novelxo Chapter 3: How Much Does He Really Love Her?
She knew that Sister Celine would blame her for her behaviour and think that she was being irrational.
However, she would always have no other choice when Chow was around.
"Let's go to have dinner in the dining room. Aunt Blaine should be done cooking soon."
Chow's voice came from behind Vivian, stopping her from leaving once more.
"Why? Chow, didn't you say you wanted to eat with me?" Celine asked, her voice suddenly filled with grievance.
Chow lowered his head and smiled at her. This was the kind of gentleness that Vivian had never experienced from him before.
"It's going to rain soon, love. Let's have a taste of Aunt Blaine's cooking today. You can stay after dinner, right?"
If Celine was going to stay tonight, that meant...
Vivian clenched her fists and dug her nails painfully into her palms.
Celine, who was standing next to Chow, blushed and nodded profusely at him.
However, when Chow raised his head to look at Vivian again, the tenderness in his eyes disappeared in an instant. "Hurry up and go. Come back down for dinner in ten minutes." "Yes." Technically, she was just a guest staying with the Howard family, but she could only nod and obey his orders like a maid.
Turning away from the two people downstairs, Vivian involuntarily bit her lips.
How could she still secretly fall in love with him in a situation like this?
Not daring to stay with them any longer, Vivian ran upstairs and rushed into the room next to Chow's bedroom.
Their rooms had always been next to each other since the day she started staying with the family.
Vivian rushed into the attached bathroom and looked at her pale face in the mirror. She couldn't help smiling bitterly to herself.
"Vivian, stop daydreaming. Look at you. How could you ever compete with Sister Celine? It's even worse since your mother is Uncle Dylan's lover."
Chow had always hated her for that. How could he fall in love with her?
A tear trickled down from the corner of Vivian's eyes. She looked away from the mirror, unwilling to see herself crying.
Chow had only given her ten minutes, so she didn't have the time to feel sorry for herself.
Vivian looked up and blinked back the tears in her eyes, tidied herself up, and walked out of the bathroom.
Chow didn't like it when she changed out of her school uniform too early. She had to keep wearing it until late at night. Vivian blushed as she took off her backpack, hung it on a hanger, and hurried out of the room.
Recalling the time limit that Chow had given her, Vivian walked faster.
As she reached the dining hall and was about to knock on the door, she clearly heard a faint gasp coming from inside.
She was all too familiar with the sound. Her hand froze against the door as she peeked through a gap.
Next to the dining table, Celine and Chow were tightly hugging and kissing each other. The buttons on the front of her clothes had popped open, revealing a part of her undergarments underneath.
However, Celine seemed to be unaware of it and was deeply immersed in the kiss with Chow. Vivian could almost see the expression on her face from a distance.
Vivian felt a sharp pain in her heart. She took two steps backwards, not knowing what to do. When she raised her head, she suddenly saw Chow's cold eyes staring back at her through the gap in the door.
Vivian looked at him in panic.[