But I still took my luggage to the cabin.
There were fruits and drinks on the table in the cabin.
There was a lot of ice in the ice bucket.
The ice hardly melted. It seemed that someone just put it down before I got on board.
“Is there anyone?”
I shouted and looked around.
No one answered me.
I felt more and more uneasy.
Jump!
As soon as the idea came out, I quickly left my luggage and ran out. As soon as I ran to the door of the cabin, a tall figure came from outside. He stopped me.
“Ward?”
I was afraid to see this man.
Why was he here?
“Hello, Miss Carter.” Ward looked at my face. “Miss Carter’s face looks better today than before. It reminds me of a person.”
“What are you going to do?” I was not in the mood to talk to Ward at all.
I thought he was terrible. It was strange that he was here.
I was alert, so Ward said sadly, “Miss Carter, I’m so kind to you, but you’re alert to me. I will be sad.”
Today Ward was wearing a basketball suit. His long hair was still tied.
He walked slowly to the sofa and sat down. He reached out and picked up a cut watermelon and ate it. He asked me, “do you want to eat it?”
I looked back and saw that the ship had left the shore. If I jumped now, I couldn’t go back.
“What are you going to do?” I stepped back and looked at Ward with great vigilance.
“Wait a minute.” Ward bowed his head and ate the watermelon seriously. He spat out watermelon seeds and wiped his hands carefully. He looked up at me. “Miss Carter, who is the woman you hate the most in your life?”
“What?”
I couldn’t understand what Ward was saying.
“Didn’t I make it clear? Who is the woman you hate the most?”
Ward asked me.
Who was the woman I hate the most?
Molly.
The first answer that came to my mind was her. The turning points of my life were closely related to her.
She forced me to get what I didn’t expect and couldn’t touch and then tried to push me down and break me to pieces.
I went to jail and had an abortion. She even made me think I was raped.
I didn’t speak, but Ward still looked confident. “It seems that Miss Carter has the answer in mind.”
“No.” I calmly said, “I don’t hate anyone. If there must be, it’s just me.”
Everything was my own choice.
That was right.
“Really?” Ward leaned on the sofa. He smiled at me strangely, “but I think Miss Carter should hate Carter Family. You should hate your cruel sister Molly.”
I was stunned to hear the name. I said, “what do you want to do?”
Ward mentioned Molly at this time. There must be something wrong.
I thought he arranged the waiter on the island in advance. What did he want to do?
“What do I want to do?” Ward picked up a fruit knife on the table and said, “you are a chess piece I want to use to threaten Sean, but I didn’t expect a fake to disfigure you. Sean has no interest in you and you fall out of favor together.”
Ward shook his head and sighed. He looked sad.
Of course I knew what Ward was talking about.
I looked at him. “How do you know that?”
“Your sister told me.” Ward suddenly stopped playing with the knife. He pointed the knife directly at Molly and said impatiently, “you’re so annoying that I want to kill you with a knife.”
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m wrong!” Molly was very scared. “It’s all my fault. Please let me go. I’ll do whatever you want me to do.”
Her voice was hoarse.
As she spoke to Ward, I could see that she was very afraid of Ward.
“If Sean is still a little guilty to you, I can consider your proposal, but it is obvious that Sean is not as good to you as to this ugly face now.” Ward looked at me and shook his head. “I don’t know how Sean put up with your face without makeup.”
I didn’t speak and I didn’t want to.
I was on board now. I could only let it happen.
But Molly was reluctant. “Can you let me go? I can do what that woman did to you that day. You can tie me with a chain!”
I looked at Molly in shock.
I couldn’t believe she said that.
Ward looked at her and said, “I think you’re dirty.”
He paused and went on, “but why don’t you tell your sister what you’ve done over the years?”
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