Chapter 240

*Alex, why? Why are you so hell-bent on being this stubborn? Can you just apologize?"

Sophia demanded, her voice trembling as disappointment flooded her eyes.

She couldn't fathom how that once boastful man bad sunk so low raising his hand against Bella, locking himself beltind narrow-minded walls, brimming with

jealousy, and repaying kindness with cruelty,

Just an apology-how hard can it be?

Sophia yearned for that slag to jolt him awake.

"Sink into the darkness, Alex. Taste the agony that I've endured!" Charles whispered, almost lovingly, as his eyes drank in the chaos with sickening delight.

There was a twisted satisfaction blooming in his chest-a vile warmth-watching them unravel, watching their faces twist in pain.

Misery was his playground.

And seeing others drown in it? That was the only thing that made him feel alive.

He'd had to bleed a little to make his act convincing, but seeing Sophia strike Alex made triumph coil in his chest.

"That was a masterpiece of a slap! He deserves every bit of it. Go on, throw in a few more for good measure!" Florence chimed in, eyes gleaming with vengeful zeal.

"Right! If nobody sets him straight, he'll turn into a complete beast!" Jack hollered, his tone dripping with mockery.

"Someone has to straighten him out, right?"

"Why stop at one slap when he's obviously begging for more?"

Alex exhaled, the soft sound cutting through their taunts like a final, heavy sigh.

It would be the first and the last time this ever happened.

"That slap,” Alex said softly, his voice barely holding together, "was for every mistake I made... every debt of gratitude I could never repay. From now on... there's nothing left between us."

Then he turned and walked away.

"We're done."

There was no fury, no lament-just a silent, final severing of the ties that once bound them.

another word, refused to waste another ounce of

the sight of his cold stare and defeated

slip through her grasp, and a sudden ache bloomed in

you pathetic loser," Jack yelled. "You should've disappeared a long time

the crowd even clapped-cheering as if Alex's

"Knock, knock."

the hospital

Vetala, who had left

was a

Chapter 240

asked me to

Kane family and you," he

requested me to bring Miss Sophia a gift of

The group exchanged wary

Vetala produced a

the bracelet Miss Bella instructed Clara to

jealousy because you appeared here

has now broken off

blurted. "Didn't Bella tell Clara to plant that

had nothing

moment she saw you enter

slap to her face in front of the entire world, media and all. And when she found out he'd already given you a necklace? That was the breaking point. That's when everything

like death

everyone realized-the entire mess

eyes swept the room. "Now, where is

even wasting your time on that nobody?" Florence scoffed,

Miss Sophia the bracelets as a gift

kidding," Jack muttered, her face twisted in disbelief. 1 "Why are you talking like Alex matters? He's

a sharp, mocking laugh. "That so-called loser handled everything none of you could accomplish-not even

voice rising. "You're telling me he fixed all

here for jokes," Vetala

met personally with Jericho Kane. Thanks to him, the

"What?"

shocked gasp rippled through the crowd. Their disbelief was thick in

hadn't misheard: the person who had rescued the Lancasters and forced the Kanes into a public

How could this be?

stammered, eyes wide. "Are you

Mr. Vetala

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