A Touch of Sweetness novel (Finnick and Vivian) novel Chapter 11

"A misunderstanding?" Vivian's words had merely served to infuriate Fabian. His voice soared, as he soon pinched her chin.

He was exerting so much force upon it that Vivian's face had started to contort in pain.

"What misunderstanding? In my opinion, you'd seen that the broke bloke from two years ago had suddenly struck his pot of gold, becoming a Chief Editor. Hence, since you've come to regret your decision, you've decided to claim that this was all merely a misunderstanding, right?"

Upon uttering such words, a vicious glint flashed across Fabian's eyes. He jerked Vivian's face towards him as he warned her, "Vivian, let me tell you this. I am no longer the gullible man that I had used to be."

Gazing at his familiar face, which was currently full of resentment and hatred, all Vivian could feel was complete shock and heartache.

She had wanted to explain herself. However, she found that she could not bear to utter a single word in her defense.

What else is there to explain?!the were truly willing to believe me, why would he have left back then, without even informing me as much?"Before all else, he has already come to believe that I am merely a gold-digger; someone who is ready to betray him for money, at any given point in time. Also, even if he were to believe my explanation, so what?l am someone else's wife now. Furthermore, I am no longer my past self. We'll never be able to return to the past...

At such a thought, Vivian tried her utmost best to suppress the tears that had threatened to escape her. In doing so, she took a deep breath as she

abruptly raised her head.

"Fabian," she uttered softly, her tone surprisingly calm. "You are right. What happened that year is exactly as you've thought it to be. However, you've got something wrong. Currently, I don't want to be in a relationship with you. Having a position as the Chief Editor, or even a CEO, this has nothing to do with me."

Upon uttering her last sentence, Vivian soon felt a sharp sensation across her chin. Evidently, Fabian was pinching her forcefully, his grip strengthening.

However, to her utter surprise, he decided to fling her away in the next instance.

Staggering backward, Vivian was quick to steady herself against the wall with an arm. Raising her head to glance at him, she caught sight of Fabian glaring at her coldly. The disdain and hatred in his eyes were like daggers, piercing through her heart.

I should allow it to hurt. It'll certainly be a better alternative than getting myself entangled with him.

Hence, she justifiably suppressed her tears as she quickly announced, "If there’s nothing else, I'll be taking my leave now."

With that, she made a brief departure from the office, without even daring to steal another glimpse at Fabian.

Bolting out of the magazine company, Vivian soon reached its ground level. However, she soon came to realize that it was pouring heavily outside. To her utter misfortune, she discovered that she had left her umbrella in the office.

Even while faced with such a circumstance, Vivian found that she was simply not courageous enough to go back, to retrieve her umbrella. As she was aware that Fabian might have still been in his office, she did not dare to return.

I am such a coward.

Watching as the rain poured from the sky, Vivian sought to hail a cab. Unfortunately, with the combination of the peak period, along with the thunderstorm, Vivian found that it was nearly impossible to find a cab. The cab-hailing application was malfunctioning as well. Ultimately, she had no choice but to harden her resolve, as she covered her head with her bag and sprinted towards the train station.

Completely drenched, she had to squeeze herself in, with the other commuters on the train. She was hoping that the rain would have stopped by then, but it seemed as though God was trying to torment her too. The thunderstorm outside blared on, showing no signs of stopping.

Still unsuccessful in her futile attempt to hail a cab, Vivian had no choice but to wait by the train station.

She soon recalled a past memory, from two years ago, on a night that had a similar thunderstorm. It was a night where she had lost the thing that was the most precious to her...Soon after, she lost Fabian, the man whom she thought would accompany her for a lifetime.

The sense of despair that she had felt two years ago was like a parasite, invading her initially numb heart.

Vivian could not help but wrap her arms around her body, squatting down as she curled herself into a ball.