Chapter 423
So the statement had been a lie.
“ If you want to save Winter, postit right now,” Skyla said. “Say on social media, in front of me, that you and Winter are divorcing soon. Say you never loved her at all p>
Before Chris could answer, Winter gave a low laugh from Skyla’s grasp.
“ Skyla Jasper, you’re pathetic. ”
“Shut up!” Skyla snapped.
But Winter kept going, her voice quiet and clear.
“Chris and I were never legally married. The certificate was fake. So what divorce are you talking about p>
A faint, self–mocking smile touched her lips.
Chris’s dark eyes stayed fixed on her face, and his grip tightened around the gun p>
The barrel pressed against Winter’s forehead trembled, scraping over the broken skin again and again. But Winter seemed r to feel it. Her full attention was on Skyla, searching for the smallest opening.
Skyla was breathing hard. “ Is that true p>
She was asking Chris.
Chris’s eyes were cold. “It’s true p>
Skyla suddenly burst out laughing.
She laughed until tears streamed down her face.
If this had happened before, she would have been overjoyed. She might have thought she was the luckiest woman in the works
But now she had already seen the truth.
Chris loved Winter
That connection between them, the kind that couldn’t be severed no matter what happened, was something says wiki never
have
How much did Chris love Winter?
knough to go along with a fake marriage just for het
“Why does he love you so much?” skyla nuved the gun away from Winter temple and passed 4 gated the mike os fror mes
Instead
Chris raised his gun and aimed at shyla
His face was rigid and subs to the mind he saw Harvey lying weakly in the hospital
Harvey was sill) walling to kyla tatood to save his life
Skyla was alaking all over the seemed completely wchtigget now her words tumbling out in pers
Why? Whiler, tell me why he loves on to why do you get all of his love you just die?
“That someone drug you You were supposed to die!
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Cold tears slid from Skyla’s chin and dripped onto Winter’s clothes.
William froze, then clenched his jaw hard.
Winter felt as if she had been dropped into ice water.
“When did you drug me?” she asked.
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Only after she spoke did she realize her voice was trembling. It was not fear. It was a coldness that had sunk straight into her
bones.
It felt as if something had happened, something she knew nothing about.
Skyla cried through gritted teeth.
“After you got pregnant with Chris’s child! What gave you the right to carry his baby? No woman in this world should have had that right except me p>
The barrel pressed harder against Winter’s neck. Even if Skyla didn’t pull the trigger, Winter was already in danger.
Sean glanced at Chris.
So Chris had known all along.
Sweat slid down Chris’s jaw.
In his ears, he seereed to hear Harvey’s soft, childish voice calling him Daddy.
He seemed to see Harvey’s little hand, bruised from IV needles, clutching his clothes and refusing to let go.
He saw Harvey struggling to turn over, propping himself up with all his strength, then smiling at him with those bright, curved
eyes.
Bloodshot veins spread through Chris’s eyes, and moisture gathered in them.
He couldn’t let Skyla keep talking.
Winter wouldn’t be able to take it.
After hearing Skyla’s words, Winter’s face turned deathly pale. Her pupils trembled, tears shining in her unfocused eves
“What did you say p>
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“You were supposed to die I don’t know whether to call you lucky or call that child unlucky, because
Skyla’s voice slipped into Winter’s ears like a curse
“ That child died in your place p>
Bang
The bullet cut through the air
At the same time, teq tell from Chris’s bloodshot eyes and hit the ground
Skyla’s voice stopped cold
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