Chapter 41\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom\u2026\u201d Before Logan could even finish the sentence, the bedroom door was flung open.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian reached out and snatched Logan\u2019s phone, pressing the speaker button.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Diana said, \u201cLogan, where are you? Slo\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan panicked, but he reacted quickly enough. \u201cMom, hang on for a moment. Let me explain things to Vivian, and I\u2019ll be right there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing Logan\u2019s voice, Diana realized that Vivian was right beside him. She immediately swallowed the words that she had been about to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The call timer kept ticking, and an eerie silence came from Diana\u2019s end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then the call was abruptly cut off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan took the phone back from Vivian\u2019s hand, looked at her, and said with an earnest expression, \u201cVivian, something\u2019s happened at home. I need to go back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian replied, \u201cI\u2019ll go with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan froze, and a flicker of panic flashed through his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a moment, he couldn\u2019t find a reason to refuse her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian curled her lips slightly as she looked at his guilty expression. Then, she sneered. \u201cWhat, you don\u2019t want to take me with you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suppressing the agitation in his eyes, he said softly, \u201cThen let\u2019s go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian stepped toward the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan was still standing where he was, thinking about how to deal with the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Vivian reached the center of the living room, she turned to look at him. \u201cAren\u2019t you in a hurry? Why are you still standing there?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan quietly took a deep breath before finally moving his feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He walked at an unhurried pace, not at all like someone rushing to an emergency. He looked more like he was trying to stall her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, at the front gate, Vivian stopped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan took two more steps forward, only turning back when he realized Vivian was standing\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 41\u00a0<\/p>\n
still. \u201cWhat is it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
212\u00a0<\/p>\n
A smile appeared on Vivian\u2019s face. One hand was resting on the iron gate, while her gaze was chilling. \u201cLook at you, so scared that you\u2019re breaking into a sweat. Are you really that afraid of me going with you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan raised a hand to wipe his forehead, but he didn\u2019t feel a single drop of sweat. Coming back to his senses, he hid the panic in his eyes. \u201cVivian, that\u2019s not what I meant.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian smiled indifferently. \u201cMy time is far too valuable. Why would I waste it on you people?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, she slammed the gate shut.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The dull, heavy sound of the iron gate closing struck Logan\u2019s heart like a hard blow. He stood there, stunned. An inexplicable sense of panic rose in him as he hurried forward. \u201cVivi\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His phone rang again, and Logan frowned as he answered it. His voice was laced with irritation and impatience. \u201cIf you\u2019re not feeling well, go see a doctor. I\u2019m not a doctor!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Diana\u2019s flustered voice came from the other end. \u201cLogan, Sloane\u2019s bleeding. I\u2019ve called an ambulance. Get to the hospital now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan fell silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the end, he chose to go to the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A life was at stake, after all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 41\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 \u201cMom\u2026\u201d Before Logan could even finish the sentence, the bedroom door was flung open.\u00a0 Vivian reached out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-cancel-the-engagement-and-level-way-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}