Ulterior Motives
Alas, she didn’t realize she was being followed.
Not far away, Donovan stepped out from behind a tree. He squinted his eyes at Arielle’s distant figure
before going after her.
When Arielle went deeper into the mountain, she was surrounded by tall trees that formed a thick
canopy above her. There were also weeds and strange plants all around.
As poisonous bugs, snakes, and rats would flit by her feet, Arielle felt as though she were in an
indigenous forest.
Although she was a woman, she was unbothered by her treacherous surroundings. Back then, she had
tagged along with the Wilhelms and trekked deep into the mountains to seek knowledge from ancient
Chanaean medicine experts. Thus, she was used to it.
The herbs she had prepared earlier came in handy at that moment. She applied them all over her body
and tossed them to the ground so that the animals would stay away from her.
Behind her, Donovan saw everything, and a hint of rage flashed across his eyes.
Arielle observed her surroundings and immediately started digging when she found the herbs she
wanted.
Two hours later, her bag was half full of herbs.
“Eh?”
Suddenly, her eyes lit up as she strode forward swiftly. She came to a stop before a rotten tree and
bent down to confirm her guess.
“Two reishi mushrooms! This is an amazing find!” Arielle blurted out.
Carefully, she plucked the reishi mushrooms off the rotten trunk and kept them in her bag.
The thick reishi mushrooms were at their maximum medicinal value now.
Arielle’s side profile was undeniably attractive under the sunlight. Utterly captivated, Donovan revealed
himself and went toward Arielle, Queenie’s reminder all forgotten.
Yesterday at the set, news of Arielle saying she wanted to catch her husband cheating on her had
spread like wildfire.
The netizens went crazy trying to figure out who her husband was and why he would cheat on their
goddess.
No one had an inkling of who her husband was, but Donovan was in the know.
It was deemed normal for someone as wealthy as Vinson to cheat on his wife since having one woman
wasn’t enough for a man of his status.
Clearly, Vinson has grown tired of Arielle and cheated on her. That’s great, for I can take the advantage
to pursue her. I assumed that I used to target her because I loathed her. Never in my wildest dreams
did I know that it was because I loved her. Arielle only had eyes for Vinson, but now that he has
cheated on her, my chance has arrived.
“Arielle!”
Arielle had just kept her herbs and was about to continue on her journey when someone called her
name.
She looked up instinctively and realized it was Donovan. At once, her expression turned dark.
“Why are you here? Shouldn’t you be with Queenie?”
Why isn’t Donovan with Queenie? Why did he come to me instead?
“Arielle, I was worried about you, so I came after you.”
Although Arielle sounded rude, Donovan’s voice remained gentle.
Hearing that, Arielle frowned in disgust.
“Worried about me? Are you crazy? Why are you worried about me instead of your wife?”
Instead of worrying about Queenie, who is in a wheelchair, he is concerned about me, a healthy
person. Obviously, he has ulterior motives! He’s a sly fox full of tricks.
“I love you, Arielle. Vinson cheated on you, and he has obviously gotten sick of you and no longer loves
you. I know I did the wrong thing back then. Trust me. I will treat you better than Vinson and shower
you with all my love!”
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