“Shannon!”Sean looked at her with utter disbelief. In hasty steps, he went straight to her. He wanted to hold her close in his arms, but he was scared. He was fearful that he might not feel any warmth from her.“Shannon!”He spent the next few seconds anguishing about whether he had let his fear get the better of him. Eventually, he gathered his courage and closely, he clasped her body in his arms. There was no way he could hide the pain in his eyes. He squeezed her body with all his strength just so he could feel her again. Only through such physical contact could he express himself. He was scared that she might leave him forever.“Hang in there, Shannon! I won’t let anything happen to you! You’ll be fine!”Sean carried her in his arms and rushed to the hospital. Perhaps he was too distraught with fear that it affected his observation; he came to realize that he could not feel her heartbeat the entire time. She was not even breathing, too.“Shannon, don’t you leave me alone!

“Ms. Gray has been suffering for the past five years.”His eyes strayed to Shannon, who was still lying on the hospital bed. He was reminded of the help that he had received from the Gray family throughout his years in school, and he had been a family friend ever since. Shannon was a very talented girl; her optimism was especially admirable. With a silver-spoon upbringing, her life should have been easy and trouble-free. Therefore, he could not imagine how she endured the years in prison.The findings only made him sigh. It was heart-wrenching for Sean to find out what she had been through over the years. Though difficult, the truth must be made known.“The inmates were instructed to give Ms. Gray a hard time. Almost every day, they tortured her, even the guards were involved, sometimes. She was always injured, and the most severe incident was the one where four of her ribs were broken. That was also when they permanently disabled her hand.”Another incident came to his mind. “Oh,

He somehow felt a perverse satisfaction from making her feel embarrassed. Whenever he was in her presence, he would exchange intimacies with another woman, just to make her feel sickened at the thought of others having been intimate with him.He had also enjoyed throwing money in her face because he despised her. He had humiliated her by calling her a bitch. He had treated her as if she was a prostitute and even gave her away to another man.Tears rolled down his cheeks as he suffered from guilt. There were too many awful things that he had done to the girl he loved.Sam was at a loss of words.It was the second time that he saw Sean having a meltdown, crying like a boy over the woman he loved. Love had no boundaries, even for a man with so much wealth and power.Sam sighed deeply, for the two were impeccably in love, but not a day went by without them hurting each other. Eventually, both sides suffered. After a conspicuously long moment of silence, Sean finally broke the ice. “

Just like that, she believed him.After all, there was nothing in this world that could not be made up. In the age of technology, it was almost effortless to fake a voice recording. If what Sean said was true, then there could only be one culprit.The man who seized John was actually sent by Quinn. She was the real culprit of John’s death!“Shannon, I know it’s all been a big misunderstanding. I’ve done so many things that were wrong, and I’m truly sorry for my incredible stupidity. I’ll spend the rest of my life making amends for everything that I’ve done to you. Shannon, will you give me a chance?”Shannon had withdrawn into silence. She stared at Sean fixedly for a long, long while before breaking the ice, “Sean, you’d like to make amends? If you intend to atone for your mistakes, then kill Quinn; a life for a life!”He became impassive at once. He used to feel uncertain about the things that she claimed to be true, but that doubtful attitude changed when he found out about eve

“I wouldn’t be able to send you to prison if I hadn’t murdered him in the first place, would I? The threat for you to break-up with Sean wasn’t satisfying enough, even with your father’s life at stake. I needed to make sure that you were damned to perdition. Shannon, the five years of prison must have been delightful for you!”Quinn put on a vile visage as she glared at her. There was no trace of beauty on her face, only hatred.“Shannon, I hate you! I’ve always hated you! You’re not any better than me, but you’re always standing in my way! Since they like to think that you’re better than me in every way, I had no choice but to destroy you!”“Shannon, you’re no longer a woman of quality. You’re just a prisoner and a murderer who’s killed your own father!”“I killed Joshua Gray, but I wouldn’t have hurt him if he wasn’t your father! You’re responsible for his death, after all. You’re at the bottom of all this trouble! No, not only your father, even John is dead because of you!” “I