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.

end it all. But she couldn’t do it. Why should she die while he went on

smile

shrank in panic. A chill surged

that happen,” he said, his

touch was warm, but to Ashley, it felt like

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just because your grandma and brother are under protection, you can defy me?” His thumb brushed across

didn’t say a word, but her chest tightened with

guard,” he continued, drawing

I want them gone, no

Ashley’s voice was ragged, her

“If you go near him, he won’t question it. He’d never believe someone as weak and pitiful as you could

be the better choice, Ashley thought bitterly. But she couldn’t say that aloud. Not after everything she had done to Freya. Even after all that, Freya had stepped in to help her.

said, holding back tears. “After what happened

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