5

It was already early in the morning when I got home. I cooked something simple and went back to my room, locked the door and went to sleep. River didn't come back until the next morning.

He placed a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge in front of me and said, "Ivy was so scared last night that I stayed with her the whole night. Don't think too much. I will definitely pick you up next time."

Perhaps because he thought about not being able to pick me up at the hospital last night, he looked a little guilty. I responded calmly, "I'm not angry."

He was relieved when he saw me drinking the porridge as if nothing had happened. Then he said, "By the way, let's go out for lunch at noon today." "Ivy said she wanted to thank me for taking care of her since I joined the company, and asked me to bring you along." I refused without hesitation, "You guys go and eat, I'm busy."

River frowned unhappily and said, "I've already promised Ivy, how can I save face if you don't go? This morning Ivy said you blocked her and she wanted to apologize to you. The girl is so sincere, you shouldn't be petty. Besides, you don't have to go to work, what can happen?"

I was silent for a moment, took a tissue to wipe my mouth, and then replied, "Okay, I'll go."

as soon as River and I stepped into the restaurant door, we saw Ivy waving at us . River sat opposite her very naturally.

Ivy's eyes flashed with pride, holding the wine glass and smilingly raised it to me and said: " Sister Evelyn , I have to toast you a glass to apologize to you. I think you may have a misunderstanding of me. Giving me a diamond ring, worrying about my safety and spending a night with me are just because he is a good boss who cares about his employees. I just treat River as my own brother, and I have no other thoughts. After being blocked by you last night, I reflected on myself. I think it was because I relied too much on River that caused your misunderstanding. I hope you can forgive me."

Any woman could understand the sarcasm in Ivy 's words, but I didn't seem to hear it. I took a cup of tea and said, "I can't drink alcohol, so I'll drink tea instead."

Ivy's face froze, as if she didn't expect my reaction to be so calm. Then she said aggrievedly, " Sister Evelyn , you don't want to drink, are you still angry with me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, River frowned and said angrily, "Evelyn, Ivy has apologized to you so humbly, why are you still like this? You even refuse to drink the wine. Is this what you mean by not being angry?"

My arm, which was burned last night, was still aching. I took a deep breath and put the cup on the table. My voice had become completely cold: "I told you, I can't drink."

Ivy seemed to not understand what I was saying, and still picked up the wine glass and moved towards me: " Sister Evelyn , just drink a glass to forgive me." I reached out and pushed her wine glass to the other side, but before I could use force, Ivy screamed. The wine glass slipped from her hand and fell to the ground, glass fragments splashed, and bloody marks were cut on her calves.

River immediately stood up and protected her behind him, staring at me with spitting eyes: "Evelyn, what on earth do you want to do? Ivy treated you to a nice meal and wanted to make amends with you, but you treated her like this?"

I recalled what she had just said and felt that it was extremely ironic. I sneered, "Apologize? Did she say that? I think she was just showing off to me."

Ivy sobbed with red eyes: " Sister Evelyn , even if you don't like me, you can't slander me."

River was so angry that he said "OK" several times. The next second, he pinched my chin tightly, grabbed the wine glass on the table and poured it into my mouth. I was stimulated to cough violently and tried hard to break free from River 's restraints.

He let go of my hand only after half of the wine had flowed into my clothes. I was caught off guard and fell to the ground, feeling a burning pain in my throat. Probably because the alcohol content was too high, my lower abdomen also felt a pain. River's angry voice rang in my ears again: "You can drink a lot, right? I think you won't cry until you see the coffin."

The wound that had just been bandaged yesterday was also soaked with strong liquor, causing a burning pain. At this moment, I felt dizzy and my eyes went dark. Someone in the crowd exclaimed: "Why is there so much blood under her!" "Oh my God, call an ambulance!"

A second before I lost consciousness, I saw River's panicked face.