My Deathbed Wish: His True Love

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k and Bianca. The Day family estate was transformed, glittering with fairy lights and ove

om, acutely aware of the curious glanc

... they were childhood

one who found him af

ther girl? And why is Grace ev

possessively around her waist. She was radiant in a custom-made designer gown, a diamond necklace that must have cost a fortune sparkling at her throat. He le

lurch. I turned away, heading for

iends, family," he began, his voice ringing with happiness, "I want to thank yo

olently and then plunged the enti

und of a table crashing over, a woman' s scream, and a man' s sharp curse. The atmosphere s

avoid being trampled. In the disorienting darkness, a hand clamped down on my wrist like

s of the party dissolving into a muffled roar. My lungs burned. Just before I lost conscious

back of a moving van, the air thick with the smell of gasoline and fear. My hands we

idiots! I told you to do it after the party, not during! You were supp

"Plans change, lady. W

hrieked. "I' m not paying

had hired these men. She had planned to stage her own k

e weren't the low-level thugs Bianca would have hired. These men had guns. And the man who had spoken, the one in charge... I recogniz

nymore. This was real. And it wa

a dark, deserted pier. The salty air was cold against my skin. Thorne pulled out a phone an

"Let them go. Whatever you

ld barrel of his gun to her temple. "It' s not so simple, Day. You see, I want y

to the frame next to her. "Your new love, or your ol

e, replaced by raw, primal fear. When his gaze landed on the

ared, his voice cracking with desper

n my cold cheek. I already knew his answer. I had alwa

ing to give you the choice, Day. I

de a cramped, dark space. A moment later, Bianca' s body was thrown in beside me, her warmt

ater with a deafening splash, and the dark, icy ocean immediately began to swallow

lass. But I was strangely calm. My mind went into survival mode. I kicked off my high heels,

icing my arms and legs, but I barely felt the pain. The ocean rushed in. I took a deep br

through with a gasp, dragging Bianca with me. I saw a large piece of wooden debris

was fulfilled. Jack would not los

e a good life, Bianca," I whisp

sudden, terrifying numbness shot down my right arm. It went completely limp, us

I let go of the wood, my head dipping below the surface. I looked up at

is it

me. I had saved her. I had se

welcoming the en

a hand closed around my wrist, strong