Reborn Fake Heiress Watch the Whole Family Burn novel Chapter 884

"Arthur, please don't say that. Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to Lorna."

Theresa turned her cold gaze to Charles. "Charles, what exactly is it going to take for you to let her go?"

"I want you! I want you to marry me!"

Theresa scoffed in disgust. "You want to marry me? Be realistic. I'm already engaged. You might want to think of a demand that's actually possible."

"Fine... then... get me twenty million dollars and a private jet! Give me the money, and I'm leaving the country. As soon as I'm safely away, I'll let her go!"

"Twenty million? A private jet? Are you out of your mind?!" Butler Avery roared in outrage.

This was blatant extortion!

"Shut up, old fool! I don't care what it takes. I want the money, and I want safe passage out of here! Now go get it ready!"

"Logan, what do we do now?" Theresa asked quietly.

There was no way they were going to agree to Charles's insane demands, but they couldn't just leave Lorna to die, either.

"Pretend to agree to his terms. I'll find an opening to pull her out," Logan whispered back.

Theresa nodded subtly. "Alright. Rest assured, I'll get you everything you asked for. But it's going to take some time. You'll have to wait."

"I'll give you exactly half an hour! If it's not ready by then, I'm taking her to the grave with me!"

Charles locked his arm tighter around Lorna's throat, the sharp edge of the blade already drawing a thin line of blood against her skin.

"Charles, are you really this cruel? You'd sacrifice my life just to save your own?" Lorna choked out.

"Hmph! What did you expect? Do you honestly think I care about you? Do you still not realize that you mean absolutely nothing?" Charles sneered with utter contempt.

In a split second, a blade materialized in Lorna's hand, and without a moment's hesitation, she plunged it directly into Charles's chest.

It was the same knife she had bought to end her own life not long ago.

Because Charles had called her that night, she had abandoned her suicide attempt, simply slipping the knife under her pillow and forgetting about it.

His vicious words just now had shattered the very last sliver of hope in her soul, destroying her completely.

Driven by an all-consuming wrath, Lorna snapped.

Her hand had subtly crept beneath the pillow, and she personally delivered the final blow to the bastard who ruined her!

Before Logan and Theresa could even register what was happening, Charles was stumbling backward with a knife buried deep in his chest.