"You might not believe me, but twenty days ago, I did leave you to live your life with Noah in the northeastern region for the sake of your happiness," Alex explained slowly and sincerely, "You know, Jane, you've been by my side for so long and it's you who has always been giving; it's you who had always been considerate for my feeling when I've never done the same for you. I feel guilty toward you, which is why when I saw you beaming at Noah, and how happy you were, even if you were picking leftovers off the ground, I decided to let you go because I saw how truly happy and content you were. I wanted to do something for you. The eleven million I gave you was only meant to get you settled down. I went back immediately after giving you the money because I was in a rush to handle all the work I had in hand. I was going to hand them over to Sebastian, and come back t o the northeastern region. I was going to live somewhere close to you. I planned on never disturbing you, your husband or your child. I didn't want anything but to just watch you and our child from afar. I would have been satisfied as long as I could see you two living healthily and happily."
Jane stared at Alex blankly in response to his words, but soon, she started laughing in an extremely odd manner, almost like she was a puppet. "Ha... Ha! Hahaha!"
The laugh frightened Garrett, but he knew that Jane was not the one to blame for this. No one could react i n a normal manner after all the inhumane treatment and torture she had been through.
"Alex, did you come across a landslide on your way here?" she said in a hollow voice.
Alex nodded. "If not for that, I would have reached you three days ago."
"Then why aren't you dead and buried in that landslide?"
"Go back, get hit by the rocks and die, and I'll believe you," she drawled. Her words instantly sent chills down the spines of every person behind her. No one, not Huron, or Cindy, Orla, or the other four women who rushed in from outside to take a peep at what Alex looked like, or even Huron's subordinates, dared t o leave without Alex's approval. At that very moment, everyone was gaping at Jane.
The woman was as filthy as a mutt and as pitiful as a beggar with her ragged clothes, pregnant belly, and messy hair. She called Alex by his name fearlessly. Every time she called him ‘Alex’, it sounded so natural. It was more than obvious that she had called him by the name for years for it to sound so natural and familiar. At that moment, everyone's heart was filled with nothing but horror.
Coincidentally, that was when Alex said, "Jane, would you be happier if I die? If it would make you happy, I would get hit by rocks and die."
Every person was instantly frozen in place at his words.
Jane sighed carelessly. "Speaking like I'm the queen here or something. Look around you, Alex. Count every single person here and which of them hasn't treated me like a dog? These people are treating me this way with your approval! And now you are telling me that you are willing to die for me? Don't you think it's ironic?"
Jane was right. Alex had led armies through wars in the North and South regions majestically. He shone bright like a star before others when in truth, he was a fool. She was his wife! His woman! And yet these people treated her with less respect than they would a dog, and all these happened under his approval. What was he but a fool?
Alex stood abruptly and roared, "Garrett!"
"Yes!" "Bury these bast*rds alive!" he commanded.
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