Rachel looked him dead in the eye and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

All of a sudden, Victor's face turned grim. He locked eyes with her and replied, "I demand an explanation. Tell me why a person who died four years ago is standing right in front of me!"

Rachel didn't respond and just maintained eye contact with him.

Right now, Victor was doing his best to stifle his anger.

The chaos brought by Rachel's sudden reappearance rendered him unable to think properly. But now that he had time to calm himself down, he was able to gather his composure.

It turned out that she was still alive, and she had been deceiving him for four years.

Seeing that she wasn't answering, he commanded, "Give me an answer!"

Rachel was acting so cold, and he noticed that she didn't seem like she wanted to speak to him any longer. Upon realizing that, Victor felt as though he couldn't breathe. She was right in front of him, and in a normal situation, he could easily catch her. But right now, he felt so powerless, and he knew that he wouldn't be able to catch her even if he used every last strength he had left in his body.

hated more than the feeling of being powerless.

"Rach—"

reason," Rachel

they knew full well that even if she didn't leave at

didn't want to tell him was because she didn't want

give him an explanation. Not once did she regret risking her life to escape this hellhole.

know that I hate lying the most. And you've lied to me for four long years," Victor remarked.

you can't lock me up,"

tension in the room rose. The heating

pervaded in the air. Neither of them had

was almost ten in the evening. Soon, it would be lights out at

that crossed her mind, Rachel put her hands in the pockets of her coat and said, "If you have nothing else to say,

even

him. He was leaning against the headboard with a

she noticed that there were

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