CHAPTER 228: CHAPTER 228: THAT INCIDENT FROM A YEAR AGO

From the first message to the most recent one, the more he looked, the harder his grip became.

[Is it cold in the rain at night? I’m not cold because he’s by my side.]

[He said he has me in his heart.]

And the last one — [He came to see me again.]

Each one felt like a knife stabbing into his heart.

Everything Serena said was true.

It was Vera sending her those messages, provoking her time and again.

Hurting her.

And he was the accomplice!

This was the reason Serena was sick!

"Snap!"

The phone’s screen was crushed by Julian Lawson.

The next moment, Julian grabbed Vera Hansen by the collar and pinned her against the headboard.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked terrifying.

"You!" His chest heaved violently, and he could barely speak.

"You’re faking it all!" Julian roared in anger.

Vera was a bit scared by his yelling but didn’t back down.

"Why did you send her those messages, tell me!" Julian shouted.

Vera trembled slightly but was laughing.

Vera’s laughter made Julian even more furious.

"Vera!"

Julian shouted in anger.

But Vera just kept laughing.

"Why?" Tears came out from the corners of Vera’s eyes as she laughed, and she said, "Brother Julian, haven’t you always known, I want you."

"I’m jealous of her, I don’t want the two of you to be happy, I don’t want you to be reluctant to leave her, I want you two to divorce, so I sent them to her."

Vera said, "It’s that simple."

Julian felt like his blood vessels were about to burst.

How could Vera say it so lightly, so matter-of-factly!

Wasn’t she always saying she didn’t want to hurt Serena!

But what is she doing now!

Julian wished he could kill Vera!

"Don’t forget, Brother Julian, you promised me." Vera said while laughing.

"About that incident a year ago, do you dare to let Serena know?"

"Aren’t you afraid she won’t be able to bear it?"

Vera was still laughing, and she looked at Secretary Chaucer.

"You, get out. What comes next is not for you to hear." Vera said bluntly.

But Jude Chaucer didn’t move, he just looked at Julian.

He was Julian’s secretary and would not listen to Vera.

Julian’s eyes were bloodshot, and they were locked on Vera.

At this moment, his heart was full of hatred.

He gripped Vera’s collar tightly, his teeth almost ground to pieces with hate.

"President Lawson?" Jude asked.

"Get out." Julian said coldly.

"Yes." Jude obeyed, turned, and left, closing the door behind him.

At this moment, the only ones left in the ward were Vera Hansen and Julian Lawson.

Vera’s phone had long been thrown aside.

The screen shattered into pieces.

On the table nearby was a half-peeled apple.

The glucose bottle shook.

Vera grasped the hand that Julian clutched her collar with, trying to pry it open.

But Julian didn’t let go.

Vera laughed, laughing as tears fell down.

"Brother Julian, don’t forget, I suffered on her behalf!"

"The person who should have gone that day was Serena, not me."

"Would you bear to let your beloved Serena suffer what I suffered that day?"

"Brother Julian, I only asked for you to keep me company for six months! No, now it’s only four months, in four months I’ll die, and everything from the past will be gone like dust, and I will take that secret to my grave!"

Vera said, word by word.

With Vera’s words, the air turned silent.

Julian’s hand on Vera’s collar shook with intensity.

A year ago...

Just thinking about what happened a year ago almost broke him.

When he got the news and arrived...

Upon learning the person there was Vera, he was relieved.

Fortunately, it wasn’t Serena, fortunately, it wasn’t her.

Vera was still crying.

"Brother Julian, I know I’ve done some things you’re unhappy about."

Her tears dripped onto his hand.

"Sending her messages was just because I was twisted then."

She said, crying miserably.

"Brother Julian, if you were me, you should understand, after going through those things, only to helplessly watch your beloved man still be with someone else."

"I know I was wrong to send those messages to her, but I couldn’t control myself."

Vera held Julian’s hand.

"Brother Julian, tell me, what should I do?"

"If you were me, wouldn’t you go mad too?"

"I suffered those things for her, I couldn’t control it, you know, even when I got sick, it was because I went mad."

Vera cried miserably, and Julian looked at her, his anger, his panic, almost made him explode.

He couldn’t make sense of his feelings towards Vera.

Starting with relief.

Then looking after her was out of pity, out of responsibility.

Many times, waking suddenly from nightmares, seeing Serena peacefully beside him, he could barely hold himself together.

He comforted himself, it was all over, Serena hadn’t been harmed.

The person who went that day was Vera.

Since that day, Vera had gone mad, even to the point of coughing up blood and getting cancer, he knew all this.

He was scared.

Seeing Vera like that, he couldn’t help but think, if it was Serena...

Later, Vera was about to die.

When she returned from treatment in Cygnus, she brought back her medical report.

She said she only had six months left.

"Brother Julian, I just need you for six months, divorce her, be with me, just accompany me for six months, pretend you love me, so I can leave without regrets."

"The six months will be the price of me taking that secret to the grave, if you treat me well, I won’t say a word."

The smell of disinfectant filled the air, as Julian looked at the crying Vera with red eyes.

Many times, he wasn’t unaware of Vera’s wrongdoings.

But he always believed Vera was kind and gentle.

The incident was a debt he owed her.

He kept his word with Vera. Just six months, and Vera would take everything to her grave, and everything would return to the beginning.

But now he realized that in all these days of chaos, he deeply hurt Serena.

Hurt the one he loved the most.

And Vera was not as harmless as she appeared.

"Brother Julian, I was wrong..."

In the ward, Vera cried as she spoke.

"I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have treated her that way."

"Actually, it was only twice, one time I was in a hurry today, the last time..."

"That was a mistake when I was twisted inside, I... couldn’t control myself."

Vera held Julian’s hand, looking weakly into his eyes: "Brother Julian, only four months left, soon, I’ll be gone."

"After I die, you can still be with her."

Julian looked at the crying Vera.

Can he still be with Serena?