Revenge After Death

Chapter 701

Steven sat stiffly on the ground. He was looking at me with a pale expression.

After a while, he lowered his head and smiled. Despite this, tears started to well up in the comer of his eyes. He had probably waited a long time to hear those words from me.

"You used to say that you loved me too, but all this while, you've only been pretending,' Steven whispered. He was still unconfident. He had always been that way.

"I don't care if you believe me or not," I said, pulling him by the chain. "Either way, I will never let you leave me again!"

Steven looked at me intensely. He said softly, "Don't expose your identity, Stephie. Otherwise, everything I've done, including blowing off my leg, would be meaningless.'

He was guilt-tripping me by implying that I shouldn't put myself in danger if I truly loved him.

"Then tell me, who's the mastermind of Genome Society whom you met in your capacity as the president of Crowdstar Group?' I lost control of my emotions and yelled, tugging at the chain around Steven's neck.

Ever since I regained my memories, even though everything felt unfamiliar, I had gradually accepted the fact that I had emotions. I had become increasingly irritable and moody.

trembling hands to hug me but

back disappointedly and softly said, 'Let me handle it,

for, Steven? A canary you need to protect with your life? If you die, would you want me to act as if you had never existed and push me to someone else? What exactly are you afraid of, Steven? What are you afraid I'll find

and stubbornly held his hands together,

reveal. He wasn't afraid of death, yet he was terrified of me finding out about

some rest." I stopped pushing him since he refused to tell me. Knowing Steven's personality, he would never tell me

"Since you're not willing to cooperate

you." Steven grabbed at

he looked so fragile. Yet with a sudden pull, he

Group, but she's not the actual mastermind-there's

he met

I was stunned. 'Rachel?"

by her age, she shouldn't be

memories, but her feelings

said, "Rachel found me right before I decided to meet the mastermind of Genome Society. She asked me not to go and revealed herself as