Chapter 18 Emily had just opened the first page of the file when his voice drifted over through the tea mist : " All these years , the way you treated me well was also for Elliott . " Emily stopped flipping through the files . With a complicated look in her eyes , Everett took out a phone , tapped on something , and put it in front of him . The screen was playing a video : In the shot , Emily , wearing a blue and white school uniform , showed up in front of the camera . From the filming angle , it looked like she set up the phone and recorded it herself . ་ ་ དེ་ དེར་ དུ་ ང་ ན་ དོན་ ་ འབྱུང་ རྭ་ རྡོན་ ར་ ན་འང་ ངོལ་ The classroom was empty and quiet during the summer noon break . A boy in a white shirt was napping on his desk , his sleeves rolled up to his forearms , showing smooth lines . The cicadas outside got louder and louder , and a breeze brushed through the boy's soft hair . When Emily was a girl , she tiptoed quietly toward him , and her thin gold anklet swayed gently as she moved . Just as her fingers were about to touch the boy's shoulder , he suddenly opened his eyes like he sensed her , and with a long arm , pulled her into his arms . While they were messing around , the two of them got closer and closer , and slowly pressed together . The sunlight outside the window came through the glass and put a golden edge on their overlapping shadows . This video was just under two minutes , like old times soaked in mint candy water . The cicadas were singing in the heat of summer , and the breeze was gentle . The first kiss with that innocent vibe was pure and beautiful . Everett didn't know how many times he had watched it on repeat , and he 0.00 % 00 383 Chapter 18 didn't remember how he felt the first time he saw this scene . Vouchers " You checked up on me ? " Emily asked coldly . She didn't need to look at the rest of the files to know what they were . Everett stared at her with his dark eyes , like he wanted to see right through her . He still didn't get how someone could act so well . " Your gentleness and obedience , all that well - behaved stuff , was just an act . You'd been proud and headstrong since you were ten . You were rebellious , skipped school , loved racing , talked back to elders , so your dad and stepmom sent you to London . " " You guys met at University of London , you skipped classes , he kept an eye on you , so you clung to him and messed with him , and in the end , it turned real and you fell for him too . " " You said one thing , and he cooked for you for four years . Truffle Beef Wellington needed three slices of lemon . Saffron Seafood Paella , the sauce had to be cooked in a three - part ratio . All the meals you made for me , he could make them too . " Everett still remembered , every wedding anniversary or Valentine's Day before , she always made these two dishes herself . Back then , her almond- shaped eyes were clear and full of love . " Rhett , do you want to try it ? You'd definitely like it in the future . " " The clothes you picked for me - Loro Piana's white shirt , Brioni's black suit , a dark patterned tie , and that cedarwood cool scent - were all things Elliott liked to wear too ! " He slowly got up and walked toward her , step by step . Every step was filled with suppressed violence . Emily noticed that he was in a bad mood and grabbed her Chanel bag to 00:38 Chapter 18 leave . She had just taken a few steps when her wrist was grabbed by Everett ! He was holding on so tight , Emily had no doubt he wanted to crush her wrist . " Let go ! " she cried out in pain . Everett didn't let go . Instead , he held on even tighter . Seeing her face twisted in pain , all the resentment , anger , unwillingness , hurt , and jealousy Everett had been holding in these days finally collapsed and started pouring out . " Did it hurt ? " " Did it hurt as much as when I first saw the video ? Back then , I wanted to kill you two bastards !" ་་་ གང་ རྩཊ་ འཅ His eyes were bloodshot , just like a beast ready to eat someone . " Not just that , you also liked growing roses . Two greenhouses weren't enough - you wanted a bunch in every room . These roses looked exactly like the hand - painted ones on the walls of Roselane Manor . " 11 " Roselane Manor ... " He let out a low laugh , his brows full of hostility . " Oh , so this was your wedding house . No wonder there was such a beautiful oil painting . " " Even you risking your life to save me was just to make up for the regret that you couldn't save Elliott in the landslide . " " That's not right , you should've called him ' Lio ' , right ? " He gritted his teeth and repeated those two words , " Rhett , Lio ... " " You treated me as Elliott's substitute from start to finish! You lied to me for three years ! " 00:38 67 Chapter 18 17 I tricked him into falling for me , tricked him into tossing and turning every night after the divorce , tricked him into thinking that those little bits of tenderness used to be his . ན་ རང་ ་ ་ ད ད་ ད ། ་ ན OV 9.04 %