The rooftop was cold.

Trembling with fear and overwhelmed by the immense pressure and terror, Taylor shook like a leaf as he held the gun.

He had not released the safety, worried that he might misfire the gun by accident.

Even now, with no other way to escape, he had never intended to take Yvonne's life. Even if there was only a slim chance, he still wanted to take Yvonne with him.

Taylor knew that everyone looked out for themselves in times of great danger.

Christopher had long ceased to care about him and would probably betray him when the time came. Taylor was prepared for this. He was confident that his intelligence and cunning traits would be enough to help him escape and disappear.

He had ended up here solely for Yvonne.

Taylor wanted to give the woman he loved a wedding and a beautiful beginning. He believed that even a rat from the gutter could also long for a moment in the sunlight.

He wanted Yvonne to live. He needed her to live. Otherwise, everything he had sacrificed until now would be meaningless.

Suddenly, Yvonne burst into laughter, her eyes bloodshot and wild.

voice shook. "Yvonne, what are you laughing

You think you saved me? Do you think I agreed to marry you because I have feelings for you or because I'm grateful? No... I only wanted to drag you and Christopher down to hell. Every moment with you felt like a thousand ants gnawing at my heart. It was utterly

felt his blood freeze before rushing to his head and pounding in

That can't be... How could

him. But if she was willing to marry and leave with him, she should not have hated him this

video of Owen murdering someone? Oscar spent over two months following him, hiding in the shadows to capture it. Oscar was not

that evidence. In his final moments, he sent it to me through Morse code.

just a few steps away, his gaze intensely

took everything in him to

realized that his so-called love was an illusion. It was nothing

shallow, so pale, so

day. She sacrificed herself

could not save his beloved from her torment. He could not even

was useless.

words cut into Taylor's heart like a knife. "I came to Sentania with you and married you only to gain your trust, so that you'll completely drop your guard around me. You hid all the evidence of Christopher's heinous crimes in that cross around your neck. It's all concealed right next to your heart. That

venomous snakes. The lighthouse of hope and faith he

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