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    Neil lunged at Katelyn without warning, his attack swift and brutal.


    In a heartbeat, Katelyn jerked her head to the side, narrowly avoiding the deadly de. The knife zipped past her, slicing off a loose strand of her hair as it flew by. Lise let out a sharp, involuntary scream, her body stiffening in shock.


    Without hesitation, Katelyn raised her gun, her movements fluid and certain. Two quick shots rang out, echoing in the room.


    Bang! Bang!


    Neil crumpled to the floor with a loud cry, his hands clutching his legs as beads of sweat dotted his brow. Blood poured freely from the gaping holes in his knees, staining the floor beneath him.


    Smoke curled from the barrel of Katelyn’s gun, her gaze dark and filled with unmistakable fury. To think Neil had the audacity to attack her—he had signed his own death warrant.


    Each bullet had been deliberately ced. Even if, by some miracle, the wounds healed, the damage was done. Neil’s knees would never be the same again.


    Lise snapped back to her senses, rushing over to him. Neil writhed on the floor, his face twisted in agony as he gripped his knees.


    “My legs! My legs!” he cried, his voice full of pain.


    Lise knelt beside him, her hands shaking as she tried to help, but the sight of blood gushing from his knees made her pull back, terrified.


    “I-I’ll get a doctor!” she stammered, panic rising in her chest.


    In a rush, she stumbled out of the room, her heart pounding.


    Meanwhile, Katelyn slid off the bed, moving slowly but with purpose. She walked over to where Neily, standing over him like a shadow.


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    Neil’s face, distorted by pain, twisted into a look of raw hatred as he stared up at her.


    Katelyn didn’t flinch. She raised the gun again, this time pointing it straight at his head.


    Her pistol was fitted with a small silencer, barely noticeable yet deadly effective. Even if she pulled the trigger in this very room, no sound would escape to the hallway.


    Neil’s mind was a storm of fury. He wanted nothing more than to tear Katelyn apart.


    His rage burned so hot that the pain in his legs seemed to vanish. “If you’re brave enough, pull the trigger. If not, I’ll make sure you regret this for the rest of your life.”


    Katelyn stared at him with unsettling calm, her expression indifferent, as if he were just a passing stranger.


    Once, she had loved him with all her heart. Now, she’d shot him, leaving him broken and helpless on the floor. It was as though every emotion—love, anger, everything—had been wiped out with those two shots.


    Neil spat his words through clenched teeth. “I never thought you’d betray me like this. Marrying you was the worst mistake of my life. If you don’t kill me today, I swear I’lle for you.”


    Despite the bullets lodged in his knees, he still wed at the floor, trying to drag himself closer, his hands reaching out to grab her throat.


    All he could think about was making sure Katelyn didn’t leave this room alive.


    “I never thought it would end this way either,” she whispered.


    A flicker of confusion crossed Katelyn’s eyes as her mind swirled with fragments of the past that refused to fade. “Right after the divorce, I’d lie awake at night, going over everything, trying to pinpoint where it all went wrong. I thought if I could just find out what happened, I’d understand. But eventually, I realized the mistake wasn’t what we did—it was marrying you in the first ce.”


    Her words hit Neil like a sudden gust, making him freeze for a split second.


    Where had it all fallen apart?


    He thought back to the early days of their marriage. Every evening, Katelyn would have a feast ready for him when he walked through the door, no matter how long or stressful his day had been. After his nights out drinking with clients and colleagues, she’d have honey water waiting for him, helping him shake off the alcohol’s grip. Even his wardrobe, from casual wear to business suits, was carefully chosen by her, every detail thought out.


    They had indeed shared so many moments of joy. How had things spiraled out of control so quickly?


    Once, they had been inseparable. Now, they stood as enemies, each willing the other out of existence. Was this the final chapter of every marriage?


    From exchanged vows to the routines of daily life, all culminating in betrayal and the desire to destroy one another. Katelyn shook off the flood of memories, her expression remaining eerily calm.


    With a smooth motion, she cocked the gun, leveling it at Neil once more. “This is where it all ends.”


    Neil’s bloodshot eyes burned with rage, his face twisted in fury and desperation.


    “If you pull that trigger, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life,” he snarled, refusing to believe she’d take it that far. In his mind, Katelyn couldn’t possibly go through with it. Killing him would destroy her too.


    But Katelyn’s lips curled into a faint, almost amused smile.


    She squeezed the trigger.


    Bang!


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