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?"

did I deceive

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

out-of-town university as me, but you intercepted

stared at them

as fear coursed through him. He was not afraid of Mervyn. But rather he

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

event recently. You specifically arranged for her to go, and even had her stay

Candice stunned. She couldn't believe what she was

nearly harmed, wasn't that your

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

the real perpetrator got there before your act could be carried out. Your hired actors didn't even get a chance to perform

boiled. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked at Candice with a mixture of regret and