The Wrong Woman

Candice shook her head.

As Elio looked at her back, he clenched his fists to suppress his emotions. His eyes reddened and his heart ached.

Was his impending happiness about to be shattered? He was starting to panic.

Mervyn said earnestly, "Candice, I really don't want you to be deceived by him."

This was the same thing Josie had tried to tell her.

Her curiosity about how Elio had deceived her grew stronger. "Then tell me, what did he do?"

Just as Mervyn was about to speak, Elio walked over and grabbed Candice's hand. He said anxiously, "Candice, I'll drop you at work. You're going to be late."

Mervyn pushed Elio away. He yelled, "Stop pretending! Are you scared now? Why weren't you scared when you were deceiving Candice?"

"What did I deceive

forward to grab Elio by the collar. He growled through gritted teeth, "Don't think I don't know about your

entrance exams, Candice was accepted by the same out-of-town university as me, but you intercepted her admission letter and switched it

was shocked. She stared at

was not afraid of Mervyn.

abroad with me, but you paid the interviewers to reject her. You tampered with customs procedures to prevent her from going

specifically arranged for her to go, and even had her stay in the same room as

stunned. She couldn't believe what she

Candice was nearly harmed, wasn't that your

the previous actions, but the incident where Candice was almost harmed wasn't

your arrangement because the real perpetrator got there before your act could be carried out. Your hired actors didn't even get

boiled. His eyes were bloodshot as