"It is exactly because of you," Vincent said. "You make me... terribly nervous. You're very special in my eyes, Chelsea, maybe more than Chloe ever would."
Vincent almost spat out when he said that. Because that was the biggest lie he had ever told anyone in his entire life.
Chelsea was nothing special. She was always very average. She wasn't as smart as Chloe, nor as beautiful. She didn't have the same brightness and softness that made Chloe endearing in Vincent's eyes. The only special thing about Chelsea was how deluded and ugly she was right now.
'Well, I'm going to use her delusion anyway. It's time to show Chloe what kind of terrible thing will happen if she keeps avoiding me.'
"D--Don't say frivolous stuff. You know that I have an ugly scar right now...." Chelsea said. She kept baiting Vincent to keep praising her because she liked to get praised by the handsome and perfect man in her eyes.
She grabbed Vincent's hand and placed it on her scar, "See? I have a bad scar. I'm trying to get it fixed with plastic surgery. But it would take time, I'm so sorry, Vincent."
Chelsea could feel Vincent's hand trembling as he caressed her cheek. Chelsea thought Vincent must be furious because someone dared to hurt his beloved. It warmed her heart. It also gave Chelsea reassurance that Vincent was truly in love with her.
Though they barely had any meaningful interaction when Chloe was around, now that bitch was out of the picture, and Chelsea believed that Vincent could finally see what he had been missing out on for the past ten years.
He had been missing the beautiful woman that would make him happy for the rest of his life.
"I--It's okay. You're still the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life," Vincent said. His voice became shaky because he tried his best not to spit on this woman's face. This whole thing was too disgusting. He couldn't wait to just end it as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Chelsea took Vincent's shaky voice as a sign of love because he was too upset.
She leaned her cheek on his palm and asked, "I wish you can be more active, Vincent. I know that you love me, but I... I want more than just this non official relationship between us. It's time for you to move on and find a new woman to replace that ungrateful whore."
"I--I understand," Vincent said. He pulled his hand from her, unable to bear having to feel the weird texture of her scar. "That's why I'm here, Chelsea. I want to make us official. I want to forget Chloe."
"R--Really? You're really going to forget that whore?" Chelsea was genuinely surprised this time. She expected Vincent to at least defend Chloe a little because he seemed to be in love with Chloe for so long, and he looked so devastated when Chloe suddenly left. "I thought you loved her...."
"I did," Vincent replied. "But I've been searching for her everywhere and she is nowhere to be found. I think she just wants to leave with her new man, so I... I have to move on as well."
"YES!" Chelsea cheered out of the blue, then she quickly covered her mouth because she knew it was unladylike to do in front of a man like Vincent. "Oh, I'm sorry. I was just too excited when I heard that. I want the best for you, Vincent, that's why I'm happy for you as well."
Vincent took another deep breath to tolerate her and took something from his jacket pocket.
Chelsea almost fainted out of joy when she saw that small heart-shaped red box in his hand.
"I want us to be a thing, Chelsea," Vincent said. He opened the small box and showed a diamond ring that sparkled under the light from the lamppost.
"V--Vincent, that is..."
"Yes, it's a diamond ring," Vincent said. "This is one of a kind diamond ring, it is a hundred times more expensive than what I gave to Chloe back then. I just thought it's very befitting for a beautiful and special woman like you."
"Oh my god, I can see how special it is," Chelsea agreed. "It's a hundred times more... amazing than what Chloe has."
"Do you want it?"
"Of course! Damn, I want to wear it and show it off to everyone!"
Chelsea stared at the diamond ring with awe. Truthfully, she couldn't see the difference between that special diamond ring versus the one sold in random jewelry stores. But that was just because she had never had a diamond ring in her life before, and Tommy was too poor to afford one.
So when Vincent said this was a hundred times more expensive than what Chloe had, she just believed it because Vincent was obviously a billionaire! No billionaire bought a cheap or faux diamond!
Again, Vincent almost laughed at how ridiculously pretentious Chelsea was. She pretended to know this diamond ring was a hundred times more expensive than Chloe's just because he said so.
'At least back then, when I presented Chloe the special made ring worth millions of dollars. She just got anxious and said it was too expensive, and she was afraid to get robbed wearing it. It's very sweet in my eyes...' Vincent thought.
He didn't want to compare Chloe and Chelsea since the winner was already obvious. But he couldn't help it.
He just imagined how different Chloe was compared to her degenerate sister. If she was as stupid and deluded as Chelsea, then Vincent would never look at her.
'Ah, I can't wait to meet her again. I want to see her meek expression after so long. I miss seeing her begging to be forgiven while I kick her body on the ground. It's such a good time,' Vincent thought. He refocused at Chelsea again and smirked, 'Just a little more.'
"So, Chelsea Carlson, do you want to be my bride?"
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