Chapter 370


    Victoria put her phone away. It was time to sleep. I need to find something to prove that


    I saved ric, or no one would believe me just because I told them that was what


    happened. It has been many years since then. Proving this is going to be hard. Shey


    down, but the desire to sleep did note. All she could think of were the memories


    awakened within her. The thought of them annoyed her.


    Because udia saved him, ric gave preferential treatment to her. They were


    childhood friends who spent most of their time together, but after that, udia was


    added to their group. Most of the time, Victoria was jealous of her, and sometimes she


    wished she was the one who saved ric. Now, she got her wish. She did save ric,


    but udia took the credit. She took the credit, huh? Victoria narrowed her eyes. After I


    saved him, udia not only didn’t help me up, she took the credit for saving ric even


    when I was getting washed away. So even though she knew I was washed away and


    potentially drowning, she didn’t get anyone to help me, nor did she tell anyone I was


    washed away.


    The more she thought about it, the scarier Victoria thought udia was. Sweat was


    even starting to drench her back. Now that I think of it, did she already have ulterior


    motives when she helped our family out of bankruptcy?


    Just as she was spacing out, she felt her phone vibrating. She snapped out of it and


    looked at her phone. ric? I thought the conversation was over. Why is he calling me


    again? Since there was nothing to talk about, she stared at her phone until the call was


    over. It’ste. If I don’t take his call, he won’t call me again.


    The call ended, and ric didn’t make another one, but he texted her. ‘I know you’re still


    N?velDrama.Org ? 2024.


    awake. I’m outside.‘


    Victoria froze, surprised that he was outside waiting for her. So that’s why there was an


    interval between his calls. He was on his way here. A frown furrowed her brows. It was


    just a call, and I told him it was the wrong number. Why did hee over?


    She wanted to ignore him, but he was already outside, so she got out of bed and


    draped a coat over herself, then she went to the porch. Through the surveince


    camera, she saw a slender person standing outside the entrance. He was waiting for


    her silently, checking his phone.


    A whileter, she texted, ‘I’m in bed.‘


    She saw ric checking the text, and then he remained silent for a long while. Then he


    texted, ‘Can we meet?‘


    I told him I’m already in bed, but he still wants to meet. If it were anyone else, she would


    be calling the cops on them right now.


    ric texted again, ‘I know you’re in there.’


    Damn it. In the end, Victoria opened the door. ric raised his head and cocked his


    eyebrow. The look on his face said, ‘Called it.’”


    Victoria was about to say something, but ric walked straight into her house and


    closed the door. He then closed in on her and pinned her against the wall. “You were


    looking for me?” he asked quietly, the look in his eyes captivating. His eyes glinted as if


    he was looking at prey.


    Hmm, he’s getting bolder. He wouldn’t have dared to do this to mest night, and he


    kissed my forehead before he left this morning. Victoria pushed him away. “What are


    you doing? I told you I called the wrong number.”


    “Like hell it was.” ric held her fingers and held back his urge to flirt. “You’re a smart


    woman. There’s no way you could’ve called the wrong number at this hour.”


    ?


    Victoria paused for a moment.


    “So that must mean you wanted to talk to me,” he said softly. “You didn’t want to talk


    over a call, so I came.”


    He knows me well enough. Victoria looked at him, but she said nothing. Noticing her


    urge to talk, ric cocked his brow. “What? Cat got your tongue? Oh, is this about-”


    He’s up to something lewd again. Victoria quickly said, “No. This is about something


    else.”


    ric gave her a look that said, ‘Knew it.‘


    Since they had started anyway, Victoria asked, “Do you believe everything I say?”


    “Of course,” said ric without hesitating.


    “Then who are you going to trust more? udia or me?”


    Oh, this again? ric held the back of her head. “You, of course.”


    That made Victoria feel more at ease. If he had hesitated, she wouldn’t tell him the


    truth. He wouldn’t believe her anyway. But so far so good. Still, she didn’t let her guard


    down easily. He might trust her, but this was something big. He might change his mind


    if she were to tell him that.


    “Even when I tell you that she did not save you from drowning?”


    ric froze for a moment, then he narrowed his eyes.


    “You don’t trust me?” Victoria’s face fell.


    ric quickly said, “I do. I told you I’d believe everything you tell me.”


    Victoria stared into his eyes. “Then what’s with that look?”


    ric heaved a sigh. “If udia wasn’t the one who saved me, then who did?” Since he


    knew Victoria wouldn’t lie to him, this revtion came as a shock to ric. That


    drowning happened years ago, and he had always thought udia was the one who


    saved him. So, she wasn’t?


    Victoria took a deep breath. “Me.” Worried he might not trust her, she looked away. “You


    don’t have to tell me if you don’t believe it. I won’t force you or anything, but if that’s the


    case, you can leave now. And don’t-”


    Just then, ric leaned down, closing in on her.