He knew she was hiding pills to commit suicide, but he pretended not to notice and watched her grow weaker every day.

And then he waited for her to kill herself in agony.

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ed on his way there, arriving just in time to witness his mother catch her last breath.

He was the one who showed Deborah the self–inflicted wounds.

The real Joshua would have hidden his injuries.

But he showed them to Deborah, pushing her to the brink. His calculated actions and feigned exhaustion only added to the pressure on Deborah.

In the end, it led her to take her own life for his sake.

He drove Deborah to her death, all to gain Isabelle’s sympathy more quickly and completely.

He indirectly caused the death of that unfortunate woman.

A woman whose life was filled with suffering was killed by the son she had waited for over a decade to

reunite with.

His face turned icy cold and pallid in the dimly lit living room. The impostor glared at Isabelle and said, “I don’t believe you.”

Suddenly, a sharp pain twisted in his stomach, shattering his cold façade.

Black blood started to trickle from the corner of his mouth. The fake Joshua clutched his abdomen, looking at Isabelle in disbelief.

He then remembered Isabelle had eaten so much and should have shown symptoms of the poison by now, yet she was fine.

did you

keep everything looking natural, he handed Isabelle a poisoned glass.

sight of the

when Isabelle switched

consumed a few bites; if he had consumed more, the poisoning would have occurred much

the mood to mock him.

cautious/nature, she assumed they wouldn’t kill an ordinary person like Joshua, but they might hold him as a bargaining chip. Thus, she had been careful not to alert him until

Shadow’s brother. For Dark Shadow, keeping

was driving

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He

Finished

Dark Shadow’s operatives had killed their own loved ones during missions.

operatives would use every trick and method to kill their own family. Some even spent a year or more with their relatives before mercilessly killing

of their laughter and joy, they killed their relatives.

left Dark

revenge against Dark Shadow, with

continuing as if nothing had happened. These were

preferred killing

kept flowing from Joshua’s mouth. He clutched his stomach, staring

and fled the

chase after

staring at the open door, her face ashen.

that she had paid for her treatment. Perhaps things would

herself, others wouldn’t

dead. Deborah died at the hands of her own son. Watching the tragedy

Isabelle stood in

at

and ran upstairs, grabbing her needle kit before rushing out of the villa.

“Joshua!”

the direction Joshua

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