His Real Wedded Bride

Chapter 1375 Questioning

After Cora left, Cassie noticed a difference in Gamora's facial expression as she walked over to her.

This time, her face looked pale and frightened.

"Cassie!" Gamora called her name, then bit her lip, reluctant to utter another word.

Cassie looked at Gamora and asked, "I've tried calling you a few times, but the line wasn't going

through. Did something happen? Are you okay?"

Gamora pressed her lips tightly and kept silent. The color from her face had drained and her limbs

were heavy and powerless.

"What on earth is the matter with you? Does he know that I called you yesterday?"

Cassie's eyes widened with anticipation.

Eventually, Gamora raised her head slowly, her eyes glazing over like person bereft of all hope.

"Cassie, sorry. I'm so sorry. I..."

"Sorry? For what? Don't be sorry. You haven't done anything wrong to me. There's no need to feel

guilty."

"The truth is..." Gamora took a deep breath. "The reason you got into trouble with Shawn was because

I had showed your picture to them. It was all my fault. I must be out my mind at that time, and I should

not have done that."

Cassie was relieved to get an apology from Gamora. She thought that it was not a big deal. She had

known that what had happened in the KTV must be related with Gamora, but she had forgiven her

already.

"I have known about for some time now," Cassie said calmly.

"What? You knew about it all along?" This time Gamora's eyes widened. But it had more to do with the

shock Cassie had given her.

The feeling of guilt over what she had done haunted her thoughts for a long time, but she never

expected that Cassie had known about her involvement the whole time.

"Gamora, I don't blame you for what you did. I hope that you stop feeling guilty about it. In fact,

unknowingly, you ended up saving me this time. But you should be careful of those people. Good isn't a

word I will use to describe them. You would be better off staying away from them," Cassie suggested

with deep sincerity.

Gamora nodded once and then muttered in a low voice, "I've been thinking about leaving them, but... I

don't think they will let me go so easily."

"Anyway, you should watch out for yourself. Have you had lunch by the way? Would you like to grab

some lunch with me?" Cassie asked, quickly averting the subject.

Gamora shook her head and said, "No, I can't. I just sneaked out secretly. And you'd better not call me

unless it is something important. I'm afraid that Shawn will stir up trouble again if he finds out. By the

way, last night, the police almost caught his men. And there is something unlawful with his business in

Vietnam. He'll be too busy with those things to bother about you."

"I'm glad to hear that. Thanks for telling me. Be careful and I wish you good luck," Cassie assured

Gamora.

"I... So, are we still going to be friends in the future?" Gamora couldn't help but ask.

"Of course!" Cassie nodded her head, and gave her a warm, heartfelt smile.

Gamora smiled back, stretching her arms out to hug Cassie before she turned around to leave.

Cassie got lost in deep thought as she watched Gamora walking away.

'We grew apart during the later years when we both started working. We hadn't been in touch for a

while, until recently. But then unpleasant things happened.

Perhaps we're not the only ones who have had to go through something like this. I've heard that only

when people experience difficulty together, will they start to cherish each other. I'm sure after

everything that has happened Gamora will cherish our friendship. If not, she wouldn't have gone to the

trouble of sneaking out just to apologize to me.

Oh Gamora, I hope that you will be able to stay away from Shawn. I wish you all the happiness.'

At the Dream Garden

Relief graced her heart once Leila entered the living room and realized that there was nobody there.

The last thing she wanted to do was deal with people she did not like. Without further delay, she rushed

to her bedroom.

Carefully locking the door behind her, she sat in front of the computer and logged in. She uploaded the

photo she found on Jim's mobile phone and searched for houses with a chimney all around the city.

She was so nervous that she had even forgotten to breath.

The one thing all these houses shared in common was that they all have an old-fashioned chimney.

As Leila took out her phone to ask someone to go over there, she heard a sudden knock on the door.

And Melissa's angry voice followed, "Leila, come on! Open the door!"

Suffice it to say, Leila was not happy with the sudden interruption. She felt upset, but she had to hide

her phone away because she remembered Melissa's determination. Wearing a kind and welcoming

smile, she walked over to the door and opened it.

As soon as Melissa heard the sound of Leila's door open, she couldn't wait any longer to push the door Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

open.

Melissa's eyes were going up and down on Leila. As Leila expected, Melissa questioned her

immediately, "Leila, tell me the truth! Is there something wrong with my granddaughter? Why hasn't she

come back yet? It's already been a few days!" The anger in her fiery eyes was undeniable.

Leila, on the other hand, was guilty and did not look at Melissa. She tried to avert the topic by saying

something to distract her attention.

However, since Melissa was already expecting Leila to lie, she made sure not to give her any chances

by bombarding her with questions.

"Don't make a fool out of me! What happened to Shirley? Tell me the truth! Tell me everything clearly!"

Leila understood that she couldn't hide the truth from Melissa, so she told her the whole story, keeping

the part where she was raped by Jim to herself.

"Melissa, take it easy. At first, things were going well, but the man called Jim, who was asked to kidnap

Shirley, betrayed us, all of a sudden. He hid Shirley and tried to blackmail the Lu family for ransom

money." Leila confessed to everything while she looked at the shock register on Melissa's face.

"So do you know where Jim and Shirley are?"

Melissa's voice carried a hint of urgency and desperation. Shirley was her granddaughter and Melissa

could watch as anything bad happened to her.

She was even more angrier at Leila because if it weren't for her, they wouldn't have been in such a

messy situation.

Melissa snapped, failing to control her temper at the thought of how she had trusted Leila and yet she

was the one who allowed for this kidnapping to happen.

Leila, however, instead of cowering, arrogantly rolled her eyes at Melissa. 'If I knew that, would I be so

anxious?' Leila complained in her mind.