Chapter 4

Jason glared at her furiously. "Sylvia, where did you get this video?

"Delete it immediately."

Sylvia had never expected Jason to react this way, but she wasn't afraid in the slightest. She looked up and met his gaze. "Why should I?"

Jason clenched his jaw and uttered angrily, "Naomi simply missed a step and instinctively reached for you to pull her back. It was an accident.

"This video will only distort the truth. Why are you keeping it? Do you intend to frame Naomi?"

'Frame her?'

Sylvia suddenly laughed.

Perhaps, just as Naomi had said, in Jason's eyes, she really was nothing more than a bad woman who resorted to underhanded tricks.

He had never truly accepted her. She had simply been foolish enough to show him all her genuine feelings.

"Jason, when you thought I pushed her down the stairs, you demanded that I apologize. You even refused to sign my surgical risk consent form.

"But when you found out she pulled me down the stairs, you called it nothing more than an accident.

"How is that supposed to be fair?"

Jason froze.

He instinctively sensed that something important was slipping away from him. His voice turned deep. "What surgical risk consent form?"

Sylvia didn't answer.

Jason's frown intensified. His gaze finally landed on Sylvia's face, and he noticed how pale she was.

"What happened to you? Is the baby okay?"

"That has nothing to do with you." Sylvia's voice was flat. Her tone then turned cold. "Naomi broke both my legs. She needs to pay the same price.

"Or else, I'll make this video public."

"Sylvia Carter!" Jason's attention was instantly redirected. The fury in his eyes and the coldness in his voice sent chills down Sylvia's spine.

"Do you really have to be this unreasonable?

"Naomi is a victim too. Her knees and the backs of her hands are covered in bruises. She's in so much pain that she can barely sleep. Isn't that enough?" Jason asked.

Sylvia's lashes fluttered.

She had desperately told herself not to harbor any hope for Jason anymore, but her throat still felt stuffed as if there was a lump there.

Naomi had only suffered a few scrapes, yet Jason was already this heartbroken over her.

While Sylvia was covered in injuries and wrapped in glaring white bandages, Jason couldn't even be bothered to look at her.

It was such a painfully one-sided love. Sylvia felt like she was being pushed to the verge of death.

"My terms are right here." She lowered her gaze since she was reluctant to let him see her vulnerability. "Accept them, or get lost."

After a moment of silence, Jason's voice came out cold and deep. "I'll take the punishment in her place."

Sylvia's mind went blank. "What did you say?"

Jason glanced at the bay window and spoke calmly. "This is the fifth floor. It's high enough to break a leg.

"I'll take Naomi's punishment. You'll delete the video."

"Fine." Sylvia's five fingers clenched tightly around the bedsheet where Jason couldn't see. She didn't stop until her knuckles turned pale.

Her eyes felt dry as she forced herself to lift her chin. "Of course you can."

Jason nodded. He glanced at the ground below. Then, without the slightest hesitation, he jumped.

Thump.

The sound of a heavy body hitting the ground was followed by the screams of passersby.

Sylvia's mind went completely blank. Step by step, she slowly walked toward the bay window and looked down.

She saw how Jason's legs were twisted at unnatural angles.

The agony of shattered and displaced bones was enough to make anyone lose consciousness, but Jason showed no sign of panic or humiliation. He simply looked up at Sylvia with an indifferent expression.

His calm, emotionless eyes seemed to tell her, 'I've paid the price. Now you need to keep your promise.'

Sylvia took two steps backward. In a daze, she retrieved her phone and deleted the video.

The moment the screen went dark, a stream of tears unexpectedly fell from her eyes.

She quickly wiped them away, but the more she wiped, the more tears she cried. Self-mockery swept over her like a tide.

It turned out Jason's love for Naomi was even more genuine and passionate than she thought. He was even willing to risk his own life for her.