All Chapters of At the End of the Tunnel: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

My brother, Tyler Benson’s voice drifted out from the room.“It’s good that you see it that way. You’ve been making all sorts of excuses during her last few blood draws. I actually thought you were catching feelings for her.”Elijah’s voice was filled with pure disgust. “Tyler, you seriously overestimate your sister, and you definitely underestimate me. Every single time I see her crawling toward me like a dog wagging its tail, it makes my stomach churn. The only reason I delayed the blood draws was out of concern that it might affect the upcoming bone marrow transplant.”Tears streamed down my face as a sharp, agonizing pain ripped through my chest.Three years of pretending. A thousand days of fabricated affection. All those blood tests I thought he ordered out of care for my well-being were nothing more than quality checks to see if my body was a fitting vessel.A shiver ran down my spine, and my body instinctively told me to run. However, just as I spun around, the door was pu

My mom’s familiar voice suddenly snapped me back to reality.“How is Nora doing right now?”The worry in her tone tugged at my heart. However, just when I thought I had finally caught a lifeline, in the very next moment, it felt as though I was thrown back into hell.“Now that the bone marrow has been harvested, send it over quickly,” my mom continued. “Chloe can’t afford to wait any longer. Since Nora’s in surgery anyway, we might as well have them perform a hysterectomy, too. That way, we can prevent Nora from harboring any improper thoughts or schemes in the future.“It’s all my fault for not raising her right, and it put Chloe through so much suffering. Cutting off that possibility once and for all is probably for the best for Nora, and for everyone else.”My dad agreed with her statement. “Yeah, leaving it intact is indeed a ticking time bomb. No matter what, she is my biological daughter. I’d rather support her for the rest of her life than have her go out and ruin other peo

Elijah turned around, preparing to dive straight into the raging sea of fire.“Where do you think you’re going? We need to save Chloe!”With bloodshot eyes, Elijah shoved Tyler’s hand away. However, just as he did, a weak, barely audible voice drifted over from behind him.“Elijah… it hurts so much… Can you please stay with me?”Elijah halted in his steps. He turned his head to look at the massive inferno that had swallowed the entire house. In the end, he bent down and scooped Chloe up into his arms.As he passed by the bodyguards, his voice shook ever so slightly as he ordered, “No matter what, you must get Nora out for me! She hasn’t given Chloe her bone marrow yet. She can’t die!”Outside the hospital emergency room, Elijah and Tyler paced back and forth restlessly. Their phones rang continuously, but they kept cutting the calls.After an agonizingly long wait, several of their men rushed over, completely out of breath.“Mr. York, Mr. Benson… the house… It’s been burned dow

Something snapped inside Elijah’s mind. He strode forward and clamped his hands around Chloe’s throat. Gripping her neck, he slammed her hard against the wall, pinning her there until her entire face turned a suffocating shade of red and purple.“E-Elijah? Why are you–”“Why am I here, you ask? That is exactly the question I should be asking you! Aren’t you supposed to be dead? Why aren’t you lying in the hospital morgue right now?”The man standing next to Chloe was so terrified that his legs turned to jelly. Sensing an opportunity while Elijah was distracted, he tried to slip away and escape, but one of the closely following bodyguards immediately kicked him to the ground.Elijah sounded like a demon straight out of the depths of hell. “Speak! What the hell is going on here?”Chloe trembled violently, with tears streaming down her face. “Elijah, you’re hurting me… You look so terrifying right now. Please don’t scare me like this, okay?”“Scared? You didn’t seem the slightest bi

Three years passed in the blink of an eye. The name Nora became an absolute taboo within both the Benson and the York families.Aside from throwing himself entirely into his work, Elijah spent every waking hour guarding the newly rebuilt estate. Tyler, on the other hand, donated the vast majority of his fortune to various charitable organizations. He spent his days in total silence, stripped of the high-spirited pride he once possessed.That was until today, in the top-floor conference room of York Group’s headquarters, a newly hired project manager flipped through his documents while delivering a presentation. “For this upcoming children’s charity dance project, our partner organization is based overseas. Our primary point of contact is the industry’s top choreographer, Ms. Nora Benson.”As soon as the words left his mouth, the entire conference room fell into a dead silence.The veteran employees instinctively lowered their heads, bracing themselves for Elijah’s inevitable rage