Chapter 149
Teresa frowned. “Tori—”
“Teresa, it’s fine. I will accept responsibility for my so-called mistakes. I want to be alone, so you should return first.” Victoria cut her off with her hoarse voice.
Teresa pondered for a while before saying, “Okay.”
“I’ll give you half an hour, and if you don’t come back by then, I’ll come to you,” she then warned.
“Alright. Thank you, Teresa.” Victoria forced a grin, but she was unable to.
“Keep track of the time,” Teresa said while pa*sing her phone to Victoria.
She nodded. “Teresa, I’m already twenty years old. Don’t treat me like a three- or four-year-old child who would be kidnapped at any time.”
“You worry me more than a child does,” replied Teresa.
Victoria pursed his lips and silently fiddled with the phone.
“I’ll head first, then.” Teresa waved at her and left.
The eerily empty night was devoid of stars or the moon. There was only the fresh air from the rain and a few lamps on the gra*s, but to Victoria, only an environment like this would allow her to unwind for a while.
She exhaled a breath of relief and stood for some time, constantly sensing someone looking at her. When she turned around and looked behind her, all she could see was a portion of someone’s clothing vanishing at the inpatient department’s entrance.
Perhaps standing there late at night was strange to others, several people took small glances at her.
Victoria grinned. She had become a little too sensitive after serving two years in jail.
“Victoria?” A man called out.
She shuddered and frowned in hatred, not turning around or responding to him.
When he didn’t receive a response, he shouted again, “Are you Victoria?”
The sound of footsteps approaching her followed.
Not wishing to see this individual, Victoria pursed her lips and turned away to walk off. When he saw her leaving, his footsteps hastened, and the person successfully caught up with her. Now, he stood in front of her.
Under the incandescent bulb, the man’s gorgeous facial features were clearly visible, and the bottom of his amber eyes showed signs of tiredness and rage. “Why did you not respond?”
Victoria stared at him nonchalantly. Due to her surroundings, she became more irritated. “Is there a rule stating that I must respond when you call?”
“Victoria, do you have to talk to me like this?” Lucas grabbed her arm. His eyes were clouded in wrath and hurt at the same time.
Finding his actions repulsive, she firmly shrugged off his hand before stating, “I have said it before; I hope you will stay away from me. I don’t want to be accused of seducing you by Mrs. Spritz, Miss Palmer, or Miss Spritz.”
Once she finished her sentence, she turned to walk away. All of a sudden, Lucas grabbed her wrist and brought her into his arms.
“Why do you still treat me this way when you know I can’t move on from you?” he questioned with a painful tone as he hugged her tightly. “Why can’t you get over Christian even after he broke your leg and sent you to prison?”
Victoria was just recovering from a serious illness. Her body was still weak, and she couldn’t break away from him despite much effort. “Let go!”
“Is Christian really that good?” Lucas refused to let go but held onto her tighter. “Do you really love him that much, Victoria?”
She was panting from the struggle, and at this point, her previously nonchalant eyes were filled with rage. “I’ll say it once more—let go!”
“What if I say no… ” Lucas whispered quietly as he held her tightly in his hands.
“Ha!” Victoria interrupted him with a sneer. Then, she stepped on his feet, forcefully pushed him away, and slapped him.
Slap…
In the quiet night, the firm slap was extremely resonant.
She gave him a stern look and gritted her teeth as she hissed, “You. Are. Disgusting. ”
He humiliated her for Bella, but now, he acted with such warmth. It was disgusting; he was already engaged to Scarlett, yet he continued to pester her. He’s filthy!
Victoria previously refused to be in a relationship with him because she genuinely didn’t like him, but she still thought of him as a big brother; today, she refused to be with him because he was genuinely disgusting!
“As long as you stop seducing Christian, I can overlook your accident with Bella. Then, I’ll break the engagement with Scarlett and marry you instead.” Lucas was sorry for his sister, but he really couldn’t let go of Victoria. After learning that she almost died from that accident, he no longer wanted to fool himself by thinking that he had already moved on.
Besides, his grandfather, who was in his seventies, married a twenty-year-old lady. Since his family did not have an overly strong opinion about it, they might be able to accept him and Victoria being together too.
“Where did you get such confidence that I would want to be with you?” She scoffed as she glared at his swollen left face.
“Aren’t you working at Delta Club to live life like how you did before?” In his eyes, there were struggle and self-blame, but there was more insanity. “If you marry me, I can give you whatever you want!”
He moved closer to grab her hand and whispered in a quieter tone, “I will immediately divorce Scarlett as long as you promise me. Isn’t this far better than enduring the humiliation if you stay with Christian?”
Victoria looked at their intertwined hands without struggling this time. She indifferently looked past his shoulder and said, “You’ve arrived just on time, Miss Spritz. Your brother was just talking to me about marriage.”
“Bella, why are you…” Lucas let go of Victoria’s hand subconsciously. When he turned around intending to explain to her, he found that there was no one behind him.
Victoria had lied to him, so he turned back to face her.
“Why are you staring at me with such eyes?” She moved a short distance away to create space between them and said mockingly, “I was just testing you out just now. You insisted that you cannot get over me, so is this what you meant by that?”
Lucas’ countenance altered as he clenched his fists. “I’m serious about being with you. Even if Bella actually arrives, I don’t intend to back out of it. Yet here you are, mocking me,” he remarked bitterly and furiously.
Hearing that, she picked up the phone and looked at the time. Sixteen minutes had pa*sed. She scowled, and her contempt and rage increased even more.
“Even if you genuinely want to marry me, what then?” she questioned as she set down her phone and turned to face him with a sarcastic look.
“What do you mean?” Lucas frowned.
“You marry me, but you’d feel sorry for Bella, don’t you?” Victoria snarled harshly.
His brows drew even closer together, but he remained silent, which meant he agreed to it.
“Imagine if I endured countless tribulations in order to marry a man I didn’t love. If I had any arguments with Miss Spritz in the future, you, as the older brother, will stand on her side no matter what and blame me. Besides, I have to endure the reprimand from your mother and Miss Palmer accusing me of seducing you. Victoria raised her eyebrows sarcastically. “Marry you? Am I out of my
