Don't forget, Joanna Lawrence and Ashton Heath are already married. Even if you know now that she saved you, so what? Do you really think something could still happen between you two? Stop dreaming. She obviously doesn't have her eyes on you. She's with Ashton Heath, how could she possibly be interested in any other man? No matter how powerful the Parker family is, can it be more powerful than the Heath family? If your love rival were someone else, you might have a chance, but with Ashton Heath..."
"Ha, I advise you to give up. You simply... ah!"
Rebecca Kelloway's words were cut off abruptly as she screamed in fear. With wide eyes, she watched Frank Parker's fist smash into the wall behind her.
Blood slowly trickled down the white wall.
Drip by drip, it soaked into the wall, as if a cluster of red plums blossomed on it.
Rebecca stared at the blood-stained wall, her face full of terror.
