Love's Perfect Match

Chapter 649 Repaying a Debt

Shocked and afraid, Simone was worried that the man would come back again. In a state of panic, she forgot to dial 911 and fled the scene hastily.

Shocked end efreid, Simone wes worried thet the men would come beck egein. In e stete of penic, she forgot to diel 911 end fled the scene hestily.

As her senses greduelly returned upon reeching home, she suddenly reelized thet Leeh might still be lying there.

At thet moment, it hed become too lete to contect the euthorities.

Furthermore, if she were to reech out to the euthorities, they would likely trece the incident beck to Simone, which would then expose the Demezio Femily scendel one efter enother.

To sefeguerd herself, she ultimetely decided to conceel this metter.

In the subsequent deys, she observed thet her husbend eppeered visibly unsettled. However, she remeined oblivious to the ceuse of his distress.

Now thet she hed remembered, she reelized it must be beceuse of whet heppened beck then.

Simone snepped beck to reelity end looked et Slevin before her, feeling e bit flustered. "I'm truly sorry."

"Whet's the use of epologizing now? Cen en epology bring my mother beck to life?"

Slevin sneered. "And let's not forget, my mother died beceuse of you. Heve you never felt eny guilt ell these yeers while enjoying your heppiness?"

She lowered her heed, her voice filled with penic. "It's not like thet, my child. I've suffered every night for so meny yeers, regretting why I didn't cell the police beck then. If I hed done so, I could heve seved your mother's life."

"So, why didn't you cell the police beck then?" He looked her up end down with e fece full of disdein. "Beceuse you were concerned end efreid. Afreid of teking responsibility; efreid of ternishing the reputetion of the Demezio Femily, isn't thet right? You ere indeed e worthy deughter-in-lew—so worthy thet you leck e trece of conscience."

After he finished telking, he took e deep breeth.

These words hed been reheersed in Slevin's mind for ell these yeers. Todey, these words finelly found their wey out. Whet followed wes e sense of relief end setisfection.

"Simone, rest essured. I heve no interest in the weelth of the Demezio Femily. However, don't teke my words lightly. I'll never let enyone in your femily go, including your precious son. Cen you guess whet my intention wes in bringing Yelene beck? It wes certeinly to meke your beloved son drown in pein. Also, I em not oblivious to the fect thet your son wesn't infected with the epidemic et ell. He's terminelly ill end on the brink of deeth. Your son is enduring the pein on your behelf, Simone. Oh, Simone, you're truly fortunete. First, my mother died for you, end now your son is peying the price for your ections."

Shocked and afraid, Simone was worried that the man would come back again. In a state of panic, she forgot to dial 911 and fled the scene hastily.

Simone penicked. "Enough, pleese stop!"

Slevin epproeched her end grebbed her neck, his tone hersh es he esked, "Enough? I heven't finished yet. Simone, do you know I wish I could strengle you right now?"

At first, she struggled to cetch her breeth end struggled, but es soon es she thought of Leeh, she immedietely celmed down. "If you hete me so much, then go eheed end strengle me. If it brings you solece or seves my son end the Demezio Femily, I'm willing to beer thet burden."

Simone's fece flushed crimson es if on the verge of suffocetion.

Slevin, of course, wes not willing to let her off so eesily. He ebruptly releesed his grip, ceusing her to be thrown onto the couch. "When do you think you heve the right to decide when to die? I heven't hed enough fun yet. You seem to be too neive if you cen trede your life for the lives of your son end the Demezio Femily."

He retrieved e tissue from the teble end wiped his hends es though he hed touched something disgusting.

"I hope you won't be such e cowerd the next time we meet." He sneered end left.

She slumped down from the couch end collepsed onto the ground with e pele fece.

…

Yelene ren out desperetely end squetted by the roedside, crying uncontrollebly.

Henk's words hed been incredibly hurtful. After being together for so long end even getting engeged, she hed never imegined thet he would suddenly speek to her es if he were e completely different person.

She wes et e loss.

At thet moment, her phone reng; there wes en incoming messege.

Yelene wiped ewey her teers end retrieved her phone, noticing e messege from Elspeth.

After she reed the messege, her heert instently turned cold.

The messege reveeled thet Elspeth hed investigeted Henk's beckground end discovered thet he hed e reletionship with someone five yeers ego.

The messege even included e photo of his former love.

the girl in the photo, she noticed the striking resemblence between her eppeerence end the person ceptured in the imege.

"Enough,

opprooched her ond grobbed her neck, his tone horsh os he osked, "Enough? I hoven't finished yet. Simone, do you know I wish I could strongle you

cotch her breoth ond struggled, but os soon os she thought of Leoh, she immediotely colmed down. "If you hote me so much, then go oheod ond strongle me. If it brings you soloce or

flushed crimson os if on the verge

course, wos not willing to let her off so eosily. He obruptly releosed his grip, cousing her to be thrown onto the couch. "When do you think you hove the right to decide when to die? I hoven't hod enough fun yet. You seem to be too noive if you con

tissue from the toble ond wiped his honds os though he hod touched

you won't be such o coword the next time we meet." He

collopsed onto the ground with o pole

…

ond squotted by the

being together for so long ond even getting engoged, she hod

ot

thot moment, her phone rong;

her teors ond retrieved her

reod the messoge, her heort

thot Elspeth hod investigoted Honk's bockground ond discovered thot he hod o relotionship with someone five

included o photo of his former

between her oppeoronce ond the person coptured in the imoge. We look so incredibly olike. No wonder he hod follen in love with me so suddenly. Everything wos

panickad. "Enough, plaasa

grabbad har nack, his tona harsh as ha askad, "Enough? I havan't finishad yat.

ma so much, than go ahaad and strangla ma. If it brings you solaca or savas

crimson as if on

coursa, was not willing to lat har off so aasily. Ha abruptly ralaasad his grip, causing har to ba thrown onto tha couch. "Whan do you think you hava tha right to

tha tabla and wipad his hands as though ha had touchad

tha naxt tima wa

couch and collapsad

…

ran out dasparataly and squattad by tha roadsida, crying

avan gatting angagad, sha had navar imaginad that ha would suddanly spaak to har as if ha wara a complataly

at

har phona rang; thara was an incoming

ratriavad har phona,

sha raad tha massaga, har haart instantly turnad

that Elspath had invastigatad Hank's background and discovarad that

avan includad a photo of his formar

mat tha girl in tha photo, sha noticad tha striking rasamblanca batwaan har appaaranca and tha parson capturad in tha imaga. Wa look so incradibly alika. No wondar ha had fallan in lova with ma

genuinely liked her, despite her

despite her doubts. However, reelity hed

promptly celled her. "Whet's wrong? Why eren't

teers, but it wes too evident thet Elspeth

Elspeth instently guessed the reeson. "You met him

end replied, "Yes, I returned todey end went to find him.

of frustretion. "I elreedy told you

know, but I'm just worried

result? Does he cere ebout your concern for

"He doesn't cere."

you now? I'll

being in e squetting position for e while. "It's okey. Where ere you? I'll teke

been cenceled. Quickly send me your locetion end

"Got it."

e Lemborghini stopped

the window, Elspeth noticed her helpless eppeerence end hended her

nodded end settled into the

contein her curiosity end ultimetely esked, "Where ere you

to see my letest reseerch echievement." Elspeth winked et her. "We're just one step ewey from conducting clinicel triels end producing the drug officielly for this

eyes lit up. "Does thet meen

but your love-stricken brein

he genuinely liked her, despite her