Broken Vows and Buried Twins novel Chapter 105

Melody glared venomously at Gael. "If... if you dare touch me... Julian will never let you get away with this..."

"Oh, please! If your precious Julian is so almighty, why are you lying here looking like roadkill?"

Gael’s merciless taunt infuriated Melody so much she nearly choked on her own breath.

Hester took a step forward. Looking down at Melody, she asked in an eerily flat voice, "Were the people who kidnapped you the same ones who started the fire at the charity gala?"

Melody froze.

She looked at Hester, a flash of genuine surprise in her eyes, before quickly schooling her features to play dumb. "I... I have no idea what you're talking about..."

"That night, Julian ran straight to you and shielded you. In the middle of a stampede, he held you tight, but he didn't run for the exit first."

Melody let out a raspy, agonizing chuckle. "Julian threw himself over me because he was terrified I'd get hurt! And you're right. There were people in the crowd trying to kill me, and Julian took the hit to protect me! So wake up, Hester. You need to face reality. The woman Julian loves is *me*! In a life-or-death moment, I was the one he chose to save. Do you still not get it? He stopped loving you a long time ago. He loves me... *cough, cough*..."

She spoke with such manic intensity that she choked on her own saliva, dissolving into pathetic, hacking coughs.

Gael rolled her eyes hard. "Talk trash, choke on it. Serves you right!"

Hester merely stared down at Melody, her expression utterly unchanged.

Melody wheezed and gasped for air. Finally catching her breath, she looked back at Hester, her voice dripping with spite. "Hester, we both got kidnapped, but there's a big difference between you and me. Five years ago, Julian didn't even pick up the phone for you. But for me..."

She paused, struggling to draw oxygen into her battered lungs, before continuing, "For me, Julian abandoned his grandmother's surgery. He rushed into hell to save me, and he gladly took a knife for me. If... if you don't believe me, go ask Neil. Ask him about the stab wound on Julian's abdomen. He took that blade for me... *cough, cough*..."

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