CHAPTER 26: VIVIAN 2

Upon seeing what she was looking at, Briar unconsciously covered her ears, cursing herself inwardly for being a blabbermouth. If Vivian still remembers the things she told her many years back, then did it mean that she got caught before flaunting it?

Why did everyone get to know about it before she exposed it herself?

Vivian, seeing her friend covering her ears, smirked as she opened her mouth to click her tongue sarcastically, "tsk, tsk, tsk. To think that in the week I had been gone, my dear friend got married without even telling me? Tell me, which bastard fooled you to do this without saying a word?" she asked, her eyes narrowing dangerously at the thought of her friend getting fooled.

She and Briar had been friends for eight years, to be exact. They were neighbors for over a decade and yet became friends after two years of Briar moving into the Meyer family.

Vivian still recalls how much she disliked Briar when she saw her. She was just a country bumpkin who didn't go to school but worked at a young age. She had to take care of the Meyer's kids and honestly; she looked down on her.

At such a young age, she was concerned about money and didn't go to school. It was these kinds of girls who would grow up to become vixens and mistresses who would wreck other women's marriages.

After seeing how her parents' marriage was getting wrecked by such a girl, she didn't even want to see Briar at all. Unfortunately, just because she didn't like her didn't mean that she could chase her away.

Instead, she could avoid her and not bother about her. And she managed to do so for two years until one fateful day.

Her parents, being hot-headed and fighting every day like two roosters, went at it again and this time she got hurt. But those two people didn't even see that she was hurt. They were so concerned about their fight.

Feeling frustrated and wronged, she ran out of the house and just decided to walk far away from home.

Unfortunately, she underestimated her wound. She had been hurt badly.

The pain struck her on the road, and she could not move at all. Their neighborhood was very secluded, and the mansions were a distance apart. Unless it was a busy time, seeing cars on the road was very scarce.

She had left her phone at home, so she couldn't get in touch with anyone. At the same time, returning home was something that she didn't want to do. She was tired of watching her parents fighting.

In the end, she crouched on the road and started crying. It was raining and a perfect moment for her to vent out her frustrations.

She cried a bit too much. She blacked out at some point. When she woke up, she was in a strange room but not a hospital. Wondering where she was, the door opened and when she saw the person; she was shocked and embarrassed.

She still recalled how much of a big fuss she caused on that day upon learning that it was Briar who had saved her. Briar coming from an errand, saw her on the road and fainted, so she brought her to the mansion.

They couldn't send her to the hospital since they were sure that's what she wouldn't want.

Anyway, because of that incident, she got to know Briar better. They didn't become close friends because of that incident, but it sparked a motive.

When her parents learnt of what happened to her, she received a scolding for her life before she was forced to go and thank Briar for saving her.

It was through those engagements she saw Briar in a new light. After observing her several times, she had an inkling that she wasn't that bad.

With all prejudices thrown away, the two became friends and upgraded to best friends. They had been best friends for eight years.

What she should know about her, Vivian knew, and vice versa.

And one of the things she knew about her friend was her home village's marriage customs.

Seeing an additional piercing, Vivian's heart nearly popped out of her rib cage. Either she got married without her knowledge or she got messed up with. From what she knew, the female from Briar's village could have a second piercing when they got married or slept with a man.

Getting deflowered meant you were an adult. In other words, Briar slept around when she was gone? That was impossible.

Someone must have fooled her into marriage. And thinking about how her innocent friend who only had eyes for that family got scammed, she wanted to find Mr. Myer and ask him how he could let such a thing happen.

On second thoughts, he shouldn't know about the meaning of the second piercings, right?

Looking at Briar, who was looking at her guiltily, Vivian exhaled a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. She was afraid that if she spoke right now, they might not end up going anywhere.

"V, I …. Umm," Briar seeing Vivian puffing knew that she was in trouble. She couldn't help but nervously try to say something.

However, Vivian raised her hand at her, stopping her from saying anything as she said, "Let's get out of this place first. And then you can slowly tell me what the heck happened!" her tone commanding.

Briar hung her head low as she nodded, agreeing to what had been said. Vivian, seeing her friend being obedient, nodded with satisfaction before putting the car in gear and moments later, the car was speeding away.

The butler, seeing that, shook his head before returning not the mansion and muttering, 'These girls are both from the same mold!' still very astounded at how they both love speed.

Vivian drove the car and left the Meyer's mansion. After driving for a while, she parked by the roadside and looked at Briar as if saying, 'Now confess your sins and you will be spared!'

Briar, facing such a scary Vivian, knew that she would have to confess everything. Otherwise, the story would never end. Besides, it wasn't like she wasn't going to confess. Vivian was her best friend, must closer to a friend than Lyra.

While Lyra was like a best friend as well, she was a daughter and a little sister. Lyra wasn't someone that she could share everything with. She was someone she needed to treat with love, and care and know her limits, otherwise it would backfire.

But Vivian was the kind of a friend she could share her secrets with, show her other sides are people didn't know, though she would never be that foolish.

Nonetheless, for things like marriages that everyone was going to know soon, it was better for her to tell her friend first-hand than to let her hear about it through the grapevines.

And surely, she did the right thing to confess in person, as after spilling the whole truth, Vivian was in a daze.

Briar didn't push Vivian but waited patiently for the other to digest the news.

After waiting for a while, Vivian looked at her and ordered, "You drive. I don't think that I have the energy to do so, anymore!" before alighting from the car.

Seeing that, Briar's lips twitched as she followed suit.

As she took the driver's seat, Briar couldn't help but wonder how her friend would react if she knew of her decade crush on Logan. She probably would be sending the other to the hospital.

With her in the driver's seat, Briar put the car into gear and started driving away. Since she was the one driving, Vivian could take all the time. She wanted to think about this matter. She needed to buy a lot of things at the mall, and if they continued to park by the roadside, the day would be wasted.

She was going to the ancestral home tomorrow with the family. She won't have time for herself.

On the way, Vivian forgot the number of times she had pinched herself.

It still felt like a prank the more she thought about it.

However, when looking at that glaring second ear piercing and how Briar would never lie to her about such serious matters, she became very angry. She turned to Briar and started yelling.

"Briar, if you were short of money, why didn't you tell me? You can't sacrifice your youth by marrying a man who is fifteen years older than you and has three grown kids! Don't you know how tough is going to be to marry him?" the more she thought of the obstacles in front of her friend, the angrier she became.

The world was going to judge Briar and not Logan. Briar would be labeled with unpleasant titles just because she was the wife. That was something that wasn't going to be hidden away from.

That was the brutal truth. He didn't even hold a wedding for her, and that would make people look down on her.

Some so many women wanted Logan badly. If they were to learn that his nanny became his second wife, what kind of violence would come for her friend?

Even her elder cousin was in love with Logan. When she learnt that Briar snagged the man, what kind of reaction would she make?

She didn't even want to think about it. What about the other women?

What about his family?

What do they think about this whole issue?