4
The entire place had become chaotic. Vera didn’t waste time paying attention to Ophelia’s mocking words and rushed straight into the incubator room.
Once she noticed the undamaged incubator resting in the corner, she quietly sighed in relief.
Caius’s medicine was inside.
Only five days remained. After five more days, she could finally escape.
Vera’s emotionless response made Ophelia feel even more annoyed.
“Vera, this is just the beginning. One after another, I’ll hand you all the wonderful gifts I prepared.”
Ophelia stepped closer and seized the front of her collar.
Even then, Vera still showed no extra emotion.
If she resisted, the punishment would only become worse, so she remained quiet.
Ophelia always talked about taking revenge on her. There were only five days left now. Maybe it would happen once she was gone.
At that point, she would leave the medicine behind, leave this place, and never let anyone disturb her again.
After speaking, Ophelia glared fiercely at her before turning around and leaving.
The disorder around the room also carried the unpleasant scent left after their intimacy.
After Vera moved the incubator into a more hidden spot, she carefully cleaned the room.
She hadn’t taken the “special gift” Ophelia talked about seriously until that evening, when “Vera's nude photos” suddenly reached the trending searches.
The video from three days earlier, showing her painful struggle on the bed that night, was directly displayed on the huge screen at the national competition hall.
That clip suddenly popped out from a regular opening science video used in Ophelia’s competition entry.
And that same project had been stolen from Vera’s hands.
At the livestream venue, Caius smashed the projection screen with an ugly expression on his face.
The competition got canceled right there on the spot.
The event ended at six-thirty that evening. Exactly at seven o’clock, Caius showed up in front of her.
“You’re not going to explain?”
Explain. Those two words painfully stabbed the weakest part of her heart like knives.
“Explain what? Explain why the project I worked hard on for two months ended up being used by Ophelia in the competition?”
“Or explain why someone filmed what happened that night and intentionally played it on the giant screen?”
Vera questioned him emotionally.
“Keep pretending.”
“Continue acting!”
“Only your hands ever touched Ophelia’s project! And you’re the only person living in this house. If you weren’t the one who installed the camera and recorded the video, then who else did it?”
As Vera raised her voice, Caius also became more upset.
His big hand struck the living room table hard, making the glass cup on top fall and shatter.
That single sentence completely woke Vera up.
He still refused to trust her.
The hand that once protected her from everyone had now landed on her instead.
It truly hurt.
“Teacher, stop wasting time. You don’t trust me anyway, and I don’t want to explain anymore. So how do you plan to punish me this time?”
“Lock me up? Or leave me without food and water?”
Vera already stopped caring.
No matter how much she explained or how much proof stood in front of him, Caius still wouldn’t trust her.
Since the ending was always her being punished, it was better to just speak directly.
That word, “teacher,” seemed to light his anger.
Caius grabbed her wrist and pushed her onto the sofa.
With a ripping sound, Caius instantly tore apart her clothes.
“Vera, just because you’re my antidote, do you really think I wouldn’t dare touch you?”
