Chapter 20
Category:
Romance
Author:
AmyaWords:762Update time:25/05/26 19:59:18
A few days before the wedding, he fulfilled my request and took me to the seaside.
I picked the location—an untamed stretch of coast where waves crashed violently against jagged rocks, sending up sprays of white foam.
Ethan frowned. "Why here?"
Because this was where he pushed me off in our last life.
I smiled faintly but said nothing.
We sat by the shore, letting the briny waves lap at our feet, the salty air clinging to our skin.
The wind howled, carrying echoes of a past life—of my desperate struggles, my screams drowned by the roar of the sea, and the chilling finality of sinking into oblivion.
Silently, I slipped a knife from my bag, hiding it behind me. My grip tightened around the hilt as I glanced at Ethan.
Ethan was utterly defenseless.
His eyes were closed, his body tilted slightly forward, basking in the wind. He muttered something under his breath:
"If you love the sea so much, I'll redecorate our house in blue tones..."
The blade plunged into his back.
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Ethan's eyes flew open, locking onto mine. His gaze was wide with disbelief, pain, and betrayal as he crumpled to the ground. Blood pooled beneath him, staining the sands crimson.
I tossed the knife into the waves, carefully washing every trace of blood from my hands in the frothy surf. No witnesses, no cameras.
It would be easy to push him into the sea and frame it as a robbery gone wrong.
As my fingers reached for his limp body, a vice-like grip seized my wrist.
A sharp jolt—a brutal over-the-shoulder throw slammed me onto the ground. My head struck the rocky surface, stars dancing in my vision.
Ethan's bodyguards.
Seeing the frantic crowd rushing towards me, I coughed up a mouthful of blood and forced a bitter smile.
Ethan's layers of protection far exceeded what I'd anticipated. Though I'd lured away the ones I knew of, he had backups I hadn't accounted for.
My amateur plan had failed.
The coast echoed with chaos—waves crashing, orders barked, and blood mixing with the salty spray.
Strangers walking by threw kicks at me, spat at me, and called me a "treacherous snake."
The wail of an approaching ambulance blended with the uproar.