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James caught his wrist midair.
Just as John struggled to break free, a voice rang out from Lily’s phone-Elsa’s voice.
He could tell it was her. But the tone was different from what he remembered.
In his memory, Elsa had always sounded cool and proud-noble, like her personality.
But the voice now? Still cool, still proud-but laced with venom.
It made his skin crawl.
“Lily, you’re so proud of catching my mom’s dirt, aren’t you? But I haven’t lost yet. I will never let her go to prison.”
Her voice turned triumphant, dripping with malice.
“If I make John and Simon believe you pushed me down those stairs, that you made my condition worse- maybe even killed me… you think they won’t want you dead? If the world believes you tried to murder me, will my mom still be prosecuted? You’ll never beat me, Lily. You were always destined to lose.” repression shifted as realization dawned. He turned sharply-his gaze locking on Lily’s phone
John’s
He clearly saw it too-Elsa’s smug, arrogant, venomous smile as she walked step by step toward the stairwell and then hurled herself down.
The footage was crystal clear. Lily never even touched her. There was absolutely no way she had pushed Elsa down the stairs.
Which meant Lily had been telling the truth. She really was innocent. And he once again-had misjudged her, failed to see right from wrong.
As soon as he heard Elsa’s voice. Simon’s gaze also locked onto Lily’s phone screen.
He wasn’t blind. He saw it all: Elsa walking deliberately toward the landing and then flinging herself down. the stairs.
His eyes widened in shock, his entire worldview shaken to its core.
“How… how could this be?” he muttered, stunned.
Still dazed, he turned to Elsa, confusion etched across his face. “Lizzy… your illness is so severe. Why would you not take care of yourself? Why would you throw yourself down the stairs on purpose just to frame Lily!”
“I…
Elsa’s face turned ashen.
She never imagined-even in her worst nightmares-that despite tossing Lily’s phone, Lily had still managed to capture the whole thing.
Did she… have a micro-camera on her?
That b*tch actually had a hidden camera on her….
How could she be so sneaky?
Elsa didn’t want to admit it. She couldn’t stand to admit that she had framed Lily.
But the video was too damning. If she kept insisting Lily had pushed her, it would only backfire. John and Simon would end up even more disappointed in her.
The cold-hearted rose had no choice but to lower her proud head and soften her tone.
“I didn’t mean to… I was just really afraid that I wouldn’t be able to spend my final days with my mom… I didn’t hurt Lily. I only hurt myself. I threw myself down those stairs knowing full well it could hasten my death… I just hoped Lily would be kind enough to spare my mom…”
“You didn’t mean to?”
Lily actually let out a laugh, amused by how far Elsa was willing to stretch her lies.
“Oh, so you didn’t mean to? I forced you to throw yourself down the stairs just to frame me? You didn’t hurt me? So what-when John nearly strangled me to death and almost tossed me off the railing just now, were you too blind to see it? Elsa, do you even believe your own crap?”
Elsa nearly lost control of her expression.
She hated Lily for being so aggressive and unrelenting.
But this time. Lily had the upper hand. She had evidence. Elsa had no excuse. She couldn’t afford to argue. So she lowered her eyes, letting silent tears stream down her face, hoping John and Simon would feel sorry for her.
Simon continued to stare at her with a complicated expression.
He knew Elsa didn’t want Wendy to go to prison.
He too hoped Elsa could get her wish, that her mother could be by her side during her last days.
But he couldn’t understand what she had done.
She’d thrown herself down the stairs to frame Lily. If everyone believed Lily had hurt her, Elsa could’ve used that leverage to make Wendy’s charges go away.
But then, Simon and john would’ve hated Lily. They might’ve even done something to hurt her.
And just now, John had nearly strangled Lily in a fit of rage, had forced her body halfway over the railing. She could’ve died right there.
That scene had been terrifying.
If John hadn’t controlled his strength or had accidentally let go, Lily’s head would’ve cracked open on the floor below.
Simon’s confusion only deepened.
His Lizzy… how had she turned into this?
The sweet, bright Lizzy he’d once known-the one who sang to him, who used her optimism and strength to pull him through his darkest days-how had she become this person?
The disillusionment was so strong it made him dizzy. He stumbled back a step and muttered, dazed, “Lizzy… if you didn’t want Wendy to go to prison, we could’ve found another way. You shouldn’t have hurt someone else to get what you want. You used to be so optimistic, so kind, so full of light. You weren’t like this “
Elsa’s expression twisted even further.
So now he was saying she’d grown up wrong? That she wasn’t as pure or kind as she used to be?
And that back then, the one who stayed by his side… the one who sang him through those dark days… was that b*tch Lily?
So what, now he thought Elsa couldn’t hold a candle to a worthless tramp like Lily?
Elsa was so furious her teeth chattered.
But she was too proud to lose her composure in front of everyone. She shut her eyes in pain, tears falling down her bloodied cheeks as she whispered, “I didn’t mean to… I just didn’t know what else to do, I want to live, Simon. I want to stay with you and John forever. I dream of just a few more days… If there had been any other way, I would never have done something so foolish to hurt myself. Please… don’t hate me.”
Simon didn’t respond.
Lizzy had always been the girl he cared about the most. He could never truly hate her.
But then he looked at Lily again-at the fear still lingering on her face, the deep red marks around her throat.
And he suddenly didn’t know how to comfort Lizzy anymore.
“Lily”
The shock from the video hit John like a bolt of lightning. He stood frozen in place for a long, long time before he finally regained his senses.
But the moment he did, overwhelming remorse and heartbreak surged through him like a tidal wave, crashing mercilessly into his chest.
Lily was the love of his life-the only woman he had ever wanted to spend forever with. Even if she couldn’t have children, she was still the one and only person he had ever chosen.
She was his girlfriend. The woman he had planned to marry. He was supposed to protect her, cherish her. give her a life of happiness. And yet, just now, he’d completely lost his mind-for Elsa-and laid hands on Lily
He had nearly strangled her to death.
He’d nearly thrown her over the railing.
When she needed him most, when she was being wrongfully accused, he hadn’t shielded her from the storm. Instead, he’d handed her the blade and plunged it straight through her heart.
How could he have done that
He wasn’t even human. to the woman he loved?
And now, seeing the bruises he left on her fair, delicate neck-recalling the terror and despair in her eyes -he could barely stop himself from tearing his own heart out.
He stumbled forward, choking on guilt, his voice shaking. “I… I didn’t know. I didn’t know it was Elsa who set you up. I thought.”
He squeezed his eyes shut, his heart twisting in agony. “I thought she was telling the truth. I thought you’d pushed her. I was completely wrong. I misunderstood you again, Lily, I was wrong. I regret it so much. I. I hate myself for it.”
As he spoke, he reached out, trying to take her hand.
Lily was still trembling. Her legs were so weak she could barely stand..
But the moment he reached for her, she mustered all her strength and slapped him-hard.
“Don’t touch me! You disgust me, John!”
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