Chapter 370:

The man took a long drag from his cigarette, then flicked it to the ground and crushed it beneath his heel. He stepped closer, his face as striking as Kristian’s, yet carrying a completely different air—cold, venomous, and calculating.

“Have you made up your mind?” he asked, crouching before her. He lifted a hand and lightly tapped her cheek.

Ashley flinched hard, her whole body quaking with dread.

It wasn’t just his words—it was the unshakable terror he inspired.

“All you have to do is take Kristian’s life,” he said, his voice slow and deliberate. “Do that, and I’ll let the past stay buried. I’ll even shower you with wealth—everything you’ve ever craved.”

Ashley only wanted him dead.

Her fists clenched at her sides. Every inch of her body throbbed with pain—a constant reminder of the hell she’d been through since falling back into his grasp.

She had failed before, and because she’d begged him to spare her family, he’d found new ways to make her suffer every day.

than once, she’d wanted to end it all. But she couldn’t do it. Why should she die while he

in her gaze. His smile curled wider. “You want me dead?” he asked, as though reading her

surged down her spine, freezing her where she

make that happen,” he said, his large hand cupping

warm, but to Ashley,

???

your grandma and brother are under protection, you can defy me?” His thumb brushed across her cheek as he

a word, but her chest

guard,” he continued, drawing out

no one can stop me. Got

voice was ragged, her eyes bloodshot

love,” he said, lifting her chin. He didn’t care about the hatred burning in her eyes. “If you go near him, he won’t question it. He’d never believe someone as weak and pitiful as you

done to Freya. Even after all that, Freya had stepped in to help her.

not true,” Ashley said, holding back tears. “After what

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