After more than ten minutes of sweet talk, Victoria reluctantly hung up the phone.
I asked her again to stop the car so I could get out.
She insisted on taking me to buy roses and gifts.
"Victoria, you go on a date, I won't bother you anymore!"
When I arrived at the mall, I hailed a taxi and left.
Victoria wouldn't let me go:
"Aren't you curious about who that person was just now? Didn't he always love to follow me?"
It turned out that it was my indifferent reaction that aroused her curiosity.
Unfortunately, having seen so much differential treatment from her in my previous life, I have become accustomed to her such contrasting behavior.
I had no interest in accompanying her to buy a gift for Julian.
"Why are you curious? I'm not interested in being a third wheel. Have a nice date, Victoria!"
Victoria looked at me with a mysterious look.
She slammed the taxi door shut, sent the driver away, and dragged me straight to the jewelry store in the mall.
"Take out your most valuable treasure."
The saleswoman saw me being pulled into the store and thought we were a couple. She was busy picking up the pair of pink diamond wedding rings and praising our good looks.
When the young lady was about to try the ring on my hand, Victoria took the men's ring with a cold face:
"Is he the only one who deserves it?"
The atmosphere in the store suddenly became extremely awkward.
I also understood that Victoria didn't let me go just to embarrass me.
But I didn't care at all, I looked up and broke the silence:
"Miss, you misunderstood. She is my sister, and we are choosing a gift for my brother-in-law."
The atmosphere was finally harmonious, but Victoria felt even colder.
She ignored my wishes and dragged me to the airport to pick me up.
When I saw Julian, I called him brother-in-law very naturally, which made him so happy that he praised me for being so sweet.
Victoria stared at me:
"What did you call him?"
I kept silent, pretending not to understand that she was already on the verge of anger, and pushed Julian into her arms:
"Victoria, I'm leaving first!"
I ignored the looks behind me and quickly ran out of the airport.
As soon as I got home, the video of Victoria and Julian kissing passionately at the airport went viral on Trending.
When someone questioned whether the person's profile was different from the one captured by Paparazzi, Victoria officially responded:
【It's him.】
These two short words kept the Sterling family busy.
That night, Julian was invited to the Sterling family to discuss marriage.
I wanted to stay in the room, but Julian came upstairs to check on me.
But after the door closed, he put away his smile and stared at me with disdain:
"Liam, since you're so tactful to call me brother-in-law, take this special medicine for treating injuries. I don't want people to find out that you were the one who jumped out of the window."
"I don't want anything to happen between Victoria and me."
Looking at the pills in his palm, I thought Victoria asked him to deliver the medicine and hit me in the face on purpose to make me give up my thoughts about her.
Seeing that I took the medicine without saying a word, Julian went downstairs contentedly and told everyone that I was not feeling well and wanted to rest.
Mrs. Sterling tried to come up to see me several times, but was stopped by him and Ethan.
Not long after taking the medicine, I started to feel a dull pain in my stomach.
Not wanting to disturb Mrs. Sterling, I endured the pain and forced myself to sleep.
While I was half asleep and half awake, it seemed like someone came into my room and fed me something.
The familiar bitter taste spread across my tongue, and I woke up instantly.
I saw it was Victoria, I was used to relying on her:
"Victoria, my stomach hurts so much, I want to go to the hospital..."
She gently tidied my hair which was soaked with cold sweat and said coldly:
