Chapter 6
The man gently parted his lips, his voice filled with an unbreakable hoarseness. “Annabella, what
are you pretending for? Is it fun lying here playing dead? Don’t think that you can gain my sympathy this way. Wake up quickly, stop pretending!”
…
“If you don’t wake up soon, I will go and find Natalya now. She confessed her feelings to me yesterday, and I could potentially accept her at any time.”
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Bradyn kept talking to himself, but he never got a response from me. He seemed flustered, his tone was pleading and cautious like never before.
“Annabella, I beg you to wake up, I have already forgiven you. If you wake up, maybe you will beg me and if I’m in a good mood, I will bail Victor out of jail.”
Victor Castro was indeed my father, as well as the foster father of Bradyn and Natalya.
When he adopted them from the orphanage, he never imagined that one day he would be taken to court by them with evidence of corruption and sexual assault of minors, ultimately leading to his imprisonment.
When Darnell pushed the door open, Bradyn had already sorted out his emotions and returned to being the calm and composed Bradyn of the past.
Darnell, upon seeing this, couldn’t bring himself to say the comforting words that were on the tip of his tongue. Instead, he asked in return, “Bradyn, deep down, you already have an answer about who the killer is, don’t you?”
“Prof. Curry, what are you saying?” the man said, calmly wiping the sticky blood off his hands with a towel. “I don’t understand, and I still don’t know who the killer is.”
Darnell shook his head and slowly stated, “According to your Medical school colleagues, you obtained a replacement magnetic access card for the basement laboratory five days ago. I dare to guess that just a few hours before obtaining the replacement card, the body was pushed into the laboratory, is that correct?”
“I did indeed get a replacement access card, but what does that have to do with Annabella’s death?”
Bradyn lifted his gaze and locked eyes with the elder, as the smoke billowed between them. In that moment, Darnell also discerned the subtle protection hidden beneath his sharpness.
“Huh,” he scoffed suddenly, accompanied by a loud “smack,” Bradyn’s handsome face was slapped
to the side.
really wanted Annabella to see what kind of person the man she had devoted three years of love
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to was. I would rather protect a murderer than stand up for her righteousness!”
Freally wanted to say, I saw it, but I couldn’t make a sound.
Before this, even if Bradyn treated me badly in countless ways, I never regretted my decision to be
with him.
Because no matter what, the intense liking and love back then were all genuine.
But now, I regret it, I regret it completely.
I just realized that I fell in love with a complete scumbag!
As a forensic doctor, he indulged his own selfish desires and was unwilling to uphold justice for the deceased and the truth; as a lover, he was never qualified. If he had shown a little more concern for
îne that night, I would not have left this world.
Darnell exerted great strength, and Bradyn’s face instantly turned red. He turned his head back, pressed his tongue against his cheek, and said word by word.
“I have already lost the woman I loved the most, and I cannot lose my sister anymore. She is my only family. If Annabella is watching from heaven, she would surely want me to find happiness. She loved me so much, and she would not want to see me alone in this world. The departed are gone,
and the ones who are still alive must live their lives well.”
Forgive
my selfish actions, but throughout one’s life, in the end, isn’t it all for oneself?”
“The deceased has passed? Bradyn, I tell you, you are the least deserving to utter these words on her behalf. A person like you should live a lifetime in guilt and self–blame, never to have a single
good day!”
After that evening, Darnell completely broke up with Bradyn, not only stopping his investigation
into the missing female corpse case.
Even Bradyn’s position as a professor at medical school was suspended for some unspeakable
reasons.
Natalya naturally noticed the significant change and began to frequently probe Bradyn.
“Bradyn, what exactly happened? It couldn’t be related to us, could it?”
Regarding this tacit understanding, Bradyn simply rubbed her head and said, “Don’t worry, I
wouldn’t let anything happen to you.”
“I believed in you; we would definitely have a better life.”
Natalya buried her head in his arms as she spoke, her half–turned face wearing a mischievous
expression.
thought that she must have been thinking.
Annabella, you see, even though Bradyn knew that I was the murderer, he still chose to protect me. It is clear at a glance who is more important.”
At this moment, my chest was experiencing an intense pain like never before, even stronger than the night I was tortured to death,
