Impulsive Vow to an Enigmatic Husband

Staring at the marriage certificate in front of her, Skyler hadn’t yet escaped the grips of her own terror when she heard Zavier’s words, “Just keep me happy, and I might just help the Blue family rise again.”

Skyler couldn’t care less about the fate of the Blue family; she wished for nothing more than their downfall. It was her sister Iris who mattered to her the most. “What about my sister? She must have tried to get in touch with me. If she couldn’t reach me, she must be worried.”

“Dead,” Zavier said bluntly.

Skyler’s heart seemed to stop for a second. “What did you say?”

Zavier let out a small chuckle, leaning close to whisper in her ear, “I said, your precious little sister is dead.”

“You’re lying!” Skyler blurted out.d2

“Sent by your precious Blue family to please some high roller. They played too rough, ended up killing her,” Zavier said with a tone of mock regret.

of her heart shattering. Drained of all strength, she collapsed to the floor, wanting to ask

with a rare urgency, “Skyler, I’m taking you to the hospital now. You better hang on for dear life, cause if I haven’t given you

else he said was lost to her; she didn’t care to

a hospital bed, a TV hanging on the wall across from her. She immediately turned it on, catching

on suspicion of murder. Could Nora have something to do with the deaths of Zavier’s brother

off the TV in fright, but to her surprise, it was Marissa, Zavier’s caretaker. “Ms. Skyler, I made you your favorite soup.

head weakly, “I’m not

on IV drips. You need to eat something.” Marissa set down her thermos and cranked the bed upright.

Marissa’s eyes welled up with tears. “You don’t need to

and Skyler had no intention of enlightening her. Taking the soup bowl, she sipped a little, then

that name set Marissa off into a tirade, “That Nora, no good, after all the kindness Mr. and Mrs. had