---- Chapter 1998 Tiana scoffed. "Back then, you loved Reggie more crazily than anyone else. You were willing to do anything for him. At least when I do something, it''s open and direct. I love, I hate, andI say it to someone''s face... Not like you, hiding and scheming in the shadows." Victoria''s face flushed with a rosy color that made her look absolutely stunning. If this had been her old self, she would have already exploded and beaten Tiana senseless.
But now, with her weak body and ruined martial arts, she was essentially helpless. She could only respond with a coldugh. "Tiana, I''m not as shameless as you are. Besides, I''mpletely alone now with nobody in my life. Calvin''s betrayal has already made him dead to me, and Reginald left me years ago. "What I needed to forget, I''ve forgotten, and what I can''t forget has turned into indifference or hate. I owe him nothing; if anything, he owes me.
Now that I''ve lost everything, nothing really matters anymore." Tiana eximed in shock, "What are you trying to say?" Victoria lowered her gaze with a soft, almost demure smile, ---- her flushed cheeks making her look like a painted beauty in a ssic portrait. "I''m saying, even if something strange did happen between me and Andrew, it would be something I deserved." She added, "First, I don''t owe anyone anymore. Second, I''m. single and alone. Third, I genuinely like him.
And fourth, if I took Andrew for myself, it would be the perfect way to get back at Reginald. Tell me, wouldn''t that feel amazing?" Tiana was stunned. She could hardly form her words. "Victoria . you wouldn''t actually go through with it, would you? Andrew''s the type who values loyalty. If you were serious, he probably wouldn''t p you away, but he''d be too stunned to move. "But if you used his sense of morality and respect for you just to be his woman, then I''m telling you, Victoria...
You''d be downright despicable." Victoria lifted her chin and met Tiana''s eyes head-on. "Tiana, forget all the moral codes, the so-called rules, and social constraints. I''m only asking you one thing: could Ibe Andrew''s woman? Could Ibe his?" Tiana''s expression becameplex, and it took her a long time before she finally nodded reluctantly. "You could. Back in ---- the day, you were one of the most beautiful women in the southern martial arts world!
"Reggie liked me for my yfulness, but for you, it was your beauty, and I hated admitting it, but I had to. Franklin was even willing to die for you. Even though he was faking it, it just showed how captivating you are. And above all, you''re an extraordinary woman. In martial skill and ruthless cunning, I''m only half of what youare." She added, "But you can''t just do whatever you want. Spare Andrew.
You might feel satisfied, but he would be the one left hurting." Victoria suddenly burst outughing, bending at the waist as herughter shook through her. "Tiana, I was talking nonsense, and you actually believed me. You''re still just as easy to fool. "Rx, I''m not going to be some cougar. No matter what, I have to think about Andrew''s future.
He''s the King of Gabo Creek I''ve been grooming, and he''s going to dominate this ce someday." She continued, "Besides, even without my martial strength now, I''d never make the first move. If I did, he would probably be over the moon. Do you know how many young men these ---- days dream about sleeping with an older woman like me but don''t dare to try?" ''Tiana''s face turned bright red as she spat angrily. "A bitch is. always a bitch!
You''re so scheming and impossible to figure out!" At that moment, Otis, the butler, entered the room. "Mrs. Peck, someone has delivered a letter for you." Victoria frowned. "A letter?" Tiana chuckled. "Who even writes letters anymore? Go on, open it." Victoria shook her head. "You open it. I''m not risking it if it''s atrap." Tiana nodded, took the envelope, and opened it. A single sheet of paper fell out, with one sentence written on it.<fn393a> Follow current nov?ls on find?novel</fn393a>
[If you want Reginald''s keepsake that he meant to give you,e and talk. Signed, Mia Hernandez.] After reading it, Tiana''s voice turned icy. "So that bitch finally admits to stealing the keepsake Reggie left for you all those years ago!"<style>
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