<b>Chapter </b>247 I’ll Die Before I Go Back
Chapter 247 I’ll Die Before I Go Back
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But just because the hmatics behind the Charmer wanted revenge, that didn’t mean she was going to crawl back to John–the blind fool who couldn’t see the truth if it smacked him in the face.
It wasughable, honestly.
Last <b>night</b>, after watching the video of Elsa deliberately falling down the stairs to frame her. John had looked devastated–pleading for her forgiveness, swearing he’d been wrong.
And now? <b>Elsa </b>pops a few pills and ys victim, and he’s right back at her <b>side </b>without hesitation.
It disgusted her.
So much so that she felt sickened by the version of herself who had once been madly in love with him.
“Lily, this is yourst chance.”
John’s voice came through, low and tight. Still getting no answer, he was starting to panic. His fingers
clenched around the pair of silver bracelets she had tossed aside.
“Divorce James. Come to the registry office with me. Tomorrow, drop thewsuit. Reconcile with Wendy. You-”
“In your dreams.”
Lily practically spat the words out, the taste of rust on her tongue from how hard she was clenching her jaw.
“I’ll say it again: I will never reconcile with Wendy. The only thing I’ll do is make sure she gets the longest sentence possible. And as for going back to you after divorcing James? Not a chance.”
Her voice was steady, like steel. “James did the <b>right </b>thing by helping the police destroy that hellhole the Charmer. All those girls–poor, bright girls who wed their way out of poverty to get into college–why should they be punished just because they didn’t have the right connections? Why should they be tossed. into the Charmer, treated like garbage?”
She paused, voice shaking but fierce. “I was sent to that ce too. Wendy and Elsa put me there. If James hadn’t saved me, I wouldn’t even be alive today.If James doesn’t need me, I’ll respect his choices and stay out of it. <b>But </b>if he does–I’ll stand beside <b>him</b>. I’ll fight with him. I’ll die for him if I have to.”
She clenched her teeth. “Good always triumphs over evil. He’ll be fine. You want to stay with your precious Elsa, then fine. Be a tragic couple. Sleep <b>and </b>rot in the same grave for all I care.”
Her voice <b>was </b>razor sharp. “But if anything happens to James–I’ll die with him. I’d rather die than go back to a filthy, backstabbing coward like you!”
“Lily!”
John’s voice roared from the phone, trembling with rage.
He knew she didn’t mean it–knew she was just saying all this to piss him off. She couldn’t possibly love James. No way she’d choose to live or die with another man.
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But hearing her say it, heating her call him a dirty cucumber it still hit like a punch to the gut.
His voice turned low, cruel.
“My patience is running <b>thin</b><b>. </b><b>Keep </b>pushing me like this, and when I finally get tired of you, when I really decide I’m done–you’ll regret it. You’ll-”
“I won’t
She cut him off again, filled with disgust.
“I’d rather die than regret.”
<b>And </b>with that, she hung up.
She didn’t hesitate. She blocked the number with a few swift taps–clearly she’d done it before.
On the other <b>end</b>, John stared at the cked<b>–</b><b>out </b>screen of his phone, his face ashen, like he’d just watched someone ughter his entire family.
But his expression quickly twisted into something more calcted.
He had received… very solid information.
Tonight, the forces behind the Charmer were going to make their move.
They <b>had </b>mobilized everything–every resource, every contact. All with one goal: kill James.
<b>And </b>James? James had spent the whole day ying around with his new sweetheart,pletely off guard. How could he possibly escape a trap like <b>that</b>?
Lily had no friends. No family. Once James was dead, and the Luke family cast her aside, where else could <b>she </b>go but back to him?
He slowly slipped the silver bracelets back into his pocket, his expression darkening.
She’d thrown them away so easily–like they meant nothing.
But just because she threw them away didn’t mean she <b>could </b>get them back. Not <b>without </b>a price.
When the day came <b>that </b>she came crawling back, begging for a second chance… he wasn’t going to say yes so easily.
That rebellious streak of hers? He’d break it.
Lily was still fuming from the call her chest heaving from the sheer rage John always managed to spark in
her.
And yet… a creeping dread was settling into her bones
Maybe it was because she was still worried sick about James, but as her rideshare neared the mountain road, she thought she spotted James‘ car in the distance.
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She remembered something–James had called Ashton earlier when they were grilling barbecue.
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He had asked him to take care of something important <b>and </b>told him not to worry about picking him up-
that night.
Ashton, coincidentally, had run into some friends and taken another car back to the city, leaving James car behind <b>at </b>the resort.
James was supposed to drive it home.
And now, right before her eyes-
A massive truck came barreling down the oppositene and mmed into James‘ ck luxury car
Before she could react, several more trucks and ck sedans sped in from the side road–neatly trapping the vehicle from every direction except the edge of the mountainside.
“James!”
Lily’s heart stopped cold.
She knew.
The monsters behind the Charmer had finally made their move.
Her hand fumbled to unlock her phone. She was trying to call the police.
But before she could dial the number
James‘ car veered off the road and plunged over the edge.