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I really wanted to see how Jerome would react this time.When he heard what Caroline said, Jerome's eyes widened in shock."Hit and run? How badly is the person hurt? How could you do something so foolish? Don't you know that in serious cases, hit-and-runs can lead to criminal charges? You have to turn yourself in! Hurry!"He grabbed Caroline, ready to take her to the police.However, she suddenly dropped to her knees. She clung to his legs, sobbing like it was the end of the world."Jerome, I have nothing left. I can't go to jail! That person—they just suddenly ran out into the road. It was dark, and I didn't have time to react. That's why I hit them."Please don't take me to the police. Aren't you a lawyer? You can help me, right? If you wanted to, you could. Please, I'm begging you!"Caroline was crying her lungs out while Jerome stood frozen on the spot.I watched coldly from the side, my heart already shattered into pieces.The gall that woman had! Not only did she kill m
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When I heard the police officer's voice, my eyes lit up.Finally, news of my death had reached his ears.Across the table, Caroline tightened her grip on her utensils as she pressed her lips tightly together.I looked at Jerome, eagerly waiting for his reaction.He had sided with Caroline time and again, turning a blind eye to me without fail. How could I not be resentful after all that I endured?In that moment, I felt a twisted sense of vindication, a dark sort of pleasure rising from my chest.But to my shock, Jerome just scoffed and hung up the call after a brief pause."So now she's using suicide to threaten me? Too bad it's not going to work."Caroline let out a huge sigh of relief.Meanwhile, I felt like a deflated balloon, utterly drained and defeated.I stood there in stunned silence as my chest heaved with unspeakable emotions.Why? I had stayed by Jerome's side for so long. Was this how little I meant to him?Rage surged through me like a wildfire, turning my eye
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My eyes burned from holding back tears. I could only gasp for breath as my lungs ached.Wasn't Jerome supposed to be a well-renowned lawyer? How could he not see through such obvious lies?Did it even cross his mind to question them?After leaning against each other for a long time, Caroline finally pulled away, feigning reluctance."I should go. If Monica comes back and sees us like this, there'll be trouble again."But as soon as she turned around, Jerome caught her wrist."You can stay. This is my home. As long as I don't ask you to leave, no one else can drive you out."Caroline gave a few half-hearted protests, but still pretended to give in eventually.As Jerome turned around, I caught the faint smile tugging at the corner of her lips.See? This was her plan all along.…Just like that, Caroline moved into my home openly.I sat frozen on the couch, feeling like the entire room had been defiled.Just as I was stewing in anger, a sudden scream echoed from the bedroom.
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I rushed over to take a look. The bloated, swollen body pulled from the water on the screen was indeed me!Staring at my pale, distorted corpse, I instinctively covered my mouth.Back when I was alive, I had always cared about my appearance more than anything. But now, my body was fished out of the river without even the dignity of something to cover me.And Jerome? He merely glanced at the video before scrolling past it to the next piece of news.He didn't even notice that the woman in the footage was his so-called fiancée—the one supposedly throwing a tantrum and had run away from home.Rage erupted inside me.I stormed into the bedroom where Caroline was lying and wrapped my hands around her neck.I'd done nothing wrong, yet this was how I ended up. Worse yet, the one truly at fault was sleeping peacefully in my own bed.I tried countless times to strangle her, but Caroline only furrowed her brow and pulled the blanket over her shoulders.Right. I couldn't touch her at al
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I stood there with a cold sneer, wishing I could dismember and swallow them whole.What a perfect match made in hell they were. To think they'd dare try to manipulate my mother even now!Thankfully, my mom wasn't easily intimidated."I'm here to find my daughter. This is her marital home! She paid for part of it too! Who the hell is this woman? Jerome, tell me the truth—are you cheating on her?"Whatever. Whether you are or not, I only want one thing right now—my daughter. Hand her over!"Jerome's brow furrowed deeper and deeper."She didn't contact you?"I chuckled wryly.Just as he finished speaking, his phone rang again."Hello, who is this?""Hello. This is the police. The deceased woman found in the river three days ago has been identified via DNA as Monica Newman. Are you her fiancé?"Finally.But why… why did this call have to come just as my mother arrived?My dad passed away long ago, so she had been alone for years. How was she supposed to handle this news?…T
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"Breaking down already? Just wait until you realize that you personally helped my killer erase all the evidence," I muttered.…Jerome didn't have the legal right to handle my body, but he still sat next to me from morning till night.Even the police couldn't get him to leave. In the end, they could only sigh and say, "She had signs of blunt force trauma. Several bones were fractured."Forensics concluded that it was likely a car accident and that she was pushed into the river afterward. You're a lawyer. Instead of mourning here, why don't you think about how to help find her killer?"Only then did some clarity return to Jerome's dazed eyes.He looked up at the officer, stunned. "Blunt force trauma?"The officer nodded. "We found evidence of a collision at the scene. It happened around 2:00 am three nights ago, but there were no surveillance cameras on that stretch of road. The car likely fled the scene."Jerome was no fool. Once the officer said the time, I could clearly see hi
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"Jerome, you have to believe me. Everything happened just like I said. It was too dark that night. I didn't even know if I hit a person or an animal."However, I can assure you it wasn't Monica! I didn't even go near the road where the accident happened."What a claim!Jerome had personally destroyed the dashcam footage. Now, with no evidence left, it was her word alone.But Caroline forgot one important thing—Jerome was a lawyer.If there was anything he was good at, it would be finding loopholes in words.With a faint smile, Jerome helped Caroline tidy up her hair, which he had pulled into disarray earlier."So you're saying that I wrongfully accused you earlier?"Caroline nodded through her tears and actually tried to throw herself into his arms.But in the next second, she was caught by the throat.Under the room's somewhat dim lighting, Jerome's face twisted into something unrecognizable."Caroline, you're lying! There's no way those dents on your car came from hitting
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I was heading home from work like any other day when an out-of-control car suddenly hit me, throwing me off a bridge and into the river below.It was late at night, and there wasn't a soul on the road. All around me, the river water was freezing cold.Fully submerged in the ice-like water, I forced myself to keep one hand above the surface and managed to tap my emergency contact—just before feeling my consciousness slip from my grasp.Please. Please answer the call.I endured the pain and tried to stay afloat.Falling into the water helped absorb most of the impact, so my injuries were still somewhat tolerable.At that moment, I desperately needed someone to save me.However, my call to Jerome Morrison just wouldn't connect.As the bone-biting chill of the freezing water ate away at me, it was getting harder and harder for me to stay afloat.I could feel myself sinking as my consciousness began to fade."Help… Someone help…."Where was the driver who just hit me?Just before
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"Jerome, you have to believe me. Everything happened just like I said. It was too dark that night. I didn't even know if I hit a person or an animal."However, I can assure you it wasn't Monica! I didn't even go near the road where the accident happened."What a claim!Jerome had personally destroyed the dashcam footage. Now, with no evidence left, it was her word alone.But Caroline forgot one important thing—Jerome was a lawyer.If there was anything he was good at, it would be finding loopholes in words.With a faint smile, Jerome helped Caroline tidy up her hair, which he had pulled into disarray earlier."So you're saying that I wrongfully accused you earlier?"Caroline nodded through her tears and actually tried to throw herself into his arms.But in the next second, she was caught by the throat.Under the room's somewhat dim lighting, Jerome's face twisted into something unrecognizable."Caroline, you're lying! There's no way those dents on your car came from hitting
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"Breaking down already? Just wait until you realize that you personally helped my killer erase all the evidence," I muttered.…Jerome didn't have the legal right to handle my body, but he still sat next to me from morning till night.Even the police couldn't get him to leave. In the end, they could only sigh and say, "She had signs of blunt force trauma. Several bones were fractured."Forensics concluded that it was likely a car accident and that she was pushed into the river afterward. You're a lawyer. Instead of mourning here, why don't you think about how to help find her killer?"Only then did some clarity return to Jerome's dazed eyes.He looked up at the officer, stunned. "Blunt force trauma?"The officer nodded. "We found evidence of a collision at the scene. It happened around 2:00 am three nights ago, but there were no surveillance cameras on that stretch of road. The car likely fled the scene."Jerome was no fool. Once the officer said the time, I could clearly see hi
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I stood there with a cold sneer, wishing I could dismember and swallow them whole.What a perfect match made in hell they were. To think they'd dare try to manipulate my mother even now!Thankfully, my mom wasn't easily intimidated."I'm here to find my daughter. This is her marital home! She paid for part of it too! Who the hell is this woman? Jerome, tell me the truth—are you cheating on her?"Whatever. Whether you are or not, I only want one thing right now—my daughter. Hand her over!"Jerome's brow furrowed deeper and deeper."She didn't contact you?"I chuckled wryly.Just as he finished speaking, his phone rang again."Hello, who is this?""Hello. This is the police. The deceased woman found in the river three days ago has been identified via DNA as Monica Newman. Are you her fiancé?"Finally.But why… why did this call have to come just as my mother arrived?My dad passed away long ago, so she had been alone for years. How was she supposed to handle this news?…T
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I rushed over to take a look. The bloated, swollen body pulled from the water on the screen was indeed me!Staring at my pale, distorted corpse, I instinctively covered my mouth.Back when I was alive, I had always cared about my appearance more than anything. But now, my body was fished out of the river without even the dignity of something to cover me.And Jerome? He merely glanced at the video before scrolling past it to the next piece of news.He didn't even notice that the woman in the footage was his so-called fiancée—the one supposedly throwing a tantrum and had run away from home.Rage erupted inside me.I stormed into the bedroom where Caroline was lying and wrapped my hands around her neck.I'd done nothing wrong, yet this was how I ended up. Worse yet, the one truly at fault was sleeping peacefully in my own bed.I tried countless times to strangle her, but Caroline only furrowed her brow and pulled the blanket over her shoulders.Right. I couldn't touch her at al
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My eyes burned from holding back tears. I could only gasp for breath as my lungs ached.Wasn't Jerome supposed to be a well-renowned lawyer? How could he not see through such obvious lies?Did it even cross his mind to question them?After leaning against each other for a long time, Caroline finally pulled away, feigning reluctance."I should go. If Monica comes back and sees us like this, there'll be trouble again."But as soon as she turned around, Jerome caught her wrist."You can stay. This is my home. As long as I don't ask you to leave, no one else can drive you out."Caroline gave a few half-hearted protests, but still pretended to give in eventually.As Jerome turned around, I caught the faint smile tugging at the corner of her lips.See? This was her plan all along.…Just like that, Caroline moved into my home openly.I sat frozen on the couch, feeling like the entire room had been defiled.Just as I was stewing in anger, a sudden scream echoed from the bedroom.
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When I heard the police officer's voice, my eyes lit up.Finally, news of my death had reached his ears.Across the table, Caroline tightened her grip on her utensils as she pressed her lips tightly together.I looked at Jerome, eagerly waiting for his reaction.He had sided with Caroline time and again, turning a blind eye to me without fail. How could I not be resentful after all that I endured?In that moment, I felt a twisted sense of vindication, a dark sort of pleasure rising from my chest.But to my shock, Jerome just scoffed and hung up the call after a brief pause."So now she's using suicide to threaten me? Too bad it's not going to work."Caroline let out a huge sigh of relief.Meanwhile, I felt like a deflated balloon, utterly drained and defeated.I stood there in stunned silence as my chest heaved with unspeakable emotions.Why? I had stayed by Jerome's side for so long. Was this how little I meant to him?Rage surged through me like a wildfire, turning my eye
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It would be a lie to say that I had no ulterior motives, of course. But at the same time, seeing the state he was in, I simply wanted an excuse to stay by his side a little longer.To my surprise, Jerome slept with me that very night after getting drunk.The next morning, he held my hand and said, "Move in with me. I'll take care of you."I was overjoyed to hear that. I truly believed that even an iceberg could be melted with the warmth of my feelings over time.It felt like all my patience and effort had finally paid off when Jerome proposed to me.However, fate had a way of pulling cruel pranks on me.Not long after our engagement, Caroline, who had vanished from Jerome's life for two whole years, suddenly returned, dragging a pile of lawsuits with her.The day she came back, she looked utterly miserable, with bruises mottling her pale skin.As soon as she saw Jerome, she threw herself into his arms and cried her heart out."Jerome, please help me… You're the only one who ca
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I was heading home from work like any other day when an out-of-control car suddenly hit me, throwing me off a bridge and into the river below.It was late at night, and there wasn't a soul on the road. All around me, the river water was freezing cold.Fully submerged in the ice-like water, I forced myself to keep one hand above the surface and managed to tap my emergency contact—just before feeling my consciousness slip from my grasp.Please. Please answer the call.I endured the pain and tried to stay afloat.Falling into the water helped absorb most of the impact, so my injuries were still somewhat tolerable.At that moment, I desperately needed someone to save me.However, my call to Jerome Morrison just wouldn't connect.As the bone-biting chill of the freezing water ate away at me, it was getting harder and harder for me to stay afloat.I could feel myself sinking as my consciousness began to fade."Help… Someone help…."Where was the driver who just hit me?Just before
