Chapter 22

Just then, the door to Vicky’s room was knocked on again, and a slender figure stepped through the door shortly after.

“Vicky, you haven’t eaten, right? I brought you some soup…”

Sebastian froze when he saw Sheila and Tyler inside the room.

“Why are you here?” asked Sebastian, before thinking back to spotting Sasha outside the door. “Are you here to confront Vicky?” He sneered at Tyler. “Tyler Hart, even if you don’t love Vicky, you don’t have to team up. with outsiders to bully your wife, do you? Can’t you see that she’s sick in bed right now?”

“So you do know that she’s my wife,” remarked Tyler pointedly as he glanced at the thermal flask in Sebastian’s hands. “Mister Mills, I can’t imagine that it’s appropriate for you to treat a married woman with

such care.”

glanced at Sheila in her wheelchair and lifted an eyebrow. “But it’s okay for a married man like yourself to care for another woman, huh? Tyler Hart, enough with the double standards. Everyone knows that Vicky and I grew up together. We’ve always been good friends and nothing else. You two, on the other hand… Well, you two are hardly just

Tyler’s expression darkened.

we’ve never stepped out of the line… We’re only here to ask

of you decided to ignore the actual person who attempted murder and came confronting the victim?” He shot them a sarcastic look. “Is that what they say about

explained, “But Sasha said that she didn’t push Miss Shaw into the pool. Miss Shaw jumped in on her

on her own?” he repeated. “Are you saying that Vicky jumped into freezing water

happened. Tyler rushed over to find me, but Miss Shaw kept standing in his way… I asked the

Sheila was hinting at. “Are you saying that

Thud!

been eavesdropping

She’s a vicious woman, and since she now realizes that she can’t get Tyler on her side by jumping in there, she’s trying to blame me for it! She just smacked me with a glass cup and tried to kill me!” She raised her voice sharply, overpowering all other sounds inside the room. She pointed at Vicky angrily. “She admitted to doing it just now. Stop defending this murderer!”

in contempt before turning to look at Vicky. “Vicky, what’s

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