She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

242 Love & Hatred

The love-and-hatred show is still on as Scar and Damian quarrel. Johnny Vanderbilt would raise his plate instantly after the host announces Anna's call or even faster, and Anna would pout, bite her lips, and glare over before she raises again. Her face is like a painting plate, changing color in seconds as if every one of his calls is like a bomb blowing up on her face.

The phone call comes in at that moment--

Anna's phone rings, breaking the silence in the room, loud and clear. She glances at it with an indifferent face, not picking it up. But her hand hesitates to raise her plate again.

"Who could be calling her?" Scar murmurs to Damian. All of Anna's family is down there by her side. Her parents died years ago. So who could be so important to her that a phone call from him could hesitate her decision?

Seeing all these, Johnny Vanderbilt suddenly raises his plate again, this time announcing himself: "Two billion."

Anna's tears break out as her hand drapes powerlessly -- it's not the price that defeated her, but his attitude.

She's not even responding to his price, and he added another billion with no other reason but to tell her: that she has no room to go up, but he has. The necklace does not belong to her.

"Why are you doing this to me?!" Anna suddenly burst out, her broken voice ringing in the quiet room, "You are here for me, aren't you?!"

demanding with a disbelieving voice:

to the front page, Ava would be a laughing stock in her career where reputation means everything. Everything Ava has worked for would

What are you doing?!" Ava bursts out, standing up, "Please! Do you not

He raises his hand as if he wants to stop Ava, but in

on the one-sided conversation with Johnny Vanderbilt, "I just want a talk. I'll return the necklace if you want--" "Mom!" Ava shakes Anna frantically, "That's TWO BILLION dollars! Are you out of your

once," The host

chance. But she's not speaking. Damian nudges

host announces, pointing his hammer in Scar's direction

darts a confused look

before fiery hatred that Scar has

and that similarity puts a horrified took on Anna's face. She looks at the woman she once gave up her freedom for, scared of

hated him for some reason, and she kept Scar when Emma died, and tormented Scar for years. A chill

of their engagement, and that pissed off Johnny Vanderbilt? Is that why he married Emma instead? Is that why he appears as if he

her angry eyes

"I-- I don't believe that! I won't! Mom and