Getting Him Hooked: Mr. Freeman’s Indifferent Sinner Wife

Chapter 289

She had liked John’s voice before. It was deep and magnetic, but now she was frightened.

“John, what are you doing? Get up.”

However, John did not get up but hugged her. “Olivia, let me hold you for a minute.”

The sudden gentleness made Olivia uncomfortable. Smelling faint alcohol, she hurriedly pushed him away. “Are you drunk?”

“Hsss.” John frowned as he covered his chest.

Olivia immediately remembered John’s injury and reached over to check it out. “Did I touch your wound? It’s not bleeding, is it?”

John suddenly held her hand. “Let’s talk, okay?”

There was a touch of pleading in his voice, which made Olivia even more

uncomfortable as she scrambled to withdraw her hand.

“What do you want to talk about? We have nothing to talk about.”

His indifference, how he hurt her, and bits and pieces of the past were on her mind.

She could not forget them.

mean for

took a step back, and shook her head as she said, “What’s the difference between wanting

“Dorothy can’t die.”

came over her as she could not help sneering when she

‘How cheap am I?’

her, and she was moved, thinking he would

he was

She looked up at him, her eyes full of disappointment. “Dorothy killed my parents and hid their remains.

eyes met, and John was

Olivia laughed mockingly and said, “See, John, you

side. Whatever she did, you believe

two years. You never let me explain. But you believe everything Dorothy says, including

frowned. “I’ll look into it.

you really going

interrupted. “If you’ll look into it, you’ll

looked up, trying

once she cried. She did not want John to think she

These things don’t

did not move. His deep

look into

let out a shaky breath and snuffled. “John, how unsure are you of yourself to think I’m going