Flash Marriage: A Wife For A Stranger

Naturally Zoe also came with them.

She didn’t have too much interest in activities like this. However, as the head of the department, she couldn’t spoil their moods.

Therefore, after several glasses of wines, Zoe left the private room for some fresh air.

The KTV was selected by a staff in the department. The decoration and furniture here were all quite unique.

Outside the private room was a winding corridor and outside the corridor was a garden and a lawn. With some well-arranged buildings, it looked like a private holiday village.

Standing on the winding corridor, Zoe stretched out her arms lazily.

The breezes in the evenings of winter were chilling. Although Zoe had worn thick down jacket, cold breezes still drilled through the jacket onto her neck.

Standing there for a while, Zoe thought that she felt much more sober and prepared to go back to the private room.

Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she saw a familiar figure walking towards her from the other end of the corridor.

It seemed like Wanda also didn’t expect that she would meet Zoe in this place.

Both of them were a bit surprised. At the next moments, Wanda smiled politely at Zoe.

Zoe also slightly nodded her head.

“What a coincidence. We meet again.”

“Yep, what a coincidence.”

Looking at Wanda, Zoe suddenly thought of something and smiled.

“As far as I know, Miss Kawn, you’ve been staying in Eqitin all the time. What brings you to Julio now?”

Wanda’s fingertips shivered slightly.

She then curled her lips into a gentle smile.

“I come here to deal with a matter. Coincidentally, I bumped into Steven Anderson. Since we were classmates several years ago, we felt so happy meeting each other and therefore I decided to stay here for some more time.”

Back then, Steven went to a university in Equitin after graduating from his high school.

The reason why Zoe knew Wanda was because he often mentioned a Wanda Kawn when having a call with Zoe.

Although Wanda was a member of the Kawn family in Equitin, her family were already several generations away from the direct line of descent. Therefore, her family was not that powerful.

Nevertheless, she was brought up well by the family. She was well educated and had good manners. Not to mention her beauty and literacy, her good temper was also known by all.

Many women in the Equitin had a better family background than Wanda, but few of them were more popular than her.

Back then, Steven had complimented this junior schoolmate for so many times when he was having a call with Zoe.

When thinking of this, a touch of interest flashed across Zoe’s eyes.

“Since that’s the case, I will not bother you.”

After finishing the words, Zoe was ready to leave.

But Wanda suddenly stopped her.

“Ms. Gil?”

“Yes?”

Wanda pointed at the necklace around Zoe’s neck and said, “Your necklace looks good.”

Zoe was a bit stunned.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

She wore a white down jacket today and wore a light-colored low-cut sweater under it. Maybe it was because she felt so stuffy just now that she had unintentionally dredged up the necklace which was covered by the cloth in usual times.

Zoe subconsciously clenched the necklace and slightly pressed her lips together.

After a short while, she spoke, “Thank you.”

Wanda chuckled, “It’s such a beautiful thing. You should protect it well.”

Zoe was a bit stunned.

However, Wanda seemed to have no intention to continue this topic after finishing the words. She smiled amicably at Zoe and then left.

Zoe then came back to the private room.

She was still thinking of the last sentence Wanda said just now as she felt it was so strange.

Sitting onto the sofa, she pulled down the necklace and studied it carefully under the dim light. Nevertheless, she didn’t find anything special of it.

This was left to her by her mother. By rights, Wanda shouldn’t have seen this necklace.

But why did she remind her to protect it out of no reason? What did she mean?

Zoe furrowed her brows.

She pondered it for a more while and still couldn’t figure it out.

…

When the gathering of the department was over, Zoe also went back. And it was already twelve o’clock in the midnight when she arrived home.

As Henry was on a business trip in these two days, most of the maids in the house were allowed to go back home for the New Year holiday in advance. However, as Mrs. Dottie’s son was studying abroad and her husband had died long ago, there was no other person in her family. Therefore, she didn’t need to go back home and decided to stay in Julio to spend the New Year together with Zoe.

Zoe was a bit drunk today. After drinking the sober-up pills sent by Mrs. Dottie, she felt sleepy and went to the bed.

But her phone suddenly rang.

Zoe knitted her brows.

She was so sleepy now and initially she wanted to ignore it, but the ringing tone seemed to have no stop unless she would answer the call.

Having no choice, Zoe sat up in a trance, pulled her bag and took out her phone from it. She then answered the call.

“Hello?”

“Zo, are you at home?”

It was Victoria.

Zoe immediately became sober.

Victoria’s voice from the other end of the phone was a bit shaking and it even seemed like she was about to cry.

Zoe’s expression changed dramatically. She hurriedly replied, “I’m here. What’s wrong?”

“May I live in your home tonight? Is it convenient for you?”

“It’s convenient. Where’re you? I will come to pick you up.”

Victoria told her the address.

Zoe was so anxious that she didn’t ask other questions. After ending the call, she casually took a coat from the hanger and walked towards outside.

Originally, Mrs. Dottie had planned to go back to her bedroom to have a sleep. When she saw Zoe running downstairs, she was a bit shocked.

“Mrs. Han, what’s the matter?”

“Mrs. Dottie, I have to go out now.”

“Now?”

“Yes.”

Zoe paused and then realized that she had drunk some wine tonight and it was inconvenient for her to drive a car. She gave an order, “Call me a driver.”

Mrs. Dottie was still bewildered. But Zoe didn’t have time to explain it to her.

Although Victoria was from a noble and rich family, she had always been a strong girl.

Just now when she was having a call with her, her voice was so weak and shaking. Zoe had never heard such a voice of her over the years.

Something bad must have happened to her.

The driver Zoe sent to the address given by Victoria soon.

It was a five-star hotel. Zoe asked the driver to wait for her downstairs and went upstairs alone.

When she arrived at the room, she knocked at the door first. However, she didn’t get any reply. Then she gently pushed the door and found that the door was not locked.

Zoe walked into the room.

The lights in the room were so dim. The cushions and other decorations were all thrown onto the ground. There were traces of sex from the bathroom to the bedroom. The whole room was in a mess.

Zoe’s pupils shrank. She walked into the bedroom and found Victoria in a dark corner. She was wounded all over.

She was sitting on the ground with her head buried in between her knees. Her hair was messy. Although Zoe couldn’t see her, she could sense that she was shivering all over.

Zoe widened her eyes and gently called her name in disbelief, “Victoria?”

Victoria looked up at her.

Initially, her face was so delicate as if it was an artwork of God, but now, her face was full of tears under the dim light.

There was a red wound around her mouth corner and there were also wounds on her wrists and ankles. It seemed like they had been tied up with something before. There were densely-packed bruises from her neck down her body. She was only wearing a red slip dress which had been torn apart. Zoe could imagine what Victoria had experience without being told.

Her pupils dilated. Looking at Victoria, Zoe’s expression was became livid due to anger.

After a long while, she gritted her teeth and said, “I will call the police right away.”

“No.”

Victoria stopped her.

When she spoke, Zoe found that Victoria’s voice was so husky, which was totally different from her voice in usual times.

Zoe felt her heart wrenched.

“What the hell had happened? Who did this to you?”