Those words seemed familiar to Monique.
She felt extremely wronged and just as she was about to defend herself, she felt a warm pair of hands hold her waist.
Turning around, she saw Brucille.
Brucille gently doted, “Why did you leave? I just went to the toilet for a while! Hey, isn’t this Mr. Huo? We met at the meeting yesterday. You know my lover?”
Culver looked at the couple in front of him with a face full of surprise. His heart, however, was bitter.
Monique muttered, “It’s nothing, let’s go.”
Josephine extended her hand to stop Brucille. “You’re leaving? Don’t you think an apology is due?”
Stopping in his tracks, he replied in a low voice, “An apology? You are right. You should’ve watched over your man properly. Allowing that rabid dog out of the house was your fault. Yeah, you definitely should apologize to my wife for that.”
“But I’m merciful, so I’ll let it go this time.”
Pausing for a moment, Brucille added, “I think you should be more concerned about your father’s company, Miss Hsu. If your father goes bankrupt, you’ll lose your status as the precious daughter of a wealthy family too. I doubt that this docile man will have any reason to stay with you when that happens.”
He gave Culver a mocking look as he finished speaking.
“Mr. Huo, I’ve already paid the bill for the cafe. Also, please stop bothering my wife. Men like you, who take women’s money, are not worthy…”
Culver’s face darkened instantly. He had more to say, but Brucille and Monique had already left.
Josephine was so infuriated that she flipped the table.
In the car, Monique silently wiped away the tears from her eyes. She had never been as humiliated as she had been that day. On top of it all, it was in front of Brucille.
She cried, “Yeah, that’s the guy. Culver’s the man that I used to think about day and night. It’s ridiculous, isn’t it?”
Brucille replied nonchalantly as he drove, “He got married three years ago. Nothing good comes out of such a man’s visit.”
Nevertheless, Monique responded with a sneer, “You impressed me. You sent someone to follow me? Have you been wanting to investigate whether I’ve been meeting other men for a long time?”
Brucille remained silent. He didn’t want to betray Yvonne after she had helped him, and he could definitely not tell her that he had asked Francis to follow Culver. Meeting Monique was an unexpected event.
Without saying a word along the journey, he sent Monique back to the hospital.
The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he was as he waited in the parking lot. Culver had become a thorn in his flesh, and he couldn’t wait to remove him.
He waited in the car for Monique to get off work.
However, it was already eight o’clock and Monique hadn’t appeared at the door. He couldn’t sit still and decided to go upstairs to check if she would be leaving soon. Just as he walked into the clinic, Monique exited the elevator.
Monique was visibly stunned when she saw Brucille. She paused for 10 full seconds before striding away and brushing past Brucille, without saying a word.
Nevertheless, Brucille caught up to her. “Let’s go home together, you don’t have to drive.”
“There’s no need. I want to take a walk, alone.”
Monique couldn’t face Brucille. Although she hadn’t been caught cheating on him in bed, she had secretly gone on a date with another man.
She had made a fool of herself in front of Brucille twice, and it greatly hurt her self-esteem.
Monique walked straight out of the hospital in her high heels. Behind her, Brucille quickly followed, shouting, “Monique, what are you trying to do?”
“What am I trying to do? Did you not see what had happened today? Why do you have to be here in front of me? Can’t you give me some time? I need some peace and quiet.”
“You want time? I’ve never interfered with your life. I know we are only nominally married, but everyone in our family knows about our relationship. Before you do something, can you think about me? I’m your legal husband!”
Monique was so angry that she threw her bag right into Brucille’s arms. “Well, my phone is in the bag, and all my secrets are in it. You can go ahead and check it if you don’t trust me. I am innocent, at least physically!”
Her explanation was weak and feeble, but she really couldn’t find a better reason to shut Brucille up.
Ever since Brucille was 19, he followed Uncle Evan around and learned how to cure diseases and save people. He had even learnt how to be a qualified businessman. However, Uncle Evan did not teach him how to get along with a woman.
From the age of 19 until he was 26, his life revolved around education, work and food for seven years. It was as if Uncle Evan had felt something would go wrong. Therefore, he taught Brucille everything he could during those seven years.
In the end, he did not get to celebrate his last birthday, and passed away on the bed that he had been sleeping on for countless years.
By the time Brucille came back to his senses, Monique was already far away. More importantly, she didn’t look like she was heading home. He felt as if he was holding a porcupine in his hand, trying to get a grasp of the woman who had lost her mind…
Although his current body wasn’t very strong, he could still run at an astonishingly fast speed due to having been trained for such a long period of time and having decades of combat experience.
In front of them was a dark and quiet park. Walking on the pebbled road in her high heels, Monique found it a torturous experience.
After a while of walking, she realized that she couldn’t walk properly at all. Hence, she simply took off her high heels and threw them away, then proceeded to walk on the path with her bare feet.
She didn’t have to look behind to know that Brucille was still following her.
She felt as if she were being forced, and that feeling made her suffocate.
“Stay away. If you come any closer, I’ll crash my head against this rock.”
Brucille stopped immediately and pleaded helplessly, “Monique, please be more rational and mature, will you? Why are you making things difficult for yourself? That man is already married. You know that he lied to you. Just forget about this.”
Hearing that, Monique’s tears fell down like rain. She always thought that all the love she put into that relationship over the years would give it a happy ending. As if it were a seed that she watered and took care of for many years, she had hoped that it would grow into a tree that bore flowers and fruit.
But only after she dug out the soil did she realize that the seed had become moldy. She had wasted so many years on it for nothing. Therefore, she couldn’t get over it.
On the other hand, Morgan had waited the entire night for Brucille to appear, and he finally did. Even better, he wasn’t driving that night.
His hard work had finally paid off. Eight strong burly men arrived at his phone call, while a few large cars were parked right outside of the park. They immediately rushed forward and surrounded the two of them.
Brucille looked around and saw all the people in the dark. He realized that they might have fallen into a robbers’ trap.
Hence, he quickly ran over and grabbed Monique’s hand.
Monique was extremely sensitive at that moment. She pushed Brucille’s hand away and rushed away as she thought he was going to restrain by force. Little did she know that her series of actions were exactly what Morgan was waiting for.
Two of the men grabbed her in a flash.
Only then, Monique realized that they were surrounded by numerous strangers.