Indeed, Stephan had been saying that he was busy with work recently and he rarely saw me, let alone touched me. Even if I took the initiative, he would find an excuse to leave...
It seemed that he really had no interest in me anymore.
A mocking voice came from behind. “When you looked in the mirror these days, didn’t you think you looked a little like me? Have you ever suspected that you were a stand-in? I don’t say too many hurtful words, but I also think that you are very dull.”
She emphasized the word “dull”, as if she was speaking specifically to me.
It was becoming difficult to breathe. I forced myself to hold on to the last bit of rationality and turned around and said, “Bianca, there’s no need to provoke me with these words. I know Stephan. If he doesn’t love me anymore, he will let go decisively and won’t bother me too much, but he treats me very well now.”
“You said he loves you?” Bianca obviously didn’t believe me, her eyes fell on my chest. “He gave you this brooch, right? He bought it for 4 million dollars.”
I glanced down at the brooch, confused as to why she had suddenly changed the subject.
“What’s wrong?”
“The designer of this brooch is me, BN.”
“What?”
“This brooch was designed by me in Zavine. It was sold at an auction in Lemure. When Stephan found out, he flew to Linkon overnight to attend the auction.” Bianca leaned back in her chair, looking at me with her arms crossed. Her eyes showed pity. “He raised the starting price of 40,000 dollars to 4 million dollars . Maybe he thought he could see me this way, but unfortunately, I didn’t come back from the auction. I guess he just gave it to you.”
In an instant, I felt like I was struck by lightning.
I bent down and took off the brooch. The intricate rose pattern and the tiny diamonds dotted it were so dazzling that I thought it was sparkling before, but now I just thought it was extremely blinding.
Roses, Bianca liked roses.
That was why there was a whole field of roses in the Marshall Family garden, that was why he gave me a rose brooch and that was why he habitually picked fresh roses and placed them at my bedside.
“I didn’t lie to you about this.” She chuckled. “If you don’t believe me, you can go check it out. It’s okay. I’ll give you enough time to think about it. Then I’ll leave first.”
The door of the private room closed and the tip of the brooch pierced into my palm, but I didn’t feel any pain at all.
When I returned to the Marshall Family, the familiar aroma of seafood porridge wafted out.
When I entered the living room, I didn’t see Audrey, but Stephan, wearing an apron, brought out two bowls of porridge from the kitchen.
Seeing me in a daze, he untied his apron and came over to hug me. “Where have you been? I missed you, Vanessa.”
I came back to my senses and forced a smile. “I go and relax and find some design inspiration.”
“Vanessa, you don’t have to work so hard, I’ll back you up.” He ruffled my hair and smiled dotingly. “Today I made crab roe and shrimp porridge. I peeled the crab roe and shrimp myself. You should try it.”
“Okay.”
Stephan naturally took my hand and a trace of pain came from the palm of my hand. I made a ‘hiss’ sound and pulled my hand back.
“What’s wrong, Vanessa?”
He opened my palm, his expression instantly worried. “How are you hurt? Does it hurt?”
“I accidentally scratched it…”
“Why didn’t you tell me? I accidentally hurt you.”
Stephan anxiously took out the medicine box and pulled me to sit on the sofa. He squatted in front of me and carefully disinfected it with iodine.
The blood in the wound had already coagulated, but when it was pulled just now, some blood came out again, stinging the nerves.
Looking at his anxious and worried look, which looked like a treasure, I was slightly distracted.
