Chapter 1805


    After hanging up the phone, he didn''t revisit the idea of checking on Carol. Instead, he made his


    way to the entrance. As he arrived the house next door, where Listina lived, he found Listina


    slumped on the couch, tears streaming down her face, her palms smeared with blood.


    "Felix."


    At the sight of him, Listina''s sobs grew more intense. Frowning, Felix called for the family doctor


    and asked, "What happened?"


    "I was slicing apples and I cut myself by ident. I''m in so much pain. And when I think about you


    marrying Carol, I feel like I just can''t go on. I don''t know what you''re thinking, Felix. I can''t read you,


    and it''s unbearable."


    But Listina harbored malice in her heart. She was determined to ruin the wedding. If there was even


    a sliver of concern in Felix’s heart for her, she believed she could seed.


    The family doctor arrived quickly, examined Listina''s wound, and began bandaging it. It wasn''t deep


    enough to require stitches, but it bled enough to look rming.


    Once the doctor left, Listina clutched at Felix''s sleeve, "Felix, please stay with me tonight. My head


    is spinning. I think I''m going to faint."


    Felix touched her forehead and found she was indeed feverish, "I''ll get you some fever reducer."


    But Listina leaned into him and murmured, "I don''t need medicine. Just help me to bed. My eyes


    hurt so badly."


    Without a word, Felix helped her up and they went to the bedroom upstairs.


    He had bought the vi for Listina, right next to the Miller family mansion, though he couldn''t quite


    figure out why. By the time he realized it, the deed was done.


    As they went upstairs and Listinay in bed, she grabbed his sleeve, "Felix, I''m sweating. Can you


    help me take off my clothes? It''s really hot in here."


    Her mind was growing foggy, consumed with the thought that she couldn''t let Felix leave tonight.


    She had to keep him here and even snap a photo to send to Carol.


    Carol, the high and mighty debutante - surely she wouldn''t stand for her man straying. Listina''s


    thoughts were venomous; especially when thinking of Carol''s face, she felt even more


    ufortable. She wanted to ruin it, to destroy the pretty face that lured men.


    Felix nced at the medicine on the bedside table and realized Listina wasn''t feverish from illness,


    but from the drugs she had taken herself. He remained silent, watching her.


    Mistaking his silence for consent, Listina made her move.


    "Felix, anything Carol can do, I can do too. We used to be so in love. Why are you leaving me?


    Felix, I really don''t want you to marry her. Believe me, if you go through with it, I might just hang


    myself in this vi."


    "I''ll have someonee keep youpany."


    "No! I want you!"


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    Her voice became hoarse, her grip on his sleeve tightening.


    "Felix, remember what your mother said on her deathbed, to take care of me. Is this how you do it?


    If I die, I''ll tell her everything, and my parents too. They died because of your father; he was the


    driver. He could have avoided the crash, but he was old and slow to react. Felix, you owe me so


    much; you can never repay it all."


    The room turned cold as Listina realized she might have said too much. She slowly released his


    sleeve and began to cry.


    It was a stifled sob that reminded Felix of the ident. Back then, Listina had cried helplessly,


    asking when their lives would get better.


    He didn''t know. All he could think about was survival. To survive, he''d done many things. He had


    grown up fighting through the mud, but he had always taken good care of Listina.


    Adjusting the cor of his suit, he dragged a chair over and sat down, "I''ll stay right here. Get some


    sleep."


    Listina''s heart finally eased a bit, and the corners of her mouth curled, "I knew you''d be good to


    me."