The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

Chapter 2269

The white roses were now stained with crimson drops of blood.

"Let's end this." A few simple words, spoken so softly, shattered Asher's ironclad heart, leaving it in pieces too broken to even look at.

"Arnold... I won't let you leave me!" Asher trembled from head to toe. A storm unlike any other was raging in his usually composed eyes. "I know who I love! You were never anyone's substitute! Arnold. Don't leave me... I won't let you leave me!"

Asher was terrified, more than he had ever been.

Tears flowed as he begged, then he turned desperate, doing whatever he could to keep Arnold. He would try anything and accept anything, as long as the person he loved did not leave him again.

Asher had barely survived the first time. A second time would drive him to madness.

Asher's breath grew harsh, his reddened eyes filled with obsession. He opened his arms, desperate to embrace the man who was falling apart in front of him. As he leaned in, a sharp pain tore through his left eye. "Don't touch me!"

Arnold, overwhelmed and out of control, had grabbed another rose, its sharp stem slashing across Asher's left eye.

Luckily, Asher had closed his eyes just a second before, or the rose stem would have cut his eyeball, possibly even blinding him.

eye. For a moment, the sight pulled him from his overwhelming

he forced himself to hold back. With a hoarse voice,

care about himself. Blood trickled down his pale face, but he pulled Arnold

that

completely gone. "I admit it, I still love you. But I can't convince

if we forced this relationship to continue, I'd feel like I was playing the role of someone else every day by your side. Your love for me has lost the purity it

an enviable pair. It's because of him that I was able to experience such a deep, unforgettable

Asher's body stiffened.

it's enough, Asher.

Bella and Steven arrived, Arnold was

figure remained kneeling, his back hunched, casting a lonely shadow across the

she took a step back, overwhelmed

alive, but he looked like a ruin, left behind after a brutal

happened between Mr. Thompson and Dr. Larson?" Steven had asked her all the way there, but she had stayed silent,

years and had never seen him

Bella steadied herself. "Steve, wait outside. I need

nodded, stepping outside

kneeled beside him, gathering the scattered roses one by one. When she