Chapter 9
Soon after, the annulment of the
engagement between Luke Crawford and Bella White caused an uproar throughout the city.
Luke Crawford was the heir, and Bella White was now considered a B–list actress. Who wouldn’t love such gossip, especially when it involved the secrets of a wealthy family?
According to insider sources, Luke
Crawford’s mother had an affair. When Luke Crawford’s father found out, he wanted a divorce and demanded that she leave with nothing, as she was at fault.
The car accident had been orchestrated by Luke Crawford’s mother, who even forged a fake DNA report to slander my mother.
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Bella White was merely a pawn used by her.
But what she didn’t anticipate was that on the day of the accident, Luke Crawford’s car would unexpectedly appear, costing him his sight.
Everything came to light when Leo Davis presented Daniel’s real DNA report to Luke Crawford.
The Crawford family was thrown into chaos. Luke Crawford’s mother was arrested, and Luke Crawford was forced to step down from his position as CEO. Bella White’s scandalous past was exposed online, leading to her being forced to leave the industry.
Luke Crawford and Bella White called off their engagement.
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The grand proposal became a joke.
All the details after that were told to me by Leo Davis, but I no longer had the energy to
care.
However, I was still happy. Finally, I could leave this world without any stigma, completely at peace.
Luke Crawford came to see me every day, looking tired and disheveled.
I refused to see him, but he just stood in front of my dilapidated house.
Finally, I couldn’t bear it anymore.
After all, I was about to die, and who was he trying to impress with this act?
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I wrapped myself up tightly and appeared before him.
Up close, I noticed his eyes were dark with bruises, and his stubble hadn’t been shaved for many days. The heir of the Crawford family had shed his former arrogance, now looking humble and cautious as he gazed at me. “Sylvia, I was wrong. Can we start over?”
I looked at him indifferently, slowly shaking my head. “If you come again, I will call the police.”
His eyes were filled with red veins. He wanted to reach out to touch me, but as soon as he saw the coldness and disgust in my eyes, he stopped his hand.
“Sylvia, I’ve always liked you, but my mother didn’t agree. She wanted me to marry a woman from a similar background. I thought
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that once I became independent and inherited the family business, I could be with you openly. But then the rumors started, and the accident happened… I didn’t know how to face it all. The only way I could keep you around was like this.”
“I have no relationship with Bella White. She was someone my mother brought in, and I just wanted to make you jealous.”
His voice was hoarse, and he looked at me with pleading eyes. “Sylvia, it’s all my fault. I’m cowardly, I’m so stupid. Please give me one more chance. Forgive me, please.”
I looked at him and suddenly smiled, just like I used to, flashing him a brilliant smile.
His face lit up.
But when he heard my next words, the light
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in his eyes shattered.
I smiled and said, each word deliberate,
“Luke Crawford, I will never forgive you.”
I decided to leave that run–down house.
In my final days, I didn’t want to see Luke Crawford’s detestable face every day.
Moreover, I wanted to fulfill Daniel’s final wish.
I had no strength left. This last task, I had no choice but to ask Leo Davis to help me accomplish it.
On the day I left, I got into Leo Davis’s car.
Luke Crawford tried to stop me, but Leo Davis blocked him.
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“Sylvia, don’t go with him,” he begged hoarsely, his eyes pleading.
I turned and looked at him one last time.
I silently mouthed the words, “Luke Crawford, in this life, we will never meet again.”
Then I saw the light in Luke Crawford’s eyes fade away inch by inch.
I knew, this was probably the last time I would ever see Luke Crawford.
In this life, I owed him nothing.
But what he owed me, I would have him repay with his life.
