Once Bitten, Twice Shy

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Harmony seemed to have blurted out that sentence by accident. She suddenly realized that she had said something wrong and the glow in her eyes flickered for a moment before she forcefully changed the subject. “The point is, just promise me you won’t tell Tim about my injury!”

Zachary was keen enough to sense that something was wrong and instinctively pressed further, “What are you trying to say, Bunny? What do you mean when you say that Tim has a reason to tolerate Samantha?”

Harmony’s eyes trembled even more as she lowered her gaze to avoid making eye contact with Zachary. She then said hesitantly, “Well… it’s because Old Madam Barker likes Samantha, and Tim has always been very filial.”

She mentioned the same reason before and was still using it even then. Zachary did not think much of those reasons in the past, but there seemed to be much more than meets the eye.

In that case, did Timothy treat Samantha kindly because of another reason, rather than because he liked Samantha?

Zachary could not think of a reason at all, so he said again, “Bunny…”

“Zac.” Harmony called his name softly to stop him from saying anything further. “Don’t ask. Just pretend you didn’t hear anything, okay?”

“You…”

Zachary wanted to understand everything because he was worried about her and cared deeply about Timothy. However, he was not going to force Harmony if she was reluctant to tell him.

He frowned and felt conflicted for a few seconds before finally giving up. “I won’t ask then, but I’m here for you whenever you decide to tell me.”

“Thank you.”

Zachary’s looked at the scars on her body and said, “You still have to get these wounds treated. I’ll bring you to the hospital.”

“No, it’s fine. I’ll take care of them myself when I get home later,” Harmony refused.

Zachary was not going to leave her to her own devices. “You don’t need to go to the hospital then, I’ll ask a doctor to come over. I won’t let you decline.”

He picked up the phone and made a call.

Once he was done, he turned to her and suggested, “Would you like to go to the guest room and clean your wounds?”

“Okay.” Harmony nodded.

Zachary helped her up and led her to the door of the guest room. “I don’t have any women’s clothes here, but I can get you one of my T-shirts. Will you be okay with that?”

“Yes, of course.”

Harmony went into the bathroom while Zachary went to his bedroom’s dressing room to find a T-shirt. When he walked back to the guest room and stood at the bathroom door, he blushed all of a sudden when he heard the sound of water from inside.

He gulped and cleared his throat slightly. “The clothes are on the sofa outside.”

After saying that, he turned around, left the guest room, and closed the door.

He still felt a little hot after leaving the room, so he immediately reached for the air conditioner remote and lowered the temperature. He then fetched himself a cold bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator and unscrewed the cap, after which he tilted his head back and nearly finished the entire bottle.

Harmony had always been a goddess in his eyes ever since they were children. He had always admired her, but that was the extent of his feelings towards her.

In his mind, Timothy and Harmony were a match made in heaven. They were an ideal couple who should rightfully be together.

He was happy enough to be the custodian of their love.

It reached a point where he was very unhappy with Samantha when she got together with Timothy. That dislike turned to pure hatred when Samantha did terrible things to Timothy.

That hatred reached its limit when Samantha hurt Harmony time and time again!

The doctor had just arrived when Harmony came out of the bathroom.

Zachary stood by and watched the doctor treat Harmony’s wounds. There was nothing to worry about because the injuries were all grazes.

However, the doctor then said that Harmony had muscle and bone injuries, which came as a result of her arms and chin being dislocated on purpose before being returned to their original place. When Zachary heard that, he immediately felt like skinning Samantha alive.

How could a woman be that vicious!

He did not understand why Timothy would insist on being with a woman like Samantha after knowing the kind of vicious character she had!

Timmy had always been the one who had the highest intelligence quotient among their trio, so why did he always act like an impotent man who had fallen under some kind of spell whenever it came to Samantha!

After the doctor treated the wound, Harmony trembled in pain and her face turned pale again.

Zachary immediately walked over to her from the other end of the hall.

Samantha relied on Timothy’s affection to hurt others wantonly, but with Harmony’s unwillingness to let Timothy know about it, there was absolutely nothing Timothy could do for her!

Harmony looked up at Zachary.

She waited for a moment and observed him until his anger nearly reached its peak. When the timing was right, she blinked as her eye sockets immediately turned red and tears began to well up in her eyes.

Zachary heard her sudden sob and stopped walking. When he looked over to Harmony and saw her crying, his heart ached and he immediately walked up to her.

He felt somewhat at a loss. “Hey…Bunny, why are you crying? Does the wound hurt?”

Harmony shook her head and spoke in a tearful tone. “No, it’s just… I remembered some stuff from the past and I couldn’t control myself. I’m sorry I embarrassed myself in front of you.”

“Come on, do you still need to apologize?” Zachary immediately took a tissue and handed it over to her. “What was it that you remembered?”

Harmony wiped her tears gently. “Well, Tim once told me…that he liked me and he wanted to be with me.”

Zachary was genuinely surprised to hear that.

Zachary knew that Harmony and Timothy had always been together when they were children, so much so that everyone assumed them to be an item. In truth, however, only the two of them were privy to what went on between them.

That was the first time he found out that Timothy had confessed to Harmony.

It seemed unexpected even though it was somewhat expected.

“Then… if…” Zachary spoke incoherently before finally managing to pull himself together. “Did you reject Timmy? Was that why you went abroad?”

That seemed unlikely, given how much Harmony likes Timothy.

The way she looked at him was completely different from how she looked at other men.

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“Why would I?” Harmony smiled bitterly. “Why would I reject him when I would’ve been so happy? It was… It was Old Madam Barker who didn’t like me. She didn’t allow me to be with Tim. Back then, Tim and I were both still young. We couldn’t go against Old Madam Barker so we had to…separate.”

Zachary was even more shocked. It turned out to be Old Madam Barker who broke them up?

“I’ve never forgotten Tim even after all these years. I know he’s married and I shouldn’t think about him anymore, but I really can’t control myself.” Harmony’s voice became hoarse. “I know that I still have a place in Tim’s heart too, and he’s trying…”

She seemed to imply something but did not make it clear what it was. She immediately continued, “The regret I have for giving up on him when we were children still lingers in me today. If I give up that easily again, I’d continue to spend the rest of my life in regret.”

“That is why I want to give it another shot.” Harmony looked at Zachary with tears in her eyes.. “Are you willing to help me, Zac?”