The Love I Begged For Was Never Real novel Chapter 379

This sentence smashed straight through Nora's heart.

Her left cheek, which had just taken a slap, still burned with pain. Fresh blood from the ruptured lining of her mouth dripped down the corner of her lips.

But this physical pain couldn't compare to a ten-thousandth of what that sentence brought.

That mutual protection over life and death became the heavy shackle trapping her desire to escape, making her care for him by his hospital bed without rest for a full half-month.

Now, he personally took back this blessing.

He used the most vicious words to grind the tiny bit of connection left between them into powder on the ground.

He regretted it.

He resented fate for giving him two chances to save her.

He regretted saving her.

He would rather have watched her get beaten to death by those thugs in that alley ten years ago.

He would rather have watched her be crushed into a bloody mess by those stones in the ruins of the processing plant.

The kindness of ten years ago turned into the shackle trapping his marriage.

The life-risking rescue from a few months ago turned into the death warrant that killed his sister.

What he bought back with half his life was a nightmare that made him lose his closest family member.

If he could do it all over again, he absolutely would not reach out a single hand.

Because of his softheartedness, because of that ridiculous sense of responsibility, he kept this woman by his side.

The ultimate price was paying with his sister's life.

Gideon suddenly released Nora's collar. His hands moved downwards, fiercely gripping Nora's thin shoulders.

"When that shelf of raw stones crashed down, I used my whole back to shield you. Even when my bones broke, I never thought of letting go!"

His voice sounded remarkably shrill in the empty old mansion.

"Give me back my sister's life!! Aren't you the rightful Mrs. Hayes? Didn't you keep saying you loved me for ten whole years?! Then go jump off the rooftop right now! Go exchange your life for hers!!"

"I don't need your apologies. I just want Giselle to come back to life! Give her back... give her back to me!!"

Nora was shaken by him until she was dizzy.

The fierce roaring and the sound of bodies hitting the floor in the study finally alarmed the people waiting outside the door.

The door was shoved open violently from the outside.

Liam York and the butler, Franklin, alongside two private doctors carrying medical kits, rushed in looking panicked.

"Mr. Hayes!"

Seeing Gideon's crazed state—his eyes bloodshot and blood constantly seeping from his back—the old butler Franklin burst into tears.