Chapter 565
“Liv.”
Just when Olivia thought that her phone call would not go through again, she heard a familiar
voice on the other end of the line.
“Fred, are you and Lyla… okay?”
“Yes.”
It was evident that the person on the other end was still upset.
“Sorry…” Olivia pursed her lips and lifted her face up with her palm. “I know I’m at fault for doing something like this, but… I had no other choice, or you wouldn’t leave.”
There was no response from the other end of the line.
“How’s Lyla? Has she gotten used to living there?”
“Just about.”
“Don’t be angry, Fred, please? I really miss you two. When it’s all over, I promise you, I’ll come for you two.”
There was still no response on the other end of the call.
Olivia sighed as she sat down dejected. “Fred, did you really think I wouldn’t know that you spiked my juice?”
As soon as she said that, she could clearly hear heavier breathing sounds from the other end of the phone.
After a while, Fred asked in surprise, “You knew?”
“Yeah, I knew. I knew it all along.” Olivia smiled. “You and Zac are the same type of people. You always think about me and would do anything to prevent me from doing something stupid.”
“Now you know those were stupid acts? Then, why would you…”
“Fred, you think that it was stupid, but it’s not like that for me. These are all things that I needed to do. It was like this four years ago, and it’s the same now.”
Then, she chuckled as she answered his question. “We’ve won our first battle. Did you see the news?”
“Yeah. I saw that. That’s why I picked up your call. Lyla was angry with you as well. She had to yell at you a few times a day.”
“What did she say?”
“She said that you were a liar and you failed to keep your promises. She threw the teddy bear that you gifted her back into the box and said she never wanted to see it ever again.”
Olivia felt a slight urge to cry. She looked up into the starry night. “She’ll forgive me.”
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