A dish Served Cold Novel

Chapter 7 "There must be some misunderstanding. I never wanted to hurt you, and I'd never hurt your parents. I really didn't know things would turn out this way..." Riley's voice was starting to mix with sobs as he spoke to me through his phone. He was the one who had cheated. He was the one responsible for my parents' deaths. Yet somehow, he was the one in tears? "You saved my life once, but my parents have paid you back for it. Riley, we owe each other nothing now!" With that, I hung up and blocked his number. After that, Riley completely disappeared from my life.

Everyone on the Kentran Top-Secret Research Project had signed a ten-year contract. Even if they wanted out, they couldn't leave until it was finished. Life slowly returned to normal, and I offered my entire self to work, using the busyness to numb myself. Three days later, Nelly cornered me outside the company. "Anna, what did you do? Why is Riley ignoring me? He canceled his phone number and even sold his house! Where are you hiding him? How could he just disappear like this?! Don't think you can break us up so easily!

I'm pregnant with his child!" She stood at the entrance, hands on her hips, yelling at me like I was the one who had ruined her relationship. "Nelly, it looks like Riley never truly cared about you. Oerwise, why didn't he tell you he was going abroad? " I said. An expression of disbelief appeared on her face. "Abroad? Where did he go?" I let out a soft laugh. "He joined the company's Top-Secret Research Project. I don't even know what country he's in... No one does, except those on the project, and it's going to last for ten years. If you want to see him, come back in a decade." "No way!

You're lying!" Nelly refused to accept it. "Riley would never leave me and his child behind! He promised to take care of us forever! You schemed all this! You just want me gone!" I ignored her and walked past her. As soon as I got home, I got a call from the police. "Hello, do you know Nelly Jones?" From the officer, I learned that after I had left work, Nelly had forced her way into the company's lab to look for Riley. Everyone had told her he was on a business trip, but she didn't believe it.

She had trashed the lab, causing damage worth twenty thousand dollars, and had been taken to the station. Nelly was an orphan with no friends. With Riley unable to be reached, she could only ask the police to call me, hoping I would bail her out. But I had no intention of helping. "Sorry, officer, we're not really acquainted." Not only did I refuse to help, but I even insisted she pay for the damages and used this as grounds to get her blacklisted in the industry. Nelly, desperate, came to find me again. "Anna, I'm carrying Riley's baby.

You can't have kids of your own, so now, you want to hurt mine? You abused your power to send Riley away, and now, you've cost me my job. Isn't your revenge enough?" "Not nearly enough." I looked at her, my face cold. "You and Riley killed my parents. This is nothing compared to what both of you did." "Don't be ridiculous. Your parents died in a car accident. A flash of panic crossed Nelly's expression. I stared at her, my hatred on full display. "You sent the video to my parents' phone. They crashed because they saw that video of you and Riley." admin