Chapter 4%
Chapter 4%
Angus said, “Even if I marry Hallie, I can still make space for you outside of my family:”)
He said that like he was doing me a favor Like he was granting me the privilege of being his mistress
A sharp, unbearable pain spread through my chest. For the first time, refused him. “I won’t be your mistress.”
This expression darkened. “This is my hundredth wish. Isn’t this what you wanted?”
Thad wanted to fulfill all one hundred wishes. But if I agreed to stay by his side, I could never go home. So, I couldn’t say yes.
It was the first fine Angus had ever been rejected. His face twisted between shock and anger before he finally spat, “I’m not falling for your little push and pull games”
“This is your last chance. Walk away now and you’ll never get another one.“)
As Helt, strangers on the street whispered, pointing at me k
“Look, that’s the gul from the leaked video. You think she’s some kind of sex addict?
A man walked up without hesitation, groping me “Why act all shy now? You didn’t hold back in that AV, did you?”
Panicked, I shoved him away and ran home, alamuning the door shut behind me.X
I collapsed onto the couch, shaking. And then, finally, I broke.X
“Angus, what gives you the right to treat me like this?! What right?
Despair crashed over me, suffocating. I just wanted to go homo–just go home.
Since the scandal broke out, I hadn’t stopped outside once. All I was waiting for was Angus to make his final wish–then I could finally leave
vet, he refused to let go, insisting I become his mistress. I couldn’t agree
We fought, over and over, neither of us willing to back down. He wouldn’t change his wish.
And I wouldn’t compromise.
Eventually, Angus‘ patience finally snapped. Talmady buried that scandal. If anyone dares to bring it up again–I’ll break their damn neck.“X “Isn’t this what you wanted? Haven’t you been clinging to me this whole time just so you could stay? So drop the act.”
Then he stormed out, slamming the door behind him.
Not long after another message popped up on my phone X
[Fine. I’ll change my wish. Bring Hallie back to her husband.
Chans erupted within the Davidson family. Word spread quickly and soon, I learned the truth
Years ago, Hallie had married a powerful come boss from one of the Northern Countries. A man with wealth, influence and absolute control. After the wedding, she realized something–money was all the crime boss had.
The man was a monster, his violence unimaginable. When Hallie escaped, she was barely human–her body covered in wounds, not a single patch of her skin was uninjured ä
Those adult videos? It was the crime boss who forced Hallie to film them.X
He had always known where Hollie was. Yet, in Northern Continent, the law reigned supreme. Even with all his crime–boss power, he couldn’t simply take her by force
Today, fate had handed him leverage.
Angus’s grandfather had been taken hostage while conducting business near Astrait’s border
The demand? Hand Hallie over him!!
However, Hallie had barely escaped with her life. If she wont back, there was no telling what horrors awaited her
The crime boss was infamous along the border, his brutality unmatched. He had a sick hobby–mutilating women, severing their limbs, displaying their heads like trophies in glass vases X
Angus knew that giving Hallie up meant sending her to certain death. So instead, he turned to the one person who looked just like her. Mel
I was the perfect substitute. The perfect sacrifice
When I saw Angus’s message, for one fleeting, foolish moment, I thought he was
Now realized how nave I was
For Hallie, he was willing to throw me to the wolves. Even if it meant my death
reaching
hing out to apologize.
to prove me wrong
I thought I had grown numb to the pain, that nothing he did could hurt me anymore. Yet, Angus always found a way to prove “Angus, I’ll do just as you wished I’m finally done with you”
Before I was handed over as a hostage, Angus leaned in close, his voice soft in attempt to comfort me. “Once my grandfather is safe, I’ll have Barcain’s police force rescue you
“After that, don’t ever show up in front of Hallie again. I’ll arrange a new identity for you–you can stay by my si
that Rose
I agreed to whatever Angus said
my side. I love you. You know
With that, Angus eyes lit up, as if truly pleased. Not that it mattered–this so–called 101st wish didn’t count anyway.
752 PM
The next day
Angus arrived in a frenzy, bringing an entire police force with him, storming into Northem Countries territory.
But the police only shook their heads. “The person you’re looking for? She’s already been taken. The gang packed up and vanished before we got here.”
