Chapter 300

Claude chuckled softly, ruffling my hair as he spoke, "He won't be coming back, will he?"

The shock hit me like a freight train, reminiscent of the last time I faced Hannah Price's treachery, trying to rescue those girls from the orphanage. That's when Max left Crestview, and Richard had said Max wouldn't return.

"What did you do to him?!" I demanded, gripping Claude's tie tightly and glaring at him with all the intensity I could muster.

"Claire, weren't we just fine without him in our previous life?"

I had suspected others might have been reincarnated, but it never crossed my mind that Claude had too.

"In my last life, all I wanted was everything the Hilton family had. Back then, Max wasn't in the picture yet. But when I watched Max manipulate Alan into taking his own life, I realized the real adversary was Max."

"But in my previous life, while I was busy fighting for the Hilton family's legacy, I didn't notice how much you suffered because of me. I won the Hilton family but lost you. You died, and Uncle left with you. Only then did I realize how much someone could love you. I couldn't accept that, Claire. You were mine, and so was the Hilton legacy. Even in this life, I feel the same. I thought I earned the Hilton family through my hard work, only to find out Uncle tossed it aside, and I merely picked it up! It's an insult!"

His long-planned scheme spanned two lifetimes of resentment.

pressed my lips together, unsure of

was vast

arrived at the courthouse, I

Ramsey because if Max was overseas, he wouldn't make it in time to save

in our last life, when I died, you thought I was faking it. Now you're putting on this act of deep affection, don't you think it makes

get out of the car, choosing instead to mock

if

sick, Claire.

No matter how many

I won't let go of you. Remember when

the dark

velle,

so tightly that it left marks. Do you really think I'd let

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