Entwined With the Villainous Guardian
Chapter 185: Wishes

Chapter 185: Wishes

Viviana waited for some time to let Gabriella compose herself.

"I did the right thing, didn’t I, Melanie?" Gabriella asked with her eyes puffy and red. "Please tell me that I was right to push him away..."

Viviana gulped. She didn’t know if she should be honest or if she should go with white lies. She didn’t know what could help Gabriella.

"Be honest," Gabriella grabbed her shoulder.

"Yes," Viviana said with a sigh.

Whatever the reason was, Gabriella is now known to many as the highest-paid escort. She’s known to almost all of Lionel’s associates that way.

Lionel cannot suddenly bring her in front of them and introduce her as his wife. He can. But then no one will respect neither Lionel nor Gabby.

Some will mock them right in front of their face, some will pretend that everything is normal but will talk behind their backs. And some deplorable men will still see Gabriella for who she was even after her marriage and trouble her. Lionel won’t accept that and that would cause him harm.

There is no situation that this will end up well. Right or wrong, marriage is a public institution and everyone’s comment will matter to some extent. Lionel might be fierce with his love and unwavering with his decision to marry her now. But the same Lionel might change his mind in the future and regret his decision. Their marriage would be hanging by a thread with one single hurtful word possibly causing irreparable damage.

His life would be much easier by marrying a young woman matching his status.

And Gabriella was kept almost as a slave by those people for almost two decades. It would have caused a lot of damage to her mental, emotional, and physical state. She is not in a good space right now. She needs healing.

Maybe it was her pessimistic thought. But Viviana thought that Gabriella did make the right decision.

She was right to decide to keep Lionel away from her. He doesn’t have to deal with her problems. He should live happily with some woman who suits him. He doesn’t have to deal with the problems Gabriella caused for herself.

"I wish I waited... Melanie..." Gabriella sobbed hugging Viviana. "Leander asked me to wait. But... Evander he..." Gabriella gulped and looked at Viviana.

Her eyes were filled with hatred.

"I was sixteen, Melanie... I just learned that my brother was planning on leaving the country and the hospital had decided not to treat my mother. Leander asked me to wait a day or two. My mother... she was... it was getting harder for her to breathe and the hospital said that they are not going to give her artificial respiration unless I pay a hundred thousand dollars. I..."

Gabriella wiped the tears dripping from the corners of her eyes. She then clutched Viviana’s shoulders.

"Did you get him good, Melanie? Evander... Is he..."

Viviana nodded with surety. "I cut off his penis and fed it to his dog. His scrotum was barely hanging to his... to him. I don’t think he will have any use for it anymore. And you must have heard that Peter announced Leander as the heir."

Honestly, that was the confirmation everyone needed to know that Evander can never sire a child.

"Good," Gabriella wiped her face.

Viviana could see that Gabriella hates Evander as much as she does. And she thought it must be something personal.

"Was it Evander who offered the contract, Gabriella?" Viviana held her hand and asked.

She had a feeling that Evander did something to her. That’s why she was mad.

Gabriella bowed her head and her tears dripped on her hand.

"I decided to wait as Leander said... But..." she couldn’t control her tears. "On my way back, it was late and... Evander took me... he...that entire night he..." Gabriella started to sob.

Viviana held her hand tightly. "Does Leander know this?" she asked.

No way! Evander did not! No way! How could he? She was his brother’s friend!

Gabriella shook her head.

"He thought that I was in love with Leander. Well, everyone did... It was my fault, Melanie. It was my fault. I was too shy to confess my love. And I told another girl that I was in love with Leander too just like the other girls in the class. I didn’t know that Lionel would listen to that. I was stupid and... I didn’t correct it. I tried to...I bought a watch for Lionel for his birthday. I decided to gift him that and confess to him. But..."

Viviana hugged her. A watch? Is that the watch Leander threw it away then?

"But I couldn’t confess. I thought I gave the original watch to Lionel, but because I was so nervous, I gave the wrong box to Lionel and the gift I meant for Lionel ended up with Leander. Leander was not happy with my gift. He was in love with..." Gabriella stopped.

Viviana scoffed seeing that Gabriella was considerate of her feelings even when she was in such a distressed state. She is a true friend. "Helena?" she asked with a slight smile.

Gabriella nodded. "Leander thought I was ignoring Lionel’s feelings and still pining over him even when he has a girlfriend. And... He stopped talking to me. I didn’t know that this incident had spread all over the school and Evander had been having an eye on me for a long time... He... he used that chance..."

"I thought it was just Beth, but he did it to you too?" Viviana fisted her hands. She was so mad.

And everything happened right under Leander’s nose and yet he didn’t care. But he was under the impression that Gabriella was a bad woman for playing with Lionel’s feelings. But he was wrong. It was a mistake.

"You still could have gone to Lionel, Gabby. Or even to Leander and told him what his brother did. Wait... does Lionel know what Evander did to you?" Viviana asked.

She had a feeling Lionel doesn’t know what Evander did. If he did, she believed Evander won’t be alive and he won’t be friends with Leander.

"He doesn’t..." Gabriella wiped her face. "I didn’t want to break their friendship, Melanie... And... That monster... he recorded it and blackmailed that he’d release it... I couldn’t talk to anyone about it. And then he made an offer that I cannot refuse... Uh!" Gabriella gritted her teeth and tears rolled down her cheeks.

"He asked me to sign the contract in exchange for my mother’s treatment. He said he was being so gracious, and I should be accepting his generous offer. Otherwise, he’ll..."

Viviana held her hand. "I understand..."

So, she didn’t sign of her own volition. She was blackmailed. By Evander.