Wes also noticed the change in John’s gaze and hurriedly asked, “Sir, we…”

Unexpectedly, John glared and interrupted with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. “Wes, do you really care about her that much?”

With that, Wes was silenced and dared not mention Olivia again.

John did not return to the hospital but stayed in the office to complete his work.

He was strangely irritated as he kept thinking of Olivia.

However, if something was truly wrong, why would that woman not call him?

Therefore, she had to be all right!

The rain only stopped the next morning.

Olivia shivered as she poked her head out of the covers. Having stayed up all night, her already weak body had grown even weaker.

Furthermore, since there was a thunderstorm last night, she was so afraid that she had forgotten to take her medicine. Now, she could not stop coughing.

Suddenly, a surge of blood jolted up in her throat.

She frowned, covered her mouth, and staggered to the bathroom to spit it out.

Not letting it bother her, she opened the bedside table’s drawer and retrieved a bottle of medicine. She poured out two pills, threw them into her mouth, and swallowed them dry.

Then, she leaned weakly against the wall and despondently stared at a distant wall.

‘Is John trying to punish me for hurting Dorothy?

‘I can make it up to him!

‘All I want is for him to let me live and set me free. I don’t want to be Mrs. Freeman even if it costs my life!’

There was nothing to eat or drink anywhere in the room.

The only thing left to eat was the plate of pasta that Wes had sent yesterday.

Supporting herself against the wall, Olivia walked to the table. She looked down at the plate of dry, stale noodles and smiled.

She was the heiress of the Larson family and had never suffered except when she was abducted at the age of ten.

of the elite and lived a life

day

eat such miserable things

was human food. If she was

half of it for later so she would not run out of food

of sheer exhaustion, Olivia fell asleep again after

John strangled her, asking why

she suddenly opened her eyes and looked out the

no idea how

she knew was that there were maggots on

yet. She had

curled up in bed, woke up

are you? D-don’t come

but she gathered her courage and acted like she

figure stopped and sneered. “Sure enough, you’re still

‘That voice… Johnny?’

However, John soon pinned her

jaw. “You’re still alive after starving for three days. Olivia, it’s

It turned out she had been locked up

she was

was mentally exhausted, she stared at John’s face so close and laughed at herself.

felt pain when he heard

he did

Olivia die? Only

her clothes off, then kissed her violently and greedily as if wanting to tear her to

so

still alive only

she could not hold on any longer. She had eaten half of the soap in the bathroom, and her stomach and lungs

dizzy and eventually passed

gritted

woman did

Olivia on the face, and shook her

fragile as a piece of paper. She shook as if she could

out his hand to test her breathing, then jumped in shock.

was confused to see

to

into the car and started it. It was the first time he had ever seen his

Olivia suddenly woke up and looked at John, who was holding

“Johnny.”

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