NovelEnglishChapter 278
He kickedaway with considerable force. My back slammed against the wall, and | screamed in pain.
| looked up tearfully. “Blake darling... even if | lied, it was because | love you!”
| fought for composure. “You know I’ve loved you since | rescued you five years ago. | only pretended to be sick
to get more of your attention. What's wrong with that?”
“Is that so?” Blake interrupted. He crouched beside me. ‘Five years ago, the person who rescued and cared for
me
Laurel Rose?”
was it really you,
| froze, breaking into a cold sweat.
Could he know? No, impossible!
| grabbed his arm and met his gaze. “Of course it was me. Who else? Blake darling, five years ago, we
“Five years ago, we never even met!”
He shook off my hand. “You don’t actually think you could deceivefor four years and get away with it
forever, do you?”
My face went white.
“Unfortunately, | have a witness,” Blake said, clapping his hands. “Bring out the witness.”
The sound of wheelchair wheels approached.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt| watched in horror as a woman's feet cinto view, then her legs, and finally...
Rachel Hayes!
A moving, smiling Rachel Hayes!
She tilted her head. “Long tno see, my dear sister.”
| screamed, my face contorting with terror. “You... you... Rachel Hayes! Are you human or ghost?! Weren't you
dead?”
Then | realized - if Audrey had survived, how could Rachel be dead?
“Laurel,” Rachel's speech was slow from just regaining consciousness. “You tried three times but never managed
to kill me. Disappointed?”
Blake raised an eyebrow. “Three times?”
“Yes,” Rachel continued slowly. “The first twas four years ago. | discovered she was with you because she'd
been impersonating my friend. | wanted her to stop deceiving everyone and return Audrey's identity.”
She stared at me. “She invitedto the roof to talk, claiming she wanted to apologize toand my friend.
That day, she stole my phone and pushedoff the roof.”
Rachel wheeled closer. “Dear sister, remember what you said that day?”
As she approached, | screamed in terror, scrambling backward. “Stay away, stay away!”
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Rachel's face didn’t show an ounce of fear. “You bragged about your perfect plan, remember? How you'd be
Blake's savior and wife no matter what.”
“You figured once | was dead, nobody could stop you. My friend Audrey wouldn't matter. So you shovedoff
that rooftop.”
“But surprise | didn’t die.” She tapped her fingers on the wheelchair armrest. “Hit sbranches on the way
down. Broke my fall.”
“Second try was in that basement at Twilight,” Rachel continued, her speech still slow but deliberate. “Thought |
might wake up and tell everyone the truth, right? Wanted to finish what you started.”
“Mom walked in just in time.”
“Third attempt?” She shrugged. “The car crash last week. Bet you didn’t expect Audrey to jump out and save us
both.”
Rachel looked down atfrom her wheelchair. “Got evidence of all three tries, by the way. Hope you like prison
food.”
Each word hit like a hammer. My ears rang with panic.
| looked at Blake, pure instinct drivingto him for help.
His face might as well have been carved from stone.
Now | understood why he'd keptso close on the trip here not because he cared, but because he knew I'd run
if given the
chance.
Stupid. | was so stupid.
My body went numb, lungs refusing to work.
| collapsed fully onto the cold floor. “Blake...”
Then reality hit me. “Mr. Parker... when did you... figure it out?”
Blake barely glanced at me. “What do you think?”
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