
Raymond finally managed to gather strength and determination to suppress the bell. A moment later, a shrill shrill voice broke the silence.
One sec.
Two seconds.
Time is slow and torturous. However, the doubts that had enveloped Raymond's heart slowly dissipated. He pressed the bell again and again when the door in front of him did not open. Sure suspicion made his anger slowly coagulate like a snowball rolling on a steep cliff, the longer it got bigger and squeezed his chest.
Alice can't possibly let a man stay at her house, ‘ right?
Is that woman trying to get revenge?
This ....for whatever reason, is totally unacceptable.
An irritated feeling caused Raymond to press the bell without pause. He did not care if the neighbors on the left and right of the house also heard the noise produced by him.
“Who?”
A familiar voice by Raymond sounded from within. Shortly thereafter, the light of the central room light bounced through the glass window.
Raymond's shoulders that moved up and down quickly looked slightly trembling at the sound of the key being played. As the door handle seemed to move downward, Raymond's hands clenched tightly at his sides. His entire body seemed to be about to emit fire right then and there.
“Who's—“ Alice dumbfounded on the doorstep. He looked like he was seeing a ghost.
“R-ray? Ap-what y-yang ..”
“Whose car is in front?” ray asked very coldly. He could clearly see the reddish patches on Alice's neck and upper chest. It was definitely not a scar or an insect bite.
“A-ah .. i-it ..”
Alice's heart seemed to slump from its sockets. He even thought he was going to faint at that moment. Unfortunately, he just stared and stammered like a fool in front of Raymond.
“What's up, Babe?”
The typical hoarse voice of a newly awakened person rang out from behind Alice's body, making her instantly stiffen and not dare to look over. His panicked face looked even paler than before.
Raymond gritted his teeth and lunged forward. In a single jolt, the door in front of him was blown open and wide open. The figure of the middle-aged man wearing only boxer pants looked surprised and stood in the middle of the living room.
“Who is he?” asked Raymond with hunting breath.
“A-I can explain, Ray. He ... he .. manager Lucas. Me ... only ..”
“T-no ...”
Alice approached and wanted to touch Raymond's arm, but his hand was pushed so hard that Alice almost fell down. Unexpectedly, the silvery-haired man who was behind Alice immediately jumped forward and held her waist tightly.
“Who are you? Why is it so rude to women?” the man glared at Raymond.
“Go! Get rid of your hands!” alice shouted in panic. He refused the man's help and pushed him hard.
“Babe, what happened? Who is he?”
“Shut! Get out of here!” roar Alice to the man. He really wanted to slap and bang his head against the wall until it broke. Were it not for that bastard forcing his stay over, he would not have to be in this kind of situation!
“What happened?” the man who did not accept his good intentions was answered like that by Alice. He tried to get closer, but Alice glared at him in anger.
“Do not approach! Bastard!” roar the woman, losing control of herself. His whole body trembled and he started crying. His legs turned into jelly. He fell down on the floor hard.
“Alice, be careful..hard impact can disturb baby—“
“Diaaam! Goddamn bum! Shut your rotten mouth!” alice shouted with wrath. He looked at Raymond frantically while shaking his head strongly.
“T-no babies, Ray. He's just talking nonsense. He forced me. I don't want to, but she keeps threatening me,” explained Alice as she stared full of pleadings at her fiance.
Raymond from start to finish just watched the play while sneering. He really did not expect, apparently he did not bother to explain anything because Alice had made a clear line between them.
“You're really disgusting, Alice. I really didn't expect ...”
“Ray, I can explain ... he threatened to spread my video,” muttered Alice while holding Raymond's leg tight.
He was very afraid Raymond would just leave without listening to his explanation first. Lucas, a man with connections to Broadway, lures him fame before taking him to bed. Over the years, she was able to penetrate the world of international models and follow fashion shows to various countries, it was due to Lucas' interference. Now, when he doesn't want it all anymore, Lucas threatens him with their sacrilegious video. Alice really can't squint.
If the video were to spread on the internet, not only would his career be ruined, the Dawson family would not accept him as a son-in-law either! How could he bear all of it?
So, all he could do was to hold back all of Lucas' treatment while thinking of a way to get rid of the bastard.
But Raymond came at an inopportune time. He did not expect that his fiancee would come. I
He did not expect it at all ....
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