The aftermath in the villa had already been cleaned up by the servants. Only his mother–in–law sat on the sofa, her face full of disappointment as she stared at him.§
“What are you doing back here now? Rachel is still in the hospital waiting for your care! Are you out of your mind?”
But Martin seemed to ignore her words, relentlessly searching through every room, looking for any sign of me.”
“Where is Jessy? What happened to her? She’s hurt too. She needs to go to the hospital for treatment!“}
His mother instantly became furious, grabbing the teacup in front of her and throwing it at him.”
“Rachel is still lying in the hospital and you’re coming back to look for that bitch? Let her die if she wants to! What does that have to do with us? She’s been going on and on about the case for five years. I’m sick of it! Martin, whether you agree or not, the fact that Jessie was able to hurt Rachel proves that she’s not a good person. You need to divorce her right now! Did you hear what I said?“}
His mother was so angry that she couldn’t hold back her words.
However, Martin was even more furious.
He had searched the entire villa, but I was nowhere to be found. A fearful thought flashed through his mind, one that he dared not dwell
- on.
He hurriedly grabbed the housekeeper to inquire about any news, but was told that I had not been seen since the family dinner that night. All the servants were absent during the dinner, so no one knew my whereabouts.
Everything from the room where I used to live had been taken away. Even our wedding photo had been torn into pieces.
My ruthlessness completely crushed him.§
At this moment, he had to admit the bloodstained truth: the things in the study had been seen by me.
The secret he had hidden for five years had ultimately been uncovered.§
He recalled that night–the warm milk, the hurried departure and the study door that, for once, had not been locked.§ The moment he heard the news, it felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.
A chill seeped through every inch of his body.”
Martin almost collapsed, sitting helplessly on the floor. His fists weakly pounded on his legs.
He couldn’t understand. Why had things turned out like this?
Clearly, I had agreed that I would no longer investigate.
Clearly, he had promised himself to live the rest of his life with me.
The plane ticket for their vacation even still sat in his phone.
But now, everything had changed.
He thought he had protected Rachel.}
الله
While watching her happiness, he and ai could also live an ordinary, peaceful life with no one would bring up that murder case again. With time, it would eventually fade from memory.
He could save two people and also save three families.
But he still underestimated my determination. I had never given up on investigating the case.
That bubble–like happiness was so fragile that it burst with a single breath.
He lit one cigarette after another.
The nicotine gradually blurred his consciousness.}
In a daze, he seemed to return to the scene where he proposed to me. Back then, the helpless girl stood on the rooftop.
The moment I leapt, he caught me in his arms.
In fact, he had lied to me.
That wasn’t our first meeting. Our first encounter was during my date with his younger brother.
He had gone to his brother’s place to deliver an umbrella and car keys.
With just one glance, his heart nearly stopped. I was breathtakingly beautiful, my rain–soaked hair unable to hide my face.
But he kept telling himself that the one he loved was Rachel.
He didn’t want to be someone who broke a vow.
The faint affection he felt was buried deep in his heart.
Until the news came that I was going to jump from a building. In that impulsive moment, he proposed.
