As soon as Ciara finished speaking, she reached out to grab the wine glass from my hand.
I instinctively resisted, but before I touched Ciara, she fell backward.
With a splash, the pool water splashed everywhere.
"Help! Help!" Ciara screamed, and in the next moment, a strong figure jumped into the pool and pulled Ciara out.
It was Kevin.
After getting out of the pool, "Siena, why... why did you push me?" Ciara sobbed in Kevin's arms, accusing me.
Suddenly, I became the center of attention.
Those attending the party looked at me with a different light in their eyes.
"Hmph!" I couldn't help but laugh. Ciara was just at this level.
"Kevin, you have to stand up for me!" Ciara cried, her tears like pear blossoms in the rain.
Kevin's expression darkened as he looked at me. "Why did you push Ciara?"
It seemed that whenever Ciara cried, everyone assumed that I had pushed her.
"Because..." I curled my lips and walked up to Kevin and Ciara. "I just don't like her!" With that, I kicked Ciara.
With a splash, even Kevin couldn't hold her back as she fell into the water again.
Kevin jumped into the pool once more.
Watching the two in the water, I felt incredibly satisfied.
But happiness turned to misfortune, as I prepared to sit under the pavilion to enjoy the scene, I slipped and fell into the water.
Great! Now there were three of us in the water.
The moment I hit the water, Kevin, who had already caught Ciara, let go of her and quickly swam toward me.
"Are you alright?" Kevin picked me up, his face filled with concern.
Me: "...I can swim, thank you."
Seeing the crack in Kevin's expression, I curled my lips and went to change my clothes.
As I turned, I noticed Kevin following me.
He didn't even bother with Ciara splashing around in the water.
I quickened my pace, but before I could leave the backyard, Kevin pressed me against the wall.
A hot and domineering kiss came upon me, and I tried to push Kevin away but couldn't.
He only released me when I was nearly out of breath.
"Smack!" I slapped Kevin across the face. "Please show some self-respect, Mr. Lopez."
It was the first time he'd been hit, and he clenched his jaw, his body emanating a menacing aura.
Just as I thought he was going to strike me, he suddenly bent down and lifted me up, striding out.
"Let me go!"
Ignoring my struggles, he put me in his car and handed me a card. "Ten million, for one night."
Looking at the bodyguards outside the car, realizing I couldn't escape, I quieted down.
I never expected Kevin to bring me to our bridal suite from five years ago.
I followed Kevin inside and was stunned by the scene before me.
The layout, the flowers on the table, the shawl I had casually left beside the sofa, and the slippers by the door...
Everything was just as it had been when I left five years ago.
"After you left, I kept everything here intact. I come here occasionally to remember our past..."
Knowing what Kevin was about to say, I felt an unusual panic rise in my heart, and I interrupted him. "Mr. Lopez, if Ciara knew you kept all of this, do you think she might leave you and run abroad in a fit of anger?"
Kevin's voice suddenly turned cold. "Whether she leaves the country or not has nothing to do with me."
His indifferent words left me stunned. Before I could understand what he meant, I heard him continue. "I only see Ciara as my sis."
Hearing this, I found it laughable.
"You really isn't good at lying." I took out my phone, opened Ciara's social media, and showed it to him.
Kevin took the phone, and as soon as he saw the content on the social media, his expression soured.
As he scrolled down, his handsome face filled with anger.
"This is all fake! You know Ciara is my parents' goddaughter. Whenever I appear with her, my parents are also present. The most recent post, I was drunk at Jaime's house that day, and she took it herself while I was drunk!"
This was the first time I had seen him so eager to explain.
If it were five years ago, he only needed to explain himself to me, and I would have forgiven him without hesitation and continued to be with him. But that wasn't the case.
Five years ago, all he gave me was indifference.
