Chapter 111


    * Chapter 111


    The sound startled Heidi, sending a tremor through her body. She whipped around to facen.


    n, the night Attorney ra ended up with Anders, someone had drugged her. It wasn’t


    intentional, so please, don’t hold it against her.


    With the nonchnce of someone unaffected, Heidi reached for a towel, intending to mopn’s


    brow, but he pushed her away brusquely.


    His icy gaze locked onto ra. “Spit it out. What the hell happened that night?”


    He yanked ra off the chair and into his arms. Beads of sweat from his brow traced the line of


    his jaw, dripping onto ra’s face.


    ra met his stare, her expression unreadable. “You saw it all, you heard it all, didn’t you?”


    “You were drugged, and that’s why you ended up with Anders, correct?”


    “Does it make a difference? In your eyes, I’m tainted either way, aren’t I?”


    “No need. All I ask is that you stop going after Anders because of this. It’s over between us. Even if


    the truthes out, it won’t change what’s happened.”


    ra looked down, silent.


    “Ian, if you brought me here just to interrogate me, I’ve got nothing to say. Excuse me.” She tried to


    wriggle free fromn’s grasp, to turn and leave, but an iron grip encircled her waist, pulling her


    back.


    With a golf club in one hand and an arm around ra, he steered her towards the golf course.


    Behind them, Heidi stamped her foot in frustration. Tears welled up as she turned to Edwin,


    pleading. n’s being snatched away by ra, and you won’t lift a finger to help me?”


    Edwin’s gaze was riveted on ra, a vision of his mother shing in his mind…


    He was four when his mother passed away, and his most vivid memory was of her pregnant with his


    sister. Each day after kindergarten, Edwin wouldy on his mother’s belly, ‘talking‘ to his unborn


    sister, eagerly awaiting her arrival.


    But fate struck a cruel blow. On the way to the hospital for delivery, his mother died in a car crash.


    That day, he gained a sister but lost his mother.


    The pain wed at Edwin’s chest as he recalled those moments. For some reason, ra always


    reminded him of his mother–perhaps a fleeting resemnce in their features.


    Edwin wrapped his arms around Heidi, his hand tenderly stroking her hair. “Ian’s heart was never


    with you. Listen to me, forget him. I’ll find you a man a hundred times better.”