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Because there was something in your drink you should’ve recognized.”
Derek had just heard the police say I’d been drugged, leaving me powerless to fight back
Vanessa’s eyes widened in panic.
“What are you talking about? Stop joking around!”
She tried to crawl away, but her body just wouldn’t cooperate.
Derek knelt beside her, watching her struggle.
“I
heard you sold off several houses, all of which I bought for you. And even the shares I gave
you? You sold those to my competitors.”
Her face went pale. “Babe, please let me explain! I just… I was preparing for the worst. I was worried your company would take a hit because of Eva, so I wanted to have some cash ready for
you.”
He looked at her, disappointment heavy in his gaze, and pulled out a one–way ticket abroad.
“And this? What’s this about?”
“I…“.
“Why lie to me? I had someone dig into it. Three years ago, you never mentioned needing a big amount of cash. Your assets haven’t dropped at all! So, where did the money come from?
“It’s you! You killed Eva! You killed my wife! Why would you do that? Didn’t you know she was pregnant? She was carrying my child!”
Derek’s emotions boiled over.
Everything he believed crumbled around him.
He’d always seen Vanessa as this pure angel while thinking I was the dirty witch.
But now, with the truth laid bare, he realized the one he had loathed for three years was actually the one who risked everything to save him in his darkest hour.
At that moment, he grasped how utterly wrong he had been.
He had chosen not to trust his own wife for the sake of Vanessa.
If he hadn’t gotten involved with her, the woman who truly loved him wouldn’t have died. The footage had no sound, but he could feel the weight of my despair with every blow. Imagining me trapped in that statue, forced to watch him with the person who had caused my death, was agonizing.
Vanessa had turned him into an ungrateful fool, robbing him of both his wife and child.
His rationality was overtaken by rage.
“Derek, let
go
of me! What kind of man bullies a woman? You were the one who kept chasing
after me while refusing to divorce Eva. What was I to you?
“Yeah, I killed her! So what? You pushed me to it! If Eva had the money to save you, would you
have just dumped me?”
In a fit of fury, Derek tightened his grip around Vanessa’s neck, his eyes ablaze. Was your
have just dumped mer
In a fit of fury, Derek tightened his grip around Vanessa’s neck, his eyes ablaze. “Was your hand really ruined by her?”
Vanessa laughed mockingly. “No, I did it myself! I told you not to blame her. You were the one convinced she was out to get me. What’s that got to do with me?
Do you even realize? When you were in the hospital, I’d go downstairs to taunt Eva whenever you weren’t around. You broke her ribs! She lay there, helpless, forced to watch me make fun of her, It drove her to tears!”
Derek felt like he was losing his mind, unable to believe what he had done.
Vanessa, feeling invincible, turned the heat back on him. “Derek, I know you’re furious, but you better let me go now. Otherwise, you’ll lose everything you’ve worked for! Can you really afford to throw it all away for a dead woman?”
