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Yunice gave a cold, twisted smile. <i>Paul </i><i>Powell </i><i>had </i>won <i>this </i><i>round</i>.
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<i>I </i><i>had </i><i>heard </i><i>too </i><i>many </i><i>usations </i><i>in </i><i>my </i><i>life</i><i>. </i><i>I </i><i>no </i><i>longer </i><i>wasted </i><i>energy </i><i>exining </i><i>myself </i><i>to </i><i>those </i>who <i>didn’t </i><i>believe </i><i>me</i><i>. </i>
Lifting the hem of her wedding dress, she turned and walked away, not even looking back at Wyatt to see his reaction.
Her mind was strangely calm. No sense of injustice. No sorrow.
All she could think about was one thing—<i>how </i><i>to destroy </i><i>Paul </i><i>Powell</i>.
“Yunice.”
The familiar voice made her stop and turn.
The hostility vanished from her face in an instant, reced by a soft, harmless expression.
Carl walked slowly toward her, each step heavy and deliberate.
His pace
said it all; he had thought carefully before calling to her.
Seeing the seriousness on his face, Yunice’s heart sank fast and hard.
There was a flicker of pleading in her eyes, silently begging him not to say anything that would shame her further.
Cari frowned and remained silent for a few seconds before finally raising his hand and patting her arm with quiet disappointment.
“Put those bad thoughts away. Concentrate on your work from now on. Don’t make me feel like I misjudged you.”
Yunice clutched her wedding dress tightly. <i>His </i><i>words </i><i>were </i><i>more </i><i>painful </i><i>than </i><i>if </i><i>he’d </i><i>scolded </i><i>me </i><i>directly</i><i>. </i>
As he walked past her, she looked up slightly to see Victor following.
Victor gave her a distant smile and walked away without a word.
Once everyone was gone, Yunice felt as if her strength had beenpletely drained.
She dragged the heavy dress back to her room to change.
I didn’t <i>care </i><i>what </i><i>Wyatt </i>thought <i>of </i><i>me</i><i>, </i><i>because </i><i>I </i><i>never </i><i>expected </i><i>love </i><i>from </i>him.
Marrying <i>him </i><i>was </i><i>only </i><b><i>about </i></b><i>gaining </i>a <i>powerful </i><i>ally</i>.
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He cherished me<i>, </i>and I <i>want </i>to return that kindness with everything that is good in me<i>. </i>
<i>But </i><i>before </i>I had the <i>chance</i>, he <i>was </i>already disappointed in me.
The guilt grew inside her like a thorn rooted in her flesh.
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I can go and exin everything to Carl, exin what had happened today, and prove my innocence.
<i>But </i>I <i>couldn’t </i><i>go </i>back in time. I couldn’t stop the rumors. <i>I </i>couldn’t <i>close </i>every gossiping mouth.
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<i>Still</i><i>, </i><i>I </i>wouldn’t <i>carry </i>this <i>guilt </i>forever. And <i>I </i><i>certainly </i>wasn’t going <i>to </i><i>wear </i><i>that </i><i>dirty </ibel for the <i>rest </i>of my <i>life</i>.
<i>The </i><i>reason </i>I <i>haven’t </i>poisoned Paul <i>yet </i>is <i>because </i><i>I </i><i>want </i><i>to </i>keep him alive so he could be forced <i>to </i><i>confess </i><i>to </i><i>every </i>vile <i>thing </i><i>he’s </i><i>done </i><i>over </i>the years.
As if nothing had happened, Yunice changed out of her dress and into civilian clothes.
She slung her ordinary canvas bag over her shoulder and left the room.
She didn’t go to Wyatt, nor did she look for Carl.
Instead, she went back to the elevator control room.
She searched every inch of it, retracing her steps one by one.
Wyatt’s wedding ring is <i>expensive</i>. <i>I </i><i>can’t </i>just <i>let </i>it <i>disappear</i><i>. </i>
She searched every nook and cranny but found nothing.
Given what I knew about <i>Paul</i><i>, </i>how <i>much </i>he hated <i>Wyatt</i>. He probably <i>would’ve </i>thrown <i>the </i>ring away.
Yunice’s eyes fell on the sewer grate.
She walked over, set down her bag, and began to pry open the grate with her bare hands.
Judging by the width of the pipe, she thought she could squeeze in.
“What do you think you’re doing?”
The teasing voice made Yunice look up.
Freya was standing with her arms crossed, looking down at her with amusement.
Yunice’s foot was already halfway into the sewer.
“I think my ring was dropped in here.”
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Yunice didn’t answer. She slippedpletely into the sewer.
Freya watched her like a soft, stubborn little golden hamster.
Yunice tilted her head up and asked, “Are youing in to help
me look?”
Freya wrinkled her nose in disgust.
“It stinks. No way.”
Then she pulled out her cell phone.
“I’ll give you some light.”
“Thank you.” Yunice bent down and began to carefully search the sewer for the ring.
Freya said, “You’re mad at Wyatt, aren’t you?”
Yunice didn’t even look up.
“No.”
Freya pressed again.
“When people talk about you, why don’t you defend yourself? Just look at Elsie. She can turn <b>ck </b>into white and still deny everything, even when caught.”
Still getting no answer, Freya changed the subject.
“Well<b>, </b>she opened her mouth too much and talked trash about you, so Wyatt had someone sew her mouth shut.”
“What<b>?</b><b>” </b>Yunice looked up<b>, </b>remembering the scene.
Sewing <i>Elsie’s </i><b><i>mouth</i></b><i>? </i><i>He </i><b><i>really </i></b><i>did </i><b><i>that</i></b><b><i>? </i></b>
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