Chapter 1232

Zane was absolutely livid.

"Oh, I'm the villain, and he's the perfect gentleman?!" he spat, voice shaking with rage. "If he's such a great guy, maybe he shouldn't be dragging you along to mess with deadly viruses and their cures while telling you he loves you!"

He jabbed a finger in Elysia's direction, eyes wild. "Do you even realize how dangerous this virus is? One slip, and you could get infected! And let me tell you, it's not pretty-just pure agony!"

"He's putting you in harm's way. He doesn't care about you at all!"

Elysia's face flushed with anger. She clenched her fists and fired back, "Tarquin didn't manipulate me into this! It was my idea to help with the research!"

"He only let me join because he knows there's no stopping me-not because he doesn't care!"

"But you—" she pointed right back at him, voice trembling, "You know how dangerous this is? You know how much people suffer after they're infected? Yet you still unleashed this on the world! How could you be so heartless?!"

Zane's voice rose to a guttural roar. "I did it for you! I was trying to make more money so you could have a better life!"

"For me?" Elysia let out a bitter laugh. "Don't kid yourself. You did it for you!"

looking for a fancy excuse to ease your guilty conscience, but

silent, breathing hard, unable to hide how much the

breaths,

what's coming to you. And don't even think about loving me-it

on her heel and marched toward

Zane hard, sending him stumbling backward.

Elysia, glaring daggers

and fury. "She'll

punch across Zane's jaw, knocking him down again—-this

get his own hands dirty over a nobody like Zane? That was like using a

once more, and sneered at the entourage. "What,

that money, you'd be nothing! Give me half your privilege, and I'd

brat-you don't deserve Elysia's

bristled, ready to pounce, but

cold, piercing look, then turned to Elysia. "Are you done talking to him? Let me have a

creasing her brow. Tarquin gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry. I

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