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“ I am just saying. You said you sincerely apologize, moreover, I could not feel any single sincerity coming from your heart. You feel remorseful, right? I guess something bad has happened to your precious son and you need my help?”

“Since you know it, why did you not intervene?! My son is about to be beheaded in two days and you feel calm. Don't you have any remorse for your attitude?”
Dara could not keep her friendly attitude and lashed out instantly.

“I don't blame you! My son was right all along to divorce you. You deserve no peace! ”

“For the record, I divorced him and not the other way round and secondly, I don't give a damn fucking care if your son was to die right now. It is over between us, I don't bear Noville anymore! I hope this is our final goodbye!”
Olivia turned her back and Dara raised her hands to hit her when suddenly she felt a shield holding her. She looked at his brown eyes and felt calm.

“Are you okay?” Anthony whispered in her ears. He did not plan to interrupt or be involved in their war but that old lady dared to raise her hands against HIS Olivia and that could not be accepted.

“How dare you try to lay your filthy hands on her?!” He yelled at her and threw her hands forcefully making her stumble to the feet.

“Anthony....go back in ” She held him from causing any further dramas. She did not want him to be involved in any of her harsh past especially when he refused to keep away from her.

“In? If I did not come here quickly, would you let her slap you? Oh! comm'n!” He refused to go back in and let his anger do the job.

“As if I knew! You are nothing but a used whore! You left your husband in jail to die while you mingle with other men, you are a disgrace to womanhood!” Dara got up and dusted herself.
Here, her son was left in jail while she lives a good life? She was never gonna be in peace, not even in the next life knowing Olivia was giving another good chance to live well.

“Say that once more! Say it !” Olivia threw a slap across Dara's face. Anthony held her back before she tore her into pieces. He had never seen Olivia in this kind of battle form before and he was starting to love her.

“You! What has been done can never be reversed! You will remain a cheating whore and a bitch. You married my son just to settle your debts and not only then, divorced him and charged him against physical abuse! He is in prison living a miserable life and here you are, mingling with rich men.”

“Watch what you say, Mrs Noville. Anytime I feel like releasing him is when I will ”

“Who the hell are you to keep my son in there?!”

“I am Anthony, the CEO of Armis corps. ”
He did not need more introduction to make her realize that he was more than a rich guy. any wrong move could make him end her son's life right in front of him.

“Why are you like this? I thought you loved Cedric! He treated you so well though you were silent. He took care of you and your son. He loved you so much ” If being harsh would not solve the problem then she might as well be thick skinned.

“Loved? Mrs Noville, I won't warn you again to watch your words unless I won't be responsible for the thunder which would strike you dead. How could you even open your mouth to say such a thing?!”
Olivia's rage increased as she bawled her fist. Letting go of her anger could mean she agrees to return back to her past self.

“I guess the genes of stupidity run through your generation. I don't care if Cedric is beheaded or not, every evil must be played one way or the other. Let me just say that, karma is having its own dinner for your son.”

“You!” She yelled and held her cheeks. This woman was not the one who was feeble and easily bullied by them. She was getting out of control.
Dara watched as the two went far away and entered into the car. She gritted her teeth. Not only did she fail to get her forgiveness, she also offended one of the richest bachelors in the whole of Beijing.
In the car.
The breeze from the conditioner blew as silence consumed the whole car. Anthony watched the silent Olivia on her seat as he felt bad.
He never noticed that this woman could be vicious and at the same time be a pretty badass.

“Olivia?......you can let it out, I do not mind”

He handed her a tissue and gave his ears to her.

“Why does life have to be so hard on me?! First I found out that my parents weren't my parents and now I get married to a two faced devil with his sidekicks.” She exclaimed and wiped her tears off.
Her pains were just too much for her to handle. Crying it out loud could make her feel alright for some time.

“Life has its own side. It came hard to make you strong.” He let his words comfort her. Right now, he would not dare to hear the whole story from her unless he wanted her to break down.

“Anthony........Do you know why I rejected your confession?”

“You just called me my name ” He shrieked in pleasure and quickly hid it. Confession, was she going to also put him through a mental breakdown?
His phone rang as he looked at the caller. Damn it, he forgot that they were having lunch before the whole catastrophe happened.

“Mr. Armis, where are you? Let me pick you up. It has been long since you left. Are you alright?” Vivian blasted him with lots of questions. After Anthony left, she had not been able to eat thinking he might have gone to hang out with that bitch.

“I am good and I found Olivia. You all can go back to the company, I will take Olivia somewhere ” He cut the call and gazed at the weak lady on his chair.
He moved closer and brushed off her hair from her lips. He smiled and kissed her forehead.

“Go on.....I am listening to you ”
He took a deep breath and waited for the worst to come. Not that he had seen her rejection coming, he was just scared to accept such.

“I rejected you because I did not want to soil your name. I have a pretty bad life record. I have no parents and were adopted by the Lan's years ago. I lived a tough life in their home. Some days they would starve me all because they didn't like my face or would tell me to have mud as dinner.”

“I ate so little and did more labor. I did not get as much education as my sister nor did I enjoy being loved by them. I felt like a slave within their territory. A prey in fact.”

“This ” She rolled up her sleeves and pointed to a horrible looking scar on her left arm. The scar took most of her arms and the largest. It looked more like it was a tattoo.

“It happened twenty years ago .”

Flashback.......

“You monster! Let dad come back. I will tell him all that you did to me!” She murmured, twirling the closet key in her hands.
Olivia was in the closet with her arms tired and her mouth stuffed with cloth. Kasy had instructed the security that they would create a mess with her dad's favorite chess board and make her take the blame.

“Kasy.....let me out. It is dark ” The little Olivia broke down and sobbed out. She could not see anything as she was blindfolded and tied. She struggled to get out from the ropes.

“I am not your sister! I will never be your sister!” Kasy ran downstairs to greet her dad and mom and also to commence her plan. “What is all that noise?”
Her mother asked as she followed her husband to the dining room. She gasped and moved back from him. His favorite chess board gifted to him by his late grandfather was broken.

“Who did this?!” He yelled with might, making his wife shriek in fear. “KasyKasy!”

“Dad, it was Olivia. I saw her. She broke the chess board and tried to hide it when I caught her. I told her I was going to tell you and then she took the iron and burnt my arm. Look, it hurts ” She sobbed and showed him the iron burnt part of her hands.
Obviously to make everything look real, she had to sacrifice her skin and burn herself. Though it was like hell, furthermore, it was worth it.

“I.......tried to stop her mom, dad. She is a beast. She burnt me!”

“Calm down Kasy ” Her mother said, who could probably see through her daughter's lies and did not mind it at all.
They all hated her and did not know why her husband refused to throw her or perhaps kill her rather raise her as his own child.

“Where is that devil?! Where is she? I will kill her with my own hands ” His built rage increased and he gritted his teeth, clenched his fingers and went to the room.
He knocked down the door with a punch and opened the closet to see Olivia tied up with a rope. Her forehead is already bleeding from the trials of bursting the door.
He dragged her with force and she landed on her stomach on the sharp object making her cry out more.

“You broke my chess board! I thought that after not feeding you for a week that you will learn to behave but I guessed wrong and even had the guts to harm your sister with an iron!”

“Just repay her back with the iron!” The mother suggested as she turned on the iron and harshly placed it on her skin. Olivia screamed and struggled to get freed but only got beatings the more she struggled.
Her skin hurt as the hot iron pierced more into her skin and peeled her skin off. She clenched her fingers and stayed still enduring the hot pain from the iron.

“Get me that bottle! Once I am done with you, you will never recognize yourself!” He was handed a broken bottle and he lashed and whipped her with the bottle on that arm.

“Dad, I .......am....... sorry......please.....” She screamed and panted heavily.
End of flashback.