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

her life had worsened day by

eat such miserable things just

second thought, it was not too miserable. At least it was human food. If

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

of sheer exhaustion, Olivia

strangled her, asking

she was about to suffocate, she suddenly opened her eyes and

no idea how many days

on the

die yet. She

up in bed, woke up in shock. Her eyes widened as she looked at the approaching dark

are you?

courage and acted like she

dark figure stopped and

‘That voice… Johnny?’

soon pinned her to the

“You’re still alive after starving for three

turned out she had been locked

she was

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

He felt pain when

did not believe

tough Olivia die? Only when

then kissed her violently and greedily as if wanting to tear her to

tried to fight back, but John was so strong,

was still alive only because she refused

hold on any longer. She had eaten half of the soap in the bathroom,

dizzy and

motionless, John gritted his teeth and snapped. “Olivia,

the woman

He reached over, patted Olivia on the

piece of paper. She shook as if she could break at any

reached out his hand to test her breathing, then jumped in shock. Without turning on the light, he picked Olivia up

was confused to

to

into the car and started it. It was the first time

suddenly woke up and looked at

“Johnny.”

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