Chapter 550
Seeing how insistent Vicky was, Alex dismissed his henchman, who then moved his foot away from
Gloria, but continued to pin her down to stop her from escaping.
Vicky kept her eyes trained on Gloria. âCan you tell me now?â
Gloriaâs hand was hurting, but she had other priorities.
She knew that Vicky had lost her memories and that what happened could not be undone. Gloria felt
remorse and struggled to let go for a time, but she knew that it was too late.
Just as she was about to give up, Vicky plotted with Alex to kidnap her and destroyed her hand.
She glared daggers at Vicky and said, âThatâs right; you knew Tyler right from the start. Back then, we
were both skilled in piano and Mister Victor took a liking to both of us, so he invited us to study abroad
and we studied in the same art school. Sometime later, Mister Victor realized that youâre just as
talented in drawing as you are in music, so you studied art design as well.
âOne time, Mister Victor offered us a rare chance to perform, and only one person could perform at the
time. Usually, an understudy would be assigned to prevent anything from going wrong, and I went to
the performance venue with you as your understudy. You were in a perfect state that day, so everything
went smoothly, so I went to the garden to play piano on my ownâ¦â
She paused and turned to look at Tyler. âI left after playing one song and accidentally left my necklace
there. Tyler happened upon it.â Her voice grew gentler. âIf it wasnât for that necklace, Tyler and I
wouldâve lived forever in your lie.â
âLie?â Vicky turned her attention from Gloria to Tyler. âAfter I impersonated you, what happened?â
Tyler remained silent, and Gloria simply opened her mouth to speak but stopped herself in the end. Her
expression darkened as she quieted down.
Vicky realized there was more to the story and looked at Alex. âDo you know anything, Alex?â
Alex shook his head. âYou said that you were studying abroad for two years. We kept in touch at the
time, but you never mentioned anything and came back after just one year.â
If Alex knew nothing about it, neither would Sebastian since he never mentioned that Vicky knew Tyler
from the start.
She stared at Tyler and muttered hoarsely, âDid we⦠Were weâ¦â
Before she could finish, he said, âYes. We dated for a time.â
He remained expressionless without a hint of emotion in his voice. âIt was my birthday that day when I
walked into a garden and heard someone playing âThe Moonlight Bayâ on the piano. I sent my men to
look into who was playing it, and because you appeared in the garden after your performance, the
person I sent mistook you for the person who played the song,â he said casually. âWhen I asked you
out, you didnât deny it.â
Gloria and Tyler did not explain much, but Vicky managed to piece together the puzzle and realized
their story resembled that of common soap opera, and she was the femme fatale of the story who
plotted to take the heroineâs place.
She thought that she could keep lying, but justice had its way of presenting itself at the right time, and
the necklace exposed her lies.
Vicky felt amused and ridiculed when she realized that she had been Gloriaâs substitute right from the
start.