Everyone in the Williams family knew that the old madam doted on Elena. Even when she was warded in the hospital, she had insisted on seeing the ugly woman and no one else. No one knew her reason for that, but they suspected that Elena might be related to her. However, it was merely speculation and nothing more. After all, there was nothing suspicious about Elena’s birth; she had a name, a family name, and a recorded place of birth.
Perhaps the old madam had loved Elena like her own because the girl was Eldest Young Master Williams’s fiancée. However, the old madam had not said a word about him when she was sick. Instead, it was his fiancée’s name that she had often muttered. So, that was not a convincing argument.
That was why everyone was surprised that the old madam had seemed to favor Ava in just a few days. Well, as the saying went, ‘every dog has its days.’ Even Dylan was confused with that little twist to the situation. Was he happy about it? Well, there seemed to be no reason why he would be delighted about that. If Eldest Young Master Williams had not arrived when he did that night, she would have met her doom. That man had always spelled disaster for her.
“What’s so funny?” she asked plainly. It was as if she did not mind Dylan’s mockery.
“Isn’t it funny?” Dylan stared at her.
He hated her face; it was the face that tormented his mind all the time. Dylan wondered if he was sick, perhaps he was quite ill. Elena glanced at him briefly before she turned to leave. Dylan frowned at her actions; he was upset that the girl was always rude to him.
He caught up to her, and coldly said, “Do you really think that Michael treats you well?”
Elena did not give him a response, and she went on her way. She did not feel safe around that man, so she did not want to be alone with him.
Behind her, Dylan gloomily said, “Michael took a gorgeous girl from the auction at Paradise Island. Did you know about that?”
Elena was stunned; she stopped and turned to look at him. Why would she panic? Had she actually thought that she would be in danger around Dylan? He did not even know she was the girl on the island! She was only an ugly girl with freckles; why would she be in danger around him? Dylan would never touch a girl as ugly as her. She was very safe, indeed.
She felt like laughing out loud. That guy had wanted to embarrass her, but he did not even know that she was the girl that Eldest Young Master Williams had snatched from his arms. How ridiculous was that?
“Second Young Master Williams, what the hell are you saying?”
“Well, Michael has another woman behind your back. When you disappeared, and no one knew whether you were alive or dead, your fiancé brought a girl home with him for a good time.”
Dylan kept his eyes on her face as he wanted to capture all her micro-expressions. She should feel shocked or sad or even betrayed. However, it did not look as if she felt anything at all. How could she be so calm?
“Are you not upset? When you were in trouble, your man was with another woman! Elena, are you even alive right now? How can you be so calm?”
“If I am not alive right now, Second Young Master Mu, then are you talking to a walking corpse?”
Elena was amused. She had been in a bad mood, but the guy had appeared and took away her pain and discomfort. She did not understand why Dylan would always try to find fault with her.
“Well, I am sad to hear that Eldest Young Master Williams has another woman. However, I am only a weak woman. It’s not like I can stop him, right?”
Hence, it was meaningless even if she were to find out about it as she would not have been able to do anything to stop it.
For someone as formidable as Eldest Young Master Williams, it was his discretion to have other women than herself.
Did Dylan really think that she could prevent that from happening?
Elena said that so that Dylan would leave her alone. She had wanted to get away from that place as soon as she could. However, she did not expect to feel so disheartened when she said that out loud. They were husband and wife; it was a pity that they had such a massive difference in their statuses. Eldest Young Master Williams had power, money, and good looks. If he wanted to have an affair, she could not have done anything about it, even if she were to go to court. There was a massive gap between her and Michael.
She had had to live in fear after she married such an outstanding man. She did not look forward to such a life at all. Therefore, she knew that they would not have a happy ending to their relationship.
Dylan noticed the dark look on Elena’s face. He thought that he would be happy if she were in distress. However, there was no delight when he saw the bleakness in her eyes. He even felt bad for her. No! How could he pity that woman? He must be out of his mind!
Elena turned around and left the garden. Dylan watched her back as she went further away. Should he follow her and continue to mock her? Michael had taken his angel, it only seemed fair that he returned the favor to his woman.
Nonetheless, he did not say anything mean when he caught up to her. Instead, he asked, “How did you find your way back?”
He had not heard anything about that, so he did not know how Michael rescued her.
Elena replied casually, “I crawled back on my own.”
It sounded like sarcasm. Had she not returned on the same night that Michael took his angel from him?
Dylan was a little upset with her answer. “Was it not Michael who saved you?”
Elena sneered. “Didn’t you say that he was having a good time with another girl? Where would he find the time to save me?”
“He…” Dylan squeezed his palm tightly.
He felt terrible when he thought about how Michael was with another girl while Elena tried to survive the open sea by herself. He hated his older brother!
“Hey!” he called out when he realized that Elena had ignored him.
The girl walked ahead without any reaction at all. Her eyes were on the beautiful skies ahead of her. It seemed like she had a lot of questions on her mind. The old madam had looked at her in disgust, had she not? Had she seen that wrongly? The old madam who had loved her in her past life seemed to hate her because of Ava. It only took a small misunderstanding for the old madam to revoke her love for Elena. The girl finally realized that illusions could always blind hearts, and that little fact had saddened her.
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain as her feet kicked something hard. She lost her balance and stumbled forward.
“Look out!” The man behind her pulled Elena into his arms in an attempt to break the fall.
Their bodies had entangled in that process. Dylan’s heart twisted when Elena looked up at him. Why did he save her? He did not push her away when he caught her. Instead, he had subconsciously tightened his arms around her to pull her into an embrace. His action started Elena, and she pressed her hands against his chest in an attempt to push him away.
At that split second moment, a low voice suddenly echoes, “What’s going on here?”