“I will protect you, Aileen.” Miya pats Aileen’s shoulder while reassuring her.
However, Aileen still looks troubled and distracted.
“Just tell me if anything happens. I will definitely support you without any hesitation.” Miya swears to
herself that she must do whatever she can to help Aileen.
“But…” Aileen will subconsciously looks behind her from time to time.
Miya understands what she’s worrying about. She knows, that Aileen is afraid that…
Richard on the other hand is like a devil.
Miya can’t help but to look behind her too. There’s nothing suspicious behind their car, but Aileen is
affected so much that she starts to over-think.
Miya wonders, how much did Aileen go through for her to become the state she is in right now?
She’s now insecure and scared, and it’s all because of Richard. Miya sympathizes with her.
“Don’t you worry. Richard won’t chase after you now.” MIya doesn’t know how she can confirm her own
statement, but she doesn’t want to see Aileen being nervous anymore.
“But…” The nervous expression on Aileen’s face still hasn’t faded a single bit.
“But what? Didn’t we manage to come out? From now on, you can escape from the clutches of that evil
man. However…” Miya’s attention is now on Aileen’s tummy. Now that Aileen’s pregnant with his kid,
they will forever be bonded together in an inseparable but complicated relationship.
Aileen lifts her head and looks at Miya. She looks lost and hopeless.
“Don’t think about it too much for now. You need plenty of rest.” Miya knows that the important thing
now is to calm Aileen down. The first thing that needs to be done is taking good care of Aileen’s health
because of her pregnancy.
Aileen listens to Miya’s advice and leans against the seat behind her. However, she suddenly thinks of
something and her eyes shoot open. She looks at Miya while asking, “How did you know I was at
Richard’s place?”
She almost forget about this. Miya is like a hero, appearing out of nowhere and saves her.
“I panicked when you weren’t at the hospital. I immediately started to find you. I thought of Richard so I
went to his house, and you were there,” Miya explains.
To be honest, she is not willing to tell Aileen about this, because she is familiar with Richard’s mansion
and its routes. When she can’t find Aileen, she can only bet her luck and walk around Richard’s
mansion to find her.
Aileen nods her head and doesn’t ask anymore. She closes her eyes and goes to sleep.
Miya is somehow feeling empty too. After reaching home, Alex is seen sitting on the sofa with a cold
expression on his face.
“Brother…” Aileen calls out to her brother softly.
However, Alex’s eyes are on Miya. He speaks coldly, “Aileen, there’s none of your business here. Go
back to your room now. I need to talk with Miya in private.”
Aileen feels that something is not right, because to her, Alex is a person who treats his wife like a
goddess. But now…only fierceness is visible.
“Brother…” Aileen opens her mouth to speak again, but stops with Alex’s warning glare.
“I don’t repeat my words twice.”
The voice comes out coldly.
Aileen feels like she’s going crazy. Richard acts this way, now her brother acts this way too. Why does
she feel like she’s just a burden?
Miya speaks up after sensing the tension, “Aileen, you’re tired. You should go to your room and rest for
now.”
Aileen looks at Miya for a while before heading to her room, her complicated feelings hasn’t left her
mind.
Once Miya confirms that Aileen is in her room, she starts, “What is it that you want to talk to me…”
Alex interrupts her before she finishes her sentence.
“Where did you go?”
“I...” Miya wants to answer honestly. However, on second thought, this incident involves Aileen’s
privacy too. If Alex finds out what Richard has done to Aileen, it will be war then. She decides, that it’s
best to keep this as a secret.
“We went out to discuss about the company.”
Alex’s face turns sour, being obvious that he’s not satisfied with Miya’s answer.
“I’ll give you one more chance.”
The coldness of his voice sends shivers down her spine.
Miya grits her teeth. She doesn’t like how Alex is now interrogating her like a criminal.
“Generally, I told you everything.” She says firmly.
Alex raises his eyebrows.
Miya feels that she’s not wrong, so she leaves him and goes upstairs after that. She is disappointed in
Alex. After so much consideration, she decides to communicate with him, but is repaid with this
arrogant attitude of his. How can she tolerate that?
These few days, Alex treats her coldly. When she says she wants to divorce, he doesn’t show any
reaction. She can’t help but to suspect that he doesn’t love her anymore. In addition, he doesn’t want to
disclose to her about their children and Carmen’s whereabouts.
Does he think that he can do whatever he wants?
Everyone has a limit. Miya has reached that limit.
“Don’t you think you owe me an explanation?” Alex chases after her and grabs her wrist.
“What is there to explain?” Miya is confused about Alex’s consistent outburst. She starts to feel pain on
her wrist as the grip is too tight. He’s really angry, so angry that it can be felt through the grip.
“Let go of me. It hurts.” Miya’s patience is running out too. She starts to struggle against his grip.
Alex becomes even fiercer after witnessing her struggles.
“Do you now know how much it hurts?” He squints his eyes and looks at Miya coldly. “Why don’t you
think how hurt I will be when you meet other guys.”
What does he mean when he says ‘meet other guys’? From the beginning till now, there’s only him in
her heart.
“What nonsense are you going on about? I have always…” Miya defends herself as she feels that she
has been wrongly accused.
Her voice dies down when Alex takes a bunch of photos in his hand.
She sees those photos clearly. It is the photos of her and Richard together…
In the photo, they are eating a romantic dinner, and…
The photos portray the ambiguous relationship between them.
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