Ice and Fire novel Chapter 746

"Greg," Violet called his name.

"You know what kind of person Sharon is, I already told you. Why are you still talking to her?" Greg couldn't hold his feelings back anymore and screamed at her.

That was the first time Greg had shouted at her. She was frightened by his sudden anger and took a few steps backwards unconsciously. Greg regretted what he had done immediately when he saw that he had frightened Violet. He had never felt more helpless than in that moment. The information that he had heard was so overwhelming.

Greg grabbed Violet's arm. His grip was tight, but he ignored Violet's pained face and confronted her,"Why did you accept the hundred million from her? You were never short of money. You are from a rich family, why did you accept the money from her?"

"No, it wasn't like that, Greg, listen," Violet tried to explain. Greg's grip on her was too tight, and it was beginning to hurt.

"What should I make of all this? I just heard Sharon accusing you of taking a hundred million from her as payment to leave me. Why would you accept that? Is that my worth? Is that the price of our love?" Greg bombarded her with questions. Few seconds later, he shouted again,"Talk to me!"

His loud and harsh voice drew Fred's attention.

Violet and Greg both quieted down after hearing footsteps closing in on their room.

Fred stopped by the door. He saw Greg grabbing Violet's arm, but he couldn't see Violet's face. So it was hard for him to figure out what exactly was going on between them. "Greg, what's going on?" he asked.

Greg turned to look at Violet, and figured that she wasn't going to respond. He didn't want his father to worry about them, so he said,"Nothing, Dad, don't worry."

"You sure?" Fred was worried, because from where he was standing, he couldn't see Violet's expression.

"Yes, we are fine," answered Greg in a reassuring tone.

Fred was relieved after he confirmed again. He said,"Okay then, I'll go back to my room."

After the sound of his footsteps had disappeared in the corridor, Greg shifted his eyes back to Violet again. She was almost in tears because of the pain Greg was causing in her arm. Greg saw that the side of her face was already swollen, and the mark on her neck where Sharon had choked her was so obvious. He suddenly felt sad and wanted to protect her at all costs.

But their conversation still lingered in Greg's mind. The whole incident seemed very suspicious and he had to know what exactly had happened five years back.

"It happened five years ago. At that time, you had just gone aboard. She came to me," said Violet. She knew that Greg would understand whom she was referring to. "She offered me a large sum of money. She wanted me to take it and leave you. She told me that I had no chances of marrying you because I was no good for you."

Greg wasn't surprised by what Sharon had said; that sounded exactly like her.

"But I didn't take the money. You and I had a deal before you went abroad. I was going to wait for you until you came back," said Violet. Tears welled up as she thought about those days,"After that, she constantly caused me trouble, even threatened me, then..."

"Then what? Then you took the money?" Greg interrupted, before she could finish her sentence. He asked her coldly,"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me about all the things that were happening to you. I would've given up my studies aboard and come back to you if I had known all this."

Violet smiled bitterly and asked,"What's the point of saying that now?"

Do you still believe in the love that we have for each other?" Greg was disappointed and hurt. He had loved Violet for so many years, he had been carefully protecting her from all harm. He treasured their love so much. But now, the purity of their love was gone, gone with the hundred million dollars.

"Do you think I could believe in the strength of love when I was so close to being groped by a bunch of vulgar men?" Violet flared up. She stood up abruptly from the coach, glaring at Greg. She didn't want to recall that memory from her past. It was such a terrible experience and it haunted her many nights. It was even worse than what she had experienced when she was only ten. Every time she thought of those men, she wished that she could kill them with her bare hands.