âIâm clearly the one heâs been looking for all this time! Theyâre lying to me. Everyone is lying to meâ¦â
muttered Gloria as much to herself as to Selene.
Selene stared at Gloria in shock. The best friend she knew to be gentle and dignified had morphed into
a shrieking banshee right before her eyes.
Gloria did not notice just how scared Selene was. Instead, she stared at the moon outside the window.
âLooks like Tyler is going to bail Vicky out this time, too.â
Selene knew what Gloria meant. âWell, the police did say the person who kidnapped you was an
unhinged fan of yours.â
âAnd you believe them?â
Selene opened her mouth to say something but immediately closed it again when she noticed the crazy
glint in Gloriaâs eyes.
She was only spouting nonsense to Tyler earlier in the day, insisting Vicky had something to do with
Gloriaâs kidnapping. Deep down in her heart, however, she knew she did not do it.
After all, today was Vickyâs birthday. Why would she want to ruin her birthday by hiring somebody to
kidnap Gloria? Of all days, she could have chosen the day when Gloria was not under the limelight of
her own concert.
However, she did not dare to voice out the thoughts in her head because somewhere along their
friendship, Gloria had changed to the point of being unrecognizable.
âWhereâs the kidnapper now?â asked Gloria monotonously.
âAt the police station.â
âI want to see him.â
âItâs late now. Why donât we go tomorâ?â
âNo. I want to see him now!â
Seleneâs chest tightened.
âAlright. Iâll make some arrangements now.â
â¦
The world fell silent again after Tyler turned off his phone.
He picked up the bracelet from the table and said, âI want to see you try this on.â
âItâs late. Letâs go to sleep. Iâll try on the bracelet tomorrow,â said Vicky lightly.
âNo, I want to see it now,â Tyler insisted. ninjanovel.com
âNow, now, now. Does he think the world revolves around him?â thought Vicky. She smiled, but the
smile did not reach her eyes.
âWell, you wonât always get what you want. Thatâs just how life works.â
Tyler began to toy with the bracelet, making it twinkle with what little light was in the room.
âYou do know that doesnât apply to me, right? I always get what I want in the end. No matter what, no
matter how,â said Tyler calmly and without any emotions.
âSo what if you get it? What is forced will eventually be lost. You might as well never get it in the first
place,â said Vicky coldly. She should know for that was what exactly happened to her.
Although she married Tyler as she wished, he never belonged to her. No, it would be more accurate to
say he did, once, belong to her but never again after losing him.
Last year, instead of spending time with Vicky on her birthday, Tyler spent it with Sheila; this year, it
was Gloria. Vicky could not help but wonder if there would actually come a year when she could get to
celebrate her birthday with her husband.
In fact, she was starting to feel like she was in a harem with Tyler as the king who had to split his
precious time with the numerous concubines he had taken. Even until this very moment, she had not
quite figured out why she persisted all this while.
âIs it because I havenât fully regained my memory? Or is this just an excuse for wanting to stay in the
marriage?â Vicky mentally asked herself.
âOnly I get to decide what will be lost,â expostulated Tyler coldly.
Vicky knitted her brows and looked into Taylorâs secretive eyes, made darker by the night.
âThereâs no such thing as fate. We get to decide how things will turn out in the end.â