True Love Waits

Chapter 1167 A Black Widow Spider

Erica turned on the tap and began to wash her hands. "We are in the same dorm. There's no need to be so formal with me," she told her roommate.

After having a noon break, they went for their afternoon class, which, as per schedule, was theory of photography and styling. Somehow, Erica managed to get through the class without falling asleep.

After that, she walked out of the teaching building with Hyatt. Just as they were passing a corner, they heard a group of girls whispering something among themselves.

Erica was not interested in it at first, but she accidentally heard them mention the names of Phoebe and Matthew. That piqued her interest.

Immediately, she stopped Hyatt who was about to turn the corner and said, "Shush! Wait a moment!"

The two leaned against the other wall and nonchalantly began to eavesdrop on the girls' discussion. From what they could make out, there were three girls in the group.

The first one was saying, "Of course I know. I know Phoebe very well. I know that she is the woman in Matthew's heart."

The second one exclaimed, "Really? Tell us more!"

The first one continued, "Matthew and Phoebe have been in love for several years now. However, Erica Li, the Miss Troublemaker who gave birth to an illegitimate child, intervened in their relationship. Colonel Li then sought out Mr. Carlos Huo and asked permission to engage their children in wedlock. It is already common knowledge that Colonel Li and Mr. Carlos Huo have been good friends since before their children were born. How could the former CEO refuse his best friend's request? So he agreed to the marriage. After finding that out, Phoebe had a big fight with Matthew and then married his best friend instead."

The third girl chimed in, "Wow, I heard rumors but never expected that it would be such a twisted story! I think Phoebe married Matthew's best friend on purpose just to get revenge on him." The second one agreed, "I think so as well. Is it true that Phoebe is pregnant?"

The first one could then be seen shaking her head. "I don't know. I'll ask her and tell you when I find out."

Then the second one said, "Let's go now. And we should stay away from that Miss Troublemaker in the future. Hey, what's that on your head? Oh god! It's a spider! There is a spider on your head-" "W-what? Where?" The first girl was so frightened when she heard that she stepped back suddenly and lost her balance in the process. She fell down and judging by her pained groan, also managed to sprain her ankle while doing so.

The third girl screamed, "Ah-Miss Troublemaker... Why are you here?"

The first girl was still screaming in horror since the spider had climbed over her head by now. Her screams attracted many people's attention.

I have a black widow spider here. Would you like to have a taste of it? No, no. Scratch that -I wonder if the spider would like a taste of

was indeed a dark, black, sinister looking spider in the box, and

turned pale. She turned around and was about to run away, but Erica grabbed her clothes

apologize profusely, "Look! I'm sorry, I didn't say anything. Please

the confusion, the second one also tried to slip away, but Erica suddenly put the box right in front of

own ear carelessly and asked in

was still weak from the shock of

her head had now climbed onto her face, she had been so frightened that she had closed her eyes and cried

when Erica had tried to pinch the spider on her face, she had happened to see that her

she such a coward?'

into the box leisurely, and then looked at the three girls. As if oblivious of the surrounding onlookers, she warned them, "You dare speak ill of me behind my back again, and I'll show you what

common sense knew that if someone was bitten by a black widow spider, he

two crying girls nodded immediately. "Okay, we'll

everyone thought the matter was going to

frightened and confused eyes, she added, "You have to shout 'I'm a

girls were furious now. It was obvious that Erica was

up her courage and stammered, "Erica,

do that, how about I tell you the effects of a black widow spider's bite. It's rather interesting! See first of all, the venom of the spider will spread from the wound to your entire body. You wouldn't notice anything and then your body will begin to tremble; finally, you will go into heart failure, your muscles will die and you will end up in the ICU. Oh also, for the rest of your life, you will have to depend on glucose for nutrition. Best case scenario, you die! Hey, I haven't finished yet. Why are you going

girls had already run off towards the playground, leaving behind only the first poor girl who was still unable to move.

something to end this vendetta. "Alright then! You dare talk about me behind my

her revenge, Erica left with Hyatt, who was, by this time, used to

saying, 'So

This is the same person who has been giving Colonel Li a headache for more than 20 years now. How ordinary

office holding some documents and told Owen, "I am going to the financial department first. Remember to bring the

with two documents in his