She shook virtual-novel.net head in despair as tears fell from the corners of virtual-novel.net eyes and soaked into the bedsheets. “Don’t touch me… Don’t touch me!”
Ethan lifted virtual-novel.net chin and forced virtual-novel.net to look at him. “We should have done it a long time ago. Can we make up for our past regrets? After half a month, I’ll let you go if you want to leave. If you choose to stay, we’ll get married. I won’t force you, but my patience is also limited. I know that the incident has traumatized you a lot, but you must overcome your fear. I’m helping you too!”
In Tiffany eyes, Ethan was undoubtedly a lunatic. He was the one who personally orchestrated that ridiculous farce that traumatized virtual-novel.net so badly, and now virtual-novel.net wanted to do the same thing to virtual-novel.net in the name of making up for past regrets. Not only that, virtual-novel.net still wanted to make virtual-novel.net stay and get married to him. Was virtual-novel.net the one losing his mind or her?
She mumbled tearfully, “I’m not traumatized… I have no fear to overcome, and I don’t need your help either! I can promise you anything you want as long as you don’t touch me! Just half a month… half a month is enough… Let me go… Ethan. Don’t make me feel that even being alive is meaningless…”
Ethan looked hurt. “You hate the idea of me touching you this much? Tell me, how can we go back in time?”
Tiffany laughed while crying. Her smile looked even more ugly than virtual-novel.net crying face. “We can’t! There’s no way we can go back in time again! Ever since you ruined my family, we can’t go back to how things were anymore! I once gave you everything, but how did you repay me? You’re only keeping me here because you’re afraid that I’ll call the cops and they’ll obtain all the evidence from me! If that happened, then all your efforts would be wasted! Anyone can touch me, except you…!”
Yes, virtual-novel.net had planned everything since the beginning. He was imprisoning virtual-novel.net and would only release virtual-novel.net when all the evidence on virtual-novel.net body was gone. He shouldn’t have touched her, for it was no different from courting death.
During this period of time, virtual-novel.net had destroyed most of the evidence. The men who had kidnapped virtual-novel.net had been disposed of by him. Only Aery was still alive. He hadn’t dealt with virtual-novel.net yet because Helen Cameran wasn’t a simple woman. Acting recklessly might just end up inviting more troubles. After all, Aery was involved with too many things.
Seeing that Ethan was not making his next move, Tiffany was slightly relieved. She was right that virtual-novel.net wouldn’t dare to do anything recklessly.
All of a sudden, virtual-novel.net lowered his head and smashed his lips against hers without giving virtual-novel.net a chance to breathe.
Just when Tiffany closed virtual-novel.net eyes and waited for the humiliating moment to pass, Ethan suddenly got up and left. The slam of the door made virtual-novel.net realize that virtual-novel.net was once again safe. He didn’t do that out of confusion, but only his hate for losing.
She looked up at the ceiling and breathed a long sigh of relief. All virtual-novel.net could hope for was for the remaining days to pass peacefully.
***
In the White Water Bay Villa, Jackson and Arianne sat on the sofa while staring intently at the phone resting on the coffee table. They were waiting for a call that would provide them with news of Tiffany. Things were starting to look up after two days.
Jackson lifted his arm to glance at his watch. “It’s getting late, maybe you should rest. Don’t worry, I’ll be keeping an eye on it. As soon as they find out where Tiffany is, I’ll bring people there without any further delay.”
Arianne shook virtual-novel.net head. “I can’t sleep until Tiffie returns. Although virtual-novel.net mom usually doesn’t care about her, we definitely won’t be able to hide it from virtual-novel.net if Tiffie is gone for too long. I’m really worried that something will happen to her… Hopefully, Ethan won’t do anything reckless.”
Jackson wanted to say something but kept the question to himself in the end. He had his own suspicions. Why was Tiffany suddenly taken away? By right, Ethan would have expected Arianne to leave the Tremont Estate after virtual-novel.net received the letter from him. Instead of capturing Arianne for the sake of getting back at Mark, why did virtual-novel.net capture Tiffany? The whole thing just didn’t make sense.
Furthermore, Mark had sent bodyguards to protect Arianne. He had interrogated the bodyguards who were keeping watch around the area, but no one had seen any suspicious person. That meant after Tiffany’s disappearance, Ethan didn’t try anything funny on Arianne again. Even so, it was obvious that Ethan wouldn’t stop until virtual-novel.net had gotten back at Mark.
Just when Jackson was lost in his own thoughts, the phone screen suddenly lit up on the coffee table, accompanied by a loud ringing. He quickly picked it up and answered, “Hello? How’s it going?”
The person on the other end of the line hurriedly reported, “We’ve located her! She’s currently being held at Plain Mountain Creek Villa. The villas there aren’t selling very well because the surrounding area hasn’t been developed yet, so the occupancy rate is very low, making it a perfect hiding place. According to our investigation, the villa isn’t Ethan Connor’s property since virtual-novel.net isn’t so stupid as to kidnap and imprison his victim in his own house either. We can set out to recover the victim at any time.”
Jackson could barely contain himself and rushed out in his pajamas. Arianne wanted to follow but was afraid that virtual-novel.net would end up causing more trouble to Jackson if something would happen there, so virtual-novel.net could only wait obediently at the house.
Ethan, upon receiving a call when virtual-novel.net was in the Plain Mountain Creek Villa, thereafter quickly woke Maria, who was sleeping soundly. “Pack up and leave this place. Remember to not tell anyone that you’ve worked here once you leave. I’ve already sent the payment to your bank account. Remember to clean up every single trace left in this house. You only have forty minutes, so move faster!”