The Devil who devoured Snow White

292  I'll give you 30 seconds to speak

Lu Mengjie pursed her lips. She didn't want to talk with Yong Liwei but… now that she thought of it. He could just call her directly instead of calling through Spider's phone.

She dusted her hands before she got up from the stool. She grabbed the phone from Spider and instead of answering it there, she headed upstairs to her room. She didn't want her parents to overhear whatever conversation she would have with her husband.

"I'll give you 30 seconds to speak." She could hear him sigh from the other side of the call and after a few moments, his deep timbre was heard. "I'll be leaving for Azure."

Lu Mengjie was surprised at the words she heard from him. Guess she was not his priority after all. "Twenty seconds."

"I know that you're mad with me, Mengjie but… I'm doing this for you."

"Doing what for me? Cheating?" She scoffed. "I didn't cheat on you, I never will."

She bit her lower lip. "Even if you didn't, that's pretty hard to believe you know."

"That's why I want you to trust me."

"I can't just blindly trust you, Liwei. How can I when…" she paused as she heaved out a deep sigh. "Just get to the point already. Did you just call me just so you can tell me that you'll be leaving for Azure?"

Silence enveloped the other line which only disappointed her further. It was already hard for her to regain her trust in him and yet, he broke it once again.

"I love you, Mengjie…" He whispered. "That's why I can only hope that you'll give me a chance to prove it to you. I-"

"I already did, Liwei! I already gave you another chance!" She snapped, interrupting him. "I even gave you a chance to explain what you did earlier and guess what's your answer? Nothing! NOTHING! Not even one good reason! And now, you expect me to blindly trust you? Again?!"

"Mengjie, wait."

"No, Liwei. As far as I know, I have always been completely open and honest with you. Maybe you are too sometimes but... For once, can you stop keeping things from me? If you didn't cheat on me, then tell me what happened! Or do you prefer to go back to being single? If so, I can prepare our divore-"

"Fuck! Mengjie! Can you stop and at least listen to me first?" Yong Liwei raised his voice on the other side.

"S-sorry…" she subconsciously said. Upon realizing this, she stretched her lips into a thin line.

"Seriously." He breathed out.

She could already imagine his impassive face from the other side. Well, he couldn't blame her for bursting out at him like that. It was totally his fault.

"First of all, I didn't have sex with her. I didn't cheat on you. She's nothing else but my business partner right now."

"But the way she looked when she left your office? The lipstick on your shirt. You even took a bath and changed your clothes! The dent on your sofa!"

He was quiet for a few seconds as she continued to state out all the evidence of his 'betrayal'. "We deceived you, alright? To make it more realistic. He's stalking you and I'm… being cornered right now."

"Huh?" She furrowed her brows in confusion. What was he talking about?

"Sir, the plane is about to leave. Please refrain from using your phone." An attendant's voice was heard from the other line.

"Mengjie, I have to end the call now. I'll explain the rest to you later." n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Liwei, wai-"

Beep. Beep.

Lu Mengjie sighed as she lowered the phone and stared at the screen instead. Just what did he mean by what he said? He's cornered? Stalking?

As she thought more into it, a sudden thought entered her mind which gave her goosebumps. Did Yong Liwei make contact with XX? Or was it the other way around?

The more she thought of it, the more it made sense. The only thing that bothered her further was… Cecilia's presence. Was she a friend or a foe? Yong Liwei told her that she was only a business partner.

"We deceived you, alright?" Her husband's words rang in her ears for a while.

Deceived… If there was someone she could ask, it was none other than Cecilia. If she was helping Yong Liwei, then it was only understandable.

For now, she had to think of a way on what to do. Lu Mengjie was sure that her husband just warned her. Whether it was XX or not, she was being stalked at. She shouldn't take this lightly at all.

Returning downstairs, Lu Mengjie gave the phone back to Spider. "Thank you."

"Who called you?" Li Bingbing asked as she took a seat on the same couch her daughter sat on.

"My husband. He's on his way to Azure."

Hearing Lu Mengjie's words, her father lifted his gaze and landed them on her. "He's finally taking the throne?"

Lu Mengjie nodded. "Yes, that's the plan. After that, he'll only be a King in name. The one who will take it up for real will be his brother."

Lu Xian Yu blinked a few times. "He doesn't want to take it?"

"He's not interested, dad." She sighed. Even she didn't want Yong Liwei to change his mind. She was fine if he didn't want the throne. If he did, that would mean that she would have to take up the duties as his Queen. She was sure that Lu Xingyan could do the job better than her.

"I guess he's more like his mother. She was not interested in politics too." "You've met Han Qinshan's first wife?" Li Bingbing raised a brow.

"Yeah. She was already dating Han Qinshan when my brother and I started hanging out with him," Lu Xian Yu replied.

"What kind of woman was she, dad?" Other than the time when Han Yizhou told her about his mother's death, he had never spoken about her anymore.