Credence looked up at her with a heavy gaze, taking in the sweet fragrance exuding from her body.
He stared at Rosalie in front of him. Her long hair cascaded behind her head, and her face was flushed pink with anticipation. She looked at him with teary eyes filled with love.
She had asked him if she could move in with him after he got better.
He replied, “There’s no need for that. We’ll talk about all that after we get married.”
He lowered his gaze and held back the sudden empty feeling in his heart as he cruelly refused her proposal.
Every time Rosalie tried to get closer to him, he could feel a weak voice in the deepest parts of his heart shouting into his brain, telling him that things should not happen this way.
It told him he could not be with this woman.
Whenever he got close to her, he did not feel any desire for her. Neither his body nor his soul would react to her at all.
“Fine, Credence. Rest well. I will go back and make some nutritious supplements for you first, then I’ll come back to see you again.”
Then, Rosalie turned around and walked out of the ward, trembling vigorously from anger.
She was not surprised at all to be rejected by Credence upon her request to move in with him.
The first time she had been rejected by him, she had felt so much pain that her heart seemed to bleed. However, although it still hurt, she had already grown numb to the pain.
She thought to herself, “Credence, why? Why are you so interested in Dorothy? Why are you not interested in my young and beautiful body instead?”
Which part of her was inferior to Dorothy?
However, there was one thing that Rosalie was sure of. Whenever Credence had contact with Dorothy, he would feel an impulse to touch her. However, whenever he was in contact with Rosalie, he felt absolutely no desire for her.
Previously, she had drugged his food with aphrodisiacs before appearing out of nowhere and taking off her clothes when the effect of the drugs began to kick in. Then, she would be only clothed in underwear to try and seduce Credence in order to fulfill her wish to sleep with him.
When she had gotten close to him, she was shocked to realize that no matter how tenderly she touched him, she had no effect on the man whose heart was as firm as iron.
His breathing had not sped up, nor had his heartbeat become disordered. Most importantly, his lower body had no reaction at all.
He had looked at her in a cold manner and ordered her to scram.
As she thought of the humiliation she had suffered, she let out a smile, one that was frigid and insincere.
She clenched the black handbag in her hand tightly. The tears in her eyes had disappeared, and calmness and pride returned to her once more.
There was only one way to make sure that she stayed with Credence for the rest of her days, and that was to kill Dorothy!
However, before she could do so, she still had to ask Dorothy about the real purpose of her coming back to seek Credence out.
Was she here to cure Belle’s leukemia, or was she trying to get back with Credence?
Then, she took out the phone from her bag and called Dorothy.
When the call was connected, she smiled maliciously, “Dorothy, you have been back for so long, but we’ve never sat down for a proper chat. As your younger sister, I should have reached out to you first. I’ll see you at the Blues Cafe this weekend at ten o’clock in the morning, okay?”
On the other end of the call, Dorothy had just put Belle to sleep. She received Rosalie’s strange invitation as she was going to wash up for bed, and she felt really surprised. After a moment’s hesitation, she nodded and agreed, “Alright, see you then.”
Since she had decided to cure her daughter’s illness, she had to continue dealing with these people.
It did not matter if the person she had to handle was Credence, Rosalie, or even her adopted parents.
A week passed quickly.
This time, Dorothy wanted to display a powerful aura, so she deliberately changed into a long and light blue dress. Her beautiful black hair was tied up loosely into a bun, and she wore a matching light blue necklace with a gemstone around her neck. With Juelz as her escort, she arrived at the Blues Cafe before ten o’clock.
Then, Juelz stopped the car at the door. Before Dorothy got off, he smiled at her gently, “Dory, Rosalie is a cruel and merciless woman. You must be careful when dealing with her. Call me immediately if you need anything.”
“Alright, I’ll be careful.”
Armed with Juelz’s care and concern, Dorothy pushed open the glass door and slowly entered the cafe.
Meanwhile, Rosalie had been waiting for her in a quiet corner of the cafe for a long time.
She was wearing a white strapless dress, and her delicate skin was exposed. She sat gracefully at the table and took a few small sips of the fragrant coffee.
Then, Dorothy pulled out a chair and sat opposite Rosalie. She looked at Rosalie calmly and said with a faint smile on her face, “Start talking. Why are you looking for me?”
“Dorothy, don’t you know why? I’m sure we both know why we’re here today.”
Hence, Rosalie smiled slightly. The smile on her face remained but harshness flashed across her fair face, “Dorothy, let me get straight to the point. Since you had decided to be with Juelz six years ago, why have you come back here? Why are you looking for Credence now? Why have you come back to destroy my happiness?”
“Me, destroying your happiness?”
Dorothy acted like she had just heard the funniest joke in the world, and she couldn’t help but sneer, “Talco City is not your territory, so why can’t I return? As for Credence, you’re just his fiancée even after six years of hard work. Don’t you know why? It’s because it doesn’t matter if Credence has lost his memory or not. The fact remains that he has never loved you!”
“No, it’s not like that. Dorothy, shut your mouth!”
Rosalie had completely stopped smiling, and only a bone-chilling aura was left, “Do you know how much pain you’ve caused Credence because of the affair? He has a huge ego, and that had been too much for him to take. It took him a long time to be free of this trauma! Do you think it was easy for him?”
“Dorothy, if you still care about him, I hope that you can be more selfless. Stop hurting him, alright?”
At that moment, Dorothy thought of Credence and the secret procedure he had done to erase his memories of her. Pain bloomed in her heart and she clenched her fists tightly, “Don’t worry. I don’t want to marry Credence anymore, but I just really need his help…”
Rosalie jutted in, “What sort of help?”
Dorothy wanted to blurt out the truth, but given Rosalie’s cruel nature, she would definitely think of ways to plot against Belle if she knew that she was Credence’s biological daughter.
Belle was everything to her and her life was more important than Dorothy’s own. Thus, she would never put Belle in danger.
Dorothy shook her head and tried to find another excuse. Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind her, interrupting her thoughts.