Jane shook violently, and so was her heart. She parted her lips but couldn't utter a word.
She had never expected Louis to ask her to do it. It was a live being. How could she have the heart to do so?
Although Stefan used to hurt Martha, he regretted it and saved her life. So, Jane couldn't find a reason to kill him.
After hesitating for a long time, Jane knelt to Louis with a sharp pang in her heart.
"I'm sorry, sir, but I can't do it."
Jane had been working for Martha for four years after Louis let her become Martha's assistant.
She could tell Martha still cared about Stefan. How could she have the heart to make Martha suffer again?
Louis looked at her sullenly and snapped, "Give me a reason."
Jane clenched her fists tightly, plucked herself up, and answered, "Sir, you are Ms. Doyle's family. If you kill Stefan now, after she learns the truth, she'll hate you... You came here to protect her and Jimmy and didn't want her to be hurt anymore. Yet the thing you're doing now will hurt her."
Louis squinted at her with a stern face. This was the first time Jane had disobeyed his order, all because of Stefan, the damned bastard.
Scowling at Jane, he retorted, "He deserves it! He married Martha but hurt her deeply. He dumped her. He even doesn't deserve to be a human."
Jane parted her lips and wanted to argue with him. Yet she didn't know how.
Louis didn't exaggerate.
But Stefan risked his life to save Martha, so Jane didn't think he deserved to die in this way.
Suddenly, they heard someone trotting towards the ICU hurriedly. Louis frowned.
Without hesitation, he dragged Jane up and dodged into a lounge next to the ICU.
Martha appeared at the ICU. Staring at Stefan, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Recalling what she had seen in the jail earlier, she had a lingering fear.
An indescribable feeling surged in her chest.
She smelt something fishy in the matters of Hollie and Libby.
Her hunch told her a big conspiracy was behind those incidents.
Unfortunately, she didn't know what it was.
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