Chapter 18
Soon, the gate of the villa opened.
Vaughn’s tall figure stumbled out of the villa’s front door.
By the moonlight, Adelia saw Vaughn’s face was pale. He was holding his stomach with one hand, and blood kept seeping through his fingers, staining his white shirt a glaring red.
“You got hurt?” Adelia’s voice trembled, and she reached out to help him.
Vaughn suddenly grabbed her wrist and asked in a hoarse voice, “Who sent you?”
Adelia avoided his gaze and didn’t explain why. She just said calmly, “You go take care of your wound, I’ll handle Ethan.”
Hearing that, Vaughn suddenly pulled her back hard, not even noticing his wound tearing open from the movement.
“Ethan was already crazy, if you went in now, you were just walking right into a trap.”
“Vaughn.” Adelia grabbed Vaughn’s bloody fingers with her hand,
pressed them gently in her palm, and said, “Trust me, I would protect myself.”
At the same time, I heard the man in black behind me urging me.
“Ms. Keith, you’ve already met the person, can you go in now?”
“Got it,” Adelia said, giving Vaughn one last look. She leaned in close to Vaughn’s ear and whispered, “Wait for me.”
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Vaughn’s lips were pressed tight, his Adam’s apple bobbed like he was about to say something, but in the end he just gave Adelia a long look.
He didn’t waver until he made sure Adelia was safely inside the villa. Then his tall figure suddenly swayed.
The assistant rushed over and only caught his limp, collapsing body.
“Hurry, get the car ready for the hospital!”
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The man in black led Adelia into a room.
The moment the door closed, a warm chest suddenly pressed against me.
Ethan’s arms trapped Adelia like iron clamps, and his hot breath sprayed on the sensitive skin behind her ear.
Adelia was all stiff, but she didn’t struggle.
She stared at the two people’s shadows on the wall, her voice was scary
calm.
“Lock someone who hated you by your side…”
“Ethan, is this what you
wanted?”
Ethan didn’t say a word and greedily sniffed Adelia’s hair, wishing he could just pull Adelia into his own body.
He said hoarsely, “I just knew I wanted you to stay.”
Adelia suddenly laughed when she heard that.
She turned around, looking straight at Ethan.
“You had countless chances to keep me.”
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“When I was locked in the dark room, when I was thrown under the cliff, when I cried and begged you not to burn my mother’s things…”
“Ethan, did you ever think back then that we would end up like this today?”
Looking at Adelia’s red eyes, Ethan felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He couldn’t wait and said, “Lia, I really know I was wrong. For the rest of my life, I’m willing to do anything to make it up to you.”
Really?” Adelia raised an eyebrow, “Even if you had to give up what matters most to you, it wouldn’t matter?”
“What did you want?”
Adelia blurted out, “I want the Fargeat Group. As long as you give the Fargeat Group, to Vaughn, I’ll give you a chance to make up for it.”
Ethan’s face suddenly darkened when he heard that.
He grabbed Adelia’s shoulders with both hands, “You’ve fallen for Vaughn?”
Adelia’s eyes were calm. She said word by word, “It’s none of your
business.”
“Lia…” Ethan took a deep breath, “I could promise you anything, but not
this.”
The Fargeat Group was the empire he worked hard to build.
Vaughn was the rival he dreamed of getting rid of.
What was the difference between giving the company to Vaughn and ending his life?
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Adelia had already expected Ethan to refuse and said coldly, “Since that’s the case, there’s nothing more to talk about.”
She pretended to turn around, but Ethan stopped her.
“This isn’t Vaughn’s turf. Without my permission, you were never getting
out.”
Adelia turned her back to her, her voice cold: “Who said I was leaving, I was just going to rest.”
From the first second she stepped into this villa, she already knew Ethan wouldn’t let her go easily.
But she wasn’t just going to sit here and wait for death, either.
Since she told Vaughn to wait for her, she would definitely find a way to go back.
