5
Thick dust covered my blood–soaked body, making me look like a mummy.
Dr. James frowned deeply, but out of professional habit, he still routinely checked for my vital signs.
Alexander, overwhelmed by the smell of blood, covered his nose and refused to take another step into the attic.
“What the hell is Lily doing?! Why does this room stink so much?!”
The butler kept his head down, not daring to make a sound, only occasionally glancing at Dr. James.
“Mr. Frost… my condolences…” Dr. James took off his gloves, his expression grave.
Alexander’s cursing abruptly stopped, and he released his fingers from pinching his nose.
“What condolences…?”
He walked straight up to Dr. James, staring into his eyes.
Dr. James avoided his gaze and pointed to the unrecognizable corpse.
“Mr. Frost, the accident has already happened. Your wife is dead, died from complications during childbirth.”
After saying this, Dr. James bent down and used his glove to wipe the dust off my face.
The pale face formed a stark contrast with the ash–covered body, and my lower body was still in the position of giving birth.
The whole scene presented a bizarre and grotesque posture.
Alexander took one look and burst out laughing.
“James, when did you and Lily start hooking up?”
His gaze coldly swept over Dr. James:
“Don’t tell me the child in Lily’s belly is yours too? Did she call you for help as soon as I locked her up? No wonder she tried to jump out of the window that day, was that your plan?!”
“I treated you like a brother, and you fucked my wife behind my back!”
Alexander grabbed Dr. James by the collar, his eyes blazing with fury.
Dr. James also became angry:
“Are you even human?! So it was you who locked Lily up, causing her to die from childbirth complications! This is murder!”
“Act! Keep acting for me! Playing a diversion tactic, huh?! Using a fake body to fool me! The real Lily has already been rescued by you!”
Dr. James’s expression changed several times before he finally couldn’t take it anymore and punched Alexander square in the face.
He used all his strength, knocking Alexander down next to my corpse.
My eyes were wide open, staring directly at Alexander.
Alexander jumped up suddenly, but in his panic, he touched a necklace on the ground.
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Kiss
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8:38 AM
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It was the “City–toppling Love” necklace – I had used my last ounce of strength to tear it off before I died. It was the only one of its kind in the world, a token of love that Alexander had won in a high–priced auction for me.
Alexander stumbled backward, his whole body hitting the wall. He saw the scratches mixed with blood and flesh on the wall.
But soon, Alexander forced himself to calm down.
He swept a sinister gaze over Dr. James and the butler.
“Conspiring to put on a show to fool me?”
“What did Lily promise you? I bet she said that after giving birth, she’d get shares as the heir to the Frost Group, and then she’d surely take care of you, right?”
The butler shook his head repeatedly: “Mr. Frost, Madam never said anything like that!”
“All these years, I’ve really been fooled by her innocent appearance! I didn’t see her ambition at all! You’ve all become her lapdogs!”
“Haha! Let me tell you, Lily’s schemes are going to fail! The condition for her child to be the heir is – she has to be the wife of the Frost Group!”
Just then, Evelyn walked in.
“Brother Alex, have you found sister Lily? Ah!! That… that is…”
