Chapter 117
Calista was still discontent. She hated the fact that Olivia became the center of attention wherever she went.
Calvin walked up to Olivia and said, “Hey! Fancy seeing you at these types of events.”
“Hey, Calvin,” Olivia responded courteously.
“I didn’t like events like these in the past. And after the Fordhams went bankrupt, I never got the chance to come to one.”
“You could spend 500 million dollars like it was nothing. If you don’t even get to go to events like this, I think most people on this ship haven’t either..”
Calvin knew about her relationship with Ethan, but he kept it to himself. He only winked at her in secret.
It would seem like he found something on the security cameras back then. Olivia had an idea of what it was.
Before Olivia could say anything, Calista said in a mocking tone, “Didn’t I tell you, Calvin? Olivia would at least get with a rich old man. She has the looks for it.
“Olivia, I haven’t heard about the pa*sing of any rich old man, though. Counting down the days of your rich old husband? Aren’t you a wicked woman?”
From Calista’s perspective, Olivia must have gotten with a rich old man, which was why she kept her man a secret.
Why wouldn’t she flaunt her man if he was a rich heir?
“Stop talking nonsense in public, Calista,” Calvin said. He glared at her.
His attitude upset her. “Calvin, why are you so protective of her? Are you planning to marry her after her husband dies? Your father will not allow that to happen!”
“Stop spouting nonsense. You should head in first, Olivia. It’s cold on the deck,” Calvin suggested.
That wasn’t a good place to talk.
Olivia also didn’t want to deal with Calista.
Calista had been after her like a dog on a bone. She nodded and left.
“Calvin! You’ve got your eyes on her, haven’t you? I know that you wrote her a love letter in secret back in school.”
Calvin looked on as Olivia left. It didn’t matter if it was now or then.
She wasn’t someone that he was good enough for.
During the school years, he was one of the many people that admired her.
That was not to say that he was completely infatuated with her. But he had a genuine affection for her when they were still students.
Now that everyone had gotten into the workforce, there was only more work to look forward to.
The pure feelings from the adolescent years were long gone. They were buried deep in his heart, never to surface again.
Now that he had found out about Olivia’s identity, his respect for her only grew. He exchanged a few words with others briefly and went looking for her.
Marina was not happy to see Olivia. Her expression was full of rage.
Whenever she closed her eyes, she could still see the image of Olivia smearing her face with batter and beating her up.
It was absolutely absurd.
On the other hand, Chloe was delighted to see Olivia. Her face lit up when she saw her.
She quickly made her way toward Olivia.
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“I’m so happy you could make it, Liv! Why did you cut your hair short for no reason?
“But then again, you have good genes. So you look good either way.”
Chloe’s eagerness used to be the maternal love she craved as a kid.
Back then, whenever she had a fever, she would yearn for Chloe’s embrace. But she left her and went overseas.
She became Marina’s stepmother.
Olivia was long past that. She even had a thing or two to say to Chloe.
“Does it really matter to you whether I have long or short hair?”
Olivia looked at Chloe calmly and continued, “Mrs. Carlton, you never even sent me a postcard throughout these years.
“Now, you’re trying to play the part of a loving mother? Aren’t you ashamed?
“Anyway, your sudden display of concern is so embarra*sing to me that I could die.”
It seems Ethan only ever married Olivia to take revenge for what happened to his little sister. While Olivia is plagued by her sickness, he holds her chin and says coldly, “This is what your family owes me.” Now, she has no family and no future.
Her father becomes comatose after a car accident, leaving her with nothing to live for. Thus, she hurls herself from a building. “The life my family owes will now be repaid.” At this, Ethan, who’s usually calm, panics while begging for Olivia to come back as if he’s in a state of frenzy …
