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Vivian knew perfectly well that Laura didn’t live here.
And yet, she had come anyway, with a formal invitation in hand.
Which meant she had planned this from the very beginning.
Laura didn’t bother exposing her lie just yet.
Julia, who had followed Vivian outside with the servants, was fuming. She was just about to call for security when she noticed Jake.
Gritting her teeth, she held herself back.
Julia’s voice was cold. “Miss Smith, today is an important day for our family. If you have no business here, I suggest you leave.”
Vivian completely ignored Julia.
Instead, she lifted her tearful eyes to Jake, looking like a lost fawn – helpless, vulnerable, making anyone watching instinctively want to protect her.
“Jake, am I interrupting?” she asked softly. “I’m so sorry. If I had known tonight was a special occasion, I never would have come.”
Laura crossed her arms, smirking.
She didn’t say anything.
She was curious how long Jake could hold back.
Julia, however, was losing patience fast.
This girl was still playing innocent?
Please. Back in her day, Julia could crush two of these manipulative little actresses without breaking a sweat.
And Vivian thought she could play games here?
What a joke.
Julia snapped, “Guards, escort Miss Smith out immediately!”
At her command, several tall, burly security guards stepped forward to remove Vivian from the premises.
But Jake’s cold, sharp gaze swept over them.
Under his powerful aura, the guards hesitated and instinctively stepped back.
Jake’s voice was firm. “Your health isn’t great. I’ll have my driver take you back to the hospital.”
Vivian’s eyes widened in disbelief.
She looked up at him, her expression heartbreakingly innocent, tears threatening to fall.
But she didn’t dare argue.
Instead, she turned to Laura, her voice trembling.
“Laura, I’m so sorry. Please don’t be mad at Jake. I’m the one who’s sick. The wedding was my last wish – I never wanted to cause problems between you two. Please, tell me what I can do to make it up to you.”
She looked pitiful, almost saintly in her self-sacrifice.
It was enough to make any bystander’s heart soften.
Unfortunately for her, Laura was immune to her act.
She might not love Jake anymore, but that didn’t mean she had forgotten the humiliation Vivian had made her suffer.
Her WhatsApp messages were proof.
Message #999:
“Laura, you will always be a pathetic loser in my hands.”
“Jake spent the night with me again. You must be so lonely waiting for him, huh? Hahaha!”
And that was just the beginning.
Laura’s smirk deepened. Her tone was casual, almost amused.
“Alright. If you jump into the pool, I’ll forgive you.”
Julia raised a brow, watching her daughter with interest.
Finally, Laura wasn’t letting herself be bullied.
But then she frowned.
Why wasn’t she handling this privately?
Why provoke Vivian in front of Jake?
Fool. Didn’t she know that this was exactly how men developed their protective instincts?
By now, several guests had wandered over, drawn in by the tension.
The fiancée versus the first love.
Who would win?
Jake’s expression darkened further, his voice filled with warning. “Laura, if you’re angry about the wedding, take it out on me. There’s no need to do this.”
Laura looked at him calmly, then smiled mockingly.
“Jake, you’re already this distressed? Then why bother saying all those sweet words to me earlier? Did you want me to think you still cared?”
Vivian stole a glance at the massive rectangular pool – easily over a thousand square feet.
She calculated her options.
Her health wasn’t the greatest, but her heart had been doing well lately.
Besides, it was summer.
The water wouldn’t be too cold.
And she knew how to swim.
Most importantly, Laura was an idiot.
Did she really think making her jump in would do anything except push Jake further away?
Vivian decided to take a risk.
“I’ll do it.” She nodded, her voice full of determination. “Laura, if this is what it takes for you to forgive me, then I’ll do it.”
With that, she took a deep breath and leapt forward.
With a loud splash, she hit the water, sending waves rippling across the surface.
The crowd gasped.
This was getting good.
Then someone muttered, “Wait… is Vivian sinking? I heard her health isn’t great. What if she drowns?”
Almost immediately, another loud splash.
The pool’s surface was once again shattered.
Before Laura could react, Jake had already jumped in without hesitation.
In the water, he moved swiftly, reaching Vivian within seconds and pulling her into his arms before swimming toward the edge.
Vivian lay on the ground, coughing violently, choking out the water from her lungs.
She opened her eyes, saw Jake, and immediately burst into tears.
“Jake… I thought… I thought I’d never see you again…”
Jake ignored the fact that he was drenched, wrapping a towel around her shoulders before picking her up in his arms.
As he passed Laura, his voice was ice-cold.
“Laura, I never thought you could be this cruel and irrational. You want to play games? Fine. But there’s a limit. Vivian’s health is fragile – this could’ve killed her!”
Without another word, he carried Vivian toward the front entrance.
