Chapter 8

　　Is he distressed? Still worried?

　　For the first time in their five years of marriage, Sam saw expressions other than sarcasm, ridicule and hatred on Luke\'s face.

　　Under the table, fingers were tightly twisted together, nails were sinking deep into the flesh, and the sourness accumulated in the chest swelled again.

　　She thought that if Luke asked her at this time, she would have told him.

　　She is dying. She has no way to love him anymore.

　　\"Sam Johnson, you...\"

　　\"Mr. Johnson.\"

　　Before the words were finished, the office door was pushed open by the secretary.

　　The secretary walked up to Luke\'s side and glanced at Sam who was sitting across from him and said, \"Mr. Johnson, you were featured in today\'s headlines.\"

　　He spread the newspaper in his hand on the desk and showed it.

　　It said, ‘The President of Doughlas company stayed privately in a luxurious mansion late at night.’

　　The words of his secretary not only caught Sam\'s eyes, but also stuck in Luke\'s heart.

　　Because of Xia’s depression, Luke deliberately bought the Avalon Villa, the one farthest from the city, in order to give Xia a quiet environment and private protection. He didn’t want Xia to be exposed to the paparazzi\'s lens and to be taken by the world. Attention will only worsen Xia\'s condition.

　　But now! !

　　\"Roll!\"

　　With a violent shout, the secretary was so scared that he dared not to take the newspaper away and hurried out of the office and closed the door.

　　Luke stood up from the boss chair. His face was covered with haze and domineering. He walked around the boss table, stretched out his hand to pinch Sam\'s arm, and pulled her up from the chair.

　　\"Sam, I really didn\'t realize that you can still act like that?\"

　　Sam\'s eyes were a little blank and said, \"What do you mean?\" What do you mean by what you\'re asking me now?!\"

　　Luke\'s eyes were so deep that he couldn\'t see her. His hand was sharp while clutching her arm and almost breaking it with strength.

　　\"You poorly ran up to me ,pretending to be so magnanimous and kind. In fact, you just want to hold me back, so that the paparazzi go to Avalon Villa to harass Xia, right? Sam, how can you be a vicious woman? Do you have to kill them all?!\"

　　Are you planning something evil again?

　　Just the same as five years ago?

　　Sam raised her head in his violent rage. Her voice trembled because of weakness. Her unwilling tears swirled in her eyes and after swallowing several times, she whispered, \"If I want to say I don\'t have one, do you believe it?\"

　　\"No? Huh...\"

　　Luke sneered and shook her body vigorously, \"I arranged Xia to live in Avalon Villa even without me and you\'re the only one who knew it. Now, you’re saying it isn’t you? Do you think I will believe it?!\"

　　He didn\'t believe her or he had never believed her.

　　Her body swayed like dead leaves in a hurricane under his sharp sway. Her head suddenly hurt and her eyes gradually lost light. It was as painful as a thousand arrows pierced through the heart and burst, clamoring every nerve of her.

　　Before becoming unconscious, Sam heard Luke\'s phone rang. It was Lin.

　　\"Luke, come here now. Xiao committed suicide——!!!

　　\"What? Okay, I\'ll be there soon.\"

　　Luke hung up the phone and threw her weak body aside like throwing a garbage.

　　\"Boom--!\"

　　Sam fell to the ground as she silently curled her lips. In fact, it was good to be invisible. At the very least, she didn\'t need to watch it this time. He once again left hers because of that woman in Avalon Villa.

　　.......

　　Lin , who hung up the phone, turned her head and saw Xia holding a fruit knife and raising her arm indecisively and walked over anxiously.

　　\"Why don\'t you do it yet? Luke is coming here.\"

　　To put it lightly, this is a cut artery! Xia looked at Lin\'s anxious look, and for a moment, she panicked with fear.

　　This woman sitting across from her is her real mother!

　　\"You are really clumsy!\"

　　While Xia was stunned, Lin grasped her hand without even hesitation. She forced the fruit knife on the white wrist and swiped fiercely...

　　The flesh cracked, and blood poured out instantly.

　　The wrists gradually cooled and Xia\'s heart gradually cooled. Before closing her eyes, she looked at the figure of Luke rushing in. She made up her mind to marry Luke, because he\'s the only one she can rely on in this world.

　　Luke rushed out of the Avalon Villa holding the unconscious Xia and dragged her all the way to the hospital. It was only in the afternoon that she was sent out of the emergency room.

　　In the ward, Xia was lying quietly on the hospital bed like a lifeless doll. The wounds of the wrists with deep bones have been stitched up and wrapped in layers of heavy gauze.

　　Luke, sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, stared at Xia\'s face full of self-blame. If he arrives later, the consequences will be disastrous...

　　\"Luke.\"

　　Lin caught the guilt and self-blame in Luke’s eyes and stood behind him crying, \"You might have to stop seeing Xia in the future. Sam has a bad temperament and can think of anything. I don’t care. But Xia...\"

　　\"Brother Luke...\"

　　Xia, who is on the hospital bed, slowly opened her eyes and looked at Luke\'s red eyes and smiled weakly.

　　\"It\'s okay. Don\'t open your eyes for me. I will stay beside you in the future.\" Be obedient because I don\'t want something to happen to you.\"

　　\"Little Xia!\"

　　Lin knelt in front of the hospital bed as her tears flowed, \"I can\'t afford it to lose you. Did you forget that Sam wanted to kill you back then? Do you really want to die in her hands?!!!\"

　　Xia was well-behaved and sensible. Seeing Lin being heartbroken, Luke felt like thorns grew on the cusp of his heart.

　　Even at this time, Xia was not only blamed, but also wanted to plead...

　　Sam, that hypocritical woman, was so vicious that she didn\'t even have a heart! !

　　Enough, really enough!

　　\"Aunt Lin, don\'t worry, leave this to me.\"

　　Luke took a breath, tried to suppress the anger in his heart, stretched out his hand and gently touched the top of Xia\'s hair. \"Xia, don\'t you always say that you want a home? I will give you one now.\"

　　Xia’s joyful color flashed in her eyes. Under Luke’s touch, she nodded obediently. But Lin, who was standing aside, was irritated by Luke’s cold and spreading eyes. She just lowered her head and didn\'t dare to look at him a second time.