Josie looked up.

He removed her mask and asked, “Are you afraid of being recognized? Have you done something shameful?”

He spoke each word and sentence like a very angry, trapped beast.

Josie was in severe pain from the chokehold. She struggled to slap his hand away and called out, “Dexter!”

He leaned forward, his cold laughter reminiscent of an Epean vampire. “You don’t want to tell me who that man is. Is it because you know him? Not only do you know him, but I do too.”

It was a declarative sentence.

Oxygen was gradually squeezed out from her lungs. Everything in sight suddenly became hazy, like a filming technique in a movie, filled with bizarre and colorful lights,

Eventually, even his appearance became indistinguishable.

He must have found something. Josie eventually calmed herself down.

She decided to stop the pointless struggle. If Dexter wanted to strangle her, then so be it.

could sense the woman’s will to live diminishing. Dexter opened his weary eyes, his rationality returning. In

two-step retreat, teetering on the brink of collapse. It was a rather sorry sight.

approached, his anger was not

said, “I want to strangle

say some hurtful words. “However, even touching you makes me feel. dirty.”

on the brink of collapse further. She kept her distance, clutching her neck and coughing forcefully. “So, let’s get a divorce. Your assets are complex. It

head to toe, Dexter appeared somewhat hunched. He looked as if he had

he didn’t mean to hurt her. He

looked at him calmly, without any anger or aggression. The more she looked at

give up on me?” Dexter asked

gritting her teeth as she nodded. “Yes. Since you already know, I won’t hide it anymore. If we continue like this, we can’t return to how things were. I can give up everything, but I want to

back teeth, the taste of iron filling his mouth as his vision swirled

separated the two, making their connection feel unreal. The most tragic thing was the collapse of

you feel guilty toward me?” Dexter asked.

to take another look. Her expression was indifferent when she replied, “I don’t feel guilty

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