Goodbye, Mr. Ex: I've Remarried Mr. Right by Czy Season

Chapter 977

The coldness in Debra's eyes deepened.

Cathryn laughed mockingly, "Debra, this is all you've got? All you ever do is talk big with nothing to back it up."

"If I do that," Debra said, "you'd let Liza go, right?"

"Of course. If you die, I'll let her walk free," Cathryn said, glancing at Liza. "We're friends. I don't want to hurt her. I just want you dead."

Liza's heart sank. She didn't believe for a second that Debra would do that for her.

Debra turned to Frederic and extended her hand. "Give me the knife."

Frederic didn't move, and she frowned. "I said, give it to me."

When Frederic still didn't respond, she added, "I'm doing this to save your lady. If something happens to Liza, how will you explain it to Fermin?"

But Frederic still refused to comply. Debra leaned in closer and lowered her voice. "Trust me. Just give me the knife."

in Debra's right hand. Something clicked in his mind, and he slowly handed

turned back to Cathryn. "So, if I stab myself in the heart and die right here, you'll let her

"Absolutely," Cathryn said.

simply. She held the knife against her chest, aiming for

"Debra, you don't have to do this. We're not even that close, and I hate owing

I thought you disliked

do hate you, but it's not like I'd be thrilled about your death,"

this a gift. You can pay me back in the

be ridiculous!"

to tease her further. She raised the knife high, feigning another dramatic move

could make contact, a voice suddenly echoed from behind

tone steady and unyielding

her body

the cold barrel of a gun press against her back. The knife slipped from her trembling fingers and clattered to the

stammered, but Marion

freed herself and