Revenge with My Undercover Cop Hubby
Chapter 164 A Battle of Wills
Melody''s eyes turned red as she looked at Kelly, unable to speak for a long time.
"Everyone."
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Theckeys from the PR department were back. They held a confidentiality agreement in their hands. "Craig has already signed. Now, it''s your turn." Kelly said nothing. Instead, she tore the agreement apart right in front of them.
The group leader sneered and mmed the door shut as they left.
"I..." Darren opened his mouth, hesitating, finding it hard to speak.
"Sign it. You have to sign it. Your parents can''t afford to lose you. You can''t afford to lose your job. Signing doesn''t mean we''ve surrendered. If something happens
to me, you''ll still be here." Kelly looked at Darren and urged him to sign.
"Darren, sign it. We have no choice," Nydia cried, clutching Raymond''s arm.
This was reality.
A reality filled with helplessness and powerlessness.
Darren''s hands trembled as he held the pen. He hesitated for a long time, unable to put it down on paper.
"Sign it." It was Melody who finally spoke, convincing Darren to sign.
Oscar''s job was dangerous by nature. Melody couldn''t risk his safety.
Both Melody and Darren signed the confidentiality agreement.
Kelly knew that if Zev''s undercover mission ended and he returned to the military or transitioned into a civilian job, Beau would still use him as leverage against her. At that time, she wouldn''t have a choice either.
The conference room was eerily silent for the rest of the afternoon.
No one spoke. They all waited for themendation ceremony in silence.
"Dr. Lynch, Melody, and Darren have signed. But Kelly and Michael''s parents refuse to." Outside the room, Beau had arrived..
The senior officials would arrive soon, and Beau ran out of time.
"The higher-ups came here specifically for Kelly. It doesn''t matter if Michael''s parents refuse, but Kelly must sign." Beau''s voice carried irritation.
He was speaking loudly on purpose, making sure that Kelly and Eric inside the room could hear him.
Eric pushed open the door and entered. His face was dark and stormy.
His wound had been treated, but he seemed troubled as he stood by the doorway looking at Kelly.
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His voice was low and pleading. “Kelly, I''m begging you. Consider it my request- no, my trade, using all the years of our rtionship to ask for one promise. Can you do that?"
Kelly clenched her fingers together, remaining silent.
"Kelly, I have no other options. Beau has been pressuring me, pushing me. If you don''t sign, they''lle after you next. Sending you to a mental hospital is already the kindest method they''vee up with." Eric was ying the victim while also threatening her.
"Kelly, Zev can''t help you. Where is he now? Locked up in the police station. He can''t even save himself. What are you still waiting for?" Eric finally realized-she was waiting.
She was waiting for Zev.
“Just sign it. I''m begging you, Kelly. It''s such a simple thing. Once you sign, you get the money and the recognition, and everything will be better. Why do you insist on fighting against a good life?" Eric couldn''t understand her. He honestly couldn''t.
Kelly didn''t understand him either. They were no longer on the same wavelength.
To Eric, Kelly was just stubborn and refused to see reality. She was a fool fighting
for so-called justice and fairness when she could be livingfortably. Was it worth it?
Kelly''s entire body trembled as she clenched her fists tightly.
To her, it was worth it.
Hatred, pain, darkness-these things had consumed her. If she surrendered now, it would kill her.
She had lost her parents. She was the biggest victim in this tragedy.
She was alive, but she had to endure the pain of Michael''s death and the guilt of his sacrifice. She was alive, but she had to suffer the agony of losing her parents because of her. She was alive, but she had to face the despair of losing her love, watching her own world crumble bit by bit.
Not signing, notpromising-this was Kelly''s way of desperately clinging to life.
Eric would never understand her.
Because they had long stopped loving each other.
"Kelly, you''ve been missing for five years. Even if I ended up with Regina, that was after you disappeared. You can''t me me for that. No one is obligated to wait for you forever, or remain celibate for a lifetime. I''m a man. I have my own choices. The moment you came back, I chose you. I have always been on your side. Doesn''t that prove that I love you?"
Eric was moved by his own words.
He imed he loved Kelly deeply.
"I beg you, sign it." He ced the pen in Kelly''s hand, his voice pleading.
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Eric picked it up and ced it in her hand again.
"Get out." Kelly''s voice was cold.
Eric lowered his head, his eyes turning red.
His patience had reached its limit.
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He lowered his voice, speaking with unbearable pain and restraint. "Kelly, why
didn''t you just die out there?"
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