Chapter <b>7 </b>
“Get in the car first.“[]
ke didn’t give me a straight answer–just put his hand on my back and guided me into the passenger seat.]
The entire ride, ke didn’t say a word.[]
When we pulled up to the Harrison estate, I saw an ambnce in the driveway.[]
“You brought ire home?“]
ke put the car in park. “re’s condition is terrible. It’s better to have her recover here at home.“[]
“Once we’re married, you won’t have to run back and forth between the hospital and home anymore.“[]
His words were gentle, but I heard the threat underneath.[]
He was using ire to control me.]
“Grace, what happened with Scarlett was my mistake. All these years, my guilt made me enable her behavior, and you suffered because of it.”
“But it wasn’t until I almost lost you that I realized how much I need you. I can’t ept losing you.“[]
“You asked if I used you to get rid of her–in a way, yes. In a way<b>, </b>no.“]
“For me, sending her abroad or sending her to prison amounts to the same thing.“[]
“Since this is what you wanted, I just made it happen.“]
ke’s casual exnation waspletely emotionless.[]
Like both Scarlett and I were just disposable tools to him.[]
But for the past ten years, everyone knew how much he spoiled Scarlett.[]
“ke, I already told you I don’t want to marry you.“[]
“If I could do it over, I wish we’d never met.“[]
ke didn’t wait for me to finish–he got out of the car.]
He had no idea that I already knew about him and Scarlett.]
I was holding all the cards.[]
For ire’s sake, I had no choice but to return to the Harrison estate.[]
The ce was crawling with ke’s people. My every move was being watched.[]
Until ire woke up and told me something that changed everything.]
That day, I was giving ire her usual sponge bath.]
Her body, which had beenpletely still<b>, </b>suddenly moved.[]
I leaned in excitedly and saw ire’s eyes fluttering, her fingers twitching.[]
“ire? ire?”
ire’s eyes opened slightly, her mouth moving.]
“Grace… run.“]]
“The dark web… it wasn’t Scarlett… it was… it was your…“]]
Her voice got weaker. “Grace…“[
“Run…“[]
Then silence. I broke into a cold sweat.[]
“ire!“]
“Wake up!”
The person in my arms went rigid. I screamed for someone to call a doctor.]
But all the peopleing and going outside the door ignored me.[]
Until ke’s voice filled the room.[]
“Grace, stop screaming.”
“She’s gone. But you still have me.“[]
That’s when I realized ke had controlled the breathing machine<b>. </b>He’d personally ended my sister’s life.
What I thought was the truth was just what ke wanted me to see.[]
Breaking into his study, copying the data–all of it had been too easy because ke let it happen.]
At that moment, I felt like I’d fallen into an ice cold abyss.<b>] </b>
“Grace…
Behind me, I heard ke’s slightly breathless voice.[]
“What did you hear?“[]
I turned around to speak, but everything went ck as I hit the floor.[]
1909
In the darkness, I could hear ke’s panicked voice.[]
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