The End Of The Dream Of Stars

“Mr. Jefferson’s staged accident was foolproof. Not even the police found anything wrong with it.”

“Yes. I heard that he staged it because his first love and her son got into an accident. One of them had damaged kidneys and needs a kidney transplant, while the other got his eyes damaged and needs a cornea transplant.

“Only Miss Stone and her son are a match, so Mr. Jefferson asked for a remarriage so that he could sign the donation consent form as their family member. Then, he could get Miss Stone’s kidney and the son’s cornea over. He really loves Miss Lane.”

“Miss Stone is a pitiful soul too. She’s still being kept in the dark, along with her son. She doesn’t even know that Mr. Jefferson is currently keeping Miss Lane in 304.”

Raine felt her blood run cold.

She could not believe it. Luke… had staged that accident?

He had asked for a remarriage for another goal?

She stumbled and pressed a hand against the wall for support before heading for the ward the doctors mentioned.

The door was not shut, and she heard familiar voices from within.

“Luke, you should see Raine and your son.” Helen Lane’s voice was as gentle as a breeze. “No matter what, she’s your wife, and Zach… is your son.”

“No need for that. They’re useless now.” Luke’s voice was terrifyingly cold.

Raine’s breathing stilled.

“I’ll protect them for life to make it up to them.” Then, after a brief pause, his voice gained a hint of gentleness.

“But that’s all. You know that I love you, Helen.”

Helen sighed. “But no matter what, Zach is—”

“I love you and everything associated with you. Your son is more important than he is,” Luke interrupted her and stated firmly.

Raine covered her mouth as her tears spilled down her cheeks.

She had always known that Luke never loved her, but she never expected that he would be cruel toward his own son too.

Luke was childhood friends with Helen.

He was regal and prideful, while she was gentle. Everyone said that they were a match made in heaven.

Meanwhile, Raine was just Luke’s personal assistant.

Over the years, she saw how much he loved and treasured Helen.

He would light up fireworks for her in the city for three days and nights and name all the brands under the company after her name. He would even spend an exorbitant amount of money during an auction to buy all the jewelry there to make her happy.

He loved her to bits.

Unfortunately for him, Helen loved someone else and rejected him before leaving with her first love to get married abroad.

When that happened, Luke spent every day drunk. One time, he mistook Raine for Helen after drinking and slept with her.

After that night, Raine got pregnant. Upon learning about that, Martha, Luke’s mother, immediately had them get married.

During the five years of their marriage, he never looked Raine in the eye.

On the day Zach was born, Luke did not even go into the delivery room.

He even refused to let Zach refer to him as his father.

When Raine asked for a divorce after becoming thoroughly disappointed, Luke suddenly changed.

He started trying to win over her heart and nearly died from a stab wound in order to save her.

As he held her and Zach, he had said softly to them for the first time ever, “I love you. Please forgive me.”

Zach had been so happy that he could sleep the entire night and hugged her neck as he whispered, “Mom, Dad said that he loves us. Why don’t we forgive him?”

She relented, because she really thought that his feelings had changed.

But it had all been lies.

He had only married her again in order to stage the accident so that he could legally remove her kidney and Zach’s corneas.

Zach had arrived beside her, and he started trembling violently.

He had heard it too!

“Mom… Did Dad really take my corneas?” Zach asked with a choked-up voice.

That question stabbed into Raine’s heart like needles.

She remembered the day of the accident. Luke had carried the blood-drenched Zach into the hospital while crying at the top of his lungs.

She could also recall the sight of him pleading for the doctors to save his eyes.

It had all been an act!

Raine could no longer control herself. She picked Zach up and ran into the emergency stairwell before she cried like a baby in the darkness.

“Zach, that’s not your father. He won’t ever be your father again. I’ll leave with you, far, far away. Let’s get new identities and start anew, just like the superhero movies you love.

“We’ll make sure that Luke can’t find us again, okay?”

Zach hugged her neck tightly as he continued trembling. “Could superheroes… get new eyes?”

Raine’s tears fell on Zach’s crown. “Yes. I swear that I’ll make you see again.”

As she looked out the window, a crazed plan formed in her heart.

Since he loved Helen so much, then she was going to make him watch as both she and Zach “died” at her hands.