Mr George, Don't Be So Arrogant

“Pass me the phone.”

Riley stretched out her hand for her cellphone. She wanted to see if Euan had texted or called her because she had not returned all night.

Sarah passed it to her.

Riley took a deep breath and turned on the screen. The interface was empty; there was no notification for missed calls or any messages.

Her heart sank. Did this mean that her marriage with Euan had really come to an end?

But why was she so reluctant to let go?

Even though she knew that if she went back, she will only receive indifference and pain but she was still reluctant.

“By the way, Riley, how were you poisoned? The wine we drank last night was the same, how come only you got poisoned?”

Sarah’s question came at the perfect time.

True, how was only Riley poisoned?

She tried to recall every detail of last night to try and figure out what on earth went wrong. How did the poison enter her body? Who was trying to hurt her?

“I don’t know either.”

“You won’t just let this matter go, right? Even if you ignore it, I won’t. I must make the person who harmed you pay the price for their actions. Rest well! I will go back to the bar to check the surveillance footage and find out the person responsible for this and take revenge!”

“Don’t be impulsive! The people in that bar are not easy to mess with, you might offend someone. You are a woman, if you go there you will be bullied.”

“Then what should I do? Call the police? The police are all fucking useless, okay? Well, if it can’t be done, then… also, about this, are you going to tell Euan?”

Euan?

Riley shook her head, “No, the less we get him involved, the better. You go home first to eat and change your clothes. Then go to my apartment and pick up a couple of my clothes for me to change into. You must be really tired. Thank you for doing all this, Darling!”

“Of course, I am tired. How are you going to pay me back, with your body?”

“Okay, let’s get married!”

“Fuck! Get what now? Will you be okay committing polygamy?”

‘Fuck! That was the wrong thing to say.’

Sarah left quickly.

Her words had awakened Riley from her dream.

She was right! Even if Riley wanted to start a new life, with William or… even just to regain her freedom, she had to get a divorce first.

It had been almost four years since she had been walking on thin ice in this horrible marriage and she felt depressed every day. She wanted to breathe freely.

The only way she could start again was by leaving Euan.

At this moment, the phone in her palm vibrated.

shining on

would he call at such

bit her lip and tried to adjust her heart rate, breathing back to normal. After thinking about

Euan’s deep and somewhat cold voice came, “What excuse were you thinking about making that you

carefully, the sarcasm in his angry voice was mixed with disgust. He must

words, all of this was

still felt remorseful in her heart. Riley

go out with my friends? I know I am your wife on paper, but this does

Oh!

with such a long speech. She was not the same woman

it that she grew up or was she

him. He stared at the tall sycamore tree outside the study window while drumming

If you say one more time that

in clear words. If she didn’t obey him, he was going to use his means and ruin her

do that! You are joking around with tens of thousands of

bit tired. He couldn’t remember how many times he had gone

her duty schedule. Damn it! He had

had gotten off work at the regular time and was not in the hospital

could Euan

since you are so concerned about the patients, you’d better show up at the villa right

to him. He had the ability to emotionally break her

in Euan’s temple. A gush of early summer wind blew in through the window brushing across his handsome face. It was only

I will tell you what I want when I

villa and there

herself to answer. But before she could say anything, she heard a crisp

The voice was flirtatious, affectionate,

this dress? I am going to attend

long dress. She had entered the study without bothering to knock and twirled around for Euan to see. She was

out

happily, “Thank you. There are going to be many reporters in the event, I will

the phone in his ear, he did not hang up the call. He

in just

storm raging inside

told her that she looked nice. She used to dress up very carefully before. When she went to the George family’s banquet, she had carefully selected a long backless dress before getting

she had never asked

he chose all of

were not

you one hour! That’s

the dark screen,

Riley pulled out the IV needle from her hand, lifted the quilt off

“Dr. Watson, what happened?”

William. He had changed his clothes and washed his face but the redness in his

her shoes, but bending over made her dizzy as the

strode over and helped her straighten up,

home, Euan asked me to

out her personal affairs in front of William. After speaking, she realised and changed the subject embarrassedly, “I… I need to wear my

his actions and looked up at her, “Do you want me to go with