Chapter 5

Felix’s face twisted in shock. "Luna, stop!"

Stella hadn’t even processed what was happening before blood began pouring from her, filling the room with the metallic smell of iron.

Luna gritted her teeth as she glared at Stella. "I told you, I wasn’t going to fight you in the hospital. I was saving my strength to kill you! You deserve this. Orion was allergic to dapsone, and you put it in his food. That’s what killed him. I could have taken you to court, but now I want you to pay with your life!"

Stella stared at Luna in terror. "Felix, Felix, help me, please… help me…"

Felix shoved Luna aside and rushed to grab Stella, his gaze burning with rage as if he wanted to tear Luna apart.

"Luna, how dare you!"

Luna gripped the knife tightly, as if afraid her fingerprints might slip off the Swiss army knife. "I’ve committed assault. That’s at least three years in prison, and with your connections, probably more. I sent a message when I walked into this room, and the police will be here any minute. I won’t deny it. I’ll take the blame.

"Your mother got three years in prison. I’ll repay that. My father just died, and my son is gone too. Please, let me arrange for my son’s remains so he can rest in peace. I’ll repay my father’s debt. Just give me my son back."

The knife slipped from Luna’s hand, and she collapsed to the floor.

"Mr. Lincoln." Her voice was fragile, almost pleading.

For years, she had called him "darling."

Then, when he grew to hate her and forbade her from calling him that, she started using "Felix." She had loved him so much that she had never once called him by his full name.

She looked at him now, her eyes pleading. "Please, give me back my son. From the moment I got pregnant, you never even looked at me. He was the only one there for me. Since the day he was born, he’s been weak and sick, but he never let anyone speak to me harshly. Every day, he’d tell me he wanted to grow up tall and strong like his dad so he could protect me. But you never let him call you 'dad.' And still, he loved you every single day.

"No matter how much you hate me, why would you hate a four-year-old child? His only mistake was being born my son. It’s my fault, not his. I’ll take the blame. Just give him back to me so I can lay him to rest. Let him go, Felix. In his next life, I’ll make sure he avoids me, so he won’t suffer again by being my child."

Felix’s hands, still holding Stella, trembled. He should have felt satisfied, but his heart was tightening painfully, leaving no room for relief.

Even breathing became hard, heavy with pressure.

"Luna, you’re insane!" The thought of her willingly going to prison shocked him.

"Am I crazy? I don’t want to be. But I lost my mind a long time ago. I’ve been out of my mind since the day you saved me and I fell in love with you. You were so good to me, and then suddenly, you turned so cruel. If I’d been thinking clearly, I would have left you. But I wasn’t thinking. I’ve been out of my mind this whole time."

Luna covered her face, her hands and face smeared with blood as she sobbed. "There’s no happy ending for someone who’s lost their mind. I must have been under your spell to end up this crazy."

Stella weakly grabbed Felix’s hand. "Felix, take me to the hospital. I’m losing too much blood."

Police sirens wailed as officers rushed to the second floor of the villa. They kicked open the door, revealing the blood-soaked room. "We received a report of a violent attack!"

Luna raised the knife. "It was me. I stabbed her. I did it on purpose."

Felix’s eyes were bloodshot. "Luna, shut up!"

A gun was pointed at Luna as she handed over the weapon and raised her hands to be cuffed.

As the police led her past Felix, she paused. She turned to him, tears streaming down her face as she whispered, "Felix, has my father’s debt finally been repaid? Please, let my son go. Or if not, just have someone kill me in prison. Just let me die in prison. There’s no point in living anymore. I’d be better off dead."