"Did you hear that? The person your husband wants to save isn't you. How do you like that now?"
With a crooked smile, Kevin got closer to Ariah, wanting to see her tragic expression.
Ariah acted along and looked at Jimmy in disbelief while her hands that were placed on the chair trembled. "That's... impossible!"
Pursing his lips, Jimmy drooped his head and said, "Ariah, I'm sorry, Anna can't be provoked anymore. I have to take her away. Otherwise, she'll die here."
"Tsk... You're afraid that she'll die here. But what about me?" Ariah broke down and screamed, "Jimmy, I hate you. I was blind to marry you back then!"
Jimmy's body trembled. "I... I'll come back for you. I'll definitely be back..."
"I hate you!" Ariah struggled frantically as tears rolled down her face. But then, she begged him, "Can you take me with you? Don't leave me here. Please. He will torture me as he did with Anna!" "Jimmy, please, for the sake of our past..." With a pale face, Jimmy wanted to hold her into his arms, but he couldn't. Instead, he apologized, "I'm sorry."
Instantly, Ariah's face turned completely bloodless. Her hope was extinguished little by little, and ultimately, her eyes were filled with silence.
Sitting on the chair in a daze, she stared blankly at Jimmy, her husband.
"How are you so cruel..." Ariah muttered to herself, "Is Anna more important to you because she knows you longer than I do? But what about our relationship these years?"
"No... It's not true... You're the most important person to me..." thought Jimmy silently as his expression changed.
However, he just looked away from Ariah and glared at Kevin with red eyes. "Let Anna go!"
"Tsk, is that all you can take?" Kevin looked at the two who were sorrowful and couldn't help but laugh out loud. He then untied Ariah's rope and whispered, "He's so heartless that he didn't even choose to save you. Now, do you still love him?"
Hearing that, Ariah replied with her teeth clenched, "No, I hate him!"
The smile in Kevin's eyes deepened. "Well, if you hate him, you should also make him suffer. Why don't you kill him? After that, I'll let you go. What do you think?"
Ariah's body stiffened, and her hands trembled. "Kill... kill him?"
"Yes, kill him, and I'll let you go. I won't torture you as I did with Anna. Don't be afraid." Kevin coaxed her in a deceiving tone, then shoved the dagger into her hand, "Go, kill the man who abandoned you."
Ariah seemed to have been hypnotized. Clenching the dagger, she stood up with a blank expression and walked towards Jimmy while muttering, "Kill him..."
Immediately, Jimmy's expression grew solemn, as he could tell there was something wrong with Ariah.
"What did you do to her, Kevin?" Jimmy's face twisted in anger. "Ariah, wake up!"
"Well, she won't stop unless I ask her to. I'd like to see how will you react." There was a menacing smile on Kevin's face.
Also, he was curious to see how Ariah would react if she woke up to find out that she had killed Jimmy. Would she break down?
Thinking about that, Kevin grew even excited.
Due to the excitement, his face was distorted and looking ferocious.
On the other hand, Jimmy grasped Ariah's hand tightly as he shouted anxiously, "Ariah, can you hear me?"
"Damn it, are you still listening?"
"Ariah, stop right now, or I'll have to hit you to wake you up! Do you hear me?"
Jimmy's eyes turned red and his body tensed up. Finally, he gritted his teeth and gave Ariah a few slaps on the face, wanting to wake her up, but Ariah acted as if she couldn't sense it and continued to charge towards him. Therefore, Jimmy could only retreat as he cursed.
Gradually, the two moved to the side of Kevin.
Just then, Ariah suddenly stabbed Kevin's thigh with the dagger, to which Kevin groaned in pain and kicked Ariah away with a face full of disbelief. "How could you..."
She was hypnotized. How could she still hurt him?
"Ricco, what the hell are you still waiting for?"
Jimmy seized the opportunity and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Instantly, two people came down from the first floor.
Seeing that, Kevin cursed angrily and tossed something to the ground, then turned around to run.
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