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Layton sympathetically advised, “It looks like Jason’s patience with you has worn thin. He snapped your arm into three pieces—that cracking sound, just thinking about it hurts.
“This time you were lucky because your parents arrived just in time and mentioned your late brother, but if you end up in Jason’s hands again, you might not be so fortunate!”
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“I don’t believe it!” Alex argued loudly. He couldn’t fathom that even if Ellie was mad or hated him, she’d stand by and watch coldly as Jason buried him alive.
“Uncle Alex, when we got there, we ran into Ellie coming down the mountain. By the time we found you near the pit, you were almost completely buried, narrated Justin as he energetically reenacted the burial scene for Alex.
“Shut up!” Alex stared blankly at the hospital room’s ceiling, not wanting to hear another word. No matter what anyone said, be absolutely refused to believe that Ellie wouldn’t care about his life or death.
Two weeks later, in the intense heat of late July, Alex’s injuries had barely healed. He didn’t waste any time and checked out of the hospital to find Ellie.
For the past two weeks, he had been staying at the hospital where Ellie worked, but she hadn’t visited him even once. Whenever he missed her a lot, he just watched her from a distance while she was at work.
He held himself back from bothering her, wanting to give everyone some time to cool down. Standing at a distance from the staff entrance, he saw Ellie chatting and laughing with Leonard as they walked out together. Alex’s face darkened.
At that moment, Ellie also noticed Alex. They locked eyes for a split second before Ellie quickly looked away. Unfazed, she walked with Leonard and a few colleagues in the opposite direction from Alex.
She thought Jason’s earlier lesson would deter Alex from showing up again. She didn’t expect Alex to be bold enough to
return.
Seeing Ellie walk away with her colleagues without even glancing at him, Alex’s face darkened immediately.
Ellie stood by the road outside the emergency building on the hospital’s west side, waiting for Aaron to pick her up.
When she saw Alex get out of the car and walk over, she hesitated for a moment before turning to leave. She didn’t want to see him, let alone say another word to him.
“Ellie!” Alex called out cautiously as he approached her on the sidewalk, trying to stop her.
Ellie didn’t say anything; she just turned and walked in another direction.
Alex moved to block her path, but Ellie turned around again, heading off in another direction. With her head down, she carefully avoided Alex’s hand, making sure it didn’t touch her. Her steps were unsteady, as images of Alex’s deceitful demeanor flashed through her mind again.
Seeing Ellie’s icy demeanor, Alex couldn’t hold back any longer and stepped forward to hug her. But Ellie screamed and dodged him like he was contagious, causing Alex’s eyes to turn red. Suddenly, he bent down and lifted her onto his shoulder.
Alex’s sudden action frightened Ellie so much that she let out a loud scream. Struggling and crying for help, she yelled, “You have no right to touch me! Let me go!”
“Finally, you’re talking to me!” Alex paused for a moment before striding towards his car with Ellie still on his shoulder.
After being forcibly locked into Alex’s car, Ellie realized the door wouldn’t open. In frustration, she swung her hand and slapped Alex across the face.
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Seeing Alex’s face break into a smile instead of showing anger, Ellie felt her heart race. Coming to her senses, she quickly reached into her bag, found a box, opened it, and pulled out a silver needle.
“Earlier, you used me as a guinea pig and left me paralyzed with just one jab of that needle! Are you going to do it again?!” Sitting in the driver’s seat of his luxury car, Alex easily pinned down Ellie’s hand that was holding the needle.
Their eyes met, and Alex could see the cold determination and hatred in Ellie’s eyes. He struggled to control himself, not wanting to see that look of hatred and contempt from her anymore.
Leaning over, Alex forcibly fastened Ellie’s seatbelt, and then held the steering wheel with one hand while keeping her from unbuckling the seatbelt with the other. He started the car.
As Ellie watched the car head onto the highway, she gradually calmed down from her constant struggling. Alex was an absolute lunatic. She was already in his car, and resisting would be futile now.
“Let me go!” Ellie pushed Alex’s hand away and picked up her phone to call Aaron. She didn’t know what Alex intended and didn’t want to alarm Aaron, so she lied, saying she was out shopping with friends and would be back later.
Alex watched as Ellie softly talked on the phone with Aaron, turning his head to give her a long, thoughtful look without saying.
No one knew how long it had been, but the streetlights lining the Outer Belt Highway flickered to life.
Ellie gazed at the warning signs popping up along the road, indicating a cliff and a dead end ahead. Yet Alex’s car showed no signs of slowing down; he floored the gas pedal.
With her brow furrowed in concern, Ellie clung tightly to the seatbelt across her chest, silently closing her eyes. A piercing screech of brakes shattered the silence at the end of the deserted mountain highway.
Ellie’s eyes flew open in terror, her heart pounding wildly as she gazed at the cliff through the windshield. She quickly unbuckled her seatbelt and reached for the door handle, causing the car to shake violently, as though it were about to plummet and shatter them into pieces.
Feeling like all the blood had drained from her body, Ellie turned her head in disbelief to look at Alex, meeting his bloodshot eyes.
Alex sat in the driver’s seat, gripping the steering wheel tightly, his foot hovering over the gas pedal, staring intently at her the entire time. He asked her, “Are you scared?”
Of course Ellie was scared. She was still young, with dreams of grad school and career advancement. She hadn’t even begun to truly live yet. She had her brother, her mom, her uncle, and her aunt–her loved ones waiting for her back home.
A cold smile tugged at his lips. He asked again, “If we fall together now and it’s all over, aren’t you afraid?!”
Hearing Alex’s unsettling and manic words, Ellie looked up at him. She said, “I’m scared of dying, but I’m even more scared of dying with you!”
Alex’s breathing was labored. He struggled to speak, his voice thick with reluctance. Not willing to give up, he asked her, “Ellie, is there really no chance for us?”
Ellie let out a faint sarcastic laugh. “Why would you think that after hurting me again and again, and lying to me while I was amnesiac, I could still be with you?! Spending even one more second with you feels like betraying myself; it makes me sick!”
Suddenly, Alex laughed. His laugh was suppressed and helpless, sending shivers down Ellie’s spine.
In the next instant, Alex leaned in. Ellie sensed his intention and tried to move away, but Alex’s lips were already on hers. The kiss came out of nowhere, fierce and stormy.
