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 resolve

deep, raspy voice shattered

now?"Jarrod's eyes opened, his gaze in the moonlight

back of

voice was icy as he asked, "Do

Nicole's mind

unwillingness, and hatred surged

lost her chance, and Jarrod wouldn't grant

spilled over, her

Jarrod chuckled.

annoyed to

filled Nicole's eyes, leaving her

shoulders shook, and her heart was consumed with

inability

twisted at the sight of Nicole's

hardened heart? He had thought

rooted in hatred.

now, it seemed irrelevant whether he hated Nicole

were bound by a complex, unhealthy dynamic - a mix of love and hate, too entangled to

categorized.

could define or resolve the

of their tangled emotions, Jarrod's resolve

let Nicole

pondered over Jamie's deceitful

accounts were all lies, could Nicole's supposed impending

thought sent waves of

eyes a tempest of emotion, Jarrod declared,

letting you go just yet.Understand my

It wasn't a request.

something he had

evoke in Nicole, Jarrod chose to

all, she loathed him already, didn't she? "One day, I'll give

a chance for her to

"Jarrod, do you

from you?"

I won't

responded sharply,

you even think of dying, I'll

seemed Nicole barely

living a life

"Remember what I

silent,

broke, signaling a new day, the time came to cremate

Raegan joined in

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

ashes to be scattered

upon hearing this, frowned and met her

reservations, he found himself unable to voice an

into the car, Nicole

been the best part of

up, tears cascading down

Raegan managed through sobs, "I'll be

a nod to Raegan, Nicole

past two days, ensuring he was always

the untreated bite wound on Jarrod's arm,

gaze, Jarrod murmured,

to the bite mark Nicole

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