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.

the divorce, she

she was the real fool back then!

her recently mournful expression returned to a flawless

tugging at her lips. “She was your fiancée. Shouldn’t you graciously accompany her on her final journey? Shouldn’t you hold a solemn funeral and continue playing the role of her devoted lover?”

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

around, her hand already

man suddenly hoisted her over his shoulder, and

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

looked down at Julie, his eyes veiled in mist, with a teasing tone in his voice as he

her ear.

eager to escape? Are you afraid

“Because I’m a human. It’s normal to be scared when facing a wild beast, isn’t it?”

you’ve become quite the master of sarcasm,” the

man, her teeth gritted. “Sometimes, people need to be a bit tough to protect themselves, right? Mr. Hernandez, do you really have to wait until I harm you before you let me

she could attack him at any

started to speak, “Considering you were the only witness present when.

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