Entangled: Crisscross - Chapter 69

Again, Sera just stared at Edward.

“You-You’re not saying anything?” Edward asked. He didn’t know if this was intentional or if Sera wanted to anger him to death. Either way, he isn’t liking the fact that he is losing control of the conversation. “Sera?”

He couldn’t help but wonder why was she acting like this. Was it possible that the trauma that she received all those years ago made her this way? That—that is possible. Edward let out a few curses inwardly.

Sera wasn’t saying a word, and yet it was obvious who was in control of this conversation. As much as he hated it, he couldn’t do anything about it either. He stared at her beautiful face.

It was the face of an innocent angel. Everyone around Sera knew how beautiful she was. Yet behind all the beautiful eyes and kissable lips was not an angel, but a devil. Someone who would do everything to get what she wanted.

He used to wonder what would happen if he fell into Sera’s schemes. At the end of the day, he was thankful that he wasn’t that stupid to believe this woman.

“If you won’t say anything. I am leaving this room and once that happens, the police would start questioning you.”

This time, Sera smirked. Then she turned her head towards the mirror as she asked. “Question me for what?”

For what….

For what…

Indeed… why would the police question her? Was she a suspect of anything? Edward squinted. The absence of any emotion in Sera’s eyes was unsettling. It is making him feel that she actually knew something he doesn’t. Her composure wouldn’t do him any good.

“For killing your grandfather.”

Sera angled her head towards him, yet her eyes never left the mirror. Did she know that Zhang Ying and Zhang Xin were standing behind that mirror? Impossible!

“Killing who?”

“Your grandfather,” Edward answered. He wanted her to speak more. The more she does, the easier it would be for him to get inside her head, control her like he always did before.

“Oh… “Sera smiled, then she looked at her wristwatch. “The old man is about to hold a press conference and introduce me to everyone. After all, everyone already knew of my existence, but no one saw me. Then… he magically died.” She shifted her eyes towards him, the smile on her face didn’t vanish. “Suspicious.”

Suspicious?

Who is suspicious?

Why does it feel like she knew that this would happen?

He held her gaze, he wouldn’t want her to know that her actions were already affecting her. Edward wasn’t new in the industry. This wasn’t his first time meeting someone like her. In fact, most business executives in the industry talked like Sera, as if they knew everything, as if they were in control.

However, this was all a façade.

Edward knew that he could break her. “You know…” he started as he leaned forward and rested his elbows on the table that separated them. Despite the lighting of the LED bulb inside the room, Edward is starting to feel as if it was getting darker. It felt like he was in a dark cave, trying to find his way towards the exit, trying to crawl into the light.

Talking to Sera is like that.

He could feel the darkness inside her, the absence of emotion in her beautiful face only made this worse.

“I always thought you were not capable of killing someone.”

“Mr. Fu… where is the police?” Sera said, ignoring his words.

“I am disappointed Sera. I am very disappointed.”

He didn’t miss the surprise that flashed in Sera’s eyes. Did his word hurt her? Was it—

“Ha-ha — “Sera said, sarcasm rich in her tone. Then she suddenly stood and grabbed her bag.

“Where are you going?”

She didn’t answer him. Instead, she started walking towards the door.

“Sera, you’re not allowed to leave!”

“Says who?” Sera said without looking at him.

“You are not allowed to— ”

“Are you trying to detain me, Mr. Fu?”

“You— ”

“its illegal detention.”

“Sera— ”

“I thought so too.” Sera continued walking. She then opened the door. She wasn’t surprised to see Zhang Xin standing outside of the room, glaring at her.

“Who told you that you could leave?”

Sera only smiled at the woman. With her high heels on, Zhang Xin towered over Sera. But right now, Sera’s presence was obviously stronger than Zhang Xin. “Mrs. Zhang… When you tried to frame me for slapping you. Did you think that those videos would one day… reach the hands of your socialite friends?”

Almost instantly, Zhang Xin’s face paled. She covered her gaping mouth with her trembling hands as she staggered. The reaction was a kind of over the top. Sera scoffed.

“You—what did you say?” Zhang Xin asked, she could feel her face lose all its color, her body seemed to lose all of its strength. Her friends…

Socialite friends…

“What did you say?” she yelled. “You—what did you just say?”

Slowly, Sera’s tight-lipped smile turned into a sinister beam. However, she didn’t say another word. Instead, she walked past Zhang Xin and towards the entrance of the police station.

Satisfying.

She always loved to see people cower in fear. She likes to hear them stammer as panic flashed in their eyes. Then she counted… one… two… three…. steps.

“Sera! Don’t you dare walk away from me!” Zhang Xin held her shoulder before turning Sera around to face her. “How dare you!”

*PAK!*

Despite expecting the slap, Sera couldn’t deny that it was very painful. Her face wasn’t made for slapping. She immediately concluded not to let anyone else slap her again.

Almost immediately, tears appeared in Sera’s eyes as she fell towards the floor with a loud thud. She lifted her gaze and met Zhang Xin’s panic eyes.

There she goes…

The woman who loved to show that she was kind and gentle.

The woman who was respected by everyone in this city.

The monster of a woman who tried to frame her.

Tears fell from Sera’s eyes like waterfalls.

“Mrs. Zhang! What do you think you’re doing?” A police officer helped Sera up.

“She started it! She—she hurt me! It was self-defense!”

Sera sobbed, saying nothing.

“That’s right… she hurt Madam Zhang first.”

Sera wasn’t surprised to hear Edward’s words.

“Are you sure that my client started it first?” Lawyer Liu said as he walked towards them. His presence alone made them wonder who he was. “I am Liu Chengyu, Miss Sera Zhang’s lawyer.” He gave some papers to the police officer who helped Sera up earlier. “I am here to represent my client and…” Lawyer Liu looked at Mrs. Zhang and Edward. “File a case for assault and defamation.”

“You— “Before Zhang Xin could say anything, she felt Edward tugged her arm. Zhang Xin didn’t recognize the international lawyer, but Edward did. This made Edward wonder if the slap was a coincidence or it was a calculated attack…

“Not here…” He whispered towards Zhang Xin. “Let’s leave this place.”

“But this woman…”

“Now.” Edward was intently staring at Sera. He was gauging her reaction. He wanted to see if he could see any changes in Sera’s expression. But he didn’t Sera was crying, she was holding her cheeks, her eyes showed sadness and anyone watching him couldn’t help but pity her appearance.

She looked like she was bullied!

Without waiting for her mother-in-law to react, he dragged her back towards the other room next to the interrogation and opened the door. From the room, Zhang Ying walked out.

As someone famous, Zhang Ying didn’t show herself earlier and was watching everything from the room. She met Sera’s eyes and, without saying a word, she left with Edward and her mother.

Sera changed, and unfortunately for them, it wasn’t a pleasant change.

She was evil, maybe even more sinister than she was before.

She had gotten smarter and maybe even deadlier.

This wasn’t a piece of good news for them.

Meanwhile, Lawyer Liu immediately took care of everything and even filed an assault case against Zhang Xin and Edward Fu.

After a few minutes, Sera and Lawyer Liu were already walking towards the car where Chris was waiting for them.

The moment Sera arrived inside the car, Chris handed her an ice pack. She stared at it for a few seconds before looking at him.

“Your face…” he said.

Two words.

Two simple words immediately made her nervous. Something was different in him. Was it his cold eyes, his tone?

He was angry.

She could feel his anger, his rage. She could feel the temperature of the car dropped, and for some reason, she could look at his eyes. She lowered her gaze and accepted the ice pack without saying anything.

Slowly, the car started moving with Lawyer Liu sitting in the front seat and Chris and Sera at the back seat of the sedan.

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I will slowly update the chapters. Thanks for your patience.