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If only he had seen Elsa’s true face earlier. If only he had trusted Lily a little more, cared for her a little better… things would never have come to this.

“John, you can’t treat me this way…”

“Those gifts, those things–you gave them to me. I don’t have that kind of money, I can’t possibly-”

“Pay it back.”

John’s eyes cut through her like knives, void of pity, void of mercy–only a coldness that froze to the marrow.

“I gave you money, I bought you gifts, yes. But the only reason I did was because I believed you were kind, because I thought I owed you, because I thought you were dying of cancer and I didn’t want you to leave this world with regret. Turns out I was a fool who mistook garbage for pearls.”

“John…”

Elsa staggered back and collapsed onto the floor, fragile and helpless.

When he had called her filthy and shameless earlier, it had already cut her to pieces. But now–now he had called her dog shit.

Never, not even in her darkest nightmares, had she imagined that the elegant, noble John would look her in the eye and call her that.

The pain hollowed her out. She could only lift her tear–streaked face, broken and trembling, staring at him as if he were the one who had betrayed her.

John’s laugh was thin and bitter.

He had no patience left for her charades. “If I remember right, even this apartment was a gift from me. Be out by tomorrow night–or I’ll have you thrown out.”

“John, you can’t… you can’t do this to me…”

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it was her home, her prize. She couldn’t bear to give

down like a rose crushed into mud. “You promised

“Shut up!”

owe, that’s fine. Jones

her act—every look at her made him sick, dragging back the memory of his own stupidity. The more he thought of

But then his

purple diamond,

He froze.

necklace… he had bought

planning to give it to her to make up for standing her up at the registry office. But then Elsa had gotten into a car accident, and he had rushed

had seen the necklace in his office. She had said she loved it. Said she didn’t have much time left, and if she could own something

like a fool, he had given it to

looking at it, his stomach

wearing what he had

strode forward. His hand shot out, yanking the necklace

“John…”

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