Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 1399

When Sophie blinked her eyes open again, everything around her was a blur. She could just about make out someone sprinting towards her with determination.

"Call an ambulance! Hurry!"

"Separate Gordon and Sophie! Stretcher, now!"

The voices around her started to fade into a distant hum. Cindy's chatter buzzed incessantly in her ears.

Before she knew it, Sophie was wrapped in a warm embrace. The faint scent of tobacco clung to him, and suddenly, Sophie felt a wave of calm wash over her.

In a soft voice, she murmured, "Colby... I realized today, it's lucky I'm me. Otherwise, I might never have seen you again."

"Don't talk nonsense," Colby replied, holding her tight. "You're not going anywhere. If you keep talking like that, I swear you won't see me when you wake up."

She could feel his heartbeat quickening, his anxiety and fear pouring over her in that moment.

"I don't want..... to never see you again," Sophie whispered weakly.

outside to the Burke Estate and gently laid her onto the stretcher. The evening was drawing

the sunset catching his eye. After all

Was it really over?

than usual. Inside the ambulance,

blood! We need A-negative blood from the bank, pronto!" he shouted

her drifted further away, then closer

alright. I'm right here," Colby's voice echoed

Joseph, who seemed to have lost his sanity, desperately searching for Ruby, like

gone, and Joseph's mind was trapped in a world devoid of her, never

longer recognized him,

you really want to find Ruby, maybe there's a better way," James

Joseph paused.

pulled him close with one arm, while with the other, he drove a small knife

Tears filled James' eyes.

complete childhood. At least his parents