Chapter 4
“This isn’t real..
“AHAHAHAHAHA!]
“Mary was burned as a child. She’s terrified of fire.“]
“Even if she wanted to die, she’d never choose this way.”
Eyder, you’re past messing with me, right?“]]
He clutched Ryder’s hand, his voice increasingly choked, until Ryder solemnly shook his head.[]
Unable to speak, Liam stumbled to the body. Seeing the jade bracelet on the corpse’s wrist, he froze before breaking down completely.[]
The bracelet had belonged to his late mother, who had placed it on my wrist herself. One of a kind, with no duplicate in the world.[]
“Heh heh…”
He suddenly laughed, grabbing that charred hand.
Macy, we don’t need to sign that stupid agreement, okay?“]]
“Oh… yes, yes. Let me tell you a secret.“]
That Brianna… she was my mistress.“]
“She found your messages on my phone that night.“]]
“When she discovered I was married, she threatened to cause trouble.“]
“I was afraid it would affect the company’s stock price, so I told her if she gave birth to my firstborn son, I could convince my family to accept her as my second wife.“[]
“That’s why she attacked you.”
“Surprise, Macy! I was behind everything!”
“Come on, get up?”
Remember what you once said? If I ever cheated, you’d castrate me.“]
“Well, I cheated. Get up and castrate me!“]
“Get up… get up..“1
His voice grew weaker until he collapsed to the ground, still holding that charred hand.
“Mary- you’re a har. You promised you’d stay with me until we were old…”
“Please, don’t leave me…”
Tn vared…
At the funeral, after seeing off every guest, he realized all the friends who stayed were mutual friends.
“So our lives really had become inseparable…“]
He crouched before my grave, chain–smoking cigarettes between coughs]
“Stop that,” Byder said, extinguishing his cigarette. “If your wife sees you smoking, she’ll kick your ass.“]
Turk… my exer
A gamer of hope Bashed as Liam’s bloodshot eyes. He immediately emptied his cigarette pack, shoving all the remaining cigarettes into his mouth at once. With shaking hands, he fumbled with has ligider, pressing it several times until the flame appeared and ignited the cigarettes. The dozen or so lit cigarettes made him choke and cough Viciently
“Macy Quinn, you stingy little brat.
“Come on, get up and kick my ass!”
Ryder tried to stop him twice, but Liam persisted, choking and coughing up blood.]
Finally, Ryder couldn’t take it anymore. He kicked Liam’s shoulder, sending cigarettes scattering across my grave[]
“Liam, I’m so fucking disgusted with you right now.”
“If you needed to get laid that badly, I could understand a one night stand. But you had to roll around with that toxic bitch!“]
“What did she have that your wife didn’t? Yet somehow she got you completely wrapped around her fingert“]
“And you were so far gone you promised her your firstborn and wanted to bring her home?“]
“Now your wife is dead, and you’re crying at her grave?“]
“Who are you crying for? When she was alive, why couldn’t you have treated her better?!“]
Liam crawled on the ground for a long time before slowly raising his head.]
“Ryder… you’re my best friend…“]
“But you don’t understand…“]
“She had a child before, that’s why I thought it wasn’t fair…“]
Ryder’s eyes widened in shock. “What? Macy had a child?“]
Liam nodded painfully.]
Brianna even found DNA results.”
…“0
“Her little brother from her hometown… was actually her son…”
Ryder immediately clenched his fist, stepped forward, and kicked Liam’s shoulder again.]
“You’re talking complete bullshit!“]
We all know what kind of person Macy was!“]
“Jesus Christ, you believed that manipulative bitch’s lies?“]
Liam lay on the ground, snot and tears running down his face.]
“… I felt so conflicted… Ryder…“]
“That DNA test was real… her brother was actually her son…”
…0
Ryder crouched in front of him, grabbing his collar and glaring into his eyes.[]
Finally, he spat out his verdict: “Liam Drake, you fucking deserve everything that’s happened to you!“]
Then he cursed as he left Liam behind, walking away from my grave.]
After driving more than ten miles from the cemetery, he made a phone call.[]
“Macy It’s done, just like we planned.“]
“What’s your next move?”
