C69 'revenge for Her!'
"The divorce procedures will be handled after a year." Reece said faintly. Lydia was stunned.
What?
One year later?
How could he do that?
She had gone through all the trouble to find evidence to prove that she was the one who had cheated on him!
But now, he wanted her to wait for him.
She couldn't do it!
Although she was extremely reluctant, she still asked rationally, "Why?"
"Grandfather's health has been very poor lately. The doctor said that if he were to take good care of himself, he would only be able to last for a year. So..." The man paused mid-sentence, his dark eyes landing on Ava.
In his previous life, Old Mr. Tillman had treated Lydia well.
Naturally, she also saw Old Mr. Tillman as her grandfather.
Therefore, when Reece mentioned this, she felt as if her heart had been pinched by a snake!
Immediately, her words of rejection became stiff. "So, you want me to divorce you first and act as a loving couple in front of Grandfather so that Grandfather can leave without any worries?"
"Yes." Reece nodded and added, "As long as you agree, I will split thirty percent of my assets under my name to you as compensation one year later."
"Grandfather has treated me well. It's my duty to repay him. So, there's no need for compensation." She looked up at the man. "Apart from this, is there any other problem?"
"...No." The man shook his head.
"Then, sign it." Lydia dragged the matter back to the proper path.
Reece's heart skipped a beat. His delicate face trembled as he held the divorce agreement in his hand.
He picked up the carbon pen, paused for a long time before he signed the three words, "Reece".
Lydia's lips curled up into a smile as she received the divorce agreement. "Thank you."
Thank you?
The word made Reece's hand clench even tighter, and he couldn't help but mock himself in his heart.
How could he be worthy of the word?
He was not worthy.
He had been looking forward to getting a divorce, but he was so happy after signing the agreement today. In fact, he felt a little heavy.
After the two of them finished negotiating the divorce agreement, Lydia put away the divorce agreement and limped towards her own bed.
"Lydia!"
Suddenly, a deep voice sounded from behind her. She stopped in her tracks and looked at Reece in confusion. "Hmm?"
"From now on, you can sleep on the bed."
Reece switched the blanket between the two of them and laid it on the bed.
Seeing this scene, Lydia was stunned.
But she quickly regained her composure.
The two of them slept side by side, and soon, Lydia fell asleep. Reece, on the other hand, was once again unable to sleep.
He looked at the thin little girl on the bed with a complicated expression. His heart was filled with mixed feelings.
The next day.
In the school.
Lydia returned to the classroom as usual.
She still chose an inconspicuous corner seat. Just as she sat down, she heard two people in front of her say, "Look at the videos about Viola in our school forum?"
Viola?
Lydia's hand froze as she heard the name.
"Are you talking about the one who knelt down?" Another girl said and then snorted, "Ah, if I hadn't seen the video, I really wouldn't have imagined that Viola would do such a dirty thing with such an innocent face!"
"As the saying goes, you don't know a person's true colors until you see them!"
Lydia's eyes were filled with doubt as she listened to their conversation.
What kind of video did Viola play?
She took out her phone and curiously logged into the school forum.
As soon as she logged in, she saw a video called 'Truth of the School Beauty.'
She put on her earphones and clicked on the video.
The first thing that came out was a black screen. Then, a woman's hoarse voice came out. "I was blinded by the devil and believed in the words of others. That was why I killed Maria. It's all my fault!"
This voice was...
Viola!
Furthermore, it was the same day when Viola knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
At this moment, a character suddenly appeared on the black screen.
At first, the video was very blurry, and only a woman could be seen kneeling on the ground.
The next second, the camera zoomed in. The woman’s face was so clear that not only could they see that the woman was Viola, they could even see the tears on Viola’s face!
"It's all my fault!"
"I was wrong, I was wrong!"
In the video, Viola was kneeling on the ground and muttering to herself.
Lydia was shocked to see this.
How did these things appear on the school's forum?
Who recorded it? Who uploaded it? What was the purpose of this?
All of a sudden, all of her questions surfaced in her mind, and she couldn't help but frown.
She quickly tapped on the post owner's ID. It was a post named 'Please Call Me A Good Man'. She wanted to see the other information about the post owner, but she found that this ID had only posted this one post.
Who posted this?
Just as Lydia's face was filled with questions, the short girl in front of her suddenly pushed the red-haired girl beside her, "Xiao Min, look!"
"Oh, so many things have happened, and you still have the face to come to school. You really are thick-skinned." The girl called Min raised her head and looked at Viola, who was walking into the classroom. Her eyes were full of sarcasm.
"Yeah, you really don't know how to be shameless."
The girl in front of her echoed.
As they spoke, Viola had already arrived in front of the two of them.
Just as they were about to cross over and walk towards the back row, Xiao Min, who was outside, tripped Viola. Viola fell heavily onto the ground.
"Hahaha."
Seeing her in such a sorry state, everyone burst into laughter.
Viola frowned and was so angry that she was depressed. "You... You guys..."
“Hey, isn’t this the campus belle of our school? Why are you so blind to not see my feet when you walk?” Xiao Min snorted and patted the place where Viola had touched. “Next time, you have to watch when you walk. I have a good temper. It’s fine if you step on me, but if it was someone else, they would have beaten you up!”
"..."
Looking at the people who used to follow her and fawn over her, and now humiliating her like this, Viola's expression was extremely ugly. She was so angry that her body was trembling.
She turned around and bit her lips, wanting to get up. However, she suddenly saw a pair of familiar sports shoes.
Suddenly, her eyes narrowed.
This pair of shoes was exactly the same as the one that Lydia wore yesterday. Could it be...
Her heart skipped a beat as she looked up at the owner of the shoes.
When her gaze met Lydia's face, Viola's face turned pale.
Due to her self-esteem, she wished she could find a hole to hide in. She did not want Lydia to see her in such a sorry state.
Violet hurriedly got up from the ground and covered her face as she rushed out of the classroom.
"Yo, school belle, what are you running for? Are you rushing to plagiarize or to plot against someone?"
Seeing Viola's back, Xiao Min shouted sarcastically, and the classroom burst into laughter.
At this moment, Lydia looked at this group of people coldly, her eyes filled with disgust.
It was not because she sympathized with her, but because she had experienced the same mockery and ridicule in her previous life. She remembered how painful it was for her back then!
How terrifying was human speech!
Heh!
She sighed to herself and continued with her lesson.
After class, she walked to her small polo.
Just as she was about to open the car door, she saw a person sitting in the driver's seat.
Lydia frowned and suddenly raised her head. Her gaze met a pair of deep eyes.
This person was none other than Reece.
She was surprised, but she was not surprised that he was sitting in the car without her opening the door.
He was probably the only person who could sit in the car without her opening the door.
Lydia walked to the right side of the car and sat down.
"Why are you here?"
The woman's tone was distant, but the man could not help but frown. She didn't want to see him.
If it were anyone else, they would not want to have anything to do with him after experiencing her despair and pain in the past.
At this moment, he seemed to understand why Lydia was so afraid of him.
Because he was the devil in hell for her.
He helplessly smiled and explained, "... Grandpa said he missed you and wanted to see you."
Lydia replied, "Oh." She fastened her seat belt and said, "Let's go."
On the way, Lydia kept her head down and played with her phone. She didn't even look at Reece. The atmosphere was a little cold.
Reece glanced at the woman's cell phone screen as if he didn't see it. Then, his gaze returned to the road in front of him. "Grandfather, what do you want to eat today?"
"All right," she replied curtly. She continued to look down at her phone.
Reece let out a sigh and glanced at Lydia. He opened his thin lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he closed them helplessly.
At this moment, the little person in the seat suddenly raised her head to look at him.
Feeling his gaze, the man pretended to focus on driving.
"Reece, did you do the video?"
"What video?" The man raised his eyebrows.
Lydia pointed at the video on the school forum and said, "Your video of Viola was uploaded by you?"
"I said it wasn't you."
"I don't believe it." Because this video had not only been uploaded to the school forum, but she had also checked the social media network.
This kind of video could be on the trending list in one day and dominate the trending list. If no one was behind it, she wouldn't believe it.
After all, Viola was not a celebrity, nor was she an internet celebrity.
Furthermore, she remembered the angle of the video. If she remembered correctly, the sofa at that time was where Reece had been!
After analyzing this, she couldn't help but frown. "It seems like... you're serious this time. You want her to live a life worse than death?"
"Yes."
Lydia nodded.
She knew that Reece cared a lot about Maria.
How he treated her back then, he would treat Viola, the real murderer, the same way.
"I will make her pay ten times, a hundred times, even more than what she had done to you! I will make her pay for what she has done to you!" Just as she was lost in her thoughts, the man's voice sounded in her ear again.
Lydia froze in surprise.
She looked at the man in shock.
Wasn't he avenging Maria?