A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 105

Matilda staggered backward, her face turning ashen under the weight of Yvan’s words.

“Yvan, I just couldn’t be as ruthless as you!” she yelled inwardly.

Just then, the ringtone of her cellphone cut through the tension, her hands trembling as she fished it out of her pocket. The sight of the incoming number made her heart sink.

A bad omen, she thought.

“Hello? Are you the sister of the guy who just got into a wreck on Lupia Skyway?” a stranger’s voice crackled through the line. “We’re taking him to the City Hospital right now. You better come quick; any later and you might not get to see him alive.”

Matilda’s grip loosened, and the phone crashed to the ground, the screen shattering like a spiderweb – a stark reflection of her fragmented heart.

It was as if a thunderclap had gone off beside her ear, buzzing and disorienting.

Her brother… her brother was in an accident!

Because she couldn’t bring Logan home, Gideon must have guessed that Yvan had given her a hard time, prompting him to hurry over.

for the door, Yvan felt a stab of pain and chased after her, grabbing her wrist. “Hey, what the hell are

the City

pull sent

City Hospital. My brother’s been in an accident!”

another word, he scooped her up and raced to his car. gunning it

felt like a merciless black hole pulling her in as tears blurred her vision and her mind spun in chaos. The doctor’s regrets

if her soul had been drained, her eyes numbly wide open. Memories of Gideon flickered through her mind in a rapid montage, slowing to a haunting crawl, pulling her back to the

he never considered it could be this silent and deadly, as if

stood stone–faced, rising slowly from Gideon’s bedside.

Chapter 105

the hatred In her eyes was sharp as knives, her voice hoarse, her stance

you happy now?”

she laughed a laugh so hollow and full of tears it

to the grief–stricken outbursts of loved ones, moved

her.