Her Revenge From Shadow to Sunlight novel Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Alicia froze for a moment. It had been a long time since anyone had sent her a friend request on WhatsApp.

She tapped on it and saw the request was from a profile with no picture. Not that it was an empty profile-it was a generic blue background.

She scrolled down and saw the verification message: [It’s Charles Yates.]

Seeing the message, Alicia was surprised. ‘Had Mr. Yates’s account been hacked?’

Still, she quickly accepted the friend request.

Charles stared at his phone for half an hour. He finally saw the confirmation and a smile touched his lips. He opened the chat, wanting to say something, but for a moment, he had no idea what to say.

He sat there for a long moment, thinking.

After accepting the friend request, Alicia checked her phone, waiting for any word from Mr. Yates.

But no message came. She wondered if Charles had added her

Or maybe it was someone else pretending to be him antiquatengut mistake-or if his account really had been

Forget it, she thought, and decided to just scroll through Twitter instead.

At that moment, Charles typed into the chat: [Does your stomach still hurt?]

As soon as he typed it, he deleted it. Would that sound too familiar? Would she think he was too quick to care about a girl?

After a moment, he typed again: [Have you had dinner?]

Looking at the time, he saw it was already past nine o’clock. ‘She must’ve eaten by now.’ He thought.

He deleted that too. At last, he typed: [The brooch is beautiful.]

This time, he didn’t hesitate. He sent it.

When Alicia’s phone buzzed, she stared at the message for a long time, a sense of panic washing over her. ‘What does Mr. Yates mean by bringing up the brooch now?

“Think it’s not mine?

‘Or does he want to ask me for details about saving him that day?

‘I didn’t save him at all. And I don’t even know if Tiffany really did!’

If she answered poorly now, and he eventually found out that it was Tiffany who saved him back then, he

would become Tiffany’s backer once again.

No, she absolutely couldn’t let that happen.

Alicia’s fingers gripped her phone tightly, for a moment unsure of what to do.

‘What should I do? Pretend I didn’t see it and just ignore him?

‘If I don’t reply, he’ll get suspicious. Even if I dodge him this time, there’ll just be a next-and another after that.

‘I’ll just stick to what I said in the car today: I don’t know why the brooch is with me-it’s just always been with me since I was a kid.

‘But he hasn’t asked about that yet. That message seemed like a simple greeting, so I’ll just reply with something unimportant for now.’

After thinking for a moment, she replied: [It seems you really like that brooch.]

Charles sat frozen, staring at his phone. When her reply finally came through, his whole body loosened-only for him to fall silent again when he read what she wrote.

After thinking for a long time, he finally sent a message: [To thank Miss Lawrence for giving me such a beautiful brooch, I’d like to give you a gift in return.]

Alicia saw the message and also breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good thing he wasn’t asking for details about saving him.

She read Charles’s message again, and suddenly something clicked. She sat bolt upright on the hospital bed, her eyes lighting up. ‘So, he wasn’t texting me this late to test me, but to give me a gift in return?

‘Was he treating me as his lifesaver now? Was he going to repay me?’

Although he hadn’t treated her as well as he had treated Tiffany in her previous life, a gift was still nice-and she had no idea what he’d choose.

Just as she was wondering whether to be polite and reply, another message came through: [What do you want, Miss Lawrence]

Seeing the message, Alicia’s eyes lit up even more. So, she could choose the gift herself?

Then she definitely had to make it count.

She carefully sent a message: [Can it be anything?]

Charles replied: [Anything within my means.]

Alicia clutched her phone, her pulse quickening. After a brief pause, she typed: [I haven’t thought of what I want yet. Can I save it for later?]

After sending the message, Alicia felt like something was off. She was making him owe her, yet she had

Chapter 15

spoken so humbly.

She let out a quiet sigh. In front of a man like him, no matter who you are, you end up bowing your head.

Charles was pleased with her latest message. Owed? Perfect. ‘If I owe her, I’ll always have a reason to stay tied to her.’

He immediately replied with a single word: [Good!]

Seeing his agreement, Alicia’s heart leapt. She knew she had to make this return gift count.

Maybe… when he finds out she isn’t his lifesaver, she can use this opportunity to ask him not to help Tiffany deal with her?

But wait that’s contradictory. If he finds out she’s not his lifesaver, this gift won’t even count. She should use it before he finds out. Or… should she use it to make him crush Tiffany?

Alicia was hazily thinking about these things, and she had no idea when she fell asleep.

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