Take Me Away novel Chapter 71

Terence blinked his eyes and said in a calm voice, "After her parents died on the same day, she was not a happy little girl but an orphan. Do you know how miserable she has been?"

After listening to Terence, Spencer went taciturn. It was not until Terence patted him on the shoulder that he pulled his hand away in anger and said, "Every time I meet you, you put in a good word for Fiona. How good is she? Since you adore her so much, I will leave her to you."

Terence was astounded for a second. Then, he pursed his lips and snickered, but his smile disappeared almost instantly. He soon pretended to be serious and said, "Okay."

"What?" asked Spencer. He was shocked after listening to what Terence had just said. He couldn't believe his ears.

"Aren't you going to let me have Fiona? I accept your offer!" Terence said and raised his eyebrows. "Fiona is a gorgeous, charming, and talented young woman. How can I ever find someone as remarkable as her? You don't have to force yourself to love her. She will be cherished by others. Or, I could give her to Ryan. He will certainly love her like she is the most precious treasure."

"No way!" Spencer answered immediately without thinking for even one second.

"It's too late to go back on your word," replied Terence.

"Who said I didn't want her?" Spencer glared at Terence, looking quite annoyed.

"Ha-ha." When Terence laughed, Spencer immediately noticed the mischief in his eyes and understood what he was thinking. So, he hastily tried to explain, "I mean... I haven't settled my accounts with her yet! Why would I let her go so soon? She wants to find Ryan? Well, I won't have it!"

"When will you let her go, Spencer? So I can have her," Terence replied in a tone of sarcasm.

"I..." Spencer was mortified. He sheepishly tried to mask his discomfiture with an even louder voice. "Terence, you're so annoying! I've come here to have a drink with you, not to talk about Fiona or my problems!" "Okay, let's drink!

What would you like to have?" asked Terence.

"I want tequila!" said Spencer enthusiastically.

Terence shook his head unwillingly. "Wait a moment. Actually, you can't drink here..."

"Fuck off!" Spencer replied. Finally, he persuaded Terence to get some alcohol.

Spencer loved drinking. Every time he drank, the smell of alcohol would fill the room. Taking a sip of wine, Terence responded, "Don't just drink. You haven't told me what happened between you and Fiona. Wasn't everything all right when you were in Maple Mountain? Actually, your love should have blossomed after you saved her!"

'Love?' Spencer thought to himself. Sitting on the sofa, Spencer looked down, bleary-eyed. Then, he snorted and roared, "I do not have feelings for her! I was pushed into this marriage because of Grandpa! I want to torture her and make her life difficult! I want to bully her! But..."

After that, Spencer paused. A while later, he continued in a low and hoarse voice, "But when I heard that she had fallen from the mountain, how could I not panic? It took me a lot of strength to not vent my anger on Leona. And just now, Fiona said that she doesn't care about me. She doesn't care about anyone except Grandpa. But I'm her husband!"

As he spoke, Spencer got more agitated. Terence sat on the couch and listened to him with a calm expression.

"Why won't she listen to what I have to say? There was nothing between Celine and me. Nothing happened. We didn't do anything, I swear!" As he finished what he was saying, Spencer gulped more of the wine hastily and slammed the glass on the table. He was heavily inebriated. His body couldn't handle the level of alcohol he had consumed and he lay on the couch, with his left arm resting on his face to block the light.

"Don't you want to drink anymore?" asked Terence. "Fiona..."

Spencer mumbled. "Fiona is not here," replied Terence.

"Go to hell, Fiona!"

Spencer yelled.

"Then I will find someone to kill her!"

"I will kill you first, Terence!" Spencer roared back.

"You're drunk, Spencer," said Terence with a worried expression on his face.

"Fiona..."