Love Behind the Facade

Andrew ignored her. He only stared at Willow and spoke very gently. “Be good now. Wait for me in the car. Once I’m done with this, I’ll come to you.”

Willow said nothing and let him help her up before she walked to the entrance.

Her mind was still blank, and her ears rang. She only recovered slightly from her shock when she was inside the car.

Soon, Andrew’s friends walked over.

One of them knocked on the window.

“Please don’t misunderstand, Willow. Andrew’s family found him a fiancee. He never told you about it because he wanted to take care of the problem himself. He just wasn’t expecting Eve to provoke you like this. He likes you, so he doesn’t want to be together with someone else.”

He liked her?

She found that hilarious, but she lowered her head with no expression on her face as she sat quietly like a lifeless statue.

Soon, Andrew came out of the cafe. Eve ran away while crying, and she looked pathetic.

Once he chased his friends away, Andrew got into the car and helped Willow put some balm on her wound with a worried gaze.

His movements were so gentle that it felt like he was treating her like a fragile piece of treasure. When he spoke, his voice was hoarse.

“Willow, my family is the one who arranged an engagement with Eve. I won’t marry her and will make things clear with my family soon. Please don’t overthink this.”

Willow said nothing and just stared ahead. “I know. You should start driving, Andrew.”

Andrew cast a glance at her. He looked like he had more to say, but in the end, he just started the car.

The atmosphere in the car was suffocating. Willow shut her eyes. Her thoughts were a mess.

Suddenly, a piercing screech rose.

Willow’s eyes snapped open, and she saw a truck come straight at her.

Her eyes flew wide open. In the next second, Andrew lunged at her and hugged her tightly.

Bam!

There was a loud crash, and her world spun.

Willow fainted in a puddle of her blood.

When she woke up next, she found herself lying in a hospital bed. The white light above her pierced her eyes.

Andrew sat by the bed. Despite his pale complexion, his eyes lit up with pure joy. “You’re finally awake, Willow! I was so scared.”

Willow parted her lips and asked hoarsely, “How’s your injuries?”

Andrew caressed her hair and said calmly, “I broke a bone, that’s all. I’m fine. I failed to protect you.”

He then got up. “Keep lying down and don’t move. I’ll call a doctor over to check on you.”

After he left, Willow’s phone suddenly vibrated.

She picked it up and saw that Eve had sent a video to her.

It was taken not too long ago and from within the cafe they had met in.

Andrew’s friends were animatedly explaining something to Eve.

“Miss Jenkins, how many times do we need to tell you before you believe us? Andrew is with Willow only because he has a plan. He’s only pretending to love her to take his revenge on Rias Warma. Since the two families have agreed to the marriage, he’ll definitely marry you. Look, he’s a man of his word when it comes to business deals. So don’t go ruining his plans already, seriously!”

Eve just stared at Andrew and said in a trembling voice, “Are they telling the truth, Andrew? You don’t love her but are using her to take revenge?”

His friends quickly said, “Of course! How could he possibly love his rival’s sister? That’s not how Andrew does things. If he really was in love with her, Andrew wouldn’t be trying to humiliate Rias. Instead, it would be Rias insulting Andrew! Holy… I can’t even imagine that!”

“I want Andrew to tell me this himself!” With teary eyes, Eve looked at Andrew. “Tell me, Andrew.”

Andrew had a complicated look on his face as he stared at the car where Willow was.

In the end, he nodded.

Eve threw herself into his arms and said in a choked voice, “But I still don’t feel confident. We’re about to get married, but you’re pretending to be in a relationship with another woman. Why don’t you just pretend that your brakes fail and turn your car so that the front passenger’s seat crashes into something? Just make Willow get into an accident, and I’ll believe you, okay?”

After a moment of silence, Andrew said, “Okay.”

The video ended.