Love Contract

Chapter 130 Passing By ( Part One)

Kevin rushed to the office and grabbed the key. It was already midnight when he arrived at Kylin International.

When he reached the twentieth floor, he hurriedly flung open the door of Mary's apartment. He searched every room carefully, but couldn't find Mary.

Obviously, the door was kicked open from the outside. He saw the metal plate for the doorjamb was twisted and smashed, only hanging on by one screw. The wood around it was splintered.

Kevin called William, but no one answered. ''Beep...

Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is busy now. Please try again later..."

Maybe Mary asked help from someone and that person took her away.

She should be fine, right?

After taking a final look around the apartment, Kevin, at long last, left.

The next day, Victor sat at home browsing the news. Some bystanders had recorded him and Mary playing games on the stage. The video went viral.

This generated the usual online chatter, and some pointed out that the woman in the video was a dead ringer for Mary, the wife of the CEO of AJ Group.

Victor frowned and wondered what kinds of problems this might cause Mary. After returning home that day, he couldn't help sending her a message, but received no reply.

He got even more nervous. Was Mary avoiding him?

If William found out about this, he would be pissed. After thinking for a while, he thought, 'Maybe I can stop this before it does become an actual problem.'

With a stern look in his eyes, Victor suddenly made a decision.

He immediately stood up, went back to the bedroom, put on his clothes and rushed out of there.

As expected, as soon as he went out, he met a crowd of reporters.

These reporters had been waiting for a while now. They'd had to go home empty-handed more than once. Now that they finally saw Victor, they milled around him and fired off question after question. "Victor, Victor, what are you going to do?"

"Victor, can you explain what's in the video to us?"

"Victor, would you like to make a statement? Is the woman in the video Mary?"

A group of reporters surrounded him, like they were afraid that he would run away.

Victor took off his sunglasses, put on a standard smile and said, "Ladies, gentlemen, not all at once, please. I can only answer one question at a time."

As soon as the reporters heard what he said, they quickly calmed down, but still ringed him in.

"Victor, is that really you in that video?"

"Yes." Victor nodded and admitted boldly, "Many people saw me then. It's no secret."

"Then who's the woman in the video?"

After a pause, he smiled and said, "Mary. William Lan's wife."

"Oh my God! It's true!"

"No way! William Lan is the CEO of AJ Group. So he's dating some bigwig's wife!"

"Are they going to announce their relationship openly?" "So the rumors are true!"

As soon as Victor finished talking, all the reporters began to whisper among themselves.

"Then, Victor, can you tell us about your relationship?"

"We're still friends," said Victor, taking a deep breath.

"Still?" A sharp reporter said, "So is it likely to get serious? For example, might you two become a couple?"

"Yes." Victor nodded firmly, "I'm pursuing her."

"What?" "Is Victor pursuing her?"

"Am I hearing things?"

Victor's words were like a bomb.

"But she's married to Mr. Lan." Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"Yes," nodded Victor, "but an unhappy marriage is doomed to fail.

I'm the only one who can make her truly happy."

"Do you mean that Mr. Lan and his wife have a bad relationship?"

"Are they pretending to love each other?"

A group of reporters began to make things difficult again. With a slight smile on his face, Victor said, "Some things can only be understood and not said. Everyone is smart enough to know what I mean.

I can only tell you how I see them.

Mary, if you're watching right now, please accept my love!"

R Town.

After noon, William and Frank returned from the cemetery. They were back to the Liang Family house again.

"William, when are we leaving?" Frank asked.

"Let's make it tomorrow," said William indifferently. "I'm afraid we won't make it back to A City tonight."

"Okay." Frank nodded. As long as they left as soon as possible, he would be fine.

The two pushed the door open and walked in. The huge TV screen in the living room was playing the interview with Victor.

"An unhappy marriage is doomed to fail..."

"Yes, I'm pursuing her..."

"Mary, please accept my love..."

Victor's face filled the screen, and William was close to seeing red. "Mr. Lan, young master..."

When the butler saw them come back, he went white as a sheet and stood aside.

Not far from the door, William stood still, staring at the TV screen. His eyes got colder, as his rage became white hot.

"Ring..." The phone on the table started to ring.

Raising his eyebrows, Frank walked over and picked it up, checked the Caller ID. "It's Kevin."

"Hand it here." With a cold face, William reached out for the phone. "Hello?"

"Boss," Kevin's voice came from the phone, "you finally picked up!"

"Urn..."

"Well, last night I went to Kylin International, but Mary wasn't there!"

"What did you say?" William frowned and his expression changed. "I couldn't find her.

Someone kicked the bedroom door in. Maybe she found someone to help her. Maybe... "

Crack!

Before Kevin finished talking, William threw the phone against the wall.

"Hello? Boss, are you still there?" Victor...

Gritting his teeth, William thought, 'It had to be Victor. He took Mary out and expressed his love for her in front of a million viewers. Bastard..."

"William, what's wrong with you?" Beside him, Frank's face darkened.

"Nothing." Taking one last, cold glance at the TV, William said, "I'm going upstairs."

Frank clenched his fists as he watched William storm up the steps.

Walking to the small living room on the second floor, William went to the bar counter,

picked up the wine and began to drink.

'I underestimated you, Mary...

So you like Victor, huh? It was him this whole time. Just go..."

He tipped the bottle up again, and the alcohol gurgled as it spilled from the bottle down his throat.

After a long while, Frank decided to see what was up. He ascended the stairs to the second floor and saw several bottles lying on the bar counter. William was a mess—trembling, another bottle in his hands that he was trying to tip to his lips.

"William!" Frank ran over and grabbed the bottle. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Drinking..."

"But why?" Frank stared at him and said, "It's about Mary again, right? Right? William!"

"Mary? Haha... Mary..."

"Ah God. You're a mess!" Frank pulled William to his feet and said, "Let's go to Norway now!"

"I... I haven't divorced her yet!" William broke away from his grip. "Where are the divorce papers? I want to divorce her!"

Hearing this, Frank immediately changed his expression and was surprised. "You're sure about this?"

"Yeah, sure..." William nodded at him, but there was heartbreak in his gaze.

In the autumn sunshine, a man and a woman clad in black came to a village in Z City.

"You okay, Mary?"

"Yes." Holding her mother's urn, Mary looked despondent.

"Let's go." Lucas gently stroked her back as the two walked to a cemetery on the mountain.

"Okay."

They slowly, reverently, covered the urn in soil. Mary stood aside, covering her mouth to prevent herself from crying. "Mom..."

"Mary..." Standing next to her, Lucas didn't know how to comfort her. He could only put his arm around her shoulders and sympathize with her in silence.

'Mom, I'm sorry. I can't visit you much...

And don't worry. I'll take good care of myself...'

The two stood for a long time, and finally Mary said, "Let's go."

"Okay." Lucas nodded.

Every few steps, Mary kept turning her head to look behind her, until they finally left...

By the time William and Frank reached the international airport of A City, it was four o'clock in the afternoon.

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