The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 364

Chapter 364

“But if you lie to me, I’ll never tell you where the antidote is. I would rather die than tell you.”

Her voice softened. “So, Chris, don’t lie to me. You know me. I’m not afraid of pain, and I’m not afraid of death. You could use every torture device on that wall, and I still wouldn’t be scared.”

Chris put out his cigarette and turned to go upstairs.

Skyla let out a low laugh.

After Chris publicly clarified to the media that he had nothing to do with Winter, the next step would be making the two of them divorce. Then Chris would marry her and bring her into the Xander family. He would take her into Blackwood Manor.

One day, she would become Chris’s wife.

His only woman.

Just before he went upstairs, Chris suddenly stopped.

“You killed Jacob, didn’t you?”

Skyla’s face turned deathly pale under the light. She stared at Chris’s back, her amber eyes clouded with a bloodshot sheen.

She lowered her head and grabbed at her hair, her fingers trembling.

A long moment passed before she answered.

“Yes.”

“Why?” Chris’s voice was flat, without the slightest trace of emotion.

From the basement below him came the clink of chains.

Skyla’s voice broke with pain. “Because of you. Chris, I killed Jacob all because of you.”

Chris’s dark eyes remained completely calm.

Skyla looked at the unmoved man and struggled against the chains around her ankles.

“Did you think I couldn’t tell why you posted so many people outside Jacob’s hospital room? You weren’t trying to protect him. You were trying to keep Winter away from him.

“That night, Winter injured Jacob in front of too many witnesses. You couldn’t silence everyone. So your only option was to have Jacob treated, wait until he was discharged, and then get rid of him. That way, Winter would be completely cleared of suspicion.”

The thought of Chris doing all that for Winter made Skyla hate her even more.

“Do you know why I was able to guess what you were planning?”

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