Chapter 962

The air on the rooftop was icy, as if each breath carried the weight of impending doom.

Harvey's heart pounded like a drum in his chest, his grip on the gun trembling as if he were holding onto the last thread of sanity. He hadn't disengaged the safety, fearful that panic might cause his finger to slip, sending a bullet into the void.

Cornered, with nowhere left to turn, he had never entertained the thought of taking Elsie Archer's life. Even if there was a sliver of hope, he was determined to get Elsie out alive.

He knew all too well that in times of crisis, Avery Chambers would abandon him, possibly even betray him at the last moment. He had prepared for this, confident in his wit and intelligence to escape unscathed, to vanish into thin air.

But it was all for Elsie. He had fallen to this low for her.

He wanted to give the woman he loved a wedding, a beautiful beginning, however humble. Even if they were the rats in the sewers, there was still a longing to bask in the sunlight.

So, Elsie had to live. She simply had to.

Otherwise, everything he had invested in would be for naught.

Elsie's sudden laughter cut through the tense air, her eyes bloodshot with a haunting beauty.

shook, "Ellie, what's so

clever around Avery, as if you're the smartest guy in the room. Turns out you're just a

gaze was sharp, cutting straight to Harvey's heart, "Harvey,

you think you were my savior? That I wanted to marry you out of gratitude, or affection? No... I

with you has

felt his blood freeze, then rush to his head in a dizzying

can't be...

him, maybe didn't even like him. But if she was willing to marry him, to be with him, she shouldn't detest him

him for months, lurking in the shadows. He was not just my comrade but my only hope in The Velvet Haven, my

who had died in that basement, delivering his final message in Morse code.

lied about going out with you... It wasn't for Avery's damn

away, his gaze intense, struggling to

his so-called love was nothing but a fleeting illusion,

sacrificing herself time and again,

seemingly omnipotent, yet powerless to pull his beloved from

A complete failure.

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