Chapter 404 Once Infatuated

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&#lt;p&#gt;As he was pondering, the phone rang with a crisp ring. The ringing persisted and Vincent quickly
answered the call. The caller was Charles who called early in the morning. Vincent frowned as he
thought that the call was inappropriate. He looked at Leila who was still fast asleep. She was indeed
exhausted. He didn’t restrain himself last night and had exhausted her. He grinned sheepishly and
answered the call, “Yes?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“The boss practically found out that I’m helping you. I have obtained a copy of the video but I think that
there is another copy. She said that if I were to help you again, she would kick me out of the company!
By helping you, I’d betrayed my boss who had saved my life. You have caused me to be in a moral
dilemma!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“You’ve been discovered by her?” Vincent frowned.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Yes! I’ll send this copy to you immediately!” Charles replied.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Send it to the villa!” Vincent demanded.
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&#lt;p&#gt;In half an hour, Vincent took the video from Charles and Charles grinned devilishly in satisfaction.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I’ll think of a way to get the other copy. But I feel that the boss is already cautious against me and had
given me a warning. I may not be able to steal it anymore.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent nodded as he frowned and asked, “Have you looked at it?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Do I dare? But I had to open it to have a quick look to ascertain if it was both of you.” Charles rolled his
eyes.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Damn it,” Vincent yelled angrily and almost blew off the villa’s roof.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Hahaha… I’m leaving!” Charles quickly walked out of the villa and then turned to say, “Vincent, you’ve
got great stamina. You could do it so many times in one night. Leila must be exhausted! Next time be
gentler to her!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Damn you! You watched the whole video?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“No! No!” Charles quickly denied it and turned to leave while laughing. Could he not watch it? He
couldn’t get that stubborn girl so why couldn’t he watch their intimate video? He would be mistreating
himself if he didn’t watch it. After all, he knew that he wasn’t an honorable person and could never be a
gentleman.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent didn’t believe him and chased after him, “Stop right there!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I said that I didn’t watch. I really didn’t!” He intentionally emphasized the words ‘didn’t watch’ but the
meaning was obvious, “Really did not watch!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent would be a fool to believe him. Vincent was furious! The woman that he loved had been seen
in that manner by another man! Damn it!
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&#lt;p&#gt;Charles walked to his car and then turned and said, “I promise that I only watched a minute. You are
huge and blocked Leila. I wanted to continue to watch but I didn’t want to be so sleazy so I didn’t watch
the rest of the video.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent took a deep breath and suppressed his impulse to kill Charles with a punch. He lowered his
head to look at the video disc in his hands. At least it wasn’t like the video of Charles and Macey which
had been viewed by the entire country.
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&#lt;p&#gt;When Charles drove away, Vincent closed his eyes and then started to grin. He didn’t want to reveal
his sadness. He suddenly felt that he and Leila were equally tragic like Romeo and Juliet.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;The dispute between the White family and the Hunter family was increasingly toxic. Even his own
mother was about to deal with him in that manner.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Back at his study, he played the video and when he saw that the first minute he was simply hugging
and kissing Leila, he became more comforted and relaxed. They were still fully clothed at that point but
later both of them were naked and he made love to her in numerous positions. He was furious that he
couldn’t even make love in privacy. Damn it!
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&#lt;p&#gt;He took out the disc, broke it, and destroyed it. He must get his hands on the other copy. Otherwise,
there was no telling what his mother would do if she got angry.
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&#lt;p&#gt;After Vincent broke the disc in two, he threw them into the drawer and walked to the window. He
pushed open the window, the breeze blew and the morning sun rays shone into the room. He lit a
cigarette and leaned against the side of the window as he frowned. He took a long draw of the cigarette
and exhaled the thick white smoke. Now he realized that he had moments that he felt helpless and was
unable to do anything. He wasn’t that capable after all.
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&#lt;p&#gt;If he was that capable, he would be able to convince his mother and protect Leila and the incident with
Macey would not happen at all. He felt very frustrated.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Leila didn’t see Vincent when she woke up in the morning. She opened her eyes slowly and got out of
bed. Her legs were very painful and gave way when she tried to stand. They were so sore that she
almost knelt on the floor. She started to blush when she thought of what happened last night. He really
didn’t hold himself back and had exhausted her.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Her entire body was covered with red and green marks. They were the marks left behind by what
happened last night. She took up her robe to cover herself and then went to look for Vincent.
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&#lt;p&#gt;He was in the study and when she pushed open the door, she could see the smoldering cigarette
gripped by his fingers. The cigarette had started to burn his finger but he didn’t seem to notice it. He&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;continued to look out of the window.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Isn’t it painful? What’s wrong with you?” Leila frowned as she walked in quickly and flicked the
cigarette out of Vincent’s fingers and asked, “Did something happen at the office?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;She stood beside him as she frowned and her heart ached for him. She also felt very guilty. Theodore
was too troublesome. She held onto Vincent’s large hands and softly said, “I’m sorry, Vincent!” She
then placed her hands around his neck.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent was stunned and then asked, “What are you sorry for? Silly girl? The company’s issues are not
insurmountable. What is troubling isn’t money but relationships!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;He wouldn’t be so upset if Nora wasn’t his mother.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Why are you crying?” Vincent was surprised when he felt that his chest was wet. He slowly patted
Leila’s shoulders as his large hands caressed her hair and said solemnly, “What’s the matter, girl?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Vincent, I know about it!” Leila continued to hang onto his neck as she buried her face in his chest. “It’s
Theodore, isn’t it?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent frowned and was stunned, “How did you find out?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I heard it!” Leila didn’t say that Theodore looked for her because she was worried that Vincent would
get angry. She wouldn’t bother with him anyway. She then said, “It’s me who had caused your company
to be in this situation!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“That’s fair. I had hurt you so deeply and now it’s my turn to be hurt. Otherwise, the heavens would be
upset. I owe the Hunter family too much. If I had handled the situation better, your sister would not be
missing and your father wouldn’t be in the hospital.”&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;“You are not to blame for these. It’s your mother who did those!” Even till that day, they didn’t know who
was to blame. Leila frowned as she leaned against Vincent’s chest.
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&#lt;p&#gt;He knew how deeply she had been hurt and how much the Hunter family had been hurt. But the person
who was really hurt was her sister!
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Vincent, what should my sister do?” Leila asked, “What shall my sister do in the future?”
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent paused for a minute and then pondered deeply as he looked at the head in his embrace. He
gently stroked the skinny face and said, “When we find her, I’ll find a way to send her overseas. Send
her to a place where no one knows her. It’s best if she could start all over.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Vincent, have you ever loved my sister?” Leila suddenly asked.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent paused his answer was denial but not absolutely, “I was once infatuated.”
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&#lt;p&#gt;She couldn’t describe her feeling when she heard him say that way. On the one hand, she had hoped
that he loved her sister but on the other hand, she hoped that he didn’t. That conflicting feeling was
tormenting. This must be the dilemma of being in love. She wanted him to be solely hers and yet hoped
that he didn’t have any ulterior motives for being with her sister.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent asked himself what he saw in Macey at that time. Perhaps it was her rebellious attitude and
stubbornness. But he had forgotten most of it. It wasn’t until he found out that Brian was the one who
had killed his father that he had a motive to get close to Macey. He planned to dump Macey and then
get to Leila. He wanted to dump all of Brian’s daughters and then cause them be unable to face the
world. But he didn’t expect to fall in love with Leila!
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&#lt;p&#gt;He wasn’t a winner in this game. He had hurt so many people and now he couldn’t find peace in his
heart.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Jealous?” He asked when he noticed that Leila remained silent.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“No!” Leila denied. She wasn’t jealous but her heart was aching. This must be the feeling of being
deeply in love. She continued softly, “My heart aches. I hope that you loved my sister and yet hoped
that you didn’t.” She answered honestly which made Vincent feel even more guilty and upset.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Leila… actually…” If he had known that his true love was her, then he would rather that he had never
been involved with anyone else. But no one could have anticipated this.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Say no more. Vincent, I know. I know it all.” Leila felt that in a short period of time, she had
experienced all sorts of feelings but then it was mostly sweet as he was finally hers.
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&#lt;p&#gt;How difficult it was and the path ahead was fraught with difficulties but as long as he was with her, she
would feel very blissful. She felt so happy that she started to cry again.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Leila?” Vincent’s voice cracked. Anxiety, worry, and panic all were revealed in his voice, “What’s wrong
with you? If I had known that I would fall in love with you, I would never be involved with any other
woman. If possible, I wished that we had known each other since when we were in kindergarten. Then
we would determine that we love each other and no one else could interfere with us!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;He thought that she was jealous of Macey. She felt very touched when he explained in that manner.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I… I…” She stammered, “I am so happy that I feel like crying!” Leila looked at him with those big wet
eyes.
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&#lt;p&#gt;She loved those deep-looking eyes of his. He was much more tender and touching than before. She bit
her lips tightly and felt like she had a lot of things to say to him but didn’t know where to begin.
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&#lt;p&#gt;He looked closely at her as he frowned gently, “Silly girl, why should you cry when you’re happy?” His
heart broke when he saw her tear-soaked eyes.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Vincent, I love you, I truly love you!” She declared.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I know, I know!” His voice was raspy as he replied, “Don’t cry anymore. You look like a pitiful kitten and
are not cute anymore!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“I’m not cute at all!” She murmured as her eyelashes were soaked with her tears which made her look
vulnerable.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“You are the cutest in my eyes!” He turned his head, pondered, and then continued, “I love it especially
when you act coy when in bed!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“Rascal!” She was so embarrassed, wiped her tears, and glared at him.
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&#lt;p&#gt;“If you really think that I’m a rascal, I’ll leave and get out of your sight!”
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&#lt;p&#gt;“No!” She quickly grabbed onto his shirt and said anxiously, “I want to go to your office and learn to
help you with your work!”&#lt;/p&#gt;
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