“My life has been ruined! If it weren’t for you driving me away, I never would’ve gone abroad and met the wrong people. I
wouldn’t have contracted this terminal illness! Now Timothy and Christopher are going crazy, exposing everything about me.
You’ve destroyed my life!”
I looked at the frenzied Isabella before me, a cold glint in my eyes.
“Isabella, you’re the one who came to me asking for money. You’re the one who claimed you needed to go abroad.
“Aren’t all of our lives just the choices we make? Even Timothy and Christopher were your choices!
“Your downfall is entirely your own doing.”
But Isabella was beyond reasoning. Her eyes were bloodshot as she lunged at me.
“Since my life is ruined, don’t even think of having a good life either! Let’s all go to hell together!”
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I couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath as I saw the knife, stained with infected blood, coming toward me.
But before she could reach me, Jacob kicked her away with force.
For anyone who threatened to harm me, Jacob never showed mercy.
The kick sent her sprawling to the ground harshly, groaning in pain.
By the time the police arrived, she realized her fate was sealed. As they took her away, she struggled, only then seeming to wake
up to the reality of her situation.
“Ms. Kingsley, please, I beg you, spare me! I shouldn’t have fought with you! I’ll return everything to you, I promise! I won’t
bother you again.”
I didn’t pay her any attention, hastily checking Jacob beside me.
“Are you hurt?”
“I’m fine.”
Jacob let out a relieved breath, but his gaze toward Isabella was filled with a coldness.
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