Chapter 741: Discovering the Conspiracy 2

Chapter 741: Chapter 741: Discovering the Conspiracy 2

Leona Grant swayed, his eyes gradually growing vacant.

He stared at Annabelle Linton, his eyes unfocused, and said in a daze, "But you’re crying. If it’s really like you say, then why are you crying?"

Annabelle Linton said breezily, "Seeing you just reminds me of the past—of the hard times with Aaron Wyatt. It was so difficult and painful. But everything’s fine now. We’re finally going to be together. These are tears of joy, mourning my lost youth and welcoming the next Chapter of my life. They’re happy tears."

Annabelle Linton looked at him, tilting her head with a playful, bright smile. "You don’t get that many decades in life, and no one will wait for you forever, Leona Grant. When I loved you, you didn’t love me. Now that I don’t love you anymore, you should stop bothering me. There are no do-overs in life. No one will wait in the same spot for you forever. If you still love me, then let me be happy. Just like I once was—I loved you, but more than that, I wanted you to have a better life than me."

I love you, but more than that, I want you to have a better life than me.

Those words came straight from Annabelle Linton’s heart.

’Leona Grant, I hope you’ll be happy. Truly happy, no matter who is by your side in the future.’

When Leona Grant heard this, it was as if he heard something inside him shatter.

He forced a smile, his face pale. His voice was faint and distant as he asked, "I can be better than him. I can love you more than he does, treat you better than he does. Just give me a chance, I..."

"There’s no one better than him," Annabelle Linton said firmly. "He’s irreplaceable in my heart."

Leona Grant stared at her fixedly for a moment, his vision blurring.

Heartache. Sadness. Disappointment. Pitiful.

One more second. Just one more second and Annabelle Linton would have broken.

’Annabelle Linton, just hold on. Hold on a little longer.’

’If there’s an antidote, you can both live. Then you can fight with everything you have to be with him, and you’ll never have to be apart again, okay?’

’Aside from that one possibility, this is the absolute right thing to do right now.’

Leona Grant watched her for a while longer, but he couldn’t see the slightest flicker of emotion in her eyes.

He smiled again, then turned resolutely and walked away.

"Annabelle Linton, you’re free."

"SLAM—"

The door was pulled open, then shut again.

The light flared, then vanished.

With the sound of the door, the two of them were completely cut off from each other...

Annabelle Linton just stood there, unable to snap out of her daze. After a long while, her body went limp, and she collapsed to her knees, sobbing her heart out on the floor.

Remembering the ashen look in Leona Grant’s eyes, she felt as if her entire world was about to collapse.

Aaron Wyatt watched her with heartache. He walked over, knelt down, and gripped her shoulders, just looking at her, unable to say a word.

At the same time, his own sense of guilt deepened.

’He wanted so badly to drop everything and tell him the truth, but what would happen after that?’

’It would only lead to more helplessness and things left unsaid.’

He and Annabelle Linton were the same kind of people, sharing the same fate.

As Aaron Wyatt was watching her, Annabelle Linton suddenly shot to her feet. In a frenzy, she yanked open a closet and pulled out a shirt. Then she ran into the bathroom, threw off her bathrobe, and put on the shirt, buttoning it up as she sprinted for the door.

’Leona Grant is sick right now. He must be heartbroken. It’s not safe.’

’I have to make sure he gets home safely.’

With that thought, Annabelle Linton threw on her shoes and ran outside.

Aaron Wyatt watched her go, not even glancing back, and his gaze dimmed.

...

"Hey, Leona, want to come out for a drink?"

Leona Grant didn’t know how he even managed to answer the phone. Once the call connected, Xylas Shepherd’s voice came through.