Jameson erupted into laughter, the sound sharp and cruel.

"Return her to you?" he jeered.

"Jasper, Lyse was meant to be mine from the start.

You took her from me, seized her so shamelessly.

"Not only did you fail to appreciate her, but you also subjected her to pain and loss—made her lose her child and denied her the chance to be a mother forever." Jasper breathed heavily, as if strangled, his heart plummeting.

It felt as if the bullet had created an irreparable void in his chest, with fresh blood pouring from the wound.

He knew Jameson was trying to unsettle him, using psychological tactics to break him down.

Jasper tried to steady himself, but the truth in Jameson's words stung.

There was no refuge.

The searing pain caused him to tremble, and the weight of regret in his heart only grew heavier.

"You nearly destroyed my most cherished rose," Jameson continued, his voice dripping with venom.

"She was on the brink of withering because of you.

Jasper, you don't deserve to be with Lyse.

Your love, which you only realized too late, is pathetic.

"If she hadn't been deceived and misled by you, she would have been mine long ago.

We would have been married by now.

care for, love, and dote on

prepared to obliterate everything just for a moment of happiness

has always been

You're weak, indecisive, and uncertain of your own

I can barely stand

you have to spend your life with Lyse?" Jameson's laughter returned, wild and derisive, echoing through this

am the one who has become Lyse's husband,"

and I

Rose Island and shared a romantic

completely mine

she

Schmidt." "You...

up!" Jasper gasped for air as if

physical and emotional agony, his grip on rationality

agony was so overwhelming that his vision grew

recklessly in the direction of Jameson's

eyes, he

to reload, his hands trembled so

Jameson clicked his tongue.

you now." Jameson's voice was

me a madman, but your state is far

you crave is a woman who's exclusively

claimed Lyse and sullied what you thought

love isn't as

but it's just a cover for the

merely performing for

not me." Lies,

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