Flash Marriage: A Wife For A Stranger

The onlookers’ discussion had thrown Marie completely out of her wits. As expected, Steven frowned.

Zoe raised her eyebrows.

She raised her wrist and looked at her watch to check the time.

It was already half past ten at night.

Although it was not very late, it was definitely not early.

She curled her lips and said, “No, but it seemed like you are having great fun here, you can stay here. Enjoy yourself!”

Then she walked towards the elevator without looking back.

Annie’s face darkened.

She wanted to stop Zoe again, but Zoe seemed to have made up her mind and ignored

her voice.

Annie was pissed off.

‘Damn it! Why hasn’t Marie come down yet?’

Steven frowned beside her.

“Annie, don’t force her if she just wants to leave. Let’s go. There are still people waiting for us over there.”

Annie looked panicked.

Seeing the elevator door was about to close, she gritted her teeth and suddenly rushed forward.

“Zoe!”

Steven’s face changed dramatically.

Even Zoe, who had already entered the elevator, couldn’t help frowning slightly.

After a flash, Zoe pressed the open button with one hand and supported Annie with the other. With a livid face, she snapped, “Stay away from me if you want to die. Just don’t get me into trouble!”

Steven rushed up and held Annie with a long face.

“What are you doing? You even had no idea how dangerous it was just now!”

How could Annie not know the danger?

Now she was still a little scared, but she had no choice.

Marie hadn’t come down yet. She couldn’t let Zoe go back.

Thinking of this, she was about to say something, but at this time, a middle-aged man ran over from the outside. He glanced at the three, and finally fixed his eyes on Zoe. He said respectfully, “Is this Miss Zoe Gil?”

Zoe nodded.

“Excuse me, your friend, Miss Kaur, on the twelfth floor has met some trouble. She wants you to go upstairs.”

…

Zoe followed the staff to the guest room department.

Annie and Steven naturally followed them.

As soon as they walked out of the elevator, they felt that the atmosphere on the whole floor was a little strange. At the door of one of the guest rooms, there were several security guards surrounding, and some other people were talking about something loudly inside.

Annie’s face changed slightly.

Steven didn’t know what had happened. He just followed Zoe subconsciously, because he saw the strange expression on the staff’s face when the staff talked to Zoe.

At this time, he heard the crying and arguing inside and couldn’t help asking, “What happened there?”

Zoe looked back at him and then fixed her eyes on Annie with a faint smile.

“I have no idea. Annie, do you know what happened?”

Annie could only force a smile.

“Even you don’t know that. How would I know?”

Noticing that she didn’t look well, Steven asked, “What’s wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”

Annie’s eyes twinkled.

The woman’s voice inside was so loud that everyone could hear it. Maybe others couldn’t know, but she certainly knew whose voice it was.

It was Marie.

‘Has Marie been caught?’

It was impossible. At this time, everyone was in the banquet hall downstairs. Who would have caught her?

But for the sake of her own safety, she didn’t want to go any closer, so she forced a smile and touched her forehead.

“Steven, I have a headache. I might catch a cold.”

“Then…”

“Oh, a headache? You should have a rest in my room then! I happen to have some medicine for headache in my room.”

“No, thanks.”

“Annie! Are you afraid? ”

Annie’s back went stiff.

She looked at Zoe and saw the familiar indifference and determination in Zoe’s eyes.

Annie couldn’t help but feel flustered.

When she was about to refuse again, Steven also said beside her.

“Let’s go inside and have a rest. You are pregnant now, and it’s not good for you to walk around. If you still feel pain after a rest, I’ll ask someone to drive you to the hospital.”

Now that he had said so, Annie had no choice but to agree.

Finally, she followed them to Zoe’s room.

In the room, Victoria was sitting on the sofa. Next to her were four security guards, all of whom were private bodyguards arranged by Victoria in advance, not from the hotel.

Marie was on her knees in the middle of the

living room, with her hands and feet tied up. Her face was covered with tears, and her makeup was messed up, quite embarrassed.

Not only the three of them came over, but also some onlookers were gathering up even earlier.

It was so noisy that many guests had come to check the situation.

Therefore, when they arrived, there were even many people surrounding the room, as if waiting for some good drama.

Annie’s face turned pale.

“Oh, what happened?”

Zoe asked lightly.

Seeing her, Victoria stood up and said with a smile, “You’re finally back. I caught a thief for you today. Look, it’s even someone you know!”

Zoe looked at the person at the center of

the living room.

Pretending to be surprised, she asked, “Marie? Why are you here?”

“I…”

At this time, Marie naturally knew that she was fooled. She could only falter, “I just went to the wrong room. How could you tie me up and frame me as a thief? Zoe! What do you mean by doing that?”

Zoe raised her eyebrows.

“The wrong room?”

She sneered, “If I remember correctly, your room should be on the eighth floor. How could you go to the twelfth floor by mistake?”

Marie was speechless.

Flustered, she looked at Annie and explained stiffly, “I … I was drunk, okay?”

“Drunk?” Victoria sneered, “You were drunk,

and you still came here to rummage around her room? You should think twice before you decide to tell a lie! Besides, you were certainly very sober when you copied the files in the laptop with the USB drive!”

Marie panicked.

She pretended not to know anything, “What files? I don’t know what you are talking about!”

Victoria didn’t want to waste her breath for the nonsense anymore. She asked the bodyguard to search for the USB drive on Marie’s body.

“Do you have anything else to say?”

Since the USB drive was also found on her body, Marie had no reason to argue anymore.

Now that the thief didn’t say anything, Victoria asked Zoe, “What do you think we should do with her?”

Marie glared at Zoe angrily.

There was even a hint of warning and threat in her eyes.

Zoe sneered, her eyes cold.

“Let the police deal with this case then!”

“What?”

Marie screamed, “Zoe Gil, you can’t be so arrogant! Once I tell the truth, neither of us two will be able to be fine in the end!”

With a sneer, Zoe said, “I’d like to hear how much pain I will suffer from your so-called truth.”

At this time, more and more people who got the news came here.

Many people gathered at the door and whispered to discuss.

“Hey, what’s going on? How could Marie just come there to steal a file?”

“I don’t know! Is it some kind of business secret?”

“If that’s the case, stealing business secrets is quite a serious crime and she will be in jail for many years, right?”

“Yeah, but she deserves it! How dare she be a theft. She’s so shameless.”

And Zoe also looked unwilling to let her go, so suddenly Marie shouted, “That’s enough! What kind of business secret? It was just a simple design draft.”

“Zoe, you stole Annie’s design five years ago and told everyone it was your own, so that she has missed the opportunity to be admitted to the Royal College of Art.”

“Now, you still want to use the original draft of five years ago to frame her again! Do you think it is really yours? You are so vicious. Aren’t you afraid of being punished by God?”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

What? The design draft in her hand was the one that caused Zoe to be involved in the scandal of five years ago?

What did she mean by that?

Someone had realized what Marie really meant. They turned to look at Zoe with strange looks.

Zoe framed Annie with the original draft five years ago and claimed that the design was hers, which meant…

Victoria’s face also changed as she heard this.

She looked at Zoe and asked her with eye contact.

‘Zo, you only asked me to play this show for you , but you didn’t tell me this!’

Of course, she didn’t think that Zoe was trying to frame Annie.

But she didn’t expect Marie to say so. After all, there was no evidence for that case at that time, and that was also why Zoe was unable to prove herself. If everyone should just buy what Marie had said today, this farce would not only be turned back against themselves but also get Zoe involved in the scandal again!

Victoria was restless, but Zoe just sneered.

“Do you mean the design draft in this USB drive is the one of five years ago?”

Marie looked confident and replied, “Of course.”

“Heh!”

Zoe smiled coldly and said nothing. She went straight to the table next to her, turned on the laptop and inserted the USB drive into it.

Soon, the file was opened up.

“Annie, since you are here, why don’t you come and check what this file really is?”

Annie was a little shocked when she was asked. She tried her best to calm herself down and walked over. When she saw the colorful design draft on the screen, she widened her eyes in disbelief.

“The origin draft of Amy’s latest work?”

Zoe raised her head slightly. “Yes, I found it online. I saved it and wanted to study her latest inspiration and style, but I didn’t expect you also to be so interested in it! You should have told me before, since you also like it. I would have asked someone to send you a copy. Actually you had no need to steal it. Do you think so?”

Annie’s face changed dramatically, so did Marie’s face.

The matter was out of their control.

Just now, even if Marie was caught, Annie

still didn’t give up hope completely.

After all, in the eyes of the public, she was the victim of what had happened five years ago.

As long as she insisted that it was Zoe’s plan to frame her, and that she asked Marie to steal the original draft just to ensure a self-protect, everyone would be on her side.

But now…

How could it be like this?

Squinting her eyes, Zoe smiled.

“Annie, you look so disappointed!”

Annie couldn’t put on the right expression anymore. She felt a chill down her spine when she thought that she had been tricked by Zoe from the beginning to the end.

Beside her, Steven also sensed that something was wrong. He lowered his voice and asked, “Annie, what’s going on?”

Those onlookers might not know the real relationship between Marie and Annie, but he certainly knew it.

However, Annie didn’t say anything.

Victoria said impatiently, “Well, since everything is clear, let’s call the police!”

Marie shouted, “You can’t call the police!”

“Who do you think you are? Why should we listen to you?”

“You can’t call the police!”

All of a sudden, Marie pounced over and slapped down on the phone that Victoria was taking out. Fear and panic filled all over her face.

Zoe said in a cold voice, “Since you think I wanted to frame you and Annie, isn’t it just right to call the police? Let the police figure out who wants to frame whom. Isn’t it fair?”

Marie shook her head, “No, no!”

She was an unknown actress, but anyway, she also had fans.

It was not easy for her to get to this position today. If Zoe called the police and her crime of thief was proved to be true, her career that had just begun would be over at once!

Zoe sneered.

“It’s okay if you don’t want us to call the police. Tell me what did you want to do here today?”

Annie secretly clenched her fists beside them.

She stepped back quietly.

Pretending not to see her, Zoe reached out her fingers and said in a low voice, “I’ll count to three. If you don’t tell me the truth, then there will be really no chance for you. Just let the police deal with this case if you don’t speak the truth!”

“One.”

“Two.”

“……”

“I’ll tell you!”

Marie said suddenly.

There was an uproar outside.

It seemed that there was really something behind it!

Noticing that the situation was dangerous, Annie covered her forehead and fell on Steven.

“Steven, my head hurts. It’s so noisy here. Can you help me out?”

Steven didn’t want to leave.

After all, the case was about Zoe and Marie. He also wanted to know what was going on.

However, looking at Annie’s pale face and twisted expression, he finally frowned and wanted to help her out.

“It’s Annie! She asked me to come here. She said that you stole the original draft of her work five years ago and wanted to make the matter clear tonight. She didn’t want you to take it out, so she asked me to come here and steal it. It was none of my business. It was all her plan!”

Everyone was stunned.

For a while, no one could believe what Marie had said.

What?

Annie?

Steven was also stunned.Content is property of NôvelDrama.Org.

He looked down at the woman in his arms and saw that Annie’s face suddenly turn deadly pale and her lips twisted.

Before he could say anything, he heard Zoe’s extremely cool voice.

“Annie, since she has talked about you, I’m afraid it’s not appropriate for you to leave now.”

Annie and Steven froze.

In the eyes of everyone, they turned around stiffly.

Annie forced a smile and looked at Zoe.

“I even don’t know what she is talking about.”

Marie’s eyes widened.

“Annie, you can’t say that. You said that Zoe had just the original draft five years ago and asked me to take it back for you. How can you deny it now?”

Annie took a deep breath and pulled a long face.

She looked at Marie with a sad face.

“Marie, Zoe is my sister. We have also made clear the matter five years ago. I don’t want to argue with her anymore. I believe that she has already changed as well. Now that we are in a good relationship now, how can I frame her?”

“Marie, I warn you. Never make up stories just to turn us against each other!”

Marie was stupefied.

She couldn’t believe that Annie would say something like that.