You Can Run But You Can't Hide My Contractual Wife

Chapter 344: Greater Value

“Victor? What are you doing? Behave yourself!” Ginger hissed first feeling embarrassed by his

brother’s action.

She was stunned and puzzled by the scene too but she could not stand it with his brother as she knew

Victor was playful all the time and sometimes, he had a mood that was very difficult to understand.

As for Ginger, she didn’t want Bill to think something bad about her family.

Arabella quickly snatched her hand from Victor.

She averted her gaze to the side as she could not continue to stare at his killer eyes.

They seemed to stab her alive.

But why Bill was acting like he was angry with the scene when he deliberately invited Ginger for

breakfast earlier?

He invited Ginger not her.

With her thoughts, she got annoyed.

Why she would care about Bill when he didn’t even care about her?

That was just so unfair if she would feel somewhat guilty and needed to explain everything to him.

Why?

Nothing happened!

Victor and her didn’t do anything bad and she didn’t need to explain.

It was not her fault if they saw them and put meaning to the scene.

Her conscience was clear besides, she didn’t need to explain as she didn’t have a romantic relationship

with him.

Bill wasn’t her boyfriend.

He wasn’t her lover.

So overall there was no need for her to explain.

“Sister, breakfast?” Instead of answering his sister’s nagging, Victor averted the topic.

Ginger held her temper as she looked at Bill to see if he wanted to accept Victor’s breakfast invitation.

Without speaking any word, Bill strode toward the table grabbed his chair, and sat like a king.

He sat elegantly and expressionlessly.

Though his face was calm, Arabella could not find any relief.

After the intimacy they shared last night, she was still intimidated by his presence.

“Okay, shall we all sit down and let me serve the coffee nicely.” Victor sounded like nothing happened.

Ginger rolled her eyes to her brother and went to sit beside Bill.

They were there because Bill asked to see Victor.

Instead of eating breakfast in her place, she decided to bring Bill to Victor’s place and planned to

prepare breakfast for them.

But unexpectedly, the table was already prepared and to her surprise, Arabella was still there.

Not only that, they were like doing something not good to the eye.

With that, Ginger cooled herself down.

It seemed the breakfast would be shared for the four of them.

Arabella wanted to flee but for her, it was not a good idea.

They would think of her as guilty of doing something fishy.

She would stay because she was not guilty even though Bill’s eyes were already condemning her.

She sat across from Bill.

Victor was serving coffee to their cups.

Bill looked at her proving something.

She didn’t mind him.

She was avoiding his stare.

After a while, Victor sat beside Arabella.

“Let’s eat.” He sounded signaling his hand to start eating.

For a while, awkwardness circulated in the air.

There was a deafening silence before someone had spoken first, “I need to go back to the city today.

Do you have your decision yet?” Bill was holding his cup elegantly and sipping after his words.

He talked formally and his eyes were deep penetrating to all they were meeting.

Victor looked at him and smiled playfully.

Ginger looked at her brother with a warning look.

“Why did you not tell us about your wife, Arabella?” Victor asked averting the topic.

Ginger was so annoyed with her brother’s question.

She secretly stomped his foot under the table.

Victor gritted his teeth feeling the pain but he remained playful. He had his own agenda.

Still avoiding Bill’s gaze, Arabella felt nervous for Victor.

She knew Bill didn’t like this kind of conversation especially when it comes to his personal matter.

Bill looked at Victor seriously putting down his cup in place. “What for?” He asked Victor back.

His expression was deadly serious and his tone was not interested in the topic.

To everyone’s ears, he sounded intimidating and arrogant, especially Arabella.

Hearing Bill, Arabella felt hurt.

She didn’t know why but the way he said it was like he was showing everyone that she didn’t matter.

She didn’t matter to him at all.

She hated herself and why she was hurt when she didn’t have anything.

Her instinct reminded her that she had no right to feel this way.

Bill was nothing to her.

She was nothing to him and that’s already fair enough.

“Just curious.” Victor felt there was something about the couple but he didn’t want to dwell on it.

At first, he just wanted to play with the mighty Bill Sky but then he felt guilty seeing Arabella’s uneasy

expression.

“Well… My answer is No.” Victor said directly.

His expression was tough but cool.

He was an easy-go-lucky guy but his eyes were serious.

He put a smile on his face but his eyes were gloomy but he covered it with his playful words and

actions.

With that being said, Bill spun his cup slowly for a while like he was playing with his cup.

His calm and composed demeanor was not affected by Victor’s rejection.

It seemed his expression would still be the same even if Victor would agree or whatever his decision

would not affect Bill’s expression.

On the other hand, Arabella was nervous for Victor.

She was also a little disappointed that the two gentlemen didn’t end up well.

She felt the room became suffocating for the four of them.

It seemed the tension stiffened the air.

“Victor, you can’t do that! Dad had already…” After Victor’s announcement, only Ginger had a bursting

reaction.

Her eyes widened irritated with her brother’s decision.

She hissed to scold him but Victor raised his palm facing her signaling her to stop.

“Let me finish, my dear sister,” Victor said as he winked at her cutely.

Ginger was dumbfounded.

Victor was aware that all eyes were on him but he still managed to let them be puzzled for a while.

He took his time to drink his coffee and then put the cup down slowly and nicely.

Then, Victor looked at Bill first then Arabella. After, he smirked cutely.

“I’m not selling this land to accommodate your project, Mr. Sky,” Victor spoke properly. “However, if you

promised me now that you will not make it as a money machine and you will give this land as an

inheritance to Adam, then I will let go of this land.” Victor serious eyes met Bill’s.

The two gentlemen were staring at each other for a while like their eyes were having a conversation.

There was an ounce of suspense and the tension surged up tremendously.

Arabella just hoped that there was no violence happening between the men.

She was also very puzzled with Victor’s decision and why Adam, her son was involved with it.

“Last night, Adam asked about living on a ranch and opened up his happy experience here. To cut the

story short, he wanted to live here.” Victor felt he had to have an explanation for all the puzzled eyes on

him so he told them the story while remembering his precious conversation with Adam last night.

“Mr. why are you living on the farm?” Adam asked Victor.

Victor looked at Adam with a puzzled expression.

He was not expecting the question coming from a little boy.

“Well, everything here is healthy. Everything I needed are all here. Fresh air, fresh vegetables, and

fruits. The waterfalls! The beautiful nature… My friends… cows, goats, chickens, ducks, and pigs, they

are all here.” Victor answered.

He had no plan of selling this land even if Bill would triple the proposal.

He wanted to live there forever and be buried there when he died.

The land is his family and he would nourish and protect it for any cause.

“Yeah. If only I can decide for myself. I also wanted to live here. I love nature. The pigs, the boys, all

the animals… I feel so alive! I feel like I was living a good dream in this place.” Adam sighed heavily.

It seemed he knew that his day on the farm would last very soon.

His expression became gloomy but hopeful that someday he could come back to the farm.

“Do you really like to live here?” Victor looked at Adam seriously like he was studying the kid keenly.

It was very rare for a kid to like an isolated farm.

Kids mainly today wanted to live in a city where everything was all modern and robots were already

mixing with humans.

Remembering how he wanted his son to see the farm.

How he wanted his son to live and experience what nature and hard work could offer.

If only he didn’t lose his son, he would be at the same age as Adam.

Victor’s heart was clenched hard remembering his unborn child.

“Yes. I would love to live here, Mister.” He answered seriously with a sparkled eye. “I wanted to live

here with my dad and my mom.” He sighed problematically.

His tone became gloomy.

Adam seemed to realize that it was all his imagination.

That his mom and dad would never stay at the same house with him.

That his parents had no chance to love each other and he would have no chance to have a completely

happy family just like the other kids.

Victor could see Adam’s disappointment.

He seemed to see his son in Adam’s presence.

Victor could tell Adam experienced a life with a threatening relationship.

He seemed suffered a lot by his parents’ problem and they didn’t even know about it. Victor felt the

need to cheer up the little boy.

“Oh, come on! I don’t want to see you sad.” Victor messed up his hair. “Promise, I will make you happy.

Okay?” Victor had seen Adam in his son's identity.

Somehow Adam’s presence filled up his longingness for his son.

Adam nodded. “All right, Good night, Mister and thank you for today.” Adam suddenly stood up and

then he hugged Victor.

He was stunned with the sweetness of the little boy.

Victor felt his son was hugging him.

Subconsciously, Victor hugged Adam back tightly.

His longingness for his son, all the guilt he felt, and remorse for a long time was unexpectedly released

because of Adam's hug.

“Thank you, Adam,” Victor muttered sincerely.

He never thought that he would be so attached to the little boy in just a quick time.

Because of Adam, Victor experienced the hug and warmth of his unborn son.

“What do you mean, Victor?” Victor was snapped back to the present time when he heard his sister’s

voice.

“Adam wanted to live here.

With his parents…With his loving parents… Complete.” Victor emphasized.

He made up his decision.

He would give up the land he loved to the boy.

A little boy who wanted to have a simple life in spite of what his family-owned.

In spite of how luxurious his future awaits him.

Victor was satisfied with the thought that his land would not go to waste.

That some little boy would enjoy playing, his land would hear the laughter of a little boy, the dreamt he

wanted to have for his lost son.

With his decision, he put his land at a greater value.

Bill looked at him without any expression but they could tell he was thinking something.

It was just he was an expert at making people around him wonder what he was thinking.

Then after a while, he nodded.

“Deal.” He accepted Victor plainly.

Victor was a bit stunned.

He thought, dealing with Bill Sky was very difficult but it turned out he was so easy to talk with.

With Victor’s demand, it just meant that The Sky’s project would not be implemented with this land

however he could still have the land but it would have remained a farm.

“My assistant will send you the new contract today.” Bill finished his coffee and stood up. “I’m leaving

first.” He said in a composed manner and strode away.

Since they were going to leave the farm today, Arabella took the chance to thank Ginger and Victor for

accommodating them.

Their farm witnessed something that she could not tell them.

Some good and bad happenings.

Even Adam experienced it.

She was just so grateful that they were good people.

Eventually, Adam strode in back to his normal vigor.

He joined them for breakfast and they shared a lot of laughter.

Adam decided to stay longer with Ginger and Victor.

Arabella excused herself as she had to pack Adam’s things.

Backed to the villa, she just prayed that Bill wasn’t there.

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His presence was just suffocating to her.

She decided to make everything quick and she would just wait in the car but then when she opened

and entered the main door, someone suddenly grabbed her.

Bill’s grip was painful on her arm.

She looked at him in panic.

Her eyes were puzzled.

“Is this why you reject my offer because you wanted to play with other men?” Bill was accusing her.

His tone was sarcastic as he gripped her arm tighter.

With the way he uttered it, he seemed to believe that Arabella had that kind of reputation.

“Are you a whore?” Bill’s tone and expression were the meanest.

This was something to do with the scene earlier with Victor.

It seemed Bill was controlling his jealousy earlier but he didn’t get over it and now it exploded.

All his words stabbed directly into her heart.

Her eyes became instantly moist as her tears warned her to flood any time soon.

She looked at him with deep repugnance.

“Pakkk!!!” Just the next second, a thunderclap slap sound echoed throughout the whole villa.