“Antonette, I’ll go and wake him up. He’s disgusting! I will get revenge on him for you!” Diana said in anger.
“No! Diana, he didn’t do anything wrong.” Antonette held Diana’s hand and looked at Diana with tearful eyes. “Diana, I love him… I love Mr. William.” Antonette turned shy instead of sad when she said that. Her voice became gentle and soft, “I fell in love from the first moment I saw him.”
Diana was shocked. She recalled what the servants told her and of Antonette’s constant requests to visit Brian’s house. She was confused at the time. But now it all made sense. If Antonette didn’t like Brian, why would she have asked Diana to take her to Brian’s house repeatedly?
“Diana, will you help me? He does love me; I know he does. He was just drunk…” Antonette said earnestly. She still thought of Diana as that innocent friend who wouldn’t question anything.
“But, I think Mr. William must love me. So, he did that… to me.”
Diana held Antonette’s hands. She was blank now and looked quietly at Antonette’s earnest eyes.
“Diana, promise you will help me.” Antonette wanted to get Diana on the side right away.
“Ok,” Diana replied automatically. She felt like she had missed something important.
Antonette turned away. The tears in her eyes disappeared, and she smiled happily. Her plan had succeeded! Antonette asked Diana to leave as she wanted to take a bath. In fact, she didn’t need to wash at all. She let the water run for half an hour and then put on Diana’s clothes. Then she left Brian’s house.
Diana saw her to the door. She walked to the kitchen automatically. After once again preparing Brian’s medicine, she realized that Brian didn’t need it anymore.
Diana swept all the ingredients into the bin and ran to the second floor. She was somehow feeling rather depressed.
Hearing the sound outside, Brian woke up. Looking at the window, he noticed it was already dark.
Brian rubbed his head. He always had a headache after drinking alcohol. He was used to it.
The thin quilt slid onto the floor after Brian sat up. He found that he was almost naked. Seeing the mess on the floor, Brian wondered why Ken hadn’t put his clothes away this time.
“Ken!”
Ken soon appeared. Seeing the mess on the ground, he thought Brian had thrown them there and didn’t think anything of it. He just put them in the basket and asked a servant to send another suit.
Brian was troubled by his headache and didn’t have the energy to be annoyed. “Has she come?” he asked.
Ken knew that he was talking about Diana and answered back directly, “Yes. She just went to the garden.”
It’s late. Why would she go to the garden? Brian frowned. “Call her back,” he said.
Ken knew what had happened between Diana and Brian. He didn’t think it was right to get involved. He stood there silently.
“Fine, I’ll go myself.”
Brian’s headache was really bothering him. He wanted just to have a bath and go to bed. But he knew he had to go and speak to Diana.
The air outside was fresh. The large garden stretched out before him. There was a swing under a tree where Diana was sitting, gently swaying back and forth in the far corner.
Brian walked toward her slowly. Unusually, he walked carefully in his leather shoes for fear of making a sound. Diana’s figure on the swing looked beautiful and lovely under the moonlight.
Ken offered a lady’s coat to Brian and walked off.
Brian didn’t know whether he should surrender to Diana. Seeing Ken’s reaction, he knew he couldn’t pretend nothing happened and go back to the room. He was a man. More importantly, he couldn’t stand Diana ignoring him for such a long time. As long as Diana would talk with him, he was happy whatever bitter concoction she cooked up.
Brian walked over to Diana and held the swing. She turned back and jumped down after recognizing him.
Brian had determined to reconcile with her. But she still acted coldly toward him. He was irritated and said, “Diana! Where is my medicine? Do you think I pay you to enjoy the scenery in my garden?”
Diana was incandescent with rage. She shouted back, “Brian William, you had no illness at all! You were lying to me the whole time. Did you ask me to your villa to treat you or clean up your mess?”
Brian was confused. “What are you talking about? What mess?”
“You know what you did!”
“I know nothing. What did I do? Tell me!”
Diana thought Brian was the most shameless man on earth. Do I have to tell you that you slept with someone? Being drunk isn’t an excuse. People who drink-drive are punished. So men who have sex when must also accept responsibility.
“Stop!” Brian grasped Diana’s hand. He was strong and muscular, more so than most ordinary men. But Diana was determined to leave and struggled with all her might.
Brian could feel it. But he was the boss of William Group. No one could fight against him! He was angered by Diana’s struggling and seized her wrists so fiercely that her wrists turned red.
“Let me go! You’re hurting me!” Diana screamed.
Brian knew his power. He loosened Diana’s wrist slightly but still held them firm. “Diana, if you want to say something, just go ahead.”
“What can I say?” Diana fell to her knees and cried. “You never had an illness. Or maybe if you did in the beginning, you are fine now. Why won’t you set me free?”
Hearing her words, Brian was irritated. “So, you mean that I didn’t expect myself to be cured?”
“Who knows why you pretended to be ill? Mr. William, you can tell me if you don’t want to pay me my salary for treating you.”
Brian was furious. “I don’t want to pay your salary? That money is nothing to me! Do you think everyone in the world is as cheap as you?”
Hurt by his words, Diana shouted, “Yes. I don’t have much money. You’re rich. But that doesn’t mean you can fool me! Brian, who do you think you are? You do whatever you like. I am done with you! We’re finished!”