Lucia’s mind went blank. She turned towards the voice to see Jacob leaning against the door frame of the inner room while staring at her coldly.
Jacob was here all this time!
Lucia’s hands and feet were cold. She could only think about how everything was going to be over for her!
Having been with Jacob for so long, Lucia knew that what Jacob hated the most were betrayal and deceit. She took advantage of this fact and framed Katherine, but now…
“Jake, Jake, listen to me.” Lucia hurriedly walked over and grabbed onto Jacob’s arm tightly. “I didn’t mean to lie to you. It’s just that I really don’t want to get a check-up. I’m afraid.”
With that, Lucia’s tears flowed down her face like a river escaping a dam.
Jacob’s eyes were still cold. He sneered, “Afraid? Are you afraid of learning that you have a serious illness or are you afraid of learning that you are not ill at all?”
Lucia’s expression became stiff, and she trembled.
“He knows!” Lucia realized.
Despite this, Lucia still refused to give up and looked at Jacob pitifully. “Jake, what do you mean? Are you suspecting that I pretended to be sick in front of you?”
Jacob pulled away the hand that held his arm tightly. His expression was almost ice-cold. “I’ll know after the check-up whether you did or not.”
Lucia was disheartened.
She knew that this check-up was inevitable. But, did Jacob know everything? How could this be?
Lucia couldn’t escape from the check-up. The result came out soon.
Healthy.
Everything was fine and there was no problem, not to mention no sign of kidney failure or heart disease.
As soon as Jacob thought of Katherine losing a kidney for nothing just because of a conspiracy that also killed their children and her, he found it hard to suppress his anger.
“Jake… listen to me explain…” Lucia climbed down from the sickbed and hugged Jacob while tears streamed down her face.
This was the truth. What was there to explain?
Jacob shook her away forcefully. His eyes were cold. “Explain? I do want you to give me an explanation. How are you going to give back the three children I lost?”
“Children, I can have children too!” Lucia still tried to hold onto Jacob. “I can have as many as you want. Do you want boys or girls? I can give birth to both. I am in good health now and I can have children.”
“Children…” Jacob’s mind was full of Katherine’s bloody body. His eyes grew colder as he looked at Lucia. “You are not worthy of giving birth to my children.”
Lucia felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave and cried even harder. “Jake, don’t be like this. I know I was wrong. As long as you forgive me, I will do anything you want!”
“Whatever I want?” Jacob squinted.
Lucia suddenly felt that she still had hope and nodded non-stop. “Yes! Anything you want.”
“Okay.” Jacob curled his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes. Lucia looked at him with a bad premonition.
“Since you are willing to do anything, then you can experience all the pain Katherine suffered. What do you think? Huh?”
What Katherine experienced…
Lucia shivered.
“Her kidney was removed. Since you didn’t end up using it, then you can also give it a try. Her heart wasn’t removed. Why don’t you put yourself in her shoes to see if it hurts or not?”
Jacob’s voice was light, but Lucia as if felt that a ghost was talking to her.
Hearing his gloomy tone of voice, she knew he was no longer the chat who used to talk with her gently.
“I don’t want to.” Lucia shook her head quickly and looked at Jacob in a begging manner. “Jake, I don’t want this. Why are you willing to let me do this? I will die!”
His smile deepened, but he still looked at her with cold and emotionless eyes. “Don’t worry, I won’t let you die. You need to slowly feel the pain that Katherine suffered through. How can you die so soon?”
Lucia looked at Jacob in horror. “I don’t want to! Jake, you love me! I know you love me. You can’t treat me this way. You will regret it!”
Jacob felt her gaze on himself and something popped into his mind. He thought of Katherine. She once begged him to let their child off.
If he had the chance to go back in time, he wouldn’t refuse her and come to regret it today. But he knew he would never regret it if he refused Lucia.
Jacob shook away Lucia’s hand for the last time and left without any sentimental attachment.
Lucia looked at his back and finally understood that Jacob no longer loved her. He fell in love with the bitch, Katherine! That was why he treated her so cruelly.
“Katherine, that bitch. She used every opportunity to seduce Jake – even before her death.” Lucia thought.
Lucia hated Katherine even more, but there was no point in it. Her hatred of Katherine made no difference anymore.
From now on, Lucia would have to live in pain.
Jacob, who walked out of the sickroom, leaned against the wall and felt a headache.
He didn’t rest for several days, and he would always think of Katherine.
He had a strong intuition that Katherine was not dead!