Her phone was ringing very loudly. Dorothy was shocked and came back to her senses.
She quietly grabbed her phone from her bedside and looked at the screen.
This phone was specifically given to Dorothy by Credence after she lost her old phone. It was a couple’s phone.
Even the ringtone was specially set up by him. It was a song that expressed his yearning for her.
When she heard the sad and soothing song, Dorothy felt like her entire world was just a dream. At the end of the day, she was still going to divorce him.
Germaine saw Juelz’s name flashing on the screen. She quickly reached out and poked Dorothy’s arm. “Dory, what are you mulling about? Juelz is calling you, answer it! He just left, but he’s calling you, he might have something important to tell you.”
After being nudged by Germaine, Dorothy snapped back to her senses. She flashed an apologetic smile to Germaine and quickly answered the call.
Juelz was talking very quickly. “Dory, I just saw the news! These headlines online are all about you. It’s the video of Credence proposing to you in public the other day. In the video, he says you’re the only one he truly loves in his life. There are even photos of him taking care of you in the hospital. Holy sh*t, could he be any more shameless?”
“How strange, while you were here, that damned Credence never came to see you, not even once. Now people see him as someone who’s been taking care of you day and night?”
“In all my 30 years of living, I have never seen anyone more shameless and disgusting as him. Seems like I still have a lot to learn.”
Dorothy winced her face. She clenched her mobile phone with her slender fingers. Pain flashed across her eyes. “Juelz, please send that video to me on Whatsapp. I want to see what Credence is planning, or what he wants from me.”
“Okay, Dory. Wait a minute. I’ll send it to you once I’ve stopped the car.”
Dorothy heard the sound of cars screeching over the phone. Juelz had probably made a sudden stop by the side of the road.
He was fast, and didn’t leave her waiting for long.
A few seconds later, Dorothy received a notification. Based on how many sounds she heard, there were quite a lot of messages.
Dorothy opened them one by one. She carefully looked through all of them.
Sure enough, the scenes in the video were exactly as Juelz described.
Almost every frame shown was of Credence’s deep feelings for her, as though she was the only woman he truly loved.
Dorothy was dumbfounded. She didn’t understand what Credence was trying to achieve by publishing these.
Credence had never visited her once in the hospital. Why was he putting on such an act?
Moreover, was the woman he was holding onto in the video really her?
Why didn’t she have any memory of those things happening?
What on earth was Credence trying to do?
Germaine had already helped Belle settle down. When she turned around, she saw Dorothy who was in shock. She quickly walked over to her. “Dory, what did Juelz say? Hey, why did he send so many videos to you?”
Germaine got closer as she spoke, then she saw the contents of the video. She raised her eyebrows and flew into a rage, “D*mn it, how shameless can he be! All this time, Juelz has been taking care of you, why is he getting all the credit? Also, who is that woman in Credence’s arms? Why does she look just like you?”
Dorothy smiled bitterly. “Germaine, it is me! I just don’t understand why Credence is doing all this. I don’t understand why he is trying to pretend that these things really happened. He did hug me, he did treat me tenderly, but not in the hospital, he did it on my birthday.”
Dorothy remembered everything that happened after that night’s banquet. Credence had brought her to the balcony garden on the top floor. She looked up at the dazzling stars, as she was firmly pressed against his body. His aura, the romantic atmosphere, that burning hot sensation, she was so happy back then…
She was happy back then. But now, she was so very sad.
She had fallen for the illusion of romance that he created. She had completely forgotten about the trauma and despair that he brought upon her in those four years of marriage. How ironic!
“Dory, what do you mean? Are you saying that these videos were edited?” Germaine stared at her with widened eyes. “I can’t see anything fake about it. It all looks so real. D*mn it, who is Credence trying to lie to?”
“I don’t know, and I don’t think that there is anyone worth all this effort.”
Dorothy shook her head and slowly closed her eyes.
Before he left, Credence promised her that he would tell her everything in advance, no matter what. Now, however, she still didn’t know the reason for anything he did.
This was why you could never take the occasional promise of a man seriously. One should just take it as a joke.
Once she believed in his promise, she would always get hurt!
…
Inside the president’s office of the Scott Group.
Credence was sitting on a black executive chair behind his desk. He looked so distant and indifferent that he could make anyone shiver.
Marvin and Jonathan were beside him. They were staring at the tablets in their hands. They carefully watched the headlines as they changed.
After a while, Jonathan raised his head and spoke with a smile. “Credence, I ordered your company’s most talented editors to edit those videos of you and Dorothy. Normal people won’t be able to tell that it was edited at all, especially that vicious Melanie. She’d be blinded by envy to see through it. This time, the three of us will finally catch her. We’ll definitely succeed. We’re definitely going to kill her.”
Credence was still silent. He lit up a cigarette, and a bloodthirsty glint flashed across his dark eyes, “Don’t waste your breath. I want a 100% chance of success. Failure is not an option.”
It was because he couldn’t imagine the consequences if they failed.
Based on Melanie’s vicious nature, if he didn’t finish her off once and for all, she would seize any and every opportunity to kill Dorothy and Belle.
So if this wasn’t a perfect plan, he would rather not have taken action at all.
Marvin took over the conversation. His eyes were calm. “Don’t worry, Credence. I have the best men available on this. Melanie won’t be able to escape.”
“Okay, I’m heading to the hospital to wait for Melanie to fall into our trap.”
Credence took one last puff of his cigarette and threw the cigarette butt into the trash can. His handsome face was extremely calm. His deep and dark eyes were still.
He hid his vicious desire to kill deep within his heart.
Meanwhile, in a suite on the top floor of a small hotel in Talco City. Two women, who were scrolling through their phones, were reading the same headlines on the Internet.
When she saw Credence kneeling on one knee, proposing to Dorothy, Melanie nearly crushed the cell phone in her hand.
Her face was distorted, and she was gnashing her beautiful teeth. “So you were just toying with me after all! Well, since you want to play, I’ll play your silly little game, let’s see who’s going to die first!”