A cold smile appeared on John's face. As Vivian approached, his hand burst forward and grabbed her neck.
Her eyes widened in horror as she felt the grip tighten around her throat.
"John..."
He left his hand loose enough so she could breathe. Terror took over her body as she couldn't believe what was happening.
"Why? Ah..."
He squeezed a little more and asked, "What have I told you to call me?"
"Mr. Shi, Mr. Shi..." Vivian immediately corrected herself. She struggled to get her words out in her clear discomfort.
John tightened his hand once more, to the perfect position. He didn't want her to suffocate but he wanted to scare her enough so that she'd panic.
Her eyes almost bulged out of her head. Trying to gasp for air was pointless, Vivian was like a dying fish on a chopping block struggling desperately.
As she was about to faint, he let her go.
She fell to the floor, coughing and gasping for breath.
"Killing you would be as easy as killing an ant." John looked down at her and scoffed in disgust. He walked over to the washbasin and washed his hands and dried them with some tissue.
After he was done, Vivian stood up and glared at him with a hateful rage filling her teary eyes.
"Why? Why can't you just accept me?" Her lips were trembling; she looked absolutely distraught.
"I don't want to marry you anymore. I just want you to kiss me and hug me. Why can't you just do this small thing for me?"
The corner of John's mouth curled up into a smirk, and the obvious mockery almost pierced through her body.
She sneered, "Huh, you hate me that much? You think I don't deserve you? Huh."
She suddenly calmed down. "Mr. Shi, you pretended to die just to find Nina, right? Have you found her? If you have, why hasn't she come back with you?
Because you don't deserve her, Mr. Shi. Jessica and you both think I'm not good enough for you because I'm an illegitimate daughter. Did you ever think that you aren't good enough for the princess of C Island?
She is a noble princess, you don't deserve her. You don't deserve her at all. The Shi family is rich and powerful, but so what?
The princess should marry a prince or at least a noble man. Not you."
Her smile lay stuck to her face like a lunatic. After that, she turned to look at John and asked, "Are you getting mad? There's nothing to be angry about. I'm just telling you the truth.
I know you want to strangle me but I'd think again if I was you. If anything happens to me, Tim won't let it go that easily. I saved him and he has always been very grateful for that. Besides, if I'm gone, then nobody will ever find Howard."
Vivian rubbed her neck and walked to the mirror. She curled her lips and said, "It doesn't look good. I have to wear a silk scarf now."
She rummaged through the drawer and looked for her scarf. As soon as she found it, she pulled it out and was met with a crashing sound of breaking glass.
The icy wind brushed her feet and spread from her soles and engulfed her whole body, smothering her. She stopped dead in her tracks, fearing what was about to happen.
"You talk too much. I think eating the glass shards will make you shut up." John's eerily calm voice sent shivers down her spine. Like a chain, it spread across the room and wrapped around her neck.
She felt suffocated again and was left speechless.
Vivian turned around and saw her wine glass in John's hand. The glass had shards of glass and a little wine still left swaying around.
She could almost feel the jagged edges slicing her throat. She leaned against the edge of the table and pointed at the glass in his hand, trembling. "Mr. Shi, what are you doing?"
"Where is Howard?" John walked over leisurely, his slender fingers gently swirling the glass in his hand. The glass shards hit the glass, making crisp sounds.
To Vivian, the sounds was coming from the hell.
His devilish voice sounded again. "Where is he?"
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