Chapter 94 - Chapter 93

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((( ERIEZ )))

Claire went suddenly pale and the rest looked at me with questioning brows. Any woman in love would have gladly answered fast or even blush. But she was anxiously speechless.  

Am I right to think she's not happy with their relationship? Was she really in love with Derick?

"I mean, she must have had a lot of suitor. And there must be something she found in you that she didn't see in all the men that took interest in her,"

I laughed gently at the budding tension.

"Anyway, let's get back to business. I hope you didn't take my words badly."

We stayed for a while but left before it has gotten midnight. Zhio must have had ran wild in anger again so we needed to go back home immediately.

The black Buick that Zhio drove was improperly left at the garage entrance. Its bumpers had been dented hugely and the headlights broken. One of the wheels had deflated and the mirrors were scratched badly at the left side.  

Sya stood patiently by the mansion's main door as she waited for us to arrive.  

"Where's Zhio?" Wenziel grunted.  

"Locked in his room. I was worried when he came back here very angry,"

Sya handed me the sling of household keys but I knew very well which one opens Zhio's room.

"I wouldn't interfere but I think you needed to talk to him."

Above the stairs, a faint smashing of glasses could be heard.

Zhio's men were lined in a barricade against his door. Even Sya or any of the housemaids couldn't enter the room. But it was a useless thought if he believed his men would obey him more than us.  

The lights inside were turned off but the smell of liquor reeked. And when the place was lit, all that used to be his bedroom was messily in shambles. Bottles lay shattered on the floor and the tall wall mirrors were broken.

A trail of blood in the carpet led to his wounded fingers. The handsomely calm but mad face he sported earlier was a few more shades darker now.  

Wenziel dismissed everyone and locked the door.  

"Coward…" I blurted as I approached and pressed a finger against Zhio's chest.

"At least man up and be honest with your feelings."

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