He Gave Her Strawberries, Gave Me Hives (Ford and Sylvia) novel Chapter 192

Chapter 23

The trainer was horrified. “Sir! That’s too dangerous! You could be killed!”

“Let it out!” Theodore roared, his eyes empty and resolute.

The trainer didn’t dare disobey. Trembling, he opened the stable door.

A tall, ill–tempered black stallion burst out, whinnying loudly.

Theodore didn’t dodge or move away, instead, he walked toward the horse. He was trying to experience for himself the fear and pain Evelyn had felt.

THUD!

A heavy hoof kicked him squarely in the chest.

CRACK! The distinct sound of bone breaking rang out.

Theodore flew backward like a kite with its string cut, landing hard on the ground. He coughed up mouthfuls of blood as excruciating pain washed over him His vision blurred, and his consciousness began to fade.

Before he passed out completely, he gazed at the grey sky, a twisted, agonized smile on his lips, and murmured, his breath barely a whisper.

‘Evelyn… was it… this painful…”

When the paramedics carried him out of the riding ring, he was on the brink of death.

three broken ribs, internal injuries, his life hanging by a thread.

After being rushed to the hospital again and narrowly surviving, Theodore lay in his hospital bed and received the only message Evelyn sent him.

No visit, no words of comfort, just a cold note that read:

Theodore, your repentance doesn’t even come close to one–ten–thousandth of the pain I felt.j

Don’t die. Live and suffer.J

.ooking at these words, Theodore first burst into hysterical laughter, laughing until tears streamed down his face, then his laughter turned into suppressed, lesperate sobs.

He knew this wasn’t forgiveness. It was a curse more cruel than hatred.

he wanted him to live, to consciously and eternally exist in endless regret and agony.

and that curse truly did become the story of the rest of his life.

Meanwhile, Maren’s fate was also sealed.

lased on the evidence Theodore provided, the police quickly arrested her.

lefore her trial, she somehow managed to escape and, in a crazed state, rushed to the Ashworth estate, wanting to see Evelyn one last time.

When the bodyguards stopped her, she stood on the other side of the iron gate, laughing and crying, completely unhinged

It was me! I did it all! I framed you! I killed the dog too! I hate you! Evelyn, I hate you! Why?! Why was it that our parents always loved me, but Theodore… Theodore still fell in love with you in the end?! I lost… I lost completely… Hahaha…”

She was eventually taken away by force. After a court ordered psychiatric evaluation, she was diagnosed with severe schizophrenia and committed to a

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high security mental institution.

One cold winter night, clutching a piece of fruit candy–the kind Evelyn loved as a child–that she had found somewhere, she curled up in a cold corner. murmuring. “Evelyn… I’m sorry… have some candy…”

Then, she quietly stopped breathing, bringing a messy end to her pathetic and hateful life.

As for Theodore, after his body had slightly recovered, the last thing he did was find Evelyn.

He compiled all of his assets–all his shares in Harrison Industries, his real estate properties around the world, his vast cash reserves–into a thick stack of transfer documents and presented them to Evelyn.

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