To kill someone is to kill their heart. Hamish wanted her to witness, with her own eyes, the people around her betraying her one by one, abandoning her, and forsaking her.
Hamish wanted to see her stepping into deeper and deeper mud pits, struggling desperately within them, and ultimately being dragged into an eternal hell.
From beginning to end, she played the role of a complete farce, and in this farce, she was the only tragic character.
The judge finally dismissed Elisa’s appeal, allowing her to be with Hamish and take good care of her health.
How could things be fine? A surge of blood and qi churned in her throat, and Elisa couldn’t tell if it was because of heartache or a more intense stomachache.
The judge’s withdrawal of the divorce was expected by Hamish but unexpected by Elisa.
No one expected Hamish’s methods to be so ruthless. He countered every move, setting up one deadly trap after another, like heavy shackles imprisoning Elisa. She had no way to escape. From the beginning, she was a caged bird of Hamish’s. She briefly escaped the cage, only to be greeted outside by a vast network and pitch-black gunholes.
Mr. Riley sighed and shook his head.
“Miss Powell, let’s go…”
“Where do you think you’re going? Hamish brought bodyguards with him, and as soon as they arrived, they wanted to drive Mr. Riley away. Mr. Riley was outnumbered and pushed out.”
Elisa watched the staff on the stage calmly tidying up the documents and leaving, as if nothing had happened.
The courtroom suddenly fell silent, so quiet that Elisa could hear her own tearful voice, the choking and trembling that came from deep within her throat, making her feel uncomfortable.
Elisa slowly raised her head and looked at the man in front of her, tears rolling down her face. “Hamish, I don’t love you anymore. Why do you still cling to me?”
“It was you who forced me to marry you in the first place, and now you’re the one saying ‘I love you.’ Elisa, why should I let you go just because you want to leave? What kind of person do you think I am?” Hamish reached out, gently wiping away the tears from the corner of her eye.
She was in so much pain that Hamish knew he shouldn’t laugh at this moment, but he couldn’t help himself. “You wanted to leave, didn’t you? I gave you the chance, but you just can’t walk away. You can only stay by my side forever until death.”
Hamish’s eyes turned a bloody red, different from the painful gaze in Elisa’s eyes. His eyes radiated madness, with countless malicious factors raging within him.
He took out a ring he had prepared early in the morning, opened the ring box, and inside it, a delicate diamond ring shimmered in the light.
In Elisa’s indifferent gaze, Hamish took out the ring and held her right hand, forcibly prying open her fingers to put the ring on.
The man leaned close to her ear, his voice dark, “I said as long as I refuse to divorce, you can never leave. Let’s go, come back home with me. I’m still waiting for you to bear me a child.”
Elisa looked at the diamond ring on her ring finger. What used to be her long-awaited dream had now become an unbearable pain.
Hamish’s words pierced her ears like needles, causing a thunderous roar inside her. Her face contorted in pain, alternating between crying and laughing, as if she were truly insane.
She struggled to suppress the tears, but they kept flowing out. Soon, her entire face was blurred, and the tears that streamed down her face felt scorching, as if they could burn her skin. She clenched the fabric on Hamish’s chest tightly, and the veins on the back of her hand bulged.
“Hamish, I am a human being!” Elisa shouted hoarsely, her voice filled with endless desolation. She choked, “I am not your pet, not a tool for bearing children, and definitely not a plaything for your desire. I feel pain, I suffer, and I can go crazy. I am not a doll without any feelings. Do you understand?”
She was a living person, so why did Hamish strip away her freedom? Why did he make her suffer like this? She had only married him, but the price she had to pay was unbearable. Yet he still wouldn’t let her go. Did he really want her to go insane, to die, for things to be considered good?
Hamish watched with interest as Elisa’s face crumbled, her current expression of crying and shouting resembling a Sichuan opera face-changing performance.
She looked ugly when she cried, and her shouting made her look like a madwoman”I know you’re a person, but you’re also my wife, and it’s only natural for you to bear me a child.” Hamish remained unaffected on the inside, using the sharpest words to provoke Elisa’s fragile nerves.
He reached out and covered Elisa’s cold hand, rubbing his fingertips against the ring on her ring finger. It was bought according to her original ring size, so why was it loose when she wore it? It felt like it could fall off with just a gentle touch.
Hamish furrowed his brows, looking at Elisa’s hand. Over the past two years, Elisa seemed to have contracted a terminal illness, with her body shrinking and her fingers lacking any trace of flesh.
The atmosphere was heavy as Hamish let go of her hand. “Elisa, do you remember the warning I gave you before? I gave you the chance to divorce, but if it fails, do you remember the consequences?” He had said that she would regret making such a decision.
Hamish always followed through with his harsh words, and Elisa was also someone who was ruthless to herself. She raised her eyes, her gaze filled with despair. “Then I also said, either divorce or I die…”
After saying that, she suddenly pushed Hamish.
Caught off guard, Hamish stumbled backward, almost falling to the ground. And before he could react, he saw Elisa rushing towards a wall. His eyes flickered, and a fierce visual impact exploded in his mind!
A dull thud echoed, and the white wall was stained with a glaring blood red…