Vivian finally went back.
She returned to the “home” where she suffered daily in fear and loathing.
Before she left, she took a pair of scissors from Brandon’s living room.
Ashton stood at the door, folded his arms and looked coldly at her sent back. His already formidable eyes seemed to burn through her, with a mocking light.
“Run, why don’t you run?” He gave a sardonic smile.
Vivian’s face was expressionless. She said Ashton who blocked in the doorway, “Get out of my way.”
Ashton raised his eyebrows.
“Didn’t you tell me to come back? Are you satisfied?” Vivian said coldly. Her face was cold as his.
Ashton’s eyebrows almost went up into the sky. The little wild cat showed its sharp claws again…
At this moment, another head peeked out behind Ashton. He pushed the man blocking the doorway away and said with a smile, “Anna, you finally come back. Come in. You just discharged from hospital, don’t get sick again.”
The Vivian was pulled into the living room by Adam enthusiastically. He found a blanket and wrapped for her.
Ashton’s face was darkened. He looked at Adam’s action pulling Vivian with his cold eyes. Did Adam find out the woman he was holding seemed to be his wife?
“Where’s my brother?” Vivian asked as she sat down.
“Your brother’s fine, he’s been fed fat.” Adam rushed to answer.
Vivian snorted and turned her face. She did not believe that the devil would take care of her brother so well.
“I can’t be sure of my brother’s safety unless I see him.”
A phone was thrown to the arms of Vivian. The phone was a video that her brother was building blocks. Vivian watched over and over the video which was just ten seconds long, smiling.
“Have you watched it enough?” Ashton reached out his hand to grab the mobile phone. Even a mobile phone can get her smile, but she had a dead face in front of him.
Damn!
He heavily put the phone on the coffee table, with his big hand clamping Vivian’s jaw, abruptly made the smile disappear.
“Now it’s time to settle our matters.”
Vivian droops eyes, “It is all bad. Forget it.”
“Speak properly!” Ashton roared out of anger, which made Vivian shiver.
Seeing this, Adam yanked Ashton and raised his voice, “Could you please control your temper? Where is the man who just let Skye buy tonic soup? Go and see if you’ve got any soup.”
Looking at Ashton dragged away by force, Vivian blinked. Did he buy her tonic soup?
She secretly lowered her eyes, pinched the small scissors hidden under the sleeve. She thought it was just an excuse made up by Adam.
Adam dragged Ashton to the Kitchen compartment before releasing him. As expected, a small cup of soup was simmering and bubbling in the Kitchen.
Ashton frowned and shook off his hand, “Say it!”
Adam now did not pretend, lean at the door and looked at him with half smile, “Do you want her to die or to live?”
“Nonsense, how can I torture her if she is dead. I need to keep her alive!” Said Ashton impatiently.
Adam suddenly got close to him, staring at his eyes and asked, “Torture her or torture yourself?”
“Torture her, of course. I want her live worse than dead!” Said Ashton, gritting his teeth.
“What is this about?”
Ashton looked through Adam’s fingers and saw the soup steaming with his own hands, as if to refute his remarks.
“Ashton, you like her. Even if you said you hate her, you still have her safety in mind, don’t you?”
“Her mother killed my parents!” Ashton were angry.
“It was just an accident.”
“She cheated me and, together with Brandon, stole my company’s confidential documents to his father. I, Ashton, was just a pawn to be used in her eyes!”
Ashton’s eyes glowed as he remembered the bitter days of the tragic death of his parents and the double blow of stolen company secrets.
“Two years ago, there was no evidence to point to Vivian stealing your company’s confidential documents. Why do you insist that it was her?” Adam continued to asked.
“Her father said so.” Ashton retorted.
“Ashton, you touch your heart and ask, after four years in college with her, is your feeling false?” Adam shook his head, Ashton was too paranoid.
Ashton lowered his eyes. How could it be a fake?
“Why don’t you try to talk to her peacefully, maybe there was some misunderstanding?”
Ashton again walked into the living room. Vivian had fallen asleep leaning on the sofa. The quiet and harmless sleep made Ashton’s hard heart soften. He went to pick her up, Vivian’s weak and boneless arms immediately wrapped around his neck.
“Ashton…” With unconscious whispers in her sleep made him feel warm and he bent over to kiss her.
“No…” The breathless sound swept over Ashton. He bit Vivian’s lip fiercely and mumbled, “Tell me, you didn’t do it, tell me…”
The next moment, however, there was a flash of cold white light out of the corner of his eye, followed by a grunt of pain from Ashton and an incredulous look from his dazed eyes.
He had a pair of scissors sticking out of his left hand over his belly, and blood was pouring out!