Chapter 273
The atmosphere around Bryant plummeted as he steadied his grip on the gun, aiming it directly at Dorothy
Dorothy shook her head frantically. “No… please, Bryant, don’t…
But Bryant’s expression was stone–cold, unyielding. Yet, when our eyes met for a fleeting second. I caught a glimpse of the profound restmint hidden deep within his gaze.
Jarrod was still counting down, “Two…”
Bryant clenched his jaw, his wrist giving a slight twitch as he cocked the gun single–handedly.
“One…
The gunshot echoed – but in that critical moment, Bryant swiveled the gun away from Dorothy and aimed it squarely at me!
I was paralyzed, my blood running cold.
So, it was me he was willing to forsake all along.
Even if it meant my death.
my vision blurring.
Despair seeped into my very bones in an instant, as I stared blankly in Bryant’s direction, my
Though the anticipated pain never arrived, a piercing agony throbbed somewhere deep inside me.
Tm doing this willingly…”
“Trying to win you back…”
“TII take the next ninety–nine steps, just stay here and don’t back out on the last one.”
“Jane, I’m serious, and I will make amends. I can’t lose you”
Im the one with impure thoughts.”
All the promises of winning back his wife, all the declarations of profound love, turned into a cruel joke in that moment.
Jarrod laughed again, “Haha, Mr. Ferguson, don’t be mad, it was just a joke. One is Ms. Myers, the other your wife, for now, at least. I wouldn’t dare touch them.”
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