บททั้งหมดของ Sunset Over an Empty World: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

The microphone on Elvira's wedding dress hadn't been removed.Moans rose and fell from the wedding venue's speakers.The guests turned to look at me—some smirking, some sympathetic.My fingers clenched the wine glass so tightly my knuckles went white. I drained the glass of bitter wine along with all my pent-up humiliation, my throat constricting with the effort.An hour later, Elvira finally walked out of the lounge. Her face was flushed with an unusual redness, and the wedding dress worth ten million dollars was now stained with specks of blood.The crowd began to jeer, "Ms. Britton, congrats on losing your virginity! So, how was Toby?"The moment the words left their mouths, my already-married younger sister, Whitney Cochran, swept into the wedding venue, one hand cradling her pregnant belly.She swept her gaze around the room and sneered. "You people sure know how to sing someone's praises. Why don't you be really generous and offer up your own wives for others to sleep with

A flicker of doubt crossed Elvira's face as she looked at Toby.Seeing Toby lower his head with a hurt expression, Elvira turned back to me and snapped, "That's enough, Wallace. How dare you threaten my parents with divorce? Toby was just trying to help me get back at you."Besides, I have every right to do what I want with my body before marriage. My virginity is mine to give whoever I choose."I cut her off calmly. "You're right—your body, your choice. You can give your virginity to anyone you want. I cannot and should not have any complaints. Similarly, I have the right to think whatever I want."I can divorce whoever I choose, and you're not allowed to have any complaints about that either."Elvira froze, her face instantly turning pale. But she quickly rolled her eyes and snorted coldly."Wallace, our engagement was arranged by both our grandfathers. Don't you forget that it's only because I married you that you got to be the richest heir!"Seeing that I remained silent, sh

My heart ached seeing Whitney in so much pain."Wallace, what happened to Whitney? Why isn't she at the hospital? I've been calling, but she's not picking up," Brock Griffin, my brother-in-law, asked urgently."Brock, bring the emergency rescue pod to the Eastern Suburb Villa," I said through gritted teeth.Brock wanted to ask for more details, but I snapped angrily and anxiously, "Did you not hear me when I said bring the emergency rescue pod to the Eastern Suburb Villa? Whitney's in danger!"After I hung up the phone, the first thing I did was check on Whitney's condition.She lay dying in a pool of blood, her chest already torn to a bloody pulp from the explosion. There wasn't a single patch of unharmed skin left on her exposed body.The sight of her like this made me want to slap myself over and over.As the most beloved youngest daughter in my family, when had she ever suffered such injustice?It was all because she stood up for me that Whitney ended up so severely injured

But the wedding was only a short while ago, so how could Elvira be pregnant already?I had initially thought Elvira had at least a shred of conscience left and that she'd come to the hospital to see Whitney.It never occurred to me that she and Toby were actually here for a pregnancy check-up.In that moment, my heart died completely."Elvira, you already slept with Toby long before the wedding, didn't you? All this time, you've been lying about saving your first time for me, right?"Elvira instinctively wanted to deny it, but the panic on her face had already betrayed her.Years of relationship dissolved into thin air before my very eyes. Elvira was no longer the innocent girl I once remembered."Elvira, the flower has fallen," I said.Elvira frowned, not understanding what I was getting at."Wallace, stop this. If you keep making a scene, it won't be good for either of our families."The flower had fallen, and the Britton family was about to fall with it.I wiped the tears

I brought Whitney home to recuperate and arranged for the world's top doctors to care for her.Just a few hours after I had Elvira arrested, Mr. and Mrs. Britton came rushing to my door again in a panic.The moment Mr. Britton saw Brock, his face went pale with shock."Mr. Griffin, what are you doing here?"Brock pinched the bridge of his nose and said with displeasure, "You got it all wrong, you old fool. Wallace is right here, and yet you dare to greet me first? Do you have a death wish or something?"With his years of experience navigating both the lawful and underworld, Brock's imposing demeanor wasn't something an ordinary person could withstand.Mr. Britton's face instantly turned ashen with fear. He dropped to his knees with a thud right in front of me."Wallace—"Before he could even finish his sentence, I hurled the glass from the table at him."What did you just call me?"I knew full well Mr. Britton wouldn't dare to dodge.Trembling with fear, he didn't move an in