Chapter 276 End With Sorrow

In the surveillance room, Jarrod watched Nicole on the screen, a pang of pain striking his heart.

Jarrod longed to embrace Nicole, yet he was acutely aware of his current lack of standing to do so.

During their silent car ride back, neither spoke a word.

Upon arriving at the mourning hall, Jarrod noticed Nicole had succumbed to sleep, worn out from being

awake for two days straight.

Observing her peaceful slumber, Jarrod chose not to disturb her, allowing her to rest in the car.

"Waah..."

Suddenly, Nicole began crying in her sleep.

Her body trembled, and her muffled sobs deeply affected Jarrod.

Feeling as if his heart were ensnared by chains and grappling with immense guilt, Jarrod's face turned

ashen.

He then did what he had longed to do.

He gently held Nicole in his arms.

In her sleep, Nicole, mistaking him for someone else, clung tightly to his arm.

Jarrod, breathing deeply, remained still, fearful of waking her.

After a while, exhaustion overcame Jarrod.Having also been awake for two days, Nicole's closeness,

the focus of his turmoil, lulled Jarrod into sleep.

Nicole's eyes suddenly snapped open to the sound of Jarrod's steady breathing.

Contrary to appearances, she had not been asleep.

The thought of resting next to someone she deemed a demon was inconceivable.

Quietly, she shipped from Jarrod's embrace, leaving him slumped against the seat, vulnerable in sleep.

The moonlight cast a deceptive glow on his stern, yet striking features, masking his underlying

ruthlessness.

Nicole, eyeing the driver's seatbelt, a sinister idea forming in her mind, contemplated an evil plan.

And that was to kill Jarrod.

The weight of her suffering and the Lawrence family’s tragedies all traced back to this man.

Nicole believed that by eliminating the root of these woes, she could finally give her parents peace.

In her mind, avenging them meant joining them in the afterlife.

As she pulled out the seatbelt and wrapped it around Jarrod's neck, her hands shook, tears streaming

down her face.

She had never squashed an ant, how could she take a human life? Frozen, unable to complete the

her

a deep, raspy voice shattered

opened, his gaze

reached out, pressing the back of Nicole's

icy as he asked, "Do

Nicole's mind

of anger, unwillingness, and hatred surged within

had lost her chance, and

spilled over, her shoulders

Jarrod chuckled.

Too annoyed

eyes, leaving her

her heart

her own inability

twisted at the sight of

soften his hardened heart? He

rooted in hatred.

whether he hated

complex, unhealthy dynamic - a mix of love and hate, too

categorized.

alone could define or resolve the intricate

midst of their tangled emotions, Jarrod's resolve

let Nicole

pondered over Jamie's

Jamie's accounts were all lies, could Nicole's supposed impending death due

waves

eyes a tempest of emotion, Jarrod

you go

It wasn't a request.

was something he

of the revulsion his words might evoke in Nicole, Jarrod chose

already, didn't she? "One day, I'll give you that opportunity," he

chance for her to end

her voice, asked, "Jarrod, do you mean

from you?"

won't let you

responded sharply, his

think of dying, I'll come after everyone

Nicole barely registered his

fear wasn't death, but living a life steeped

cautioned, "Remember what I

remained silent, lost in her

new day,

in

cremation, Nicole, her voice barely above a whisper,revealed, "Jarrod, my father's

to

this, frowned and

found himself

into the car, Nicole turned

the best part

up, tears

wrist, Raegan managed through sobs, "I'll

nod to Raegan, Nicole then entered Jarrod's

the past two days,

untreated bite wound on Jarrod's arm, the flesh still visible beneath

gaze, Jarrod murmured, "I chose to

the bite mark Nicole

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