Chapter 328


    No matter how hard she tried, it just wouldn''t go down.


    Kalh instinctively grabbed her throat, trying to cough it up, but it wouldn''t budge. Seconds ticked by. Her face turned a sickly shade of bluish-purple from theck of air. She couldn''t breathe at all. She writhed on the ground, her eyes bloodshot and red, as if her eyeballs might pop out any second. She rolled around, her gaze pleading as she looked at Connor. Kalh wanted to scream for help, but no sound came out.


    Finally, shey there like a beached fish, gasping for air.


    Connor had timed it perfectly. He checked his watch, frowned, and squatted down with a look of disdain. He picked up a coconut and smacked it against her back. Whether it was the pain or something else, Kalh, who had fainted fromck of oxygen, suddenly opened her eyes. The grape that had been stuck in her throat slid down with a gulp.


    She sat up, taking deep breaths of fresh air. Her face, which had been a ghastly purple-ck, slowly regained some color, though it still looked ashen. She hade close to dying.? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved.


    Sitting on the ground, Kalh looked up at Connor standing before her.


    “Kalh, if you ever try to hurt Chloe again, I''ll make you wish you were dead," Connor warned.


    It was then that Kalh had an epiphany. "Connor, the person you love is..."


    Her voice was hoarse, as if scraped by a knife. She suddenly understood everything. It wasn''t Diana whom Connor loved, but Chloe. She had never seen such an expression on Connor''s face before. Such intense emotion, like a flood that couldn''t be contained. This was something he had never shown to Diana. His feelings for Diana were more like a guardian''s care for a younger rtive. But when it came to Chloe, there was a different light in his eyes. A light that could make a reserved gentleman lose hisposure. A light that turned a stoic man into someone fiercely possessive. Connor was in love with Chloe.


    Kalh never got to finish her


    sentence. She saw the cold, sharp look in Connor''s eyes, as if he was about to slit her throat in the next moment. In that instant, Kalh was truly terrified.


    "Get lost!"


    Kalh scrambled away, tumbling as she went.


    Meanwhile, Barrett and Diana were not far off and had witnessed the scene. Diana felt a heavy weight in her chest. Too much had happened that night. Barrett suddenly said, "So Connor is in love with Chloe."


    His words pierced Diana''s heart like a knife. Diana could see it too. Yet deep down, she still clung to her self-delusion, "Uncle Connor doesn''t love Chloe. They hate each other..."


    But Barrett suddenlyughed. "Have you ever seen someone who hates a person defend her like that?"


    Barrett looked at Diana. “Diana, how much longer are you going to deceive yourself?"


    Diana''s eyshes trembled, her eyes brimming with tears. She bit her lip, silent.


    But Barrett suddenly took her hand. "Diana, the person who truly loves you is me. As long as you ept me, I won''t let you suffer."


    A sly glint shed in Barrett''s eyes. He had made a bet with someone that he could win Diana over in three days. And now, on the first day, he was already close to sess.