The decorative statue was a statue of the Venus Goddess. Vivian bought it earlier for her convenience. She had been using it as a model whenever she designed clothes or jewelry at home. It was placed in the living room all this while.

Somehow, it never occurred to Vivian that the decorative statue would be a threat to her.

Surrounded by the guests, Vivian stood like an elegant princess in front of her birthday cake with candles lit. She closed her eyes gradually amid the best wishes from her friends and Adalyn.

At the same time, Sonia helped to turn off the light for her.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...” Everyone started singing birthday songs joyfully for her.

Meanwhile, Vivian made a wish with her hands crossed and eyes shut. Ah! I wish...

Creak!

All of a sudden, a weird voice sounded out of nowhere, startling everyone in the total darkness.

When everyone turned instinctively, it almost scared the crap out of them. One of the girls seemed to have bumped into the decorative statue unwittingly, causing it to sway!

“Vivi!” Panic-stricken, everyone shrieked at the top of their lungs. They foresaw Vivian would sustain severe injury if the heavy statue tumbled over.

was a bundle of nerves and was about to dash forward

was vexed when he turned and found out Helena was

but he could not shrug her off

awry. She opened her eyes and stared at everyone around her, perplexed. Little did she realize that the heavy statue was tumbling down and was only a few inches

pins and needles

nowhere and darted toward Vivian. Like a bolt of lightning, he wrapped his arms around her waist and jumped

Thud!

the statue collapsed on the floor with an ear-splitting sound and broke into a few pieces! What a

ground and at a loss of words for

her eyes had turned into a dagger that could rip

middle-aged man swiftly turned as though he was a beast moving agilely in the jungle. His hard-arched eyebrows and crew cut suddenly sent an

but wonder who

composure, Vivian stammered, “Mr. Frost, w-why are

man she had not seen for

patted her back gently.

they felt a

her Ms. Vivian? Then he must be someone from her family! Look at his intimidating vibe! There's even a listening device

everyone held their breath and

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