Chapter 101

The moment the doorknob turned, Olivia sensed it immediately. She turned her head and saw Chris standing at the doorway. Her pupils constricted at the sight of those familiar eyes, and her heart clenched so hard it almost hurt.

Her mind raced at lightning speed. Without a second thought, she ended the phone call.

Chris frowned. His sharp gaze flickered with something unreadable as he spoke. “Who’s going to prison?”

He had heard.

Olivia’s breath hitched. “Oh… so you caught that, huh?”

“Olivia, could you…” Chris said.

“It was just a scam call. I told him to stop messing around, or he would end up in jail. What are you thinking?” She forced herself to stay calm, but inside, she was already in a full–blown panic.

No one, especially Chris and the Hart family, could ever find out about what happened back then. If they did, she was as good as dead.

“That so?” Chris‘ eyes remained deep and unreadable.

Olivia nodded. “Of course. What else would it be?”

and ruffled her soft hair in

moment she couldn’t see his expression, a

encrypted. Scam calls

I be discharged?” Olivia wrapped her arms around his lean

place. Besides, several of her friends had already asked her if Chris had really

had been dripping with

confidently told them it was true and that she would be moving there soon to recuperate. They had

Chris. He would buy Whispering Bay for her.

that moment, Chris was lost

his waist, Chris‘ body tensed involuntarily. He didn’t even know why, but deep down, an unfamiliar sense of resistance welled

“Soon,” he said.

movements controlled, he gently grasped Olivia’s

didn’t notice anything off about him. Still looking pitiful, she sighed. “I don’t want to make things difficult for you, but the smell of disinfectant every day is unbearable.”

nodded. “I know.”

about Whispering Bay, he felt a headache creeping in.

sell, and he didn’t even agree to lend it. No

The moment Olivia mentioned

“Why?” he said.

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