“You were the one who chose this,” Nathaniel replied calmly. “When I took you in, I told you that I would take your life if you betrayed me.”
Unwavering, Ramona raised her gun higher. From the look she gave me, I would see the tears glistening in her eyes. “I didn’t forget that you saved my life. And that is the reason why I’m willing to sacrifice everything to prevent you from destroying your future.”
“You should mind your own business.” Nathaniel’s tone firmed and sounded just like the time he humiliated Ashton, cold and devoid of emotion. “Ramona, my patience is wearing thin.”
Breaking into a smirk, Ramona laughed wryly. Despite the fact that she was crying, she desperately tried to maintain her laughter. “Ha, haha. Finally, you are going to abandon me. I might as well annihilate this threat for you!”
Just as she spoke, Ramona pulled the trigger with a chiseled finger.
Bang!
A bullet flew out but not from Ramona’s gun.
It was Nathaniel who fired the shot.
He had killed a woman that was willing to give up her life to eliminate a threat to him.
Just as the gunshot rang out, Ramona collapsed onto the ground. Her eyes refused to shut and stared blankly in despair, unwilling to believe that he had shot her.
With that, a deathly silence descended upon the living hall.
At that moment, I could feel a chill extending through my limbs. Looking at Ramona’s corpse, I was struck by how fragile life was again and hugged myself in reflex.
Without a doubt, that was Nathaniel’s true face.
Regardless of whether one was family or had his best interest at heart, everyone was an expendable tool for him as long as he didn’t care.
After a long while, Nathaniel let out a devilish smile before kneeling down and closing Ramona’s eyes for her.
Standing back up, he looked down at me and commented with an icy tone, “Ashton has never changed while you never planned to love me, am I right?”
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