Chapter 2 A Life for a Life
Trevor suddenly laughed coldly.
“Looks like you got quite a lot out of Galina, didn’t you? But after telling so many lies, have you started believing them yourself?”
“I’m not lying! It’s Galina who lied! How could she be the one who saved you?” Olive looked up stubbornly and said, “Trevor, the person who rescued you was me—”
“You’re still remorseless!” Before she could finish, Trevor cut her off in an icy tone. His eyes flared with anger. “Olive, someone as evil as you deserves the harshest punishment in life and death!”
Olive looked up at the man she had loved and protected with her life for ten years. Then she suddenly laughed, and an ironic smile played on her lips.
Before she could react, pain ripped through her scalp. Trevor had yanked her by the hair and dragged her to the doors of the operating room. Then he kicked her hard, forcing her to her knees.
Her knees felt like they had been shattered by the impact, but she stubbornly refused to make a sound.
Trevor stood in front of her, his presence as heavy as a death sentence.
“Olive, you’ll pay a thousand times over for what you did to my mother and Galina!”
Olive remained on her knees, suddenly overcome by a chill so cold that it seemed to seep into her very soul.
“I want you to spend the rest of your life in a living hell!” Trevor roared.
Then Trevor had someone bring over divorce papers. He threw them on the floor and told Olive to sign them.
“You want a divorce?” All color drained from Olive’s face.
She had to be the only bride to ever be divorced on her wedding day.
“Sign them!” Trevor said coldly.
Still on her knees, Olive looked up at him. There was a stubborn edge in her voice when she asked, “Trevor, have you ever loved me in these ten years?”
Trevor’s sneer deepened at her question.
“Never!”
That was when Olive realized the cruelest weapon in the world could just be one cold, simple word.
She spent ten years loving him and guarding him with her life, but all she got in return was that he had never loved her.
Still kneeling, Olive grabbed the pen and signed the divorce papers.
Then suddenly, she threw her head back and laughed. The sound of it was jarring in the empty space outside the operating room. Somehow, she sounded brazen and proud.
“Trevor, I loved you for ten years, but now I finally see it. My life during that time was a joke! From now on, we have nothing to do with each other!”
Trevor sneered but said nothing. He made a phone call instead.
Before long, the police arrived and asked, “Who’s Olive Swanson?”
Kneeling, Olive looked up as the police approached and snapped handcuffs on her wrists. Behind them stood a group of reporters who kept taking photos.
Such a commotion naturally alarmed everyone in the hospital.
“Rumor is the eldest daughter of the Swanson family killed her mother-in-law and Mr. Horton’s lover!”
“It’s not a rumor. It pretty much did happen! Mrs. Horton’s body is still in the operating room.”
“She’s such a heartless, wicked woman!”
Olive stayed silent despite the insults. She looked up at Trevor and asked quietly, “Do you hate me this much?”
Trevor merely smiled.
“A life for a life. It’s only right.”
“I didn’t! I didn’t kill anyone!” Olive screamed and struggled, but she couldn’t break free from the police’s grip.
Trevor looked at her, still tightly held by the police. He said, “Olive, you’ll never be able to atone for the sins you’ve committed in this lifetime!”
At his words, she suddenly threw her head back and laughed loudly again. She shouted angrily at Trevor, “I didn’t kill anyone, so why should I atone? The one who deserves to pay for it and rot in hell is Galina!”
Trevor raised his hand and slapped Olive hard. He yelled, “Olive, I hope you die!”
“Even if I die, I’ll drag Galina down with me!” Olive burst into loud laughter. “Trevor, I hoped you would never find out the truth. But if you ever do, you’ll realize it was you who wronged me and betrayed me. You betrayed my—”
The police held Olive down and gave Trevor a small nod. As they dragged her away, camera flashes exploded all around, capturing her at her lowest.
Trevor stood still in place. He wanted to say something, but when he met Olive’s bloodshot gaze, he fell silent.
Yet, she smiled. Her smile was beautiful, and she said quietly, “Trevor, the thing I regret the most in my life is loving you. But if I could start all over again, I would never want to see you again!”
She had loved him blindly for ten years, only to realize it had all been one-sided. As he never gave her even a shred of trust, he hadn’t even bothered to look into the truth before condemning her.
Everything she did for him over the years had meant nothing to anyone but her.
Trevor owed her far too much in this lifetime!
That final, bloodstained smile from Olive was breathtaking. It was as if all her youth and grace had burned away in that moment, etched into everyone’s memory.
The crowd thinned, and a gust of cold wind blew. Trevor walked to the window and watched Olive being shoved into the police car. His eyes darkened, carrying a complicated mix of emotions.
He told himself that this was her punishment and what she deserved.
But when he had heard her last words, he suddenly felt as if something had vanished.
It felt like something that would never return.
