Chapter 468
The sharp knife pierced the skin of my throat; it hurt so much. It was as if, with just a little more force, the tip of the knife would pierce through completely. But at that moment, I was not afraid at all. I was full of hatred and resentment, wishing this man would die soon.
“You hated me, and I was the one you treated as a competitor since childhood, so…”
At that moment, Reynaldo spoke heavily, his voice clearly tinged with weakness. He spoke slowly, word by word, “So, if you want to kill or punish someone, come at me. She is innocent, she has never harmed you. Even when she was young, she liked you and considered you her best friend.”
“So, Winston, if you were still a human being with a bit of conscience, you just… you shouldn’t hurt her…”
Reynaldo seemed to have put all his strength into these words. He looked at me, his eyes very calm and peaceful. That kind of calmness made me extremely nervous.
I shook my head at him urgently and said, “No, I have never liked him, Reynaldo. I like you; I have always liked you.”
However, Reynaldo no longer believed my words. After all that we’ve been through, he really didn’t believe in my feelings for him. He just smiled at me, a very pale smile.
I watched, and tears fell down all of a sudden. He said, “You don’t need to comfort me. In the future, just live your own life well. Because of my persistence and greed, I involved you in the struggle between me and him, causing you to be hurt for no reason. I’m sorry. In the future, no one will bully you anymore; you finally… finally can get the freedom you have always wanted…”
“No way!”
I yelled at him while crying; tears had already blurred my vision. In the hazy vision, Reynaldo’s smile became paler and even more distant.
I shook my head, crying, as an unspeakable fear swept over me, pressing down on me so hard I could barely breathe. I shouted hoarsely at him, “Reynaldo, I didn’t want freedom, I didn’t want it… please don’t say that, Reynaldo…”
However, Reynaldo ignored me and just looked coldly at Winston. “Isn’t it my life that you want? I’ll give it to you; you let her go.”
“No, don’t…”
I shook my head frantically, feeling as if a big hole had been dug in my heart; the pain was almost suffocating me. I looked at him, trembling all over, and said, “Don’t, even if you die, he won’t let me go. Reynaldo, leave, leave now; don’t bother about me anymore.”
“Go? Haha…” Winston chuckled ominously, “From the moment he walked in, do you think he could still leave?”
He said, walking up to Reynaldo with a cold and hateful tone, “Did I ever tell you that I actually hated you a long, long time ago? I detested your haughty attitude the most, detested your hypocritical appearance of disdainful indifference the most. You are clearly the mud underfoot, pretending to be noble, pretending to be precious. I was never as good as you since I was a child; why should I talk to you? You ignore me, huh? Why do you look down on me, you tell me, you tell me…”
Winston said, then suddenly roared emotionally, and the knife in his hand mercilessly stabbed into Reynaldo’s chest.
I was almost going crazy, feeling like there was nothing but darkness in front of me. I screamed hoarsely, shivering all over. I screamed at Winston like a madman, “Let him go, you lunatic! What are you trying to do? Let him go, you lunatic!”