Chapter 820

"Why do you hate me?"

Vivian Laurent frowned slightly, unable to comprehend the hostility from this stranger. They'd never met before—the name Annika Heilbronn meant nothing to her.

"Because you stole everything that should have been mine!" Annika screamed hysterically. "I've lived in your shadow for four years!"

Her fingers clenched the hem of her shirt until her knuckles turned white.

"Master Zero only took me in because I look like you." Annika's voice trembled. "They all said I wasn't as talented. But I worked harder than you ever did!"

Vivian regarded her coldly.

"For four years, Master searched for you while I was invisible to him." Hatred burned in Annika's eyes. "Now that you're back, he abandoned the entire organization!"

"That's your reason?" Vivian's lips curled in disdain.

"You don't understand anything!" Annika's voice rose sharply. "If not for you, Master would never have changed!"

"Jealousy is an ugly look on you," Vivian said calmly.

"Shut up!" Annika bristled like a provoked cat. "I'm far better than you! You just got there first!"

"Believe what you want." Vivian's tone remained indifferent.

Her gaze dropped to Annika's trembling hands. "So what do you intend to do now?"

"Kill you." The words came through gritted teeth.

Almost simultaneously, Vivian echoed, "Kill me?"

The dark muzzle of a gun pressed against Vivian's forehead.

Madeline Delmonico cowered in the corner, trembling with fear of stray bullets.

Bianca Semona covered her mouth, not daring to breathe.

"You?" Vivian scoffed.

Annika's finger hovered over the trigger. "Let's see who's faster."

The gunshot cracked through the air.

A bullet tore toward Vivian's forehead.