Love Contract
Chapter 55 Miles Of Sweet Fragrans

After hanging up the phone, Mary wandered in front of rows of fragrans trees.

Although its foliage wasn't especially beautiful, the fragrance it gave off and the peaceful memories it evoked on Mary were incomparable to any other tree.

By the time Victor arrived, he found Mary standing with her back to him. He saw she gently reached out her left hand to the tree's branch while slowly approaching one of the yellow flowers to take in its intoxicating fragrance.

With his heavy breathing, it was clear that Victor had run his way there. Nonetheless, he couldn't wait to pull out his phone and take a photo of her slim figure under the tree.

With a click, Victor saved the photo and smiled with satisfaction.

"Mary!"

At the sound of his voice calling out her name, Mary looked back at Victor in shock.

"Oh my God! What... Are you really here?" Mary ran over with a surprised smile. "How did you replace me?" "I have my methods," Victor answered, smiling back at her.

"Humph," Mary snorted. "Tell me!"

"I just randomly found the location through your cellphone, and then with my personal charm, I inquired about the place with fragrans trees nearby. It was easy to replace it." A smirk played at the corners of Victor's mouth.

"You have a good method." Mary smiled and asked, "Is your meeting over?"

"Yes, it is." Victor looked around. "Is this yours? I could smell the fragrance from afar."

"It used to be mine." Mary added, "Then I sold it to save money for my mother's treatment."

"What a pity!" Victor said, pursing his lips. "What if I bought it back for you?"

"Are you kidding me? This land is so expensive now..."

"I'll gladly do it if that's what you want." Victor's eyes bore into Mary's as he added, "I mean it."

Mary was quickly beginning to feel uneasy under his gaze, so she changed the topic. "Now I live in A City. How could I replace the time to come here and take care of the land, right?"

Lowering his head, Victor smiled and decided not to insist anymore. "I'll show you around, okay?" Mary suggested.

"Okay, let's go." Victor said, "I'd love to see more of this natural scenery."

Next, the two followed the fragrant path.

"It seems that you've been behaving yourself lately." Mary said with a grin, "I don't see the same amount of juicy news about you anymore."

Victor laughed. Then raising his eyebrows, he asked, "There wasn't much before, was there?"

"There wasn't much?" Mary's mouth twisted when she asked, "Isn't it much to have a new girlfriend every week?"

"I was too young and naive at that time," Victor said with a smile. "Now that I'm more mature, I want to replace someone who I can fall in love with and have a serious relationship."

"Well, that's more like it," Mary agreed. Yet afraid that he would get too caught up in this matter, she swiftly changed the subject. "You have no idea how much I used to worry about you. I was scared to death whenever I saw the news, and you were there."

"Can I make it up to you?" With a faint smile, Victor didn't want to push her too hard.

"How?"

"Just tell me what you want," he explained. "Hmm... I have to think it over." Bringing a hand to her chin, Mary thought for a while before she decided, "How about you work part-time today and help me pick some flowers?"

"It will be my great honor."

Mary laughed at his response.

As they got to work, time flew by them while they picked up flowers and had fun playing with the baskets.

Suddenly, Mary asked, "Is your work over for today?"

"Yeah," Victor answered.

"What about tomorrow?"

"There is still a meeting."

"Oh, I see," Mary nodded. "Then you have to go back early today."

"Don't worry. I won't be late for it if I hang out here a bit more." The moment the words left Victor's lips, he picked up one of the flowers and smelled it.

Du du du... While the two were talking, Mary's phone unexpectedly started to ring from her pocket.

Once she took out the device, she frowned, realizing it was William. Next to her, Victor looked at William's name on the screen, and his eyes got immediately dark. Quickly, Mary answered the phone, "Hello? What's up?"

"Mary, I'll go ahead first," Victor said, moving with one of the baskets.

"Who's next to you?" As soon as William heard a male voice, he asked from the other end of the line.

"Just a friend." Mary's voice trembled as she asked unnaturally, "What's up?"

William raised his eyebrows, not sure what to say. It seemed he didn't have a reason to call after all.

"If you don't have anything to say, I'll hang up. I have something else to do."

"Wait!" William hurried to ask, "Is there a man next to you?"

"Yes," Mary answered.

"Did you leave me so you could replace another man?"

"William, you..." Mary interrupted herself before she could finish her sentence. Then, with a frown, she said, "Can you please watch your words? It's not as if I'm after your man anyway! Furious, Mary hung up the phone as fast as she could.

"What's wrong?" Returning with the basket, Victor asked her concerned.

"Nothing." Mary forced a smile.

"William?" Victor asked deliberately.

"Yeah."

"Was he checking up on you?" Victor smiled sadly.

"Checking up on me? How could that be?" Mary snorted discouraged. "He must be with his man now," she stated.

"Are you upset, Mary?" Victor wanted to know.

"Not anymore." She looked at Victor with a bitter smile on her lips.

"Liar." Victor stared at Mary, his eyes sharp.

"Just drop it, okay?" Mary shrugged weakly. "It's not easy for me to leave him. Let's not mention it anymore."

"Now that you know his secret, why are you still wasting your time with him?" Victor grimaced, unwilling to let go of the subject. "Mary, divorce him already! You deserve someone better!"

"No..." Mary shook her head in pain. "You love him that much? Even if he loves another man, will you still want to be with him? You won't divorce him at all even though you will get nothing out of this marriage in return. Is that it, Mary?"

"No, it's not like that!"

Did she love him? Could that be so? Mary closed her eyes at the thought. Was she actually unwilling to leave him because she was in love? Was the contract just an excuse to carry on with this marriage? "What's that like then?" Victor continued to ask, "Why do you have to compromise so much, Mary? Just leave him. You don't have to endure all this pain anymore!"

"We... we have a fake marriage!" Mary blurted. "He gave me money and then we got married!" she continued with tears in her eyes.

"What?" Victor's face contorted in shock. It had crossed his mind that Mary and William could have an arrangement involving money, but he had thought it was a crazy idea. It turned out he was right in the end. "That's it. Now I must stay with him. Whether he likes women or men, I can only watch and suffer! " At that moment, Mary squatted down and burst into tears.

"Mary!" Victor pulled her up immediately. "You still have me!" Stretching out his hand, Victor pulled her into an embrace. She stiffed in his arms, but before she could react, Victor's warm lips touched hers. Meanwhile, in A City, William was in the AJ Group CEO's office when he put down the phone angrily.

'How bold you're now, Mary! Do you really believe I can't control you from afar?' William thought furiously. 'You said you were going back to your hometown, right? I think you went there to meet another man! Good job, Victor! Do you think I couldn't recognize your voice?'

As his thought ran wild, William grabbed his phone again and dialed a number in a hurry.