Chapter 1312 A Self-injury To Win His Trust


    A little too smoothly than usual, ck entered Holley''s office. As soon as he stepped inside, she raised


    her head and smiled warmly at the man. Even though he was in anger, the sight of her smile had him


    almost palpitate in amazement.


    Determined to demand an exnation, he calmed himself down. Instead of dragging things on like this


    for too long, he wanted to clear things up himself and put an end to it.


    Holley, however, had no idea what was toe as she stood up and came over to give ck a warm


    hug.


    "Darling, I missed you so much!"


    Her affection seemed endless.


    That, at least, made ck sneer. Slowly but decisively, ck shrugged off her hands and gently


    pushed her away from him.


    "What''s wrong, ck?"


    The longer she looked at him, the worse feeling in her gut grew.


    Because he was against the light, his expression wasn''t too clear. Still, she could feel a cold air


    radiating from him.


    "I think you can tell me that. I''ve seen how intimate you are with Charles. You were with him in the


    hospital, taking care of him, weren''t you? That was the important meeting you were in when you


    rejected my call. And now you have the nerve to ask me what''s wrong? Holley, what am I to you, huh?


    Tell me."


    Unable to restrain his anger any longer, he howled at Holley with red fury in his eyes.


    The usation made Holley turn ghastly pale, her eyes full of panic.


    Internally, Holley cursed the world. How could ck have known? What should she do, then? Thinking


    that the stocks were still in his hands, she decided that she had to do all she could to put him at ease.


    With her goals so nearly achieved, she couldn''t give up because of a blip like that.


    As the gears in her head turned and worked faster than ever, she tried stringing together words that


    would make him cooperate with her.


    With her hands clenched into fists, and her eyes unsteady, panic and fear surged through her like


    crashing waves.


    "That''s not true, ck. Let me exin.


    Things aren''t as they seem."


    As she anxiously exined, drops of sweat started rolling down her temples.


    In spite of his little outburst, ck''s desperate eyes seemed to find a bit of light. Because he loved her


    so deeply, he had hoped that all he had seen was merely a huge misunderstanding. Even as he hoped


    in his heart, he knew in his head that it was impossible.


    In the end, though, he wanted to hear Holley out, unwilling to part with her. As long as he still had a


    ce in her heart for him, he would do all he could to keep it.


    Unknowingly, ck''s eyes were full of expectation as he waited for Holley''s exnation.


    After swallowing down her panic, Holley calmed herself down to exin.


    "You know that Tarsan Corporation and Shining Company are working together to finish a project, don''t


    you? Well, Charles was basically disregarding it. I was afraid the project wouldn''t push through, at the


    rate things were going. Because of that, I''ve been trying to get close to him."


    Seeing that ck didn''t seem to be buying it, she upped her act—her eyes turned ssy as if she


    could cry at any minute.


    "Ever since I reced Rachel as the general manager, all the employees refused to work under my


    control. They wanted to see me fail. Do you have any idea of the pressure I''m under? I just want this


    project to seed. It''ll prove that I''m capable, and I''ll earn their respect. I hope to have a foothold in


    thispany, ck. If you still don''t understand, anything that I have done will be pointless."


    Throwing away any semnce of grace she still had, Holley went and rushed into ck''s arms as she


    sobbed.


    Of course, ck was still in doubt. But he couldn''t help his heart from going tender, seeing Holley


    hurting. Gently, he began to stroke her head, trying tofort her, almost instinctively.


    "ck…please believe me. I love you so much. I would never do anything to betray you."


    Before he could even get a word out, Holley raised herself to kiss him on the lips, reaching for his


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    mouth as if it was her only means left to breathe, like a fish gasping in the open air.


    At that point, ck''s head was aplete mess. It was as if he had forgotten why he visited her in the


    first ce, and he didn''t know if he should believe her words or what he had already seen. Speechless,


    he stood there numbly as he let Holley kiss him.


    "ck, don''t you love me anymore?"


    Her voice was aggrieved as she continued to sob.


    ck''s indifference left her feeling like she was stuck in a crisis. What would she do if he refused to


    believe her? Though she helplessly grabbed onto his shirt, clinging onto hope, she didn''t dare raise her


    head to meet his gaze.


    As he watched her cry into his chest, ck still couldn''t deny his doubt. The image of Holley being


    intimate with Charles was embedded in his mind and he didn''t know if he could ever get rid of it.


    In spite of that, he concealed the doubt in his eyes and tucked it away in the back of his mind before


    saying, "How could I not love you? I''m just not sure that you love me. How abouting home with me


    to see my father to discuss our engagement? If you do that, I will believe you."


    The offer left Holley terrified. Surely, Rex would have to investigate her background. If he exposed her,


    she would bepletely done then.


    This time, however, there was no way she could refuse ck''s offer. The only way to cease his


    suspicion was following through with his request.


    "Okay. I will go to see your father. I will prove that I deserve your trust. I''m just…I''m really afraid that


    your father won''t like me. Let''s go home this weekend, alright? I will prepare for the meeting. I want to


    leave a good impression on him."


    Holley knew that she had to dy the meeting as much as she could, taking things one step at a time.


    For a moment, ck looked at her puzzlingly, wondering if he had really just misunderstood her.


    Perhaps the only reason she didn''t agree to meet his father in the past was that she didn''t feel like she


    was prepared.


    "Okay. We will go home over the weekend. I''ll pick you up then."


    Finally, he hugged her back, and Holley could release the breath she was holding. Wanting to believe


    her once again, he hoped with all his heart that she wouldn''t let him down.


    After heading back home, Holley racked her brain for ways to avoid meeting ck''s parents. After all,


    agreeing with him on the spot was her only option.


    Suddenly, an idea clicked, like a bulb that switched on. Of course, she would need to injure herself to


    win his trust.


    If she was severely ill, enough that he would believe she couldn''t walk, perhaps, ck wouldn''t force


    her to meet his family so soon.


    When she stepped into the bathroom, she used the cold water, soaking even her head to stimte her


    nerves.


    As time went by, she could feel her body stiffening in the cold. At one point, she couldn''t feel a thing.


    When she walked out of the room, she made sure not to dry off properly and simply waited until the


    evaporation took any kind of warmth away. Eventually, she trembled terribly, numb all over her body.


    Determined to get sick, Holley threw herself on the bed and fell asleep, regardless that she was


    soaking wet.


    Unable to fall asleep well, she only grew dizzy and powerless. When midnight came, shey awake in


    her bed, still feeling utterly cold.


    As she waited for dawn, she kept her eyes open wide. The view from her window was of a dark night, a


    void full of mist. After a long while, the sun gradually rose, scattering the mist, shining light onto the


    world. From where shey, Holley could feel its warmth.