Even though Lady Lauren had left, the atmosphere on the scene did not relax at all.
The guests who attended the engagement banquet looked at the standoff between the Turner family and the Soo family, realizing clearly that tonight's matter was absolutely impossible to be resolved peacefully.
Nicholas made a mistake by targeting Selena instead of anyone else, which thoroughly angered both the Anderson family and the Turner family. Everyone was curious as to what kind of price the Soo family would have to pay next.
While feeling tense, many people also had doubts.
Nicholas was not a foolish person, so why did he insist on working with someone like Vivian and using such despicable means to harm Miss Turner?
Others were unaware of the special nature of that medicine, thinking that both Nicholas and Vivian were courting death with this action. Especially since they not only destroyed the relationship between Osvaldo and Selena but also caused Selena to vomit blood, the anger of the Anderson family and the Turner family could be imagined.
In the huge Soo family, not a single person spoke.
If Nicholas was full of anger and fury, Vivian was left with only fear in her heart and eyes.
She knew better than anyone else that once Osvaldo appeared, her lies would be exposed. What should she do?
Trembling, Vivian covered her head, tears streaming down her face. "Brother, come and save me..."
Now, all she could do was pray that Freddie would arrive soon, and that Osvaldo would spare her because of Freddie.
Unfortunately, her prayers were not heard.
When she saw the man returning from the darkness, Vivian was drenched in terror.
The man had a slender figure and a delicately handsome face with no expression. His deep black eyes were never before seen as eerie and sinister.
Everyone who saw him was like being cursed and stepped back one after another. Facing the crowd dodging like a tide, Vivian watched the man step by step towards her.
The image she had once hoped for countless times had now become the biggest nightmare of her life.
Thoughts flashed through her mind like a frenzy. "Run, run, run..."
She had just run a few steps, crawling and stumbling, when she saw a pair of feet in her lowered line of sight.
Vivian shuddered as a chilling sensation crawled up her spine, and before she could blurt out any more words that confirmed their relationship, something equally cold pressed against her neck.
Vivian trembled violently, raising her head in panic to see what was pressing against her vulnerable spot.
It was a knife!
Her pupils suddenly shrank, and every nerve in her body tensed up in an instant.
The next second, a woman's piercing scream echoed in the darkness.
"Ah-ah-ah-ah---!!!"
Fresh red blood, accompanied by fragments of white clothing, scattered from the woman.
"Hiss--"
The sound of gasping spread through the scene.
The young ladies who were slightly timid fainted on the spot when they witnessed this.
Although everyone had noticed Osvaldo's anger early on, no one expected him to refuse to let Vivian say a word.
Vivian was left with only her underclothes, a gory wound that extended from her neck to her abdomen, and she lay there like a dying fish, white-faced and paralyzed.
So everyone present saw clearly that except for a few marks on her neck, there was nothing on Vivian's body that indicated any kind of intimacy.
Blood foamed from Vivian's lips as she begged for mercy from the man's murderous eyes. "I shouldn't have lied or hurt Selena..."
"I clarify that I have never touched you. It's all an act I put on myself..."
"Please spare me, I won't dare to do it again in the future..."
The darkness in Osvaldo's eyes grew more and more intense, as if it was about to overflow.
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