CHAPTER 39

"Who was the man who picked you up four years ago?"

The car suddenly stopped on the shoulder of the road. Ruby turned her head and found Victor's eyes staring intensely at her, locked in silence.

"Who do you mean?" repeated Ruby.

"The man who took you away from the Netherlands. Who?"

Ruby thought back to when she left the Netherlands. She started a life in Shanghai; the man she was with was just a stranger who also happened to be going to Shanghai.

"My ex-boyfriend. We broke up two years ago," Ruby replied briefly. I don't know why she preferred to lie.

Click.

Victor unbuckled the seat belt and brought his body closer to Ruby's. "Don't try to lie to me, Ruby; I know all the bastard men who approached you," he said.

"If you already know about all the men who approached me. Why would you ask again, uh? You have the power, but you have no right to invade the privacy of my life."

Victor ruffled his hair, closing his eyes briefly, fed up with Ruby. Victor's hand quickly pulled Ruby by the