Chapter b7 /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 wayb, /bno.“]

“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 stillb, /bsuddenly 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 machineb. /bHe’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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