My dear lawyer

Chapter 313 Don’t Leave Me

William suddenly let go of Vivian, and turned his back to Vivian. She watched his tall and straight figure

and heard him say with his low voice like the wind blowing on the cliff, “Vivian, you are bound to come

back to me and beg me for help.”

He was assured.

Vivian’s heart trembled and fear puffed out from her heart like steam from boiling water. She had to

leave regardless of what William said.

Vivian walked toward the door with her back straightened even though she was panicked to death.

She didn’t look back, and the door was closed quietly.

Right after the door was closed, William swept a pair of mugs off the table, which soon shattered into

pieces on the floor. One of them had scars as they were bought from flea market by Vivian when she

and William just moved into the apartment.

Those mugs are a pair. There was a time when Vivian accidently bumped a part off the mug, and cried

secretly in the toilet.

He specially asked someone to get the mug fixed. He remembered the joy on Vivian’s face after seeing

it intact again. From then on, she treated the fixed mug more carefully and didn’t use the mug anymore.

William took the mugs out again after she left, which was quite ironic. Why would he bother himself to

take the mugs out?

Vivian heard some noises from behind the door, stopped for a while, and left with no hesitation.

She used to make her friends and loved ones worried, and she cannot be so reckless anymore.

When Vivian walked on the street, it was dark all around, except a few road lamps giving off dim light.

Summer was almost over unnoticed. The wind blowing on the street was a bit cold, making Vivian’s

shoulders shaking.

Vivian went to a convenient store to call Selina.

“Selina, I...”

Before she could utter a sentence, Selina already cut her off, “Vivi, Where the hell are you? Do you

know we all are extremely worried about you? John is looking for you everywhere like crazy!”

“I am sorry for that.” Vivian paused for a few seconds. She was suppressing her bitterness and trying to

cheer herself up. Finally she said in a light tone, “I... I am okay.”

“Let’s cut the crap out. Just tell me where you are and we will come to you soon.” She can hardly

explain clearly on the phone, but if possible, she would like to cross directly from the other end of the

phone.

Vivian held the phone, and looked around, trying to for some iconic buildings, but she failed. It was too

dark outside. Vivian said to Selina, “I... I have no idea.”

“...” Selina take a deep breath, restraining the urge to yell at Vivian, “Ask someone!”

Vivian, probably just freaked out by William, didn’t realize what she could do until she heard Selina’s

advice. Immediately, she asked the shop owner and told Selina where she was. She then realized that

she was far away from William’s apartment.

“Selina, is John with you?”

“No, wait for me there. We’ll soon be there. I’ll call John.” Selina knew what Vivian was thinking.

Selina sighed and said, “He cares so much about you!” Even Selina who was stony felt sad for John

when she watched what he did for Vivian.

Vivian held the phone tightly and answered in a low voice, “I know.”

Selina said, “Okay. Don’t go anywhere; we will arrive there in half an hour.” Selina hung up and called

John. John hung up the second he knew where Vivian was.

Why did they hang up so quickly?

The first one to arrive wasn’t Selina. Vivian gazed at the man not far away from her, He was tall and

lean. His hair became a mess: there were beads of sweat hanging on his shredded hair in front of the

forehead. John was panting heavily, which revealed how anxious John was on the way.

“John...”

John looked straight into Vivian’s eyes and walked toward her. He walked slowly at first and then

speeded up. When John got close to Vivian, he hugged her tightly without saying a word.

John restricted himself not to hug too tightly, because he was afraid too much strength would hurt her.

Vivian felt John’s arm were trembling and could hear John’s breathing. All that told Vivian how excited

John was to find her.

“John, I am sorry.”

“No, Vivi, never say sorry to me.” John couldn’t bear it. Every time he heard her apology, he felt like his Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

heart being cut by a knife.

John calmed himself down a bit and then released Vivian. He examined Vivian’s body up and down

with concerns. He noticed that one of Vivian’s hands was behind her back.

John skipped a breath and asked, “Do you get hurt?”

“ No. No. It doesn’t matter.” Vivian said, but her eyes revealed that she wanted to hide away something

from John.

Thus she kept her right hand stuck to her back.

John directly held her right hand out from her back. Vivian can only let John look at her hand, but she

kept pretending it was all fine.

“It doesn’t matter, really. Just a minor injury. The doctor is making a big deal of it.”

Vivian had no idea that John already knew she was attacked and William showed up to protect her.

“I was going to call you, but I lost my phone. How careless I was! “

John looked straight into Vivian’s evasive eyes. It seemed that he wanted to see through her. Why did

Vivian lie about her injury? Was it because she didn’t want him to worry about her or because she tried

to hide something about William from him?

“John, are you okay?” Vivian found John’s straight look in his eyes a little unbearable.

Just a moment later, John gave Vivian a gentle look and answered, “I am fine as long as you are okay.

It was my fault: I failed to protect you.”

John’s subconscious went, “If I hadn’t left her at the party, she wouldn’t have been attacked, nor would

she be saved by William. He can’t blame this on anybody except himself.

“John, this has nothing to do with you. I was me who accidently...” The more Vivian said, the more she

felt she was lying.

She felt John knew what happened but she didn’t say anything to him yet.

Looking at Vivian who was a bit anxious, John tried his best to smile, then raised his hand to stroke her

hair and said in a gentle voice, “Alright, I got it. Don’t leave me next time, okay?“

John was scared. He was afraid of her leaving him in the blink of an eye.

Vivian was eager to answer William with a ‘Yes’, but she just couldn’t say it out loud. Just at the time

when she had no idea of what to do, Selina appeared. “Vivi, here you are. I am so worried about you! I

thought you were hurt by that Jerk, but why are you here?”