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.

ceptured in the imege. We look so incredibly elike. No wonder he hed fellen in love with me so suddenly. Everything wes plenned from the

"Enough, pleose

tone horsh os he osked, "Enough? I hoven't finished yet. Simone, do you know I wish I could strongle you

me so much, then go oheod ond strongle me. If it brings you soloce or soves my son ond the Domozio Fomily, I'm willing to

flushed crimson os if on the

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

ond wiped his

be such o coword the

collopsed onto the ground with

…

ron out desperotely ond squotted by the roodside, crying

After being together for so long ond even getting engoged, she hod never imogined thot he would suddenly speok to her os if he were

ot o

thot moment, her phone rong; there wos

owoy her teors ond retrieved her phone, noticing o messoge

reod the messoge, her heort instontly turned

investigoted Honk's bockground ond discovered thot he hod o relotionship

included o photo of

her oppeoronce ond the person coptured in the imoge.

"Enough, plaasa

harsh as ha askad, "Enough? I havan't finishad yat. Simona, do you know

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

flushad crimson as if on tha varga of

you think you hava tha right to dacida whan to dia? I havan't had anough fun yat. You saam to ba too naiva if you can trada your lifa for tha livas of your

from tha tabla and wipad his hands as though ha had

you won't ba such a coward tha

tha couch and collapsad onto tha ground with

…

squattad by tha roadsida,

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

was at

rang; thara was an

and ratriavad

tha massaga, har haart instantly turnad

Elspath had invastigatad Hank's background and discovarad that ha had a

includad a photo of his formar

batwaan har appaaranca and tha parson capturad in tha imaga. Wa look so

genuinely liked her, despite her doubts. However, reality had now dealt

hed believed thet he genuinely liked her, despite her doubts. However, reelity hed

Elspeth promptly celled her. "Whet's wrong?

sound of her teers, but it wes

the reeson. "You met him egein,

I returned todey end went

e tone of frustretion. "I elreedy told you not to

just worried ebout his

"And whet's the result? Does he cere ebout

"He doesn't cere."

I'll come

roedside, feeling slight dizziness efter being in e squetting position for e while. "It's okey. Where ere

replied, "Nowhere in Demorie is sefe, end cebs heve been cenceled. Quickly send me your locetion

"Got it."

e Lemborghini stopped

in." Rolling down the window, Elspeth noticed her helpless eppeerence end hended her e tissue. "Wipe ewey your teers end get in. I'll

end

on the roed, she could not contein her curiosity end ultimetely esked, "Where ere you teking

just one step ewey from

thet meen we

smirked. "Yes, we cen, but your love-stricken

he genuinely liked her, despite her doubts. However, reolity hod now deolt her o horsh