Chapter 61 Pushed Down The Hill

Fiona trudged slowly up the path. It was a little difficult, but her exhaustion dissipated as soon as she saw the picturesque scene. ‘No wonder they built a road here. It overlooks such a lovely view!’ she thought to herself.

She positioned herself on elevated ground and looked on at the majestic Maple Mountain panorama. Maple leaves framed the distant landscape of mountains and rivers, forming what looked like an extremely beautiful painting that delivered tranquility at first sight.

"Hello? Fiona, can you hear me?"

She finally came to her senses as Ryan’s voice shouted through the phone. "Yes Ryan, I heard you! What is it?"

"Nothing happened between me and Leona!" he said.

Her heart skipped a beat. "What did you say? That nothing happened between you and Leona?"

Leona stopped, suddenly rooted to the ground. After taking in what she had just heard, she started to tremble.

"I checked the bar’s surveillance video. Nothing happened that night!" Ryan said angrily. "She drugged me!"

Fiona’s jaw dropped as she let out a shriek. She didn’t even think that could happen in real life. She didn’t know what else to reply except more questions. "Are you sure? Do you know why she would do something like that? Seeing the two of you, I thought...

I’m so sorry you had to go through that." He breathed loudly enough that she could hear him through the phone. "Anyhow, I would just like you to know nothing happened between us. When you come back, I’ll tell you everything about it."

"Okay, sure." She was still in a daze.

"Can we start over?" His breathing had slowed down, and his voice sounded relieved and expectant.

"Ryan..." Fiona trailed off, completely caught off guard by his words.

"I said it before and I’ll say it again. I have nothing to fight for in my life but you," he insisted firmly. "I’ve been trying to do the right thing these days. I held myself back from seeing you, though I miss you terribly..."

A gust of autumn wind blew over Fiona and her hair flowed along. As she looked at the magnificence in front of her, her heart seemed to stir once again.

"I should have checked the surveillance video earlier, but I felt too helpless at the time. Now that I look back, I feel so stupid." Ryan ruffled his hair in frustration. "I’d rather believe that this is God’s way of saying to me that I shouldn’t give up on you. And I won’t."

Fiona pulled away the phone from her ear as a weird buzzing noise suddenly interrupted their call.

She looked at the screen, then held it back up.

"Hello, Ryan? Are you there?"

But he didn’t answer, and the signal was left unrestored.

"What just happened?" She sighed and turned around. She froze in her tracks as she saw Leona standing quietly under the shade of a tree, only a few steps away from her. Fiona held a hand over her chest in surprise, and she felt her heart beat fast. "Leona! Why are you here?"

Leona stepped away from under the shade, glaring coldly. "What did Ryan say to you over the phone just now?"

Fiona’s pulse quickened. She felt a sudden surg

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

other. "Have you seen Fiona?"

"No, I haven’t."

"Did you come here with Fiona?"

"No, I didn’t."

At the corner, Leona was clenching her fists tightly. Not even bothering to wipe the sweat off her forehead, she pursed her lips and stayed quiet.

"Okay guys. Let’s go!"

"Wait!" Sophia said worriedly. "We can’t go right now. Fiona hasn't come up yet!"

"What happened? Have you tried calling her?"

Ella took out her phone. "I tried several times, but she hasn’t answered once."

Sophia's heart sank, though she managed to shout, "Hasn’t anyone seen her?"

The whole team quietly shook their heads.

"Damn it! I’m going to find her myself!" Sophia turned and started to run down the mountain.

"Sophia!

Please, wait!"

the teacher hurriedly called for her. "Hurry, can some of the boys please accompany Sophia? The rest of the students, please look for her here."

An hour had passed and Sophia stood at the foot of the mountain, still without her friend. Sweat trickled down her forehead as she yelled out anxiously, "Fiona! Can you hear me?"

The voices of everybody calling out her name echoed along the mountain,

but there was never any response.

"You haven’t found her yet?"

The teacher hurried down the mountain with a worried expression. "I think we should call the police now. The signal is bad up in this mountain. Where could she have gone?"

"It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have left so early. I knew she was tired and I should have went with her," Sophia mumbled, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I’ll contact the police," Ella said.

Seemingly taken aback by what her friend just said, Sophia’s eyes widened. She took out her phone as she mumbled, "Yes, Mr. Cheng’s her husband. Shit! I don’t have his phone number!" She hurriedly skimmed through her contacts again, about to call Ryan, when she came across Celine’s number and immediately stopped scrolling. Mumbling to herself, she said,

"Yes, she’s his sister, right? Call her now!"

With trembling fingers, Sophia pressed the dial button.