She didn't bother to make an appointment. Instead, she took it for her own business rather than for the official process. After she called William to make sure that Zac was in his office, she drove there directly.
Lying on the big chair and looking at her, Zac said indifferently, "what brings Miss Essie here today?" His tone was polite and official, as if she was a stranger.
Essie rubbed her hands. She used to think that wherever he was, the air was warm. But now, even the air into her lungs was cold.
"I'm here to send you an invitation," She took out a delicate marriage invitation card from her handbag and put it on the desk in front of him. The scarlet color was as terrible as blood in his eyes, and every word carved on it was like nails, deeply piercing his eyes and heart.
"It's not a big deal. Why bother you to come here in person?" He tried his best to control his tone so that she wouldn't see his pain.
"I have another thing to discuss with you." She continued, "now that you don't want my Barbie doll, could you please give it back to me?"
A cold light flashed through Zac's black eyes. "Who told you I don't want it?"
"You can take it to auction, which means that you don't want it anymore. Besides, you picked it up from the trash can. " Essie became a little angry. She really thought her Barbie doll was not worth mentioning. She shouldn't have given it to this wasted great demon.
"Do you have a poor memory or poor understanding? I said I was for charity, not for auction." Zac said with a mocking smile.
"You take it for my poor understanding. There's no difference between the two. The only thing I know is that you bid it because you don't want to get it back." She raised her voice and became agitated.
"Then I'll tell you clearly that no matter who bids, it will be bid back by me." Zac said it word for word, with a bit of impatience on his face. She didn't know if he was tired of talking to her or annoyed by her low balance.
"You have so many private collections. Why did you sell it for auction?" She thought that this guy was just making a lame excuse.
"If it weren't for it, could yesterday's auction be so exciting and interesting?" Zac said with a sinister and insidious smile.
Essie gave another violent tremble, and suddenly her head became unusually clear, as if her body was enlightened.
The reason why he took out the Barbie doll for auction was to make fun of her!
"Zac, you... You did it on purpose! " She was so angry that she stamped her foot. The demon was so horrible that she might be killed by him at any moment.
"Isn't it fun?" Zac said with a cold smile.
"No, not at all." She yelled at him as if she had been fooled and humiliated.
"No sense of humor." He sneered.
"I gave you the Barbie doll. But now I'm regretful and I don't want to give it to you anymore. Please give it back to me!" She stomped her feet and walked to him. She reached out her hands, like a kid begging for candy.
Zac opened his big palm and slapped her hand hard. "That's from my fiancee, Cathy. What does it have to do with you?"
Feeling headache, Essie withdrew her hand and rubbed it. "It's me. I'm Cathy."
All of a sudden, the corners of his mouth were reduced into a grim expression. "You're Essie, not Cathy." He said the sentence word for word.
Essie fainted again. Obviously, he was fooling. It turned out that this ogre could play tricks. "What's the difference between Cathy and Essie?" She asked deliberately.
'It seems that Cathy's heart is totally occupied by me, and Essie's heart is actually filled with Hanson.' Zayn thought inwardly, but pretended as if he didn't know it. He replied, "maybe he's smart, but I don't know what he's like. Maybe he's stupid; maybe he's smart; maybe he's stupid; maybe we all like him, yet I'm not that stupid. Maybe I like him; maybe he's a nice and considerate man, but this Miss Xia is a troublemaker. Most importantly, Cathy is my fiancee who I want to marry, and Essie is my ex-wife who I don't want. "
He said these ruthless words. Instantly, there was a buzz in her brain. She didn't know if she should cry or laugh at this moment.
Although Cathy was her and Essie was her too. She took herself as Essie unconsciously and took Cathy as a stranger.
"That bastard... Cathy is not your fiancee anymore. You've married another woman. Essie is the only one in the world who you hate or dislike. There will always be only one person like her. "
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