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.

refused to waste another ounce of breath. It

stunned at the sight of his cold stare and defeated

slip through her grasp, and a sudden

Jack yelled. "You should've

even clapped-cheering as if Alex's exit was some kind of

"Knock, knock."

at the hospital door

Vetala, who had left earlier, now stepped inside

it was

Chapter 240

Sophia, Miss Bella asked me to return and smooth over

the Kane family and you," he

requested me to bring Miss Sophia a gift

The group exchanged

a gleaming golden

Miss Bella instructed

act sparked by Bella's jealousy because you appeared here with Mr.

broken off her engagement to Charles

Bella tell Clara to plant that bracelet on me to incite Alex's

had nothing to do with Master

the moment she saw you enter with Charles. He was her

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

looked like death had tapped him

everyone realized-the entire mess started

the room. "Now, where is Mr.

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

"please make sure Mr. Alex hears this Miss Bella has given Miss Sophia the bracelets as a gift and an apology. She

in disbelief. 1 "Why are you talking

handled everything none of you could accomplish-not even if you were given

voice

here for jokes," Vetala

Alex met personally with Jericho Kane. Thanks to him, the

"What?"

through the crowd.

the Lancasters and forced the Kanes into a public apology was Alex-the

How could this be?

be kidding," Florence stammered, eyes wide. "Are you telling us Alex was the

it be?" Mr. Vetala asked,

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