Jeremy was not joking. His sharp eyes told Hannah that he did not have the patience to be kind to her. His tolerance for her had already reached its limit.
After Jeremy had said that, Hannah momentarily fell silent.
She looked at Jeremy dazedly, thinking about her wishful thinking of wanting to end up with this man who had done nothing but ignore her until the very end. She then felt even more disrespected and humiliated.
When she heard Jeremy talking to her like that, even though Hannah’s heart was ridden with fear, she felt that Jeremy was just scaring her and that he would not really let go. Moreover, Madeline would never allow him to let go even if he would.
After thinking about it, Hannah braced herself, gritted her teeth, and said, “Just let go! I didn’t even ask you two to help me. Mr. Whitman, if you’re siding with this woman, you should just side with her till the end. Out of sight, out of mind. Let go now! “
Hannah looked sterned and seemed to be welcoming death, but her arms were already sore.
The biting cold wind whizzed across her face, and her pained cheeks felt as if they were being scraped by a razor blade.
“Linnie, since she doesn’t want to live, then we don’t have to waste our energy any further, “ Jeremy said, ready to let go. “Jeremy, don’t let go.“
Madeline instructed; her expression full of worry.
“Linnie, she leaped over the fence saying that she wanted to die. She even said she doesn’t want us to save her. So, why should we trouble ourselves? Since
she is so desperate to end her life, we should just let go.
After Jeremy finished speaking, he was about to pull Madeline away.
When Hannah saw that Jeremy was about to let go, her heart pounded, and her face was frightened pale.
Now, she started to tremble from the weightlessness. She did not want to die.
She regretted this the moment she leaped over the fence.
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