Chapter 295


    Without a bodyguard at her side, Kaley was surrounded by journalists. Forced to back away


    awkwardly while holding up her gown, she unintentionally moved closer to the pool. Someone


    shoved her, and she fell back into the water. The coldness of the winter seeped into her skin, bone-


    chillingly cold. Cold water flooded her mouth and nostrils, and the immediate suffocation was heart-


    wrenching. For a second, Kaley thought she was going to drown alive.


    She iled her arms, struggling in the water. Her face, once delicately made up, was now pale as a


    sheet. She opened her mouth pleading for help, "Help... I can''t swim... Save me..."


    Watching this scene, Brett clenched his fists so hard that blood spilled from the corners of his


    mouth, but he felt nothing. He loathed himself for not noticing something as crucial as Kaley''s


    inability to swim.


    As he thought back on everything that had happened over the past nine years, it was indeed as


    Izabe had said, they were a joke from the start. When he first saw Izabe nine years ago at a


    banquet, she wore a red dress and held a violin, confidently approaching the stage. The spotlight


    shone on her, yet she outshone the light, so proud that one couldn''t look away.


    Now, nine years had shed by. Izabe had lost everything. Her home was broken, her family


    gone, and she was wounded all over, like a hedgehog stripped of its spines.


    Brett had despised Izabe''s pride, so after their marriage, he treated her as a ything. He had


    handed Izabe over to the kidnappers to save Kaley, resulting in Izabe''s hands being crippled


    and her body being scarred to this day. His continual abuse had eventually left the once proud


    woman, who had only eyes for him, devoid of all self-confidence and radiance.


    Every time he thought of Izabe sitting in a wheelchair, suffering from stomach cancer pain every


    moment, Brett''s felt like his heart was being squeezed by a massive hand. He didn''t me anyone.


    Kaley had merely deceived him, but the only person who never believed Izabe from the start was


    himself.


    Nathaniel watched Brett''s remorseful demeanor, hisughter growing louder. He smirked, "Brett, I


    remind you, don''t turn off the big screen."


    Brett didn''t answer. Watching Nathaniel turn around, he blurted out, "Why do you have these


    videos? And... Do you know who saved me back then?" His heart was slowly gravitating towards an


    answer, but he didn''t dare to delve into it. He was afraid that knowing the truth wouldpletely


    break him.


    Nathaniel snorted, "I know, but I won''t tell you." Regarding Brett being rescued from drowning,


    Izabe had informed him through a nurse two weeks ago. He knew that the person who saved


    Brett wasn''t Kaley, and who actually saved him could be inferred with a bit of thought...


    An unusual pain in his chest returned, and Nathaniel''s smile suddenly turned bitter. Izabe was


    indeed foolish, the most foolish woman he had ever met, for risking her life for a man.


    "You actually know the truths better than anyone else." Looking at the pale-faced Brett, Nathaniel''s


    cold face revealed a hint of mockery. "Brett, I''m d to see you in trouble again. People like you


    deserve to be alone for life. You don''t even qualify to beg her for forgiveness."


    "I''ve returned the favor Izabe asked me to deliver, and double at that. Also, I wish you and Kaley


    have your first child soon," he said, the irony dripping from his words.


    Years ago, Kaley had a car ident, which resulted in uterine damage and she couldn''t get


    pregnant. Izabe had been pregnant twice, but eventually even her uterus was removed.


    Nathaniel hung up the phone and turned to leave with his subordinates.


    Brett’s eyes were crimson, staring gloomily at Nathaniel''s retreating figure.


    From the moment Izabe made that seemingly "inexplicable" phone call, Brett felt uneasy. Now, his


    emotions wereplex, anxious, regretful, and fearful...


    Outside, the cold wind mixed with snow. The heater was on in the hall, but Brett still felt cold. Sweat


    started to ooze out from his forehead and back.


    He didn''t understand what Nathaniel said before he left, and he didn''t want to delve into it. He had


    made many mistakes in his life, but they were all in the past.


    Since the damage had been done and could not be undone, it would be better to use the rest of his


    life topensate Izabe.


    He would make Kaley pay the price, but before that, he would take her to the hospital to draw blood.


    Three more months... until Izabe''s stomach gets better...


    Brett ordered his subordinates to clean up the scene. As he was about to leave, therge screen


    suddenly made a "crack" sound. When everyone thought the power was out, the screen lit up again


    and connected to a surveince video.


    In the video, the sky was filled with red mes, blending with the falling snow.


    "Is this video CGI or real? Why does it look familiar to me?"


    "Where is the fire? Why is it so big?"


    "It looks like there''s someone trapped inside, they are going to be burned alive."


    "Quickly, call the police..."


    Someone had already taken out their phone in panic, but it was toote...


    There was a loud "boom" in the video, and the room that appeared in the video instantly turned into


    ruins!


    The whole room suddenly fell silent, and Brett stared nkly at the big screen.


    In the video, a vi was engulfed by soaring mes. Izabe, whose legs he had broken, was there.


    A great fear seeped into his soul, and he felt like he had been thrown into the dark abyss of the sea,


    his body swaying.


    Izabe, Izabe...


    Brett felt as if he was in another time and space, everything happening in front of him became


    surreal.


    His eyes blinked nkly, and it took him a long time toe back to his senses.


    What was ying on the big screen just now? Why did he see Izabe in the fire? Was it a


    hallucination, or did Nathaniel arrange for someone to create special effects?


    The phone he had been clenching in his hand suddenly rang, and Brett stiffly raised his hand to


    look at the caller ID on the screen.


    —Katie.


    Right, as long as he answered Katie''s call, the "illusion" in front of him would disappear. There was


    no fire at home, and Izabe would be fine.


    She was just like before, obediently sitting in her wheelchair waiting for him toe home, right...


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    Brett slowly and stiffly answered the phone. Katie''s sobbing cry came from the phone, and her


    intermittent words came out.


    Although he could hear every word clearly, when these words werebined into sentences, Brett


    just couldn''t understand.


    What did she mean? The vi caught fire, Izabe was burned to death, buried under the ruins?