ログインClaire's eyes were bright and glistening, burning with an intensity that made my chest feel oddly warm. I realized then that she wasn't joking. Regardless, I didn't have the strength left to start a new relationship.She held my hand carefully. "It's okay. Over time, I'll prove that my feelings for you are true."I froze, letting her hand wrap around mine.…Giselle woke once again from a nightmare.Realizing that I wasn't by her side, she got up bitterly and headed toward the balcony to smoke a cigarette. As she passed by Valerie's bedroom, she was stopped by the sound of her crying.Valerie was weeping in her sleep. "Daddy, don't leave me… Daddy, I'm sorry…"Ever since my "death", Giselle and Valerie hadn't had a peaceful sleep for a single night.Giselle picked up her phone and, to her surprise, found my location. She knew that I wasn't dead, which meant there was still a chance to make things right.…I looked at the two of them in front of me—exhausted, disheveled, and c
Giselle's and Valerie's attitude shifted sharply.All Jay felt in that moment was a chill rising from deep in his chest. A sudden damp, foul odor spread through his pants.Then, out of the blue, he started laughing. His eyes were full of twisted madness and obsession."You two are ridiculous! If you hadn't turned a blind eye, I wouldn't have had the chance to switch the dummy! And besides, it was you who refused to believe him. You didn't choose to save his mother, but instead, you dug her grave!"And now, you want me to repent? The ones who should repent are you two!"Giselle gasped for breath, her chest heaving. No longer holding back, she snatched the remote control from Valerie's hands and pressed the switch herself.The helicopter rose into the air. It circled again and again, swaying Jay like a kite on the verge of snapping free. His curses echoed through the wind."You'll never find peace ever again, nor will your love ever be reciprocated!"The moment his words rang out
Inside the USB drive were all the proofs of Jay's provocations toward me. That cross pendant was never a keepsake or personal belonging at all.He had worn a twisted smile as he swapped the dummy with Mom. The man who always appeared pure and innocent on the surface had, in reality, tormented me time and again.Valerie stared blankly at the contents of the USB drive, her expression dazed. "Mommy, Grandma is actually… dead."Giselle clutched her chest in pain, tears welling at the corners of her eyes. She was also one of the monsters responsible for killing Mom.Her gaze suddenly drifted. When she saw the death certificate again, she collapsed to the floor, her body giving out. A surreal feeling filled her chest, but not in a good way.How could this be? How could this possibly have happened?At that moment, the lawyer I had sent arrived at the villa and knocked on the door."Mrs. Walker, your husband has been in a severe car accident. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. Hi
Jay had lied.Giselle's nails dug deep into her palm. She was just about to turn and leave with Valerie when Jay suddenly hugged her from behind, his eyes red."Giselle, don't leave me alone."She slowly turned around. Her gaze resembled a demon from hell. "Jay, let me ask you one thing. Was the person on that helicopter really a dummy? And was that so-called keepsake really your mother's?"His eyelid twitched violently. Had Giselle found out something? Mom was dead anyway, so there was no evidence left to hold against him.With both Giselle and Valerie on his side, he believed they wouldn't do anything to him, even if they later discovered the truth.His lips trembled, and his face turned deathly pale. "Y-Yeah, it was a dummy… And that pendant… was also my mother's…"A sharp slap echoed through the corridor. Giselle's expression was ice cold as she said, "You'd better not be lying to me, or I'll make you pay a thousandfold!"Valerie grabbed the apple from the floor and hurled
The moment the plane took off, Giselle and Valerie no longer existed in my world.At the same time, they were carefully supporting Jay down the hospital corridor.He covered his face, where a bruise had bloomed, and smiled faintly. "Thanks for standing up for me. Otherwise, Dylan would've actually tormented me to death."Giselle froze for a moment. An instinctive word of comfort rose to her lips, but she swallowed it back down."Valerie, come here," Jay said. "Have an apple."Valerie accepted the apple he handed her, her expression complicated. For some reason, she thought of the apples I used to give her, which were always carved into little rabbit shapes.The apple Jay gave her, on the other hand, hadn't even been washed. A faint sense of unease rose in her chest, as if something important had quietly slipped away from her.In Giselle's mind, the image of the urn shattering kept replaying itself. Along with it was my grief-stricken, despairing expression. She had never seen me
Before I could even process what Jay had said, he suddenly crushed the cross pendant in his hand to pieces. Then, he grabbed my hand and slapped himself across the face.A sharp crack sounded in the air.He pointed casually at the freshly dug mound of earth, his voice full of unfounded grievance and despair. "I just wanted to see my mother, Dylan! What exactly did I do wrong? Why did you dig up her grave?"At that moment, Giselle rushed over in a hurry and grabbed my throat, her eyes like poisonous needles stabbing straight into me. "It's like I don't even recognize you anymore, Dylan! What are you even doing here?"Even Valerie looked at me with visible disdain. "I told you, if you keep bullying Mr. Cooper, I won't see you as my daddy anymore! From now on, you're no longer my daddy!"My face went pale and lifeless. I felt so numb inside, as though my heart had long since frozen solid. "I'm here because Mom—""Yeah, right. Are you going to say that your mother's buried here or so
Fine. Jay had a mother. But was mine supposed to be somehow less than his?When the humiliating minute finally ended, I grabbed Giselle's sleeve as if it were the last lifeline I had left. "Can you please save my mother now?"She shook my hand off with undisguised disgust. "I wasn't the one who ma
"Mom!"My daughter, Valerie Walker, and my wife, Giselle White, had actually tried to kill my mother because they were heartbroken over another man.Mom was already running out of time, yet she still had to suffer something this cruel.Staggering on unsteady feet, I hoisted my blood-soaked mother
Giselle stiffened slightly, as if my words had struck a nerve. But the next second, she grabbed my chin and forced my face up. A mocking laugh escaped her lips."You've gotten addicted to your own lies, haven't you? That thing on the helicopter was clearly just a dummy, yet you keep insisting I sav







