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 her

grab Elio by the collar. He growled through gritted teeth, "Don't

the college entrance exams, Candice was accepted by the same out-of-town university as me, but you

She stared at them in

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

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

the overseas event recently. You specifically arranged for her to go,

She couldn't believe what she was

Candice was nearly harmed, wasn't

previous actions, but

your act could be carried out. Your hired actors didn't even get a

boiled. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked