Ice and Fire

Chapter 746 Tears Of Despair (Part Two)

"Greg," Violet called his name.

"You know what kind of person Sharon is, I already told you. Why are you still talking to her?" Greg

couldn't hold his feelings back anymore and screamed at her.

That was the first time Greg had shouted at her. She was frightened by his sudden anger and took a

few steps backwards unconsciously. Greg regretted what he had done immediately when he saw that

he had frightened Violet. He had never felt more helpless than in that moment. The information that he

had heard was so overwhelming. Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

Greg grabbed Violet's arm. His grip was tight, but he ignored Violet's pained face and confronted

her,"Why did you accept the hundred million from her? You were never short of money. You are from a

rich family, why did you accept the money from her?"

"No, it wasn't like that, Greg, listen," Violet tried to explain. Greg's grip on her was too tight, and it was

beginning to hurt.

"What should I make of all this? I just heard Sharon accusing you of taking a hundred million from her

as payment to leave me. Why would you accept that? Is that my worth? Is that the price of our love?"

Greg bombarded her with questions. Few seconds later, he shouted again,"Talk to me!"

His loud and harsh voice drew Fred's attention.

Violet and Greg both quieted down after hearing footsteps closing in on their room.

Fred stopped by the door. He saw Greg grabbing Violet's arm, but he couldn't see Violet's face. So it

was hard for him to figure out what exactly was going on between them. "Greg, what's going on?" he

asked.

Greg turned to look at Violet, and figured that she wasn't going to respond. He didn't want his father to

worry about them, so he said,"Nothing, Dad, don't worry."

"You sure?" Fred was worried, because from where he was standing, he couldn't see Violet's

expression.

"Yes, we are fine," answered Greg in a reassuring tone.

Fred was relieved after he confirmed again. He said,"Okay then, I'll go back to my room."

After the sound of his footsteps had disappeared in the corridor, Greg shifted his eyes back to Violet

again. She was almost in tears because of the pain Greg was causing in her arm. Greg saw that the

side of her face was already swollen, and the mark on her neck where Sharon had choked her was so

obvious. He suddenly felt sad and wanted to protect her at all costs.

But their conversation still lingered in Greg's mind. The whole incident seemed very suspicious and he

had to know what exactly had happened five years back.

"Let's go home," said Greg. He took her hand and walked out the door, without telling anything to Fred

or Sharon.

Greg dragged Violet to the car. He roughly pushed her inside, then got in himself. He started the

engine, and left his parents' home.

A while later, the car stopped in front of Greg's apartment. He pulled Violet out of the car, and walked

into the building.

"Greg, let go of me, you're hurting me!" Violet begged. Greg was using too much strength on her arm,

she couldn't bare the pain at this point.

Greg kept dragging Violet forward, ignoring her complaints. They both entered the apartment, and Greg

pushed her onto the coach.

"Okay, tell me everything now. Why did you accept the money?" asked Greg. He was enraged, anger

filled his eyes.

Violet felt that it was about time he knew the truth. She had been waiting for an opportunity to tell him,

but she never got the chance to reveal the truth about what had happened. Now, it was time to tell him.

She sat straight on the coach, and started to talk about what had happened five years ago.

"It happened five years ago. At that time, you had just gone aboard. She came to me," said Violet. She

knew that Greg would understand whom she was referring to. "She offered me a large sum of money.

She wanted me to take it and leave you. She told me that I had no chances of marrying you because I

was no good for you."

Greg wasn't surprised by what Sharon had said; that sounded exactly like her.

"But I didn't take the money. You and I had a deal before you went abroad. I was going to wait for you

until you came back," said Violet. Tears welled up as she thought about those days,"After that, she

constantly caused me trouble, even threatened me, then..."

"Then what? Then you took the money?" Greg interrupted, before she could finish her sentence. He

asked her coldly,"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me about all the things that were

happening to you. I would've given up my studies aboard and come back to you if I had known all this."

Violet smiled bitterly and asked,"What's the point of saying that now?"

Do you still believe in the love that we have for each other?" Greg was disappointed and hurt. He had

loved Violet for so many years, he had been carefully protecting her from all harm. He treasured their

love so much. But now, the purity of their love was gone, gone with the hundred million dollars.

"Do you think I could believe in the strength of love when I was so close to being groped by a bunch of

vulgar men?" Violet flared up. She stood up abruptly from the coach, glaring at Greg. She didn't want to

recall that memory from her past. It was such a terrible experience and it haunted her many nights. It

was even worse than what she had experienced when she was only ten. Every time she thought of

those men, she wished that she could kill them with her bare hands.