Too Late, Mr. Mills: Watch Me Leave

Chapter 4

Word Count: 697 | Released on: 27/04/2026

e behind her eyes that made her stomach turn. Her body felt heavy

ed, her eyes

d death. Instead, she saw crystal. A massive, glittering chandelier hanging from a vaulted ceiling d

. She looked down at her hands. They were smooth. Un

steady. She caught sight of herself in th

s taut, her eyes bright, her hair thick and shiny. S

. She was

from the en-suite bathroom. Th

s lined. A towel was slung low around his hips, water dripping down his chest

st night was... a lot." He saw the way she flinched, the sheer terror that flashed in her eyes, and his own expression f

physical blow. The same p

Her heart was hammering against her ribs, her skin

n the air. The warmth was gone, re

r an escape, a weapon, anything. They landed on the heavy crysta

d the cold glass, and she hurled it at the

Crystal shards sprayed across the marb

eyes wide. "Adriana! Wha

ss, ignoring the sharp sting as a shard sliced her knee. She grabb

point bit into her skin, a hot, sharp sting. A dro

, replaced by pure, unadulterated terror. He held up his

ing but her hand steady. The pain was real. The

his eyes locked on the blood trickling down

into his eyes, the eyes that had looked at her with such contempt in th

gasping at the sting, the warm

in the silent room. "I, Adriana Guzman, would rath

it red. Everette stared at her, his face a mask of absolute

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“Adriana Guzman spent two agonizing days tearing through the freezing fog of the woods, searching for her missing five-year-old daughter. She finally found little Pippa curled up under a massive oak tree, her tiny body frozen solid and lifeless. Trembling, Adriana called her husband, Everette. Instead of panic, she heard the soft voice of his mistress in the background. "You think telling me my daughter is dead will make me book a flight home?" He laughed, accusing her of faking the tragedy for attention. When Adriana woke up in the hospital, Everette finally arrived, bringing his mistress with him. He shielded the other woman from Adriana's grief, threw a checkbook at her, and demanded she name her price to sign the divorce papers. He only believed the truth when the midday news broadcasted the discovery of Pippa's body. Exhausted and utterly broken by his cruelty, Adriana swallowed a hidden bottle of sleeping pills. As the darkness pulled her under, she felt a suffocating sense of injustice. Why had she wasted her life begging for a cold man's affection? Why did her innocent daughter have to die alone in the freezing mud while he drank champagne? But the end never came. Adriana opened her eyes to find herself twenty-one again, standing in a luxury hotel room as a younger Everette walked out of the shower to propose. This time, she smashed a crystal vase, pressed a jagged shard to her own bleeding throat, and looked him dead in the eye. "I would rather die right here than ever marry you."”