Her cellphone rang at that moment. It was Antonio, inquiring about her whereabouts.

“I’m downstairs, I’ll be right up. Yeah, I know, why don’t you chat with Mr. Pennyfeather in the meantime.”

She took her medicine and got up, but her wrist was held back by Omar.

“Cornelia.”

His tone was almost pleading, “Could you please not go?”

Before he could finish, Cornelia splashed the remaining half-glass of lukewarm water on his cheek.

He was already weak from the injury she had inflicted on his head, blood still trickling down. But why should it matter to her?

Compared to the pain she had endured, his current suffering was insignificant.

Water droplets from Omar’s cheek fell rhythmically as he listened to her retort, “Who do you think you are to interfere with whom I sleep with?”

He refused to let go of her hand with a deep and desperate look in his eyes.

Anyone else would have been scared witnessing this side of Omar, the notorious mad dog in Greenfield. He had committed countless atrocities for Eden, earning him quite a few enemies.

survival until now spoke volumes

Cornelia,

be if it was

being a mere delivery boy. He wouldn’t have remained silent when she repeatedly asked

words,

yanked her hand away, tears rolling down

could be a dream, sweetheart’, typical of men to ruin the best things and then wax poetic. Please, don’t sully that beautiful poem. I have my own agenda now. I can earn heaps of money. I don’t need to depend on anyone. My parents would want me to live a better life. If I were to forgive you, I would be too

around her and added one

Antonio. There are plenty of handsome men in the entertainment

as she returned to

It was unworthy.

everything she had been through, she were to go soft on

fool plenty of times in her

room, Maja was seated inside while Antonio was in his loungewear, engrossed

had already

a musical genius. However, his love life was a series of fleeting relationships with the leading ladies of his music videos. The most memorable one ended with him being the one dumped, unable to handle the media’s

you and Cornelia are likely to be a packaged deal for half a year. During this

was the only condition Maja had for

the

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