Martin was unnervingly calm.


    Fitch, who used to pace restlessly at the slightest downturn in Diana''s health, was now a portrait of stillness. Beside him, the


    young nurse rubbed her eyes in disbelief. They both remained eerilyposed.


    Serena peered at the nurse holding the notice of critical condition. She remembered the doctor''s words, Martin''s mother wouldn''t


    last more than two hours.


    Yet, even with the gravity of the situation hanging over her, Serena couldn''t bring herself to hand over her phone. A shadow


    crossed her eyes, and it seemed clear she wouldn''t offer her help.Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.


    Martin, his heart sinking, saw it all. Disappointed was an understatement - to think that at a time like this, Serena could be so


    cold.


    Even a pretense of concern would have spared him this feeling of utter letdown.


    After the nurse left, Serena wheeled forward again, trying to reach for Martin''s hand. "Martin, give me another chance. | can''t live


    without you." Her tears began to fall. "Didn''t we promise each other? To stay together forever, never to part."


    But the word "forever" had never sounded so repulsive to Martin. "What you can''t live without are the fame and the high life! Not


    me."


    "Martin." Serena sobbed, "How can you say that. You mean so much to me."


    “Are you still acting, even now? Serena, this is murder." Martin was livid. "You expect me to forgive someone who intended to kill


    my mother? My sister? To live out the rest of my days as if nothing happened?"


    "| was just so angry. They humiliated me, belittled me. If they had been nicer from the start, | wouldn''t have thought that way. It''s


    their fault." Serena blurted without thinking, then quickly mped her mouth shut.


    "So, even now, you think it''s everyone else''s fault?" Martin''s disappointment was beyond words. He closed his eyes for a


    moment before suddenly pping her across the face. "That p was for my mother."


    Serena, and everyone else, was stunned. No one expected Martin to hit her, and hit her so hard.


    Her mouth began to bleed.


    “And this p is for my sister!" Another pnded. "They suffered because of you. Are two ps too much to ask for?"


    Serena never expected to be pped twice, let alone in front of an audience.


    And she certainly didn’t expect Martin to treat her this way.


    "He''d rather p you than call the


    police, Serena. You''ve lost someone


    who truly loved YOU Yau newdrhinnd


    ondnman ike that in your


    litetime!" Fitch suddenly felt a surge


    of satisfaction and relief that Martin


    would no longer be ensnared by such


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    As for Martin not calling the police, Fitch wasn''t worried. Serena had done enough to seal her fate, even if nobody else took


    action, Arabe surely would.


    "Mrs, No, | should say Ms. Lott," Fitch


    continued, st time, to save


    Martin knel outeica fie allway for


    Rese cet. begging for


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    Serena froze, her gaze shifting to Martin in shock.


    But Martin was done revisiting the past.


    "Also, | overheard him on the phone


    once, learning he was being


    threatened. Though | don''t know


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    Hard, ce, and against his family''s


    wishes, he still engaged himself to


    you. He had you in his heart! He truly


    wanted to spend his life with you. Ms.


    Lott, you''ve truly broken Martin''s


    heart this time! He was so good to


    you, and yet you didn''t value it at all,


    even plotting against his own mother


    and sister." Please read the original


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