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Chapter 601
With what little awareness | had left, | managed to force my eyes open. | could have sworn Ryan had already
given the key back. So how did he still have it?
Edward burst into the bathroom, his eyes widening at the sight. He rushed over and turned off the shower, then
grabbed a bathrobe and wrapped it tightly around me. His voice was strained and rough. “Victoria, what are you
doing?”
| was shivering so hard, my hair soaked through, but that stubborn urge insidewas still rampaging. Without
the cold water pouring over me, the heat started to return.
Edward grabbed a towel and quickly started drying my hair. Halfway through, he suddenly stopped, staring down
atfor a couple of seconds before pullingfiercely into his arms, holdingtight.
He sat right down on the soaked floor, not giving a damn about the water, crushingagainst his chest, his
face buried deep in the cool curve of my neck.
“Edward... letgo...” | whispered, my voice weak as | tried with all my might to push him away.
But | was as weak as a kitten-he barely noticed my struggle. With just a little force, he pulledright back
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtagainst his chest.
There was a warm, dry scent on him that drifted through his clothes and washed over me.
My mouth was already parched, and the heat radiating from him was like a fuse, so easily settingablaze.
| swallowed hard, my mouth bone-dry. | had no idea what Isabelle Lynn had madetake, but whatever it was,
this stuff was definitely illegal.
She just watched, calm as ever, as | walked right into her trap and then walked away. In the end, all it took was a
single call to Ryan, and | fell straight into her pit.
“Ryan’s not the one who came. Are you disappointed?” Edward’s deep voice rumbled in my ear. “Did you get
yourself in this state just so he’d walk in and feel sorry for you?”
“I didn’t...” I blurted out, my mind a total mess. Edward actually thought | was sitting here, freezing, just waiting
for Ryan to walk in.
My mind was being pulled in every direction-Isabelle’s threats echoing, her bodyguards storming in, the tea
house waiter givingthat sly, knowing look. In a city crawling with power players, | finally realized just how
insignificant | really was.
When you're scared out of your mind, your survival instincts just take over.
Isabelle could act so bold because she had someone powerful in her corner.
“Victoria, no matter what you do to yourself, Ryan's still going to marry someone else...” Edward's voice was
tight with frustration and pain.
“Can you stop being so foolish?” he said, his tone rough.
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“Do you really love him that much?” Edward's words were low, almost a whisper, disbelief and hurt flickering in
his eyes.
My mind was racing, desperately searching for a way out, but all | could hear was Edward's angry, relentless
scolding.
‘He just wouldn't shut up... | thought.
My head tipped back from his arms, and the moment he said “love,” a rebellious impulse surged up in me. In a
fit of defiance, I silenced him with a kiss.
His whole body shuddered, and I felt his strong hand at my waist clench tighter, almost involuntarily.
My cool lips brushed against the heat of his, and my mind went completely blank-a surge of electricity raced
through my entire body.
It was like smagnetic force was drawingin, making it impossible forto stop.
“Victoria... stop...” Five seconds later, his hands gripped my shoulders and pulledaway from him.
| stared at him, my eyes dazed, his voice sounding distant and fuzzy in my ears, like | couldn't quite make out
the words.
Instinctively, | reached up, trying to wrap my arms around his shoulders.
Edward caught my arms and pushedaway again. “Stop acting crazy.”
| froze, his voice carried so much authority that it joltedback to my senses for a split second.
Yeah, even if | was pathetic enough to cling to this last lifeline, he'd already stopped caring a long tago.
Bit by bit, | gathered up the pieces of my dignity, quietly bracing myself against the wall as | struggled to stand.
But my legs felt like jelly, and my whole body was burning up, like | was trapped in a forty-degree heatwave. |
felt absolutely miserable.
Desperate, | stumbled into the kitchen, yanked open the fridge, grabbed a bottle of ice water, twisted off the
cap, and started gulping it down.
I'd barely taken two sips when a large hand snatched the bottle from me. Before | could react, he tossed it
straight into the trash.
“Victoria, no matter how much you mess yourself up, he’s not going to show up...” Edward snapped, his words
slicing through my foggy brain.
| was about to go crazy. ‘Why won't Edward just shut up? Does he seriously think I'm waiting for Ryan?’ | thought.
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