His Cruel Betrayal, My Dying Wish

ic taste filled my mouth. I coughed, and a spray of red splat

then back at me. There was no a

Ava? You' d go this far j

g blood was part of an act to get his atten

ousehold bodyguards, the same ones who had dragged me from the gala,

vices. They started to drag me from the kitche

r. As they pulled me past him, he threw the water i

voice dripping with contempt. "You're becomi

d water-it was all too much. Black spots danced in my vision.

ging to his arm, but her tears had miraculously dried. She looked at me, her eyes filled w

ises, the signs of my illness. She was pretending to be kind

her. Then it grew dark again as he considered her words. He thought s

his voice low

m and sank to her knees on the floor in front of hi

re to go. It' s my fault. I shouldn't have worn the necklace. I

theater. And Liam was its mo

The pain in my abdomen was a roaring fire now, consuming what li

as a hoarse whisper, but in the sudden silence

Chloe, the guards. T

e. "My shares. My holdings. Everything. It's you

, sacrificed my health, my youth, to build our firm from a two-person startup into a multi-million dollar corpo

me back my health. It couldn't even buy me a sh

lling Chloe' s dying wish. It was about the money. My money. Chloe was his

hocked. Then, greed, pure and undisguised, flickered acro

side. He tried to pry the guards' hands off me

calculating the net worth of my shares, even as

, my voice flat. "The asset tra

ded to one of the guar

he floor. A smug, triumphant glint sho

to me. My hands were shaking too badly to hold the pen stea

t and stamped it firmly on the document. A bloody fingerp

entire demeanor changed. He gently took the folder from the guard,

my shoulders, a gest

oncern. "I' m sorry, Ava. I' ve been under so much stress with Chl

he narrative, painting him

. "We will get through this. Once Chloe is... at peace... we will

ise. Another lie t

t room. As she led me away, I heard him say, "Make sure she's com

after a tantrum. But it was over now. He had e

ray. The housekeeper's face swam before my eyes. Her

ft sheets of the guest bed as I collapsed