Just like that, she believed him.After all, there was nothing in this world that could not be made up. In the age of technology, it was almost effortless to fake a voice recording. If what Sean said was true, then there could only be one culprit.The man who seized John was actually sent by Quinn. She was the real culprit of John’s death!“Shannon, I know it’s all been a big misunderstanding. I’ve done so many things that were wrong, and I’m truly sorry for my incredible stupidity. I’ll spend the rest of my life making amends for everything that I’ve done to you. Shannon, will you give me a chance?”Shannon had withdrawn into silence. She stared at Sean fixedly for a long, long while before breaking the ice, “Sean, you’d like to make amends? If you intend to atone for your mistakes, then kill Quinn; a life for a life!”He became impassive at once. He used to feel uncertain about the things that she claimed to be true, but that doubtful attitude changed when he found out about eve
Shannon still suffered from general debility after the operation. She fell into a deep sleep not long after Sean left the room. She woke up the next morning and found out that Sean had not returned since yesterday.With a scoff, she thought to herself that he must be right by Quinn’s side now, spending his time with her and the baby.A rapacious man, he must be. On one side, he wanted her forgiveness, and on the other side, he was reluctant to part with Quinn.While she was in a trance, someone burst into her ward with a loud bang on the door to announce her entrance. Quinn showed up with an obvious air of complacency.“Shannon, you’re still alive!”From her expression, she clearly meant mischief. With a smug smile, she stared at Shannon. Every word that came out of her mouth next was simply malicious.“Glad that you’re alive so that you can now attend our wedding!”That said, she put an invitation card down on Shannon’s hand, which was fake. The invitation was made up.She k
“I wouldn’t be able to send you to prison if I hadn’t murdered him in the first place, would I? The threat for you to break-up with Sean wasn’t satisfying enough, even with your father’s life at stake. I needed to make sure that you were damned to perdition. Shannon, the five years of prison must have been delightful for you!”Quinn put on a vile visage as she glared at her. There was no trace of beauty on her face, only hatred.“Shannon, I hate you! I’ve always hated you! You’re not any better than me, but you’re always standing in my way! Since they like to think that you’re better than me in every way, I had no choice but to destroy you!”“Shannon, you’re no longer a woman of quality. You’re just a prisoner and a murderer who’s killed your own father!”“I killed Joshua Gray, but I wouldn’t have hurt him if he wasn’t your father! You’re responsible for his death, after all. You’re at the bottom of all this trouble! No, not only your father, even John is dead because of you!” “I
He walked towards them in urgent haste and pulled Quinn aside. “What are you doing?” Clearly, Shannon had just been strangled; there were red marks all over her neck. Sean was distressed at the sight of her injury. Instinct told him to clasp her in his arms so that he could take a better look at her.However, as soon as their hands touched, Shannon shook him off to stop him from disturbing her. Quinn, on the other hand, went ahead and hugged him tightly from the back. She wept bitter tears as if she had just suffered an injustice. “Sean, I was too impulsive. I didn’t do it on purpose! It’s Shannon! She wanted to frame me! I panicked, so I did it without thinking! Sean, you have to trust me!”Sean pulled her hands off his body, with no particular sympathy. “What’s going on?”Quinn hurriedly explained, “Out of jealousy, she worked out a plan to frame me! Sean, you have to help me! Please don’t fall for her trap!”Shannon did not say a word to defend herself. Instead, she squatted
Shannon thought that he was going to identify the genuineness of the evidence, so she gave him the phone without a second thought.What happened next was completely unforeseen, which startled her. He did not play the recording. Instead, he deleted it right away.He even made the solicitous effort of checking her call list to make sure that she did not forward the recording to anyone before giving her back the phone.Shannon looked at him in utter disbelief. Her eyes became moist, but she refused to cry in front of him.Indeed, she was just lying to Quinn. She did not forward the recording to anyone else.She thought that Sean would finally stand unswervingly with her after finding out the truth, but she had never been so wrong. She had clearly underestimated his love for Quinn. Also, she did not think that he would do something so cruel and cold-hearted to her.Even if she really did send out the recording, Quinn would still be fine if Sean said so.He was undeniably a powerful
Sean panicked when he realized that her ward was empty.His heart thumped with fright as if he had just lost something very important in his life. He looked around, not realizing that what was already lost could never be found again.“Shannon!”He dashed into the washroom, but it was empty. There was no sign of Shannon anywhere.He went to every corner of the hospital but could not find her.In a desperate attempt to locate her, he even looked into every security footage in the hospital, but there was no sign of her anywhere. She was determined to stay out of sight when she left the hospital, so no matter how hard he tried, he could never find her through the cameras.“Find her! I don’t care how you do it, just find her!”Sean bellowed into his phone. Sam answered very gingerly and agreed to send out more men to expand their search area. That was when the news came in.They had found Shannon.To be exact, it was her body that they had found, covered in a mass of bruises.Sam
The north wind whistled through the window.Sean ran towards the garage in a great hurry. He could not even care less if he had a jacket on. He wanted to go to the beach where she was found and tell the media to stop reporting fake news of her death.Also, he needed doctors on stand-by.In a rush, he made a call to Sam and urged him to send an elite team of doctors to the scene as well.His beloved girl was severely injured, and only the best doctors could give her the treatment that she needed.He did not hesitate to step on the accelerator pedal as his car gathered speed. On his way, he had run more than a dozen red lights in order to get to the beach in the shortest time possible. The journey to the beach usually took more or less an hour, but with all the speeding, all he took was half an hour to get there.Although Shannon had a history of being imprisoned, her death was still a piece of breaking news to many. As a socialite, she used to be very well-known in the fashion i
“Shannon, please, I beg you. Please look at me, will you?”Her body was too horrible to look at. The many cuts and wounds were nauseating, but Sean did not think so. He pulled her body into a tight grasp without any revulsion. There was only love.He could not forget the look in her eyes when he carried Quinn away.There was no light, only hollowness. The doctors said that her depression was getting worse. Even if she woke up, she would not stop hurting herself. Sean waited for Quinn’s condition to become stable before going back to Shannon. He was ready to commit himself to her and keep her company until she became hopeful about life again.What he had not realized then was that deleting the voice recording was the final straw.“Shannon...”In anguish, he whimpered. He regretted his actions so terribly, but no amount of remorse could turn back time. She could never be alive once more.“Shannon, please, I beg you. Please wake up, will you? Please?”The reporters were ready to