Chapter 4

Lydia POV

The next few days, I was busy with various procedures for canceling my identity.

I left early and returned late every day, trying my best to avoid the two of them.

But this evening, when I returned, the dining room was brightly lit.

Gideon and Sophia sat properly at the dining table, as if deliberately waiting for me.

"You're finally back. I specially made a table full of dishes today, waiting to eat with you."

Sophia had her signature smile on her face, soft and delicate.

I spoke. "I already ate outside. You two go ahead and eat."

But Gideon suddenly slammed the table hard, his voice full of anger.

"Sit down! Sophia is pregnant and has been busy all afternoon. Are you going to waste her thoughtfulness like this?"

"But I'm really not hungry."

The atmosphere immediately became tense. Gideon walked over and tightly gripped my neck.

A strong sense of suffocation came over me. I looked at this magnified face before my eyes, my vision gradually blurring.

The man's bone-chillingly cold voice rang in my ear, carrying undisguised disgust.

"Not hungry, huh? Fine, then don't eat for three days. Let's see if you get hungry or not."

"Lock her in her room. Without my permission, no one is allowed to let her out!"

Gideon pushed me to the ground. Immediately after, the butler brought people to lock me in the room.

I sat in a daze for quite a while. I didn't know when tears started falling, soaking my clothes. The damp fabric clung tightly to my chest, feeling somewhat uncomfortably restrictive.

It's okay. Just three days.

After three days, it would only be a few more days until I left.

I fell into a drowsy sleep, but suddenly a noisy commotion woke me up.

"Oh no, there's a fire."

"Sophia, don't be afraid. Nothing will happen. I'll take you out!"

I turned on the light. A pungent smell of smoke drilled in through the door crack.

My heart stopped for an instant. I immediately realized this wasn't a dream-there really was a fire.

"Gideon, I think I twisted my ankle. It hurts so much. I can't walk."

Outside the door, Sophia's soft, delicate voice with a hint of crying drilled into my ears.

"It's okay, Sophia. I'll carry you."

"But the fire is getting bigger and bigger."

"It doesn't matter. I will definitely save you. You're still carrying our child in your belly. Nothing will happen, Sophia."

Gideon so decisively, so determinedly carried her to escape.

The thick smoke choked my tears, making them fall continuously.

Gideon, who once regarded me as his life, now when facing danger, had only another woman in his eyes and heart.

He didn't even remember my existence at all.

The entire villa was in chaos. Everyone was fleeing for their lives. Locked up, I was completely forgotten here.

I tried to forcefully turn the doorknob, but the lock was locked from outside. There was no movement at all.

The security window was also welded shut. I couldn't push it open at all.

Watching the fire outside getting bigger and bigger, I felt the temperature of the surrounding air rising with it. The fear in my heart gradually spread.

Despair crept into my heart. Perhaps I would die here today.

I sighed softly. Maybe this was for the best.

If I died, perhaps Gideon wouldn't hate me anymore. What I owed him could be completely repaid.

The room was already filled with thick fog. My head swelled terribly.

The strength in my body grew weaker and weaker until I finally collapsed on the ground.

My consciousness faded.

Gideon, I hope we never meet again in the next life.

No love, no entanglement.