Chapter 378 - EARNEST EYES

Previously, Giana had asked someone to find out about Ian's background. But, it seemed like it took a long time before they could get any information about the man who had approached her and given the 'item' to her.

And when Giana had just returned from picking up her order from Ian, she got a call from Garry, her confidante who she asked to find out about Ian.

"Yes, he is Ian Schamber, best friend of Hailee Tordoff," answered the voice from the other side of the line. "He is also a fighter in the arena and knows and is quite close to Zia Tatum."

"What?" Giana's voice sounded like a low whisper. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. "He's not a dealer?" Giana asked in disbelief.

"No," replied Garry firmly.

Meanwhile, Giana felt that she just experienced a mental breakdown. Her head ached terribly and her body trembled, as she could feel anger rising in her head and making her unable to think clearly.

Hailee Tordoff?

Close to Zia Tattum? The woman who had been Aidan's mistress? The man named Ian knew the two women? The two women who have ruined Giana's life?

Then, what was all this?

Giana could feel that her brain was working rapidly to connect the dots she knew.

It was like a jigsaw puzzle where Giana had to put the pieces together and in the right places, so she could see the whole picture.

Because that was the only way Giana could see the devious plan that had been going on, targeting her.

If Ian did know the two women and he wasn't a dealer, then there was only one reason why the man had approached her and introduced her to this 'stuff'.

Giana felt her head spinning rapidly, realizing that she had been falling into Hailee's trap all along without herself knowing it.

How could she be so stupid and let herself get into trouble like this?

"ARRRGH!!!" Giana screamed very loudly and fell to the floor, and of course, the scream made the couple come running back to her, just like they did this morning when they found Giana throwing a tantrum.

"What is it now?" she asked, but this time she didn't dare come any closer. The woman just stood a few meters away from Giana and hugged her husband. The woman looked at Giana with eyes filled with anxiety and fear, as if Giana would soon turn into a scary monster.

Or maybe it was true, because Giana no longer felt like herself.

All this time… all this time, her life was being toyed with by Haiee and she didn't know it at all. Hailee ruined her life in the most horrible way. Slow and deadly.

How could Hailee make her dependent on drugs?! And Giana only realized it when it was too late for her to stop?

Giana then tugged at her hair until she could feel clumps of hair in her hands, but she didn't stop there.

Because it was difficult to channel the emotions she was feeling now, Giana began to destroy the things in the room blindly. She no longer thought about the consequences or her reputation.

There was only one thing that Giana wanted, namely; to make those who have made her suffer to fall with her.

That was all Giana wanted now.

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After arriving at their destination, Ramon and Lexus immediately checked in at the pre-booked hotel and each followed their own agenda; calling their respective women.

"How can you misunderstand that I want starbucks?" Candice asked in disbelief as soon as Lexus called her. Not even greeting with a 'hi', 'hello' in her first sentence.

"Don't you want Starbucks?" Lexus had a small smile as he heard Candice continue grumbling.

"Yeah, I want Starbucks, but not an outlet, I just want a cup of coffee, you dumbass," Candice grumbled in annoyance, hearing Lexus' laughter, but the laughter proved infectious as it put a gentle smile on the corners of Candice's lips in an instant. "When will you be back?" Candice asked at the end of her sentence.

The question, of course, made Lexus' eyes sparkle with pleasure. He raised his fist in the air and shouted silently, making a strange dance move.

It was only when he started to speak that his voice sounded indifferent. "I'll be back the day after tomorrow. Why?" he asked. "Miss me?"

"Huh?" Candice snorted and grumbled. "You expect!" she finally said.

Hearing that, Lexus laughed softly and they started to talk about what they had been doing all day.

It wasn't really much as nothing special happened, except for the surprise Candice received when Tordoff's lawyer came to her office and said he was going to help her open a cafe outlet.

And the rest of it was meaningless chatter, but somehow, they both enjoyed just talking to each other late into the night.

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"What brings you here?" Leon asked Giana when he saw his niece coming to his house during one normal day. Giana was in such a state of chaos that he barely recognized this woman. "You look terrible," Leon said to Giana when he saw the woman standing in the doorway of his dining room.

"There are a few things I need to confirm with you," Giana said, her voice hoarse and her tone more stern than she should have meant.

"What's that?" Leon asked as he put down his fork and knife. He pushed away the steak he had just eaten halfway and gave Giana all his attention.

Whatever his niece was going to say now seemed to be a very important matter and Leon had to listen to it very clearly. What did this girl want? Because it was unusual for Giana to come to him in this condition.

"Do you know Ian Schamber?" Giana asked straight to the heart of the matter, she then walked over unsteadily before sitting across from the table where Leon was sitting. The two of them stared at each other, as if they were reading the small movements of their interlocutor.

"Yes, I know him. Traitor, professional fighter and now he works for Ramon Tordoff," Leon answered bluntly, then added. "Oh, he also has a sickly sister."

"Working for Ramon Tordoff?" Giana frowned, because the information she got from Garry didn't mention that.

Giana knew that Ian Schamber was a street fighter and also Hailee's best friend, but she didn't know that Ian had a working relationship with Ramon.

Because as soon as she heard of the relationship between Ian and Hailee, Giana thought that the one behind all this was Hailee.

Giana thought that it was Hailee who had got her addicted. She had no idea that Ramon was behind this.

Of course, now that Giana thought about it, there was no way a little woman like Hailee could have come up with a covert plan that was so neat and involved illegal things like the drugs she was currently taking.

It would make more sense if Ramon was the one doing all that.

And that reality hit Giana very strongly. Ramon wanted to destroy her. All of this was Ramon's doing. That man was the one who turned her into an addict and felt pain like this…

It was crazy, but it was a fact that Giana had to accept, because after all, nothing made more sense than this.

"Are you okay?" Leon asked while frowning when he saw Giana start to laugh softly, but then her laughter got louder and louder and this worried Leon. "What are you laughing at?"

Giana laughed as if she had just heard the funniest joke she had ever heard in her entire life and this brought tears to her eyes.

Or maybe, her life was just a joke.

"I have one request and I think you can grant it," Giana said after her laughter died down and Leon fell silent while looking at her intently.

"What's that?" Leon felt that there was something different about his niece, there was something that made her look different and dangerous.

"You want your son to rule over the Tordoffs, don't you?" Giana asked in a hoarse voice.

On the other hand, Leon didn't answer the rhetorical question, because Giaan definitely knew the reason behind Leon doing all these crazy things, which was to get his son to the pinnacle of glory that the Tordoff family had.

"But I don't think you are capable of making Lexus take that position from his brother because he likes Ramon so much." Giana shook her head and corrected her words. "He idolizes his brother, so Lexus couldn't possibly have any desire to snatch what belongs to Ramon."

Leon narrowed his eyes when he heard that statement, he felt that Giana would do something dangerous and extreme and he didn't know whether to get involved in this or not. "What do you really want to say?" Leon asked suspiciously.

"If Lexus can't take that position because he doesn't want to take it away from Ramon, then why don't we just remove the obstacle?" Giana asked, looking at her uncle meaningfully. "Lexus doesn't need to take that position away from Ramon. If we remove the obstacle, won't Lexus automatically get it?"

Leon could understand what Giana meant, but he also didn't expect this woman to go that far. Because from what he knew, Giana really loved Ramon.

Therefore, Leon must ensure this so that there would be no misunderstandings.

"You want to get rid of Ramon Tordoff?" Leon asked in a deep voice. His eyes stared intently at Giana, confirming her sincerity.

"Yes," Giana replied firmly.

"Get rid of him forever?" Leon questioned her bluntly.

"Yes, I want you to kill him," she said with earnest eyes.