Chapter 4

“Let go of me!” Julie raised her chin, staring firmly at the man in front of her, her eyes gleaming with a cold resolve.

“Bertha Stewart is dead,” the man’s voice suddenly came from above.-

Julie’s entire body stiffened in an instant, her struggling came to a halt. A slight ripple appeared on her

calm face.

Bertha’s death wasn’t surprising to her, as she had witnessed the whole process herself. But when this fact came from the lips of Kieran Hernandez, her heart felt like it had been pricked.

She remembered the day she decided to divorce him, asking him, “Kieran, would you be sad if the person who died on the operating room that day was me?”

She distinctly remembered the icy look in his eyes back then, as cold as falling into an ice cellar.

He sat elegantly on the sofa, legs crossed, his gaze seemingly veiled in mist. His faint lips uttered a weak voice, yet resolutely answered her, “No.”

Then he picked up the pen she had given him and elegantly signed his name on the divorce agreement.

of the divorce, she left

back now, she was the real fool

mournful expression returned to a flawless mask.

on her final journey? Shouldn’t you hold a solemn funeral and continue playing the role

her and with a mocking smile, she said, “Rest assured, I

around, her hand already

her over his shoulder, and then unceremoniously tossed her onto the

fall onto the bed together. To avoid crushing her, Kieran supported himself with

his eyes veiled in mist, with

her ear.

so eager to escape? Are you afraid of

breathing had become somewhat difficult, Julie chuckled in derision, answering, “Because I’m a human. It’s normal to be scared when facing a wild beast, isn’t it?”

sarcasm,” the man didn’t mind her sarcasm, instead, he smiled.

the man, her teeth gritted. “Sometimes, people need to be a bit tough to protect themselves, right?

like she could attack him at any moment.

at Julie and started to speak, “Considering you were the

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