The Painful knot

Erika wanted to actively pursue Sam. She liked Sam's simple temperament very much. He was so full of positive energy and so high-spirited, this kind of character was hardly seen among the men these days especially in the circle she ran into.

Arvin and her relationship have been ambiguous for many years, but now he was engaged. Erika has been thinking about it for a while now and finally made up her mind to let go of him and move on. If Arvin was really serious about her then he would never get engaged to Jessica. Although she knew that Arvin didn't love Jessica, but it didn't matter they will soon be married and she didn't want to entangle herself with him, she couldn't be the other woman in his life. She had some principles, she would never destroy someone's happiness to build her own home. No matter how much she loved him, she would let him go and bless them.

After dinner, Oliver and Erika went to Oliver's study. Ava just received a call from Sarah so she stayed in the living room to talk to her and didn't follow them into the study.

"Ava, what are you doing?" Sarah's energetic voice came from the other side of the phone.

Ava was lying on the sofa and eating fruits happily, she said laughing: "Watching TV."

"Sis, how is your calf injury?" Sarah asked with concern.

Ava touched her calf with her soft fingers and felt the rough skin but it was not painful anymore. She smiled and said, "it's OK. It's nothing serious, it will be OK in a few days."

"That's good. I heard that Amelia Taylor is missing. Do you know anything about it?"

"What? No, I don't. How do you know?" Ava asked puzzled, how could an international star go missing like that?

"Well, Amelia's microblog was deactivated and so was her assistant's. I don't know what exactly happened."

Ava frowned and suddenly a thought came to her mind which was making her heart a little uncomfortable. Did Oliver do something again? He did say to leave things to him. Ava didn't think or asked him, how he was going to handle the matter. Last time, those who kidnapped Sarah were beaten by his men and sent to the ICU. This time Amelia was just quarreling with her, god knows what he did to her.

"I don't know," Ava said uncertainly but she was sure Oliver had something to do with Amelia's disappearance.

Ava was familiar with Oliver's temper, he will not let Amelia go easily. However if what Sarah said was true and Amelia has gone missing then wouldn't the KNIGHT International entertainment company lose money? After all, she was their no 1 model and actress.

"Sis, do you think it was brother-in-law who made her disappear?" Sarah was very smart, she had already guessed it might be Oliver's doing.

"I'm not sure. I'll ask him later." Ava said lightly and the sisters kept talking for a while.

In the study.

Oliver's study was typical European style, thick carpet, leather sofa, wooden desk, and wooden bookshelf. All the light of the room was turned on so it brightened like a day.

Erika was seated in Oliver's chair and in front of her, there was a picture mounted in a golden frame on the wooden desk. Erika already knew who was on that picture she has seen it a thousand times before. She gently picked up the frame, and looked at the photo then asked gently, "Why didn't you put it away yet?"

Oliver's eyes turned cold, and he said indifferently, "Why should I put it away?"

Erika felt sad at Oliver's words and coldness, as always, whenever it was related to this person he attitude would change in an instant. She thought since he had Ava now everything would be different but looks like, she was wrong.

"Brother, you have Ava now," Erika said lightly, but there was worry in her eyes.

"Ava is Ava, and she is her! They are two different people," Oliver said firmly and his face was hard as a stone.

Erika looked at Oliver carefully. In the past five years, Oliver has isolated himself from the whole world and become more cold and indifferent. But now after meeting Ava, she could clearly see the subtle change in him, she was sure he had Ava in his heart. Then why he was still reacting like that at the mention of this person?

"But don't you think it's not fair to Ava?" Erika asked seriously.

"The world has never been fair," Oliver said lightly but his eyes couldn't hide the hatred in them.

Oliver's expression made Erika a bit stunned, then she said in an angry tone, "Oliver, if you are using Ava just to get rid of your loneliness, then you are nothing but a hypocrite!" She suddenly felt that the man in front of her was a terrible person, Ava was such an innocent girl, how could he do that to her?

"Rika!" Oliver interrupted Erika, his voice was full of warning and his face was dark.

However, Erika didn't care she continued, "If you have decided to let Ava into your heart, then be with her sincerely and let go of the past. Don't keep yourself entangled with both of them and hurt each other. For a dead woman, why are you tormenting yourself! Is the woman so important... "

"Erika! Be careful of what you say." Oliver shouted out angrily. He clenched his fist tightly as if going to smash the table in front of him any moment.

He won't allow anyone to talk about her, absolutely not! This was the most painful knot in Oliver's heart. He had been protecting her place in his heart for years, no one can shake it.

When Oliver yelled at Erika like that, she was a little aggrieved. Her eyes immediately turned red. What did she say wrong that he yelled at her! The atmosphere in the study became oppressive. Erika could not sit there for a minute longer. She quickly got up from the chair and burst into tears, she was about to get out of there.

Oliver hurriedly stepped forward and held her in his arms. A sense of guilt immediately appears on his face and his face became tender. How could he not understand that whatever Erika said was for his own good, but in this matter, he just couldn't control his emotion. The feelings that he had been buried deep inside his heart how could he just let it go?