Back to The Arms of The Husband I Once Killed

BANG!

The bedroom door was suddenly kicked open with tremendous force.

Elz flinched in shock. The deafening noise startled Kenny, her son, causing the baby to burst into frightened cries.

Elz froze when she saw who had barged into the room.

It was her personal bodyguards... accompanied by her husband, Adrian.

"How dare you barge into my bedroom!" Elz shouted furiously. "Do you all want to be fired?"

Adrian strode into the room, his eyes as cold as ice.

Elz frowned, completely bewildered by what was happening.

"What are you doing? You scared me!"

"Hold her," Adrian ordered coldly.

Before Elz could react, the bodyguards ripped Kenny from her arms and roughly restrained her, pinning both of her hands behind her back.

"What does this mean?" Elz struggled violently. "How dare you lay your hands on me! Let me go!"

Kenny cried even louder, terrified by the commotion.

"Let me go!" Elz screamed desperately.

Adrian let out a cold sneer.

"Hmph. You should have died a long time ago."

Elz's eyes widened in disbelief.

"W-What... what do you mean?" she asked, her voice trembling. "Let me go!"

Just then, Vanesha-Elz's stepsister-walked into the room with a bright smile. She affectionately wrapped her arm around Adrian's.

Elz stared at them in stunned silence.

"So... this is why you've barely contacted me lately?" she asked bitterly.

The sweet and innocent stepsister she had trusted all these years had been having an affair with her husband behind her back.

"I fell in love with her long before I married you," Adrian said with a mocking smile. "Vanesha is far better than you'll ever be."

"Better?" Elz glared at him. "What could you possibly see in a woman like her?"

SMACK!

Vanesha slapped Elz across the face with all her strength.

A sharp sting immediately spread across Elz's cheek.

"You bitch!" Elz snapped. "Who do you think you are to slap me?"

Adrian suddenly grabbed Elz by the chin, forcing her to look at him.

"What do you think you can do in your current situation?" he sneered. "I only pretended to love you so I could get my hands on the Ashford family fortune."

"You'll never get it!" Elz shot back. "Everything belongs to Kenny!"

"Oh, really?"

A cruel smile slowly spread across Adrian's face.

"Then what if I get rid of Kenny right now?"

A chill ran through Elz's entire body.

She watched in horror as Adrian signaled one of his men. The man immediately stepped forward, holding a glass of water.

"W-What are you going to do?"

"It's time for you and your son to disappear from this world."

"N-No... please..."

Elz's face turned deathly pale as Adrian forced the glass against her lips.

She struggled desperately, but the poisoned water was forced down her throat.

A few moments later, the poison began to take effect.

Her tongue burned before slowly going numb.

Then, terror consumed her.

She could only watch helplessly as Adrian forced the same poison into Kenny's mouth.

"No!" Elz cried out in horror. "Kenny is your son too!"

She tried to scream, but her throat refused to obey.

Only broken sobs escaped her lips as she watched Adrian poison his own child without the slightest hesitation.

The bodyguards released her, causing Elz to collapse onto the floor like a broken doll.

Kenny's desperate cries gradually grew weaker...

until they disappeared completely.

Silence.

Adrian and Vanesha laughed triumphantly before walking away, leaving Elz behind as her consciousness slowly faded.

Moments later, Elz noticed flames beginning to spread throughout the room.

The treacherous couple had set the mansion on fire to erase every trace of their crime.

Tears streamed down Elz's face.

For the first time in years, she remembered Nathan Ashford...

Her first husband.

The man she had murdered out of greed so she could inherit his fortune and spend the rest of her life with Adrian in unimaginable luxury.

Nathan had loved her with all his heart.

Yet she had betrayed him.

Now, karma had finally come for her-through the very man she had sacrificed everything for, and the stepsister she had once trusted.

The flames devoured the bedroom as thick smoke blurred Elz's vision.

Slowly, Elz closed her eyes, certain that this would be the last time.

"Forgive me, Kenny... Mommy is so sorry...

And you too... Nathan..."

Suddenly, Elz's eyes flew open.

She gasped for breath as she stared at the pristine white ceiling above her. With what little strength she had left, she slowly pushed herself into a sitting position.

"M-Madam... you're awake?"

A young maid's trembling voice reached her ears.

Elz turned toward the sound, only to freeze in confusion.

She recognized the girl instantly.

It was the very maid she had dismissed years ago at her husband's request.

Panic surged through her when she noticed the IV line attached to her arm and the oxygen cannula beneath her nose.

But none of that mattered.

Only one thought filled her mind.

"Kenny!" she screamed frantically. "Where's Kenny?"

The maid blinked in confusion.

"Kenny? Who is Kenny, Madam?"

"My son!" Elz cried, her voice trembling with desperation.

Just then, the bedroom door opened.

A tall, strikingly handsome man stepped inside.

"Since when did you have a child?" he asked with a puzzled smile.

Elz froze.

Her breath caught the instant she recognized that familiar voice.

It was Nathan Ashford.

"N-Nathan..."

Her entire body trembled as she stared at the man who should have been dead for years.

"Y-You... you're alive?"