Chapter 28: Am I Inferior to Vito?
“Yes, you only remember Vito!” Edwiin pinched her chin with gloomy eyes. His terrifying momentum made Suzanne scared, “Suzanne, am I inferior to Vito?”
Originally, Edwiin was still feeling sorry since he had slept with Suzanne last night in a fit of anger. He wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Suzanne and explain the situation.
However, when Edwiin heard her telling him to forget about it as if it was a small matter, he became extremely angry.
What he cared so much about was just a mistake for her?
Suzanne was frightened by the way Edwiin acted. She widened her eyes and looked at him for a long time. She moved her lips and only managed to squeeze out a few words with difficulty, “You’re my older brother.”
“I’m your older brother?” Edwiin repeated her words, almost laughing out of anger.
After saying “good” twice in a row, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed her pale lips with his thin, cold lips.
Suzanne was stunned for a long time. It wasn’t until he pinched her chin and forced her to open her mouth that she came back to her senses. Her eyes were filled with panic and she frantically pounded his chest. Seeing that he was unmoved, she bit down hard on his lips.
Edwiin raised his head. His lower lip was extremely red with blood.
Suzanne curled up into the seat, her body couldn’t stop trembling, and her face was frighteningly pale.
Her voice trembled as she apologized repeatedly, “I’m sorry, Edwiin. I didn’t want to treat you like this, but I’m sorry.”
“Do you hate me so much?”
Edwiin raised his hand to wipe away the blood on his lips and sneered. His voice was full of jealousy as he said, “If it were Vito, you would not bite him so hard.”
“No, no!” Suzanne clutched her head and screamed.
She was already in a bad mood. Edwiin mentioned Vito again and again, which reminded her of what had happened before. When she thought of her boyfriend’s ruthless betrayal of her, she almost broke down.
Suzanne’s face was as pale as a sheet. Her lips trembled and her eyes were red as if she was about to cry.
She reached out to pull the door and found that the door had been locked. She patted it hard a few times and became even more agitated. She screamed, “Open the door! I want to get out! I want to get out!”
Edwiin was shocked. Realizing that his words might have caused Suzanne’s emotional distress, he began to blame himself. His big hands grabbed hers tightly, preventing her from grabbing the door. His tone softened, “I’m sorry.”
“Let me get out of the car!” Suzanne struggled with all her might as if she had gone crazy. Seeing that her hands couldn’t move, she kicked him with her feet repeatedly while screaming.
Glancing at Suzanne’s pale face, which was mostly covered by her hair, Edwiin felt sorry for her. Realizing that he was too much of a bastard, he put his hand on the back of her head and pressed her head against his chest, “Suzanne, I’m sorry.”
Suzanne struggled in his arms for a while. Gradually, she stopped screaming, and only her shoulders were shaking slightly.
Edwiin felt that something was wrong. Grabbing her shoulders, he bent down to look at her. Only then did he realize that Suzanne’s pale face was covered with tears. Her eyes were filled with uneasiness and despair, making one feel particularly distressed.
“Suzanne,” Edwiin’s Adam’s apple bobbed a few times as he stared at her, unable to say anything.
“I broke up with Vito.”
Suzanne said, her tears rolling down her cheeks one after another, and her voice was choked with sobs. “He cheated on me, but he is still so self-righteous, driving me away with a ruthless face.”
Suzanne tried his best to avoid mentioning Vito. She had been fine during the day and hadn’t thought of him. After being provoked by Edwiin twice at night, she found that her heart still ached when she thought of him.
After all, Vito was her first love. They had been together since college. How could she forget him so quickly?
When she was facing Vito, she pretended to be indifferent and left, but in fact, she still couldn’t accept this fact calmly in her heart.
Edwiin’s eyes turned cold. He had thought that his words had irritated Suzanne, but it turned out that Vito’s betrayal had made her lose control. He had just made the mistake that mentioning the man’s name several times.
He couldn’t wait for Suzanne to break up with Vito. When he heard what Suzanne said, he was very happy.
However, at the thought that Vito was the one who made her lose her soul, Edwiin became extremely unhappy, with a trace of anger on his face.
“It’s okay, I’m here.”
Edwiin hugged her and patted her on the back as if comforting her. His tone was soft since he didn’t dare to speak in a cold tone, “It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have said that.”
“Edwiin.” Suzanne clutched his shirt, raised her head, and looked at him pleadingly, her voice trembling, “Can you forget about that? Please.”
Fearing that she would feel uncomfortable again, Edwiin could only nod in agreement. He helped her into the seat, then he put his seatbelt on, and drove away.
On the way back, Suzanne kept looking out the window without saying a word.
Edwiin did not say anything either. He pursed his lips and drove the car quietly. When he took time to glance aside, he found that the woman had already curled up in the seat and fallen asleep, her head almost hit the door.
He drove with one hand, took a small pillow from behind, and stuffed it next to her head. Then he covered her with the thin coat, turning up the air conditioner a bit, for fear that she would catch a cold.
Edwiin wanted to take Suzanne to his apartment for a night’s rest, but he was afraid that she would be unhappy with it, so he turned the car around and drove her back to Morrison’s house. He told Afra that she would rest at home for the next few days.
Suzanne woke up very early and turned to look at the parrot-shaped alarm clock on her bedside table. It was just past seven.
She rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed in a daze. It took her a long time to completely wake up. When she got out of bed, she saw the furnishings in the room and was shocked to find that she seemed to have returned to Morrison’s house.
She remembered that she had slept in the car yesterday. Why did she wake up at the Morrison’s house?
Suzanne went to the bathroom to take a shower gloomily. When she went downstairs, she happened to see Afra busy at the dining table with some breakfast.
“Good morning, Mom.” Suzanne greeted her and took a seat at the dining table.
“Are you feeling better?”
Afra ladled out a bowl of millet congee for her and said sadly, “When your brother sent you home last night, I found that you were pale. Did you catch a cold outside?”
Suzanne’s face froze. So, it was Edwiin who sent her back?
Thinking of the quarrel between them last night, she tightened her grip on the chopsticks in her hand and showed a smile to Afra, “Mom, I’m fine. Don’t worry.”Original from NôvelDrama.Org.
“Since your brother has asked for leave for you, you can have a good rest at home these days. Mom will go out to buy a pigeon to cook soup for you later.”
“Ask for leave?”
“Yes, didn’t your brother tell you?” Afra glanced at her, “He said that you were too tired these days, so he told your leader and asked for leave for you.”
“My brother is making a big mistake over such a small matter,” Suzanne smiled, looking a little uncomfortable.
She was just in a bad mood. It was not a big deal. Was there a need to ask for leave? She still had three people to interview in the next few days. She couldn’t skip work!