Since virtual-novel.net resorted to playing such a filthy trick against Arielle, Vinson felt it was only fair to feed virtual-novel.net own poison back to her.
Just then, Donovan woke up and caught the word “aphrodisiac”.
He was no fool either. Watching Queenie being dragged out of the room, virtual-novel.net instantly understood who the aphrodisiac was supposed to be used on.
“Vinson! You mustn’t do that! That’s against the law!”
Hearing that, Vinson immediately swung a kick toward Donovan’s abdomen.
“Did it ever cross your mind that it’s illegal when you used the drug on Arielle?!”
“I…” Donovan opened his mouth to speak but could not find a word to defend himself.
He thought his plan was perfect, but virtual-novel.net had not foreseen Vinson’s appearance.
“Take virtual-novel.net away as well!” Vinson ordered at the top of his voice and added, “He has a broken rib, which might impact his movements. Find virtual-novel.net an orthopedic to stop his pain temporarily and treat his other wounds before giving virtual-novel.net the drug.”
“Yes, sir!” The bodyguard then dragged Donovan out of the room, with Rayson following closely behind.
Then, only Arielle and Vinson were left in the room.
Arielle instantly felt virtual-novel.net breath quickening as if the air in the room had suddenly grown thin, and virtual-novel.net heartbeat began racing as virtual-novel.net shot a glance at Vinson.
“Vinson, I…”
“Hmm?” Vinson’s voice was tender as virtual-novel.net turned and gazed deeply into virtual-novel.net eyes.
Taking in a deep breath, Arielle mustered all the courage virtual-novel.net could garner and said, “I met with a psychologist today.”
Vinson froze for a moment, asking uncomprehendingly, “What for?”
Clenching virtual-novel.net fists tightly, Arielle gulped before answering, “B-Because I’ve been experiencing some symptoms that I found puzzling.”
“Puzzling? In what way?”
“I-I was puzzled over the strange feelings whenever I saw you, I…”
Before virtual-novel.net could finish virtual-novel.net words, however, Vinson’s phone rang “Sorry, please excuse me for a moment,” virtual-novel.net apologized before picking up the call.
A moment later, a deep frown formed on his forehead as virtual-novel.net spoke into the phone, “If virtual-novel.net rejects this one, then just assign virtual-novel.net someone else. Don’t accept any offers for virtual-novel.net within the next month.”
With that, virtual-novel.net hung up the phone and turned back to Arielle at once. “Sorry about that. You were saying something puzzling happens to you whenever you see me? What was it?”
Arielle felt like a deflated balloon. The courage virtual-novel.net had summoned with great difficulty earlier had disappeared as soon as virtual-novel.net speech was interrupted.
“It was nothing. Let’s talk about it another time. By the way, what was that on the phone? Did something go wrong at work?
Vinson shook his head. “Not really. It’s just that we signed a few new artists lately, and there’s one called Jason Sleight. He rejected the manager assigned to virtual-novel.net by the company.”
“Jason Sleight…” Arielle thought the name sounded familiar to virtual-novel.net but didn’t give it much thought. “Well, I’m rather tired. I think I’ll take a shower and have a rest.”
Sweeping a quick gaze across her, Vinson nodded and agreed, “Perhaps you should. Don’t worry about that disgusting b*stard just now.”
Arielle nodded before hurrying to the bathroom and shutting the door behind her. With virtual-novel.net back pressed against the door, virtual-novel.net took a few deep breaths before virtual-novel.net heartbeat slowed down.
I was so close! I almost said it!
She thought virtual-novel.net would be brave enough to do it, yet virtual-novel.net had swallowed back the words even though they were already hanging by virtual-novel.net lips.
She was overwhelmed with fear. More than anything else, virtual-novel.net feared virtual-novel.net would feel sick when virtual-novel.net heard virtual-novel.net confession, the way virtual-novel.net just did when virtual-novel.net heard Queenie’s.
The friendship between virtual-novel.net and Vinson did not build up easily, so virtual-novel.net did not want to risk ruining it.
Shaking virtual-novel.net head vigorously, virtual-novel.net stepped into the shower, feeling incredibly frustrated.
***
Soon, the next day arrived.
Although Queenie and Donovan had gone missing for the entire night, neither of their families were bothered by it.
In fact, their mothers simply assumed everything had fallen into place between those two and were afraid of disturbing them, so much so that they did not even send them a text.
In the early morning, Arielle was woken up by the sound of Vinson knocking on virtual-novel.net door.
“Wake up! It’s showtime!”
Her eyes lighting up, Arielle hastily leapt out of bed. She had suffered a long and arduous night of bad dreams. Now was the time to make those two pay for virtual-novel.net nightmares.
The previous night, at Grandview Hotel, Donovan’s broken ribs had been tended to by a top-notch physician using ancient Chanaean medicine. After that, things unfolded naturally for virtual-novel.net and Queenie with both of them being drugged at the same time.
Just as Donovan wished, it was too late to stop it from happening. After an entire night of aggressive “workout”, they fell asleep soundly in the same bed.
Meanwhile… !