stay away from me so badly?” While Victoria was speechless, ric
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continued to provoke her. “It was Noelst time, so who is it going to be
this time? Bane?”
What?! Victoria couldn’t believe ric would bring Bane up. After all, as
Noel was the man whom her father desperately tried to make her date,
she could understand why ric would suspect Noel. However, she failed
to see why ric would drag Bane into their discussion. Was it because of
the hug that night in the bar? But Bane exined everything to him there
and then, didn’t he? How egoistic! Fine, this is none of my business
anymore because I’m leaving him soon anyway. There is no need for me
to dwell on these matters again.
At the thought of that, Victoria smiled and said, “There is no one, but if you
insist on thinking that way, I’ll be left with no choice.”
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ric was rendered speechless, which indicated that Victoria had just
used the correct way of tackling the man’s meritality. Not knowing what
else he could say, he did nothing except re unhappily at Victoria. In the
meantime, Victoria just stood there and met his gaze as she didn’t seem
to care what he said.
A few momentster, ric coldly said, “I don’t care what you have in
mind, Victoria, but you’re still my wife, as it appears. So, it is in your best
interest that you keep a distance from other men to avoid any unpleasant
scandals.”
“Unpleasant scandals? Aren’t the scandals in the office all about you?
Here is a gentle reminder–if you don’t want those scandals to reach your
grandmother’s ear, you should probably also keep a distance from other
women.”