Chapter 1430 No Other Choice


    With a deep sigh, ck patted Holley''s shoulders tofort her. Despite his fury, he calmed himself


    down and sincerely said, "Don''t worry, Holley. I won''t let this pass. I''ll make him pay double what he


    had done to do! Trust me!"


    "You will do that? You''re so sweet, ck! It''s nice to have you around," said Holley gently with a sweet


    smile and rested her head on ck''s shoulder intimately. She was lucky to have this kind of guy with


    her, who was willing to push all his might for her.


    "Goose! You should be used to it! I am your boyfriend. It''s my job to take care of you!" ck whispered


    into her ear. As she heard ck''s sweetment, it made Holley get goose bumps. He cracked a silly


    smile and pinched her nose as if she was a little girl who just lost her favorite doll. Feeling warm, Holley


    shed a shy smile and diverted her gaze elsewhere.


    While in the back seat, Le turned her head away from them with a hint of destion in her eyes. A


    drop of tear welled up in her eye and fell down along her cheek like a crystal. She wondered whether


    she would have this moment her entire life. The man she loved and she racked her brain to be together


    with had never talked with or looked at her like that. Jealousy and regret were only she felt this time.


    An unspeakable sorrow was rising from the bottom of her heart.


    But Le had to suffer another mishap from life, and soon the news that Sheryl survived from her well-


    nned plot reached her. Although the scandal that a nurse tried to murder her patient was held back


    by the hospital, as a doctor, Felix had his own source to get what had happened at first ce. Anxiety


    and panic attacked him, as his career and life were at stake. However, anger possessed him as he


    thought that everything was messed up.


    "Damn it! We''re doomed! What should we do now?


    What if everything was revealed? If they know, we''ll have to end up in prison! And my career is over! I


    might go crazy!"


    Felix shouted anxiously over the phone. He was sweating already, so he harshly wiped his forehead.


    He couldn''t help but grab his hair because of too much frustration.


    It was toote for him to be regretful. After all, it was he himself that agreed to give Le a hand. He


    was blinded by money and now he was at the edge of the cliff.


    If the police came to Lillian, she would give him away. That was no doubt, and she was not a woman


    that could keep her mouth shut. Then, he would have to end up behind bars the rest of his life.


    Hriously, he was reluctant to ept the fact, but he should me nobody but himself. He had been a


    young doctor with a promising future ahead, and he destroyed it with his own hand, because of his


    hungry obsession of reaping without sowing. If he could only wait for some more time to earn money,


    he would not end up like this, anxiously waiting for doom.


    On the other side of the phone, Le was also feeling puzzled. She had been waiting for the good news


    and believed that she would make it this time. She was unable to understand where had gone wrong.


    She had tried her utmost to make a perfect n and it should have worked. It must be God that kept


    bringing extra trouble to her. This was supposed to be a perfect crime.


    ''Why did it fail again? Why didn''t you help me, God?'' she cried loudly in her mind. Now, she was


    ming the Almighty for the bad results of her n. How foolish could she be? She gasped with her


    eyes blood-red and shook her head repeatedly, still unable to take it. Her mind was nk, only thinking


    of negative things.


    She didn''t utter a word at first but staring at the nk wall in front fixedly. Actually, she couldn''t focus on


    anything now. She dropped her shoulders, losing in her thought. But a momentter, she pulled herself


    together again and cracked a weird smile. Of course, an insane woman was not easy to tame. Le


    would push through the limits to amend her n and make it sessful. There was still some time to


    fix things.


    "Rx, Felix. It hasn''t finished yet. We can get out of it as long as you do what I tell you to do," said


    Le, no hint of panic in her voice. It was a now or never game for her.


    Her words gave Felix thest tie to clutch on before he fell to the cliff. He cried impatiently, "What


    should I do, Le? Tell me now! Tell me what I can do! I have already done the worst and I am going to


    pull every string that I got."


    "We already got a scapegoat, didn''t we? Think about it. Since we have gone this far, it will as well be


    hanged for a sheep as for amb. Then, we will be innocent,"


    Le said and smirked, leaving Felix to ponder about her metaphorical suggestion.


    But Felix was too disturbed at this moment, and he didn''t get her implied meaning. Instead, he thought


    that Le was deliberately casting a mist before his eyes. He couldn''t take it anymore. He was going to


    burst any moment now.


    "Don''t beat around the bush, Le. Time is gold. My patience is running out. I knew it. I shouldn''t have


    listened to you when you came to me. Otherwise, I was sleeping soundly without any worry now. You''d


    better keep it in your mind that if I''m arrested by the police, you will be the next!" Felix couldn''t help but


    shout at the top of his lungs. His anger was furiously rising as if the top of his skull was blowing off. His


    nerves on his forehead were visible already.


    Le put her phone a little away from her ear. The difited shouting from the other side was almost


    deafening her. She rolled her eyes and got the urge to throw her phone away. How dare him to shout at


    her!


    But she couldn''t afford the consequence. Her involvement would be exposed if she could not


    something regrettable, she had to calm him down with soft words as soon as she could and thus led


    him to the direction she wanted.


    "You''re scaring me, Felix. Please calm down. We''ll be fine. We are in the same boat now. And we will


    make out this mess. Just listen to me!" she said patiently, clenching her teeth to restrain her anger.


    Felix sighed over the phone. He thought that the woman was ridiculous and that she was nothing but a


    bragger. If she was smart, things would have been different now. This woman was getting on his


    nerves that he might end up strangling her throat if he lost his patience.


    But since they had gone this far, he would hold to any chance of survival, no matter how slim it was.


    ''Her n should better be a useful one, '' he thought. Although he didn''t trust her, he waited silently to


    what she was about to say.


    "Our scapegoat is so far and yet so near. Can''t you see? If the nurse has disappeared from the earth,


    no one could track down to us then. And it would havee to a close secret deal. No one in this


    world, apart from you and me, would get a chance to learn the truth. Very simple, right?" Le narrated


    as if it had nothing to do with her and she was just telling a story. She was calm andposed.


    By then, Felixpletely caught what Le was thinking in her mind—she wanted to kill Lillian to


    destroy all the traces. He felt a chill running down his spine, and he couldn''t help but tremble. It


    freighted him how cruel and heartless this woman was. Suddenly he found that he hardly knew her,


    and he was bogged down deeper and deeper. What he didn''t know was Le could kill him either to


    lose all traces of that incident, if he would not obey her.


    "But she is alive and kicking. I can''t see any sign of a short life on her!" he said, pretending that he


    didn''t get her true meaning.


    "This is the job waiting for you, Felix.


    Kill her to keep her mouth shut, and destroy all the traces that point to us. Then, it would be done there,


    and I bet that even the ghosts couldn''t notice it. All our problem will go with the wind," Le suggested


    with a smile.


    Her voice sounded nothing different from the first time they met. For a moment, Felix thought that she


    was just talking about the weather but not another woman''s life. She was not a human at all!


    He was more frightened. This woman waspletely beyond his cognition. It was right that he wasn''t


    serious with Lillian at the beginning. He just took advantage of her because she was Sheryl''s nurse.


    But it didn''t mean that he wanted to take her life away from her. It was a life, and he didn''t intend to or


    have the courage to take it away. Not to mention, he was a doctor.


    He had dissected the corpse of countless animals when he was studying in medical school, but it was


    just for study and learning, not personal. After he worked in the hospital, he had witnessed the death of


    his patients many times. Sometimes, he believed that he had gotten used to it and took for granted that


    he had leaped out from the circle of birth and death. It was a natural urrence for him.


    But now, he knew he was wrong. He didn''t care before because it had nothing to do with him. He was


    too busy uplifting his career and fame to care about those.


    And he also couldn''t imagine that he would take a person''s life with his own hands, which were


    supposed to cure the sickness and save the patient. How could he, as a doctor, do that heartless


    thing?


    He couldn''t do that and he wouldn''t allow himself to do such a thing. It was beyond his conscience, and


    he might not get to sleep a wink if he did that. There would be no turning back if he killed Lillian with his


    own hands. He would fall into the darkness forever. He might go insane!


    He must stop now when it was not toote. He could clearly tell it was a path to the hell ahead, a hell


    ming where mortal sinners were punished.


    He dared not to go, not even a chance! He had done enough.


    All he wanted was to spend the rest of his life in peace. It almost killed him to have lived in the fear of


    being arrested by the police the passing days. He couldn''t sleep well at night and always had dreams


    that a pair of handcuffs glowing with silver was put on his hands. He then woke up in midnight with cold


    sweat all over and gasped because of fear. Then, how could he do worse than that? His conscience


    would kill him if that happened.


    He murmured in a trembling voice, "No, I can''t. I really can''t do that! I have done enough, Le! Leave


    me alone!"


    His voice faded away, his face was as pale as the white wall, and he was almost driven crazy.


    "Yes, you can and you must! You definitely don''t want to end up in prison, right?" Le said


    determinedly and cut his road of retreat. She thought Felix was foolish to be driven by his conscience,


    which she forgot what it was a long time ago. This was the only way to save them, no other choice to


    have. It was theirst resort now, or else, they would let justice judge them both.


    "No! No…" Felix shouted miserably and shook his head repeatedly in despair. He went totally nk,


    feeling that he was floating in the air. He couldn''t believe that all of this was happening to him. He


    wished that all of this was all a nightmare.


    Firmly closing his eyes, Felix didn''t know what to do anymore. There wasplete silence over the


    phone. None of them spoke again and only Felix''s heavy gasping was heard, puffing as if he was


    running a long way.