Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 39

Perched above the scene, I watched Dexter with a mocking smile. “Dexter, should you not be thrilled that I’m gone? Who are you trying to fool with that act? It was you who brought me down!”

“Just go back and wait for the results, Mr. Fitzgerald,” Robin said, clearly not a fan of Dexter. His disdain for Dexter’s two–faced behavior was palpable.

“Dexter, you’re truly despicable!” Stella was still charged with emotion as she pointed at him. “Aren’t you getting married? Go back to your precious Melody and get married!”

I stood by Stella, my gaze icy as I looked at Dexter.

At this point, I had no energy left to hate him. I was just a sacrificial lamb for Melody, taking the brunt of a disaster meant for his beloved.

With that, the debt I owed him was now paid in full.

Dexter remained still, his belief in my misfortune evident.

“Dexter…” Stella handed her coat back to Robin and pulled a wrapped gift from her purse. “I’m sorry; I didn’t want to give this to you because I don’t think you and Melody deserve Phoebe’s wedding gift.”

Her voice broke as she spoke. I wanted to wipe away her tears, to embrace her, but I was powerless.

months ago, Phoebe came to me,” Stella’s whole body shook, “she talked about studying abroad, and asked me to keep it

if I had left the country sooner, I wouldn’t

moment, she dreamed of leaving you, yet you believed she was desperate for your affection.” Stella’s voice was laced with sarcasm. “Your pitiful ego,

frowned, clearly not fond of this

debt! That day. Phoebe told me that it’s easy to repay money, but

jobs, sold her designs, tutored, all without spending a dime of the Fitzgerald family’s wealth,

from her purse. “This is Phoebe’s savings, over a million in four years. Ever since her parents passed, she’s been scrimping and saving, believing one day

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his eyes, refusing to take the card.

say I owed you too much? Take

didn’t accept it.

know how hard Phoebe worked for this wedding gift? She tutored those spoiled brats in the wealthy districts, enduring their tantrums,

worked over a month to scrape together this thousand dollars

insisted on telling him. “This card holds her life’s savings, a testament to her determination to repay

gift and the