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My heart was pounding, but I kept my expression calm and concerned. I took a step forward,

noting how much thinner Ethan looked.

"Ethan, are you feeling unwell? Why do you look so pale?" I asked, my voice soft

with worry.

He didn't answer. He just looked at me with those unfathomable amber eyes, making my anxiety spike.

"Ethan, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong?" I

asked, deliberately letting my eyes redden, looking at him pitifully, on the verge of tears.

This always worked on Ethan. I'd angered him before, but as long as I acted weak and

vulnerable, he would soften. He could never bear to stay mad at me when I cried. But today was different. His expression remained cold and distant.

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"Ethan..." I sobbed, about to deploy my ultimate weapon-full tears-when he suddenly spoke.

"I just met with Nathan."

The name hit me like a physical blow. Nathan Blackwood. Ethan's friend. It was normal for

mention him now, with that

girl. Lily. Even so, I clung to hope. Ethan trusted me completely; he couldn't possibly have investigated

responding with casual interest. "Why didn't

him

cook-"

what he told me?"

was a stranger. Where was the Ethan who

precisely because he knew my habits, knew that I stuttered and couldn't speak a complete sentence whenever I

Do you know that the kidney Emma used was Lily's?" I asked

up the matter of that little girl's kidney, I was

answer his question but asked my own

rhetorical question, but

filled with disappointment, grief, and confusion. He looked at me like he

why? Why didn't you tell me, knowing that the kidney was Lily's? What were you thinking?" he demanded, his voice shaking with

That I deliberately stole Lily's kidney, wanting to kill

I'm really sorry. I didn't want to, but I really had no choice," I said,

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my face with my

into tears. Not the delicate, pretty tears I

but ugly,

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to me, even though I didn't

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