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Corrine’s knife plunged two centimeters from Johan’s heart. Had she struck with even slightly more force, Johan would have died.
Luckily, fate smiled on Johan. He survived the surgery and was moved to the ICU.
Only then did Cecilia’s anxious heart finally settle.
Peering through the ss at Johan’s unconscious form, her mind shed between his carefree, nonchnt grin and Corrine’s smiling face.
Chaos swirled within her, a pounding headache and rising nausea gripping her.
“Go rest, Ci. Larissa will watch over Johan here.
Wesley’s voice was hoarse, his hands resting on Cecilia’s shoulders.
Johan’s surgery had taken seven hours; they’d waited outside for seven
hours.
Exhaustion hung heavy on everyone.
Cecilia, pregnant, should have rested long ago,
Without turning, Cecilia spoke calm and quiet: “Wesley, let me go.”
His hands trembled. “Ci.”
He kept his patience, voice gentle. “You need rest now. Listen to me. Go home, take a bath, get some sleep.”
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go.”
“No, no, no. I said Mr. Carlton must choose one.”
Holden signaled to his subordinate.
The de pressed harder against Cecilia’s neck.
A trickle of blood welled up.
“Mr. Carlton, time won’t wait.”
On the river, a cargo ship drew near.
Holden’s eyes lit up; he was about to leave this ce.
Cecilia sighed softly. She wasn’t some saint determined to save Larissa, but she knew she was Holden’s ultimate trump card.
He would never let her go.
So she said bluntly, “Your choice-”
??“Ah… Corrine…” A bloodcurdling scream pierced the air, snapping all attention forward.
Cecilia jerked her head up, pupils contracting as she stared at Corrine in disbelief.
Corrine stood clutching a dagger–its de now buried deep in Johan’s chest.
Everyone froze.
No one expected Corrine to suddenly strike with lethal intent.
“Johan.”
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Larissa shrieked, lunging forward.
Johan knelt on the ground, one hand pressed to his gushing wound, eyes bloodshot. “Corrine… you…”
He reached weakly for her, but Corrine took a sharp step back, evading his touch.
Her lowered gaze was ruthless and detached.
The dagger ttered to the floor, slick with crimson.
Holden smiled smugly, satisfied.
He’d long anticipated Johan choosing Corrine–because he’d already cut
a deal with her: Kill Johan, and Cecilia walks free.
Corrine agreed.
His earliermand to graze Cecilia’s throat? Pure pressure to force Corrine’s hand.
Now… mission aplished.
Corrine clearly meant to kill, judging by the force and angle of her strike.
Johan was going to die.
Holden felt triumphant.
So what if he’d been forced out of Aetherton? Johan was losing his life.
The river surged, mist/clinging to the banks.
The boat was now before them.
Holden grabbed Cecilia to leave. He’d barely moved when a sharp
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whoosh cut through the air.
Darkness swallowed his vision, and he plunged into the water with a ssh.
Cecilia, pulled by his momentum, stumbled toward the river but was yanked back by Wesley.
Her heart hammered. Steadying herself, she immediately sprinted toward Johan.
The next second, Larissa shrieked, “Corrine! Murderer! Die!”
She shoved hard. Corrine lost her footing, crashing to the ground. The slope there sent her tumbling down, straight into the river.
“Corrine!”
Cecilia screamed her heart out, trembling uncontrobly.
Corrine…
???Corrine…
She lunged forward, only to be seized in a vice–like grip by Wesley.
“Find her,” hemanded coldly.
But the current was fierce. Anyone falling in would be swept away instantly.
Rescue was impossible.
Elijah immediately called for equipment and ordered people to rush Johan to the hospital/
“Corrine…”
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Cecilia’s voice trembled as she copsed to her knees.
How could this be.
It was Larissa.
Chanting that name, Cecilia mustered all her strength, shoved Wesley aside, and stumbled toward Larissa.
She grabbed Larissa, eyes bloodshot. “Larissa, you murdered Corrine.”
“Murderer!”
Yanking Larissa’s hair, she dragged her toward the river. “Give Corrine back to me!”
Larissa clutched her scalp, screaming, “She killed Johan!”
“Ci.”
Wesley rushed over, pulling Cecilia tightly into his arms. “Calm down.”
Cowering nearby, Larissa shrieked with all her might, “She’s the real killer! She deserves this!”
“Thew will deal with the murderer! Who gave you the right to push her? Who gave you-”
Cecilia’s emotions raged violently, her chest constricted, breathbored.
Finally, she copsed imply in Wesley’s embrace,
Cecilia, Corrine Died Because of You
The rainshed down with violent intensity, thunder rumbling through
the clouds.
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