“How about I invite you to sit in the Hades Palace for a while?”
Enrico said coldly, his eyes always fixed on Kevin, as if every word was directed at him.
“…”
Rafael waved his hand, looking like he didn’t care.
“Don’t hurt the innocent.”
Kevin clenched the red ribbon in his hand, the veins on his neck pulsing. He glanced over at the butler standing to the side.
The butler received his gaze, nodded knowingly, and then secretly gestured to the two subordinates under the guests in the house, telling them to strike when the time was right.
The two subordinates took out their pistols and secretly aimed them at Enrico.
Enrico sneered, “In fact, it’s not that difficult for me to switch hostages now, don’t you think so, Leonard?”
As soon as the words fell, he turned the gun in his hand with a sharp twist, and the muzzle was aimed at Kevin in the wheelchair. “Do you want me to compare with your men to see whose gun is faster?”
Kevin silently looked at him, his face tensed.
The butler, who was watching anxiously from the side, hurriedly rushed in the direction of his men and said, “Put it down, put it down!”
Rafael felt relieved. He raised his hand and pressed it against his aching arm, and looked at Kevin with eyes that were hard to read. His tone was indistinct, “In Leonard’s eyes, the lives of these common people, including mine, seem to be worthless?”
“You are also the one who follows Paige around. Are you going to speak for such a ruthless criminal?”
Kevin faced the muzzle of the gun without flinching, and just said to Rafael,
“Despicable villains are detestable and deserve to die,” Rafael continued, ‘but hypocrites are also unpleasant.’
“If not compromising with the despicable is hypocrisy, then I am.”
Kevin turned his eyes to the bride standing motionless to one side, his eyes gentle, ‘You may understand me?’
“…”
The person under the red veil never said a word.
To Kevin, this moment of explanation was more important than JT’s threat. “Last night, my subordinate got a note from JT threatening us with the lives of eight innocent people if we didn’t call off the wedding and let you go to him. I know that your nature will make you compromise, but in that case, all your plans will come to nothing. I…”
“That’s enough. I didn’t come here to argue with you or to have a debate!” Enrico cut him off in a cold tone, not bothering to listen to him.
“…”
Kevin’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as he was about to ask, but Enrico suddenly turned his gun around again, directly aiming at the bride in the center of the hall.
“What do you want?” Nick quickly rushed up, blocking the bride’s body.
Kevin’s face also changed. Was he about to turn from love to hate?
“Take off the red cloth on your head.” Enrico took a reckless step forward with his gun in hand and coldly gave orders.
The bride stood stiffly behind Nick without moving.
“Don’t you dare touch her.”
Kevin’s breathing tightened as he looked up at the bride behind Nick and frowned, “At this point, do you still want to protect him?”
Where are the defenses she arranged, where are her new weapons?
Why didn’t she use them?
“…”
The bride didn’t say anything, just reached out her hand and nervously grabbed Nick’s corner of his shirt.
Seeing this action, Kevin’s body stiffened, and he looked at her blankly.
“Get rid of it,” Enrico said again, and he aimed the gun at the ground and fired.
The deafening sound of the gunshot made everyone tremble, and the bride also trembled. Nick was also angry and walked up to fight to the death with Enrico, his hand actually pointing towards the muzzle and blocking it directly.
The bride seemed to feel it and hurriedly said, “I’ll take it!”
It was a completely different voice from Paige’s.
Paige’s voice was low and clear, like the clarity of spring water, and as steady as the jade in the spring.
The bride’s voice, however, was full of anxiety and nervousness.
In full view of everyone, the bride reached out her hand and grabbed the veil on her head, pulling it off. The bright red veil fell, revealing a young and pretty face.
It wasn’t Paige.
It was Kelsey.
Nick looked back at her, his eyes showing no surprise.
The moment they shook hands outside the sedan chair, he knew the bride was Kelsey.
Enrico watched with a cold gaze, and when he saw that there was another face under the red veil, his eyes were slightly deep, but there was not much emotion.
Kevin was in a wheelchair, and the veil fell in front of his eyes, swaying through a red light. He raised his eyes and looked directly at Kelsey in a red wedding dress.
She was still wearing the phoenix crown that he had carefully made, with precious gems passed down from generation to generation.
Paige said it looked very nice.
It looks good, but she doesn’t want to wear it.
Kevin knew exactly what was going on. He stared at the dazzling jewels on the crown, and felt like it was the biggest irony. It was as if a bunch of faces were staring at him mockingly, laughing at him shamelessly…
He clutched the red satin in his hands, feeling a mouthful of blood well up from his chest, and bright red blood overflowing from his lips.
“Brother!” Nick looked at Kevin in horror, and Kelsey was also shocked. “I…”
She was just helping her sister put on her wedding dress. This wedding had been agreed upon a long time ago and was just a decoy. Why did he still spit blood?
Seeing this situation, everyone expressed their shock.
Enrico stood there, looking down at the person in the wheelchair, casually spinning the gun in his hands. The corners of his thin lips curled up in a mocking arc, “It seems that we won’t be able to drink to the wedding.”
Inside and outside the hall, there was an instant flurry of discussion from the guests, all of whom were speaking in hushed tones.
Kevin sat there, his shoulders suddenly slumped.
Enrico walked slowly and lazily towards Kevin, step by step.
Under the nervous gaze of the butler, Enrico pressed the gun against the wheelchair, slowly lowered his body, and his thin lips leaned close to Kevin’s ear, saying with arrogance and contempt, “Remember, no matter how many chances you are given to start over, you will never get my heart.”
He spoke with such arrogance.
Kevin was shocked and suddenly looked up at him, “What do you mean?”
What do you mean by how many chances to start over?
Enrico looked down mockingly and laughed, spinning the gun in his hands.
“What are you doing?”
The butler and Nick were both very anxious, and Nick was even more eager to rush up and fight Enrico to the death.
“JT-”
A clear voice suddenly came.
Enrico paused in his movement of turning the gun, his eyes darkened. After a long while, he stood up straight in front of the wheelchair and slowly turned around.
No one noticed that his shoulders were stiff, as if someone had sealed his meridians, completely out of his control.
He turned around. Outside the door, the snow was falling in flurries, the red carpet was white with snow. Paige was standing there quietly, alone, not knowing how long she had been standing there. Snowflakes were stuck in her long hair, her face was pale and delicate, and her slightly red eyes were gazing at him, their gaze like snowflakes that would melt at the slightest touch.
“…”
Enrico stared at her and slowly raised the gun in his hand.
Rafael stood to the side, raising an eyebrow.
Paige stood still, allowing Enrico to walk towards her with the gun raised.