"Let go, Eva," said Bryan.

  Eva could sense the coldness in his voice. She looked up, and she saw how Bryan gazed at Hailey apologetically.

  "Don't you see, Bryan? She hurts me!"

  Bryan clenched his jaw. He cast a look downward at Eva. She shuddered from the chill on her back at how Bryan was glaring at her meant his sympathy for Hailey!

  Eva turned her head and threw a sharp glare in Hailey's direction. The girl only raised an eyebrow at her, which pissed her.

  "You bitch!"

  Eva dash to Hailee. But before she could take two steps, Bryan quickly grabbed her and pulled away from Hailee.

  "I'll kill you, bitch!" she shrieked.

  "Enough, Eva!" Bryan shook both of her shoulders. But it didn't stop her from fretting.

  "Why are you taking her side? She hurt me!" Eva insisted.

  Bryan sharpened his gaze at her and held her arms tighter. "You slapped her!"

  "She's talking lies!"

  "It was you who kept lying and had many secrets, Miss Lan."

  "That's not true! Stop threatening me!" Eva turned around to face Bryan, clung to her waist. "Bryan, she chased me out of Australia. She said I should leave you! Why does she want to separate us? She is pregnant with someone else's child! I'm just protecting you if she plans to set you up!"

  "And why would Hailee set me up?" Bryan asked coldly, buried his fingers in her arm.

  She winced but ignored the pain it creates on her skin. She is more determined to win this argument. This is her chance to separate Bryan from Hailee completely, thought Eva.

  "We don't know what they were planning, Bryan! Maybe for money? And her boyfriend will soon blackmail you!"

  Where did she come up with these plots? It seems like she is an expert in making up stories.

  He felt ridiculous, so he asked Eva, "What gain would they get to do that?"

  If only you know how Hailee and Mr. Shen are more affluent than me! He wanted to scream that to Eva. He's wholly annoyed at everything that comes up to her little brain. It irritates him, keeps on listening to all of her blabbing.

  "Bryan… You're hurting me." She pleaded, attempting to be freed from his grip, but she failed to let Bryan loosen his hold in her arms.

  Soon, she suffered more pain from Bryan's grip.

  "Why did you scratch Hailee's face, Eva?" Bryan is gritting his teeth as he asked one more time.

  But Eva remained adamant about her lies. She has cards to use on this, but it scares her how he stares at her when she looks up at Bryan.

  "Bryan, she hurts me first! Why are you choosing that girl's side? Look!" Eva showed her wrists. Indeed, it has marks on Hailey's fingers when she twisted her wrists. "Can't you see that?"

  But to her annoyance, Bryan didn't even cast a glance at her bruises. Instead, Bryan releases her and takes a step toward Hailey.

  Eva followed him and stopped him, grabbing his elbow. "What are you doing, Bryan? I was the one who was hurt here!"

  "Really, Eva?" he hissed at her.

  "I am telling the truth, Bryan!" Eva stomps her right foot on the floor, convincing Bryan to believe her.

  But she did not know that Bryan witnessed everything she did and had said to Hailee. On the other hand, Hailee snorts.

  "Are you really, Miss Lan? Have you really told Bryan the truth in these last three years?"

  "What are you talking about? Why don't you just shut up!?" Eva sneered. She wants to continue, but Bryan grabs her and holds tight when she attempts to attack her once more.

  "Enough, Eva!" Bryan yelled. His patience for Eva reaches its end.

  Eva pressed her mouth. She struggles to get free, but Bryan holds her tight. Later, she stopped resisting… her voice full of pain; the tears threaten to flood her eyes. "Tell me… did you sleep with her even though she has a boyfriend already?"

  "You are talking nonsense, Eva!" Bryan growled. "You are so good at making up stories!" Bryan added.

  "Have you forgotten when you tricked me? Isn't I having a fiancee when you drugged me so that I would have sex with you?"

  "But you said you want me! But because of that girl, you keep breaking up with me over again!"

  "Why don't you ask yourself why I want to break up with you?" he snapped at her.

  Eva carried on, "Every time we made love, you said I am the only one you need!"

  "Maybe I truly said that, but that was the time I was probably too drunk, Eva! And that was long ago! Why are you bringing it up now? Besides, that does not mean love! Just sex and you know that! It was you who have been chasing me!"

  And she would not accept that. The moment she crosses paths with Bryan, she falls deeply in love with him.

  "You can't do this to me! I love you!"

  Stay silent on the corner, and just watch Eva with her drama. Hailey snorts. "Love? You seemed to talk shit, Miss Lan."

  Eva glared in her direction, and Hailee met her burning stares.

  She suddenly remembered that day she met Eva at the hotel where Bryan was checking in. It was one week before their wedding, and everything was all ready. It was just the date of their marriage.

  But that day, her heart was torn in two after her conversation with Eva. So many things she said to her over coffee. Not only that, Eva showed Bryan's naked photo, sleeping peacefully after they had sex.

  "Kid, why don't you call off the wedding and give up already? Do you think Bryan would be happy with you? I know you never allow him to touch you. But because of your refusal, Bryan asked me to meet up and make love. Last night, we both had the best sex ever. Even if I tell you what kind of positions Bryan had enjoyed, you never know what it was. But I happily submit to anything he wishes to do with my body. Tell me? Can you do that? Can you even satisfy him with just normal sex?"

  "Shut up!" The more she listens to Eva, the more she feels disgusted.