Chapter 52

Especially now that my clarification press conference was over, Killian's intentions were crystal clear.

But when it came to Virio transferring me away, my first reaction was- no way!

"I don't want to be separated from you."

In such a critical situation, Virio wanted to transfer me? If we were separated, would our partnership still be valid?

A huge sense of unease wells up inside me.

I couldn't help but feel that Virio was doing this to get rid of me.

I just declared my opposition to my family, and if Virio abandoned me now, where would I go?

Thinking about this, I suddenly realize that I had unknowingly become dependent on Virio during this time!

Freya was right - when I put all my heart and soul into Virio, if I get betrayed next, I'll lose everything.

What was even more terrifying was that with my family, there was no turning back.

Thinking about this, I cry even harder and say to Virio, "No, I don't want to be separated from you. Please don't send me somewhere else."

Even though Charles and Luca had both been good to me, since this was a decision they discussed together, it must be for my own good.

But how sincere could this "good" really be?

At the end of the day, they were both Virio's people.

So every decision they made was for Virio's sake.

If my existence had already affected their interests, affected Virio's position in the family, even though he just cleaned house and reorganized the entire family not long ago, they probably wouldn't hesitate to use me as a weakness to attack Virio!

No matter what, I didn't want to leave.

Seeming to see my panic, Virio cupped my face and looked at me seriously.

He had to lower his head to look at me, and we were almost at eye level.

The emotions in my eyes showed all my current panic.

Virio looks at me and sighs, saying word by word, "Don't worry, Elvira. I'm not sending you away to get rid of you, and I promise you, I will never have such thoughts from now on."

"Even if we can't define our relationship right now, even if we're just partners, you know what my attitude is toward my partners. If they betray me, I'll spare no effort to deal with them! But from start to finish, you've been helping me. You even saved my life - have you forgotten?"

Listening to Virio's words, I gradually calm down.

Then he said that sending me away this time was only because he was worried about Killian's crazy counterattack and excessive media attention.

A clarification press conference like this only needed to be done once. If we kept doing this repeatedly, it would inevitably cause public fatigue, and some people would question whether I was using it for publicity.

So the best approach now was to establish a persona for me of someone who went silent and stops speaking out.

I didn't want Killian to control my life, so I chose to leave the family.

But then, because of everything between us, I had to go into hiding and announce that I wouldn't respond to any of these trending topics anymore.

He had already thought everything through.

In the end, I almost collapsed into Virio's arms.

I knew he and Luca had already decided, so this was just a notification for me.

They didn't plan to cancel it.

When Virio had someone send me to the private estate, my heart was very calm.

But deep down, there was still that feeling of rejection.

They were forcing me away.

Just as I arrived at the private estate, I received a message from Luca.

Luca: [Please trust Virio. He's doing this for reasons he can't help, not because he wants to get rid of you.]

Seeing this message, I fell silent.

I didn't reply for a long time, my finger opening the dialogue box, then deleting each word I typed out.

After going through so much, I didn't dare easily trust anyone's words anymore.

I only knew that the only person I could rely on was myself.

Even if they were doing all this for my own good, I wouldn't forget that when I left, Virio basically made the decision by force.

I still wanted to discuss what comes next with him, but he sent me away without giving me a say.

From this, doubt had already grown in my heart.

This feeling tormented me.

On the first night at the private estate, looking at the scenery outside and the beautiful garden, all I could think about was who had lived in this estate before.

Would Virio protect others the same way?

To him, am I really special?

If our partnership fell apart and all my family's interests are drained, would I still be an exception to Virio?

All these thoughts churned in my mind, and I couldn't sleep all night.

When I woke up the next morning, I had dark circles under my eyes.

When the estate's servants saw me like this, they quickly took my hand and said some words to me.

I smile and say, "Don't worry about me, I just can't sleep when I change places."

These servants were actually quite nice to me, talking to me while taking care of various things around the estate.

Here, I seemed to finally find inner peace, but this feeling didn't last long.

It was all just an illusion on the surface - underneath, the currents are surging.

Soon, I started going to the study in the estate, looking for some materials I could use.

But to my disappointment, the entire estate was actually filled with classic books, with almost no clues about Virio's operations or anything useful.

But I didn't give up. Even if it was just reading, as long as it could distract me.

However, on this day, I suddenly received a call from Luca.

The moment I saw the caller ID, I actually didn't know whether to answer or not.

After all, the fact that the two of them discussed sending me away had always been a heavy burden in my heart.

But when I didn't answer the first one, he called again.

I finally realized the seriousness of the situation and answered the phone.

He said anxiously on the other end, "Elvira, Virio is injured now and can't contact you! If you don't hear from him these few days, don't worry."

He was injured?

"What kind of injury? So serious that he can't even reply to messages?"

Hearing Luca's words, I instinctively tried to send messages and call Virio.

All the calls got a mechanical, cold female voice saying the other party was temporarily unavailable.

The messages I sent also sank like stones in water.

Only then do I notice that my messages to Virio have gone unanswered since last night.

Luca sighed on the other end of the phone and explained everything to me.

It turned out that after they sent me away, they were actually planning a special operation.