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 him

was the real fool back then!

her recently mournful expression returned to a

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

with a mocking smile, she said, “Rest

hand already on the

her

the man’s hand, causing both her and Kieran to fall onto the bed together. To avoid

at Julie, his eyes veiled in mist, with a teasing tone in his voice

her ear.

so eager to escape? Are you

somewhat difficult, Julie chuckled in derision, answering, “Because I’m a human. It’s normal to be scared when facing a

quite the master of sarcasm,” the man didn’t

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 go?”

attack him at any moment.

gazed at Julie and started to speak, “Considering you were the only witness present when. Bertha jumped,

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