Olivia hadn’t wanted to act like she was so quickly reassured, but the stiff corners of her mouth showed hints of a smile that she couldn’t control. “Alright, now. Stop talking. You only know how to sweet-talk others.”
As she spoke, she glared at Eugene in feigned anger. “What are you going to do with the man?” He answered, “Let’s wait until he’s awake.”
“Why wait?” she asked doubtfully. “Clearly, the man has betrayed Azalea and wanted to kill her. You can just hand him over to the police. Why did you save him?”
Eugene shook his head. “I also thought that he might want to kill her, but then I felt that he didn’t really want her dead. When I jumped off the container, he followed after me as well. He only attacked me in the water without truly harming her, or I wouldn’t be able to protect her at all.” Olivia became suspicious upon hearing that. “Does that man have any grudges against you?”
“I don’t know, but I don’t know him,” Eugene commented. She became thoughtful and made a daring guess. “Maybe that man fancies Azalea and saw that she likes you, so he got jealous of you?”
He looked at her in confusion. “Will he hit and harm her if he fancies her?” She shrugged. “Some people’s feelings for others can be selfish and extreme. Aren’t Azalea’s feelings for you just like that? She says she will respect your wishes, but which of her actions showed that?”
Eugene felt that this made sense and he stated, “Do you remember when she got slapped at the restaurant? It was that man who had done that. It was only yesterday that I knew he was one of her subordinates, and it turns out that the Internet fiasco that incident caused was also one of her plans.”
Olivia pouted at him. “She has been planning for this since a long way back. Don’t forget that she served you the spiked wine in Nambahd! If she had really wanted to respect our relationship, would she try to drug you?”
Eugene also seemed to come to that realization and pulled her into his arms comfortingly. “You’re right, darling. I don’t know women that well. I actually investigated the taxi Azalea rode in during that occasion, and the driver may have been bribed since his family had received money and moved away. I had to spend some time before I could find them.”
She raised her eyebrows at him. “So, it had all been Azalea’s plan and she was merely coming up with different tactics after the last one failed.”
He narrowed his eyes as he muttered, “Since the man is a close subordinate of hers, he may know about all of it.”
Azalea wandered out of the hospital like a lost ghost. She was under the impression that Eugene probably had known that Cameron had done horrible things to her and felt that she wasn’t worthy of him, thus treating her in such a cruel way. After all, she and Eugene had been really close before this.
She became more dejected the more she thought about it and looked at Shannon. “I no longer have any relationship with Eugene, so you don’t have to guard me anymore.” Shannon froze before she commented, “I have to accompany you if he didn’t ask me to leave you.”
Azalea smiled bitterly. “Why should you? Since he doesn’t want any contact with me anymore, what’s the use of sending a bodyguard to protect me? Go away and don’t follow me anymore!”
She then got into a taxi and left. Shannon gave Eugene a call and didn’t follow Azalea anymore after getting his permission.
Meanwhile, Azalea hailed a cab to go around the area surrounding the hospital before stopping at a restaurant and making a call. Soon, a young nurse came into the restaurant suite. Azalea smiled at her. “So?”
The nurse pulled out a wrapped straw and handed it to Azalea. “This is the straw that woman has used.”
