Chapter 1325:


    Then she looked at Conrad and saw him shake his head in blind terror.


    For a heartbeat, the thought of keeping herself alive flickered through Nelly, but Conrad’s plight cut it away.


    “Katy, I can do without the antidote. Can you let Conrad go? Conrad is your brother. Didn’t you say you love him and would protect him forever?” Nelly pleaded softly.


    A sharp pang stabbed Katy’s chest.


    “Mom, only one of you and Conrad can live, just as either Dad or I will survive. You choose,” Katy forced, making Nelly decide.


    Even now, Katy clung to a sliver of hope that Nelly’s love was true and that she’d pick Katy over Conrad.


    “Does it have to be this way?” Nelly whispered, unwilling to ept it.


    “Yes!” Katy’s fingers tightened on the de, trembling with ruthless resolve.


    Nelly fell silent for a moment, meeting Conrad’s wide, terrified eyes; she inhaled slowly and let her lids droop.


    “Kill me then. I’ll trade my life for Conrad’s,” she said, shocking both Conrad and Katy.


    Conrad, certain in his own selfish survival instincts, had expected Nelly to pick herself without hesitation. He had not imagined she would give herself up for him.


    Katy had only wanted an answer—proof that she was truly loved—yet the truth left her hollow with disappointment.


    It turned out Conrad meant everything to Nelly, important enough for her to surrender her own life without a second thought, to give it up so that he might live. It turned out they had never truly loved her at all.


    Katy’s eyes red, frenzy and grief twisting her features.


    “Ha… haha… hahaha…”


    Tears streaked down Katy’s face as sheughed and wept, grief and fury tangled in the sound.


    “Since you’ve made your choice, I’ll honor it,” Katy said, stepping forward with the de.


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    She nced at Conrad, who exhaled in shaky relief, then at Nelly, who had closed her eyes and waited.


    Katy’s gaze narrowed, a sh of merciless purpose in it. Her lips pressed tight with bitter resolve, and with cold certainty she lunged the knife forward.


    Conrad, who had just exhaled a shaky breath of relief, thinking Nelly would save him, waspletely blindsided when the de drove straight into his abdomen. His eyes widened, horror flooding them.


    What on earth had just happened?


    Nelly, who had closed her eyes and waited for the pain, was startled when it never came.


    She opened her eyes abruptly, only to see Conrad impaled by Katy’s de, her mind reeling in shock.


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