In the end, I hurriedly left the banquet hall without doing any painting with Remington, the legendary figure I admired so much. I did not even have the time to explain to him the reason I left.
If Monica died, this suicide would come between the love Christopher and I shared and our love would be blemished. Even if we ceased to care about it, it would remain as a wound and a thorn in our hearts which could not be removed.
When Christopher came to fetch me, he saw how lost I looked so he patted me gently on the shoulder and said, “Don’t worry. She’s going to be fine.”
“Is she all right?” I asked anxiously.
“Doctors are doing their best to save her!” The expression on Christopher’s face was rare. There was no devil-may-care attitude and his elegant lips were pursed tight. He was in low spirits and my heart sank, too.
There was a crowd of reporters at the hospital entrance. Seeing our car approaching, they surrounded it, wanting to get some first-hand news. Fortunately, the Lane family’s bodyguards came on time and kept them at bay; otherwise, we would not be able to get into the hospital.
Outside the emergency room, Julia and the others moved about listlessly looking anxious and worried. When Mitchell saw me arriving with Christopher, he shouted angrily, “Christopher, why did you bring this woman? Don’t you think she has already caused enough misery for Monica?”
“Mitchell, you’re thinking too far ahead. Since Monica tried to take her own life because of me and Eve, we should come and check on her,” Speaking harshly, Christopher hid me behind his back.
“You… Christopher, very well! I have underestimated you. You and Monica grew up together. She would do anything for you. Do you have no guilty conscience at all?” Mitchell was distressed. He looked at me as if he could swallow me alive.
“I said it very clearly before. She is like a younger sister to me. Mitchell, you should know that only too well.” Christopher said in a calm voice.
“You… you…” These words drove Mitchell crazy.
“That’s enough. Stop bickering. Monica is still in danger. Can you keep quiet for now?” Julia turned toward us, raising her voice. The way she looked at me was complicated. There was a lot of blame and anger in her gaze.
I felt that she was holding me responsible. After all, if not for me coming into their lives, Christopher might have married Monica and nothing of this sort would happen.
Still, how would so many reporters know about Monica taking her own life?
Quietly, I went close to Sabrina and asked in a whisper, “What actually happened?”
Sabrina glanced around before talking to me in a whisper. “Monica was on the top floor of the hospital just now when she cut her wrist. Someone happened to video record that scene which she kept yelling that she wanted to be together with Christopher in her next life. It was literally a live telecast and everyone in Avenport knows that Monica committed suicide because of you.”
It was like a live broadcast! I felt a bad premonition. Why is this suicide incident so well-publicized just like Monica’s confession? She is a public figure and so everything about the three of us will be the subject of gossip and discussion.
Due to my previous bad reputation, I would be accused of causing her death if Monica died. Moreover, I would be labelled as the third party who destroyed a happy couple’s relationship for the rest of my life.
I was fearful and angry. If Monica really died, my relationship with Christopher would be over. Julia would never agree to us being together.
This move by Monica was really well calculated. She was willing to use her death as the price to drive Christopher and me apart.
“No, Monica mustn’t die, she has to live.” I gritted my teeth and swore under my breath.
No one knew how much pressure public opinion could have on one. In fact, it could even cause someone to end his or her life. Monica’s mother died for Julia. If Monica committed suicide and died because Christopher married me, we could no longer live in peace in the face of public opinion.
For the first time, I realized that Monica was a more horrifying character than Crystal.
