Chapter 1119 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

Chapter 1119 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

Seems like my senses have malfunctioned. Why do my tears taste sweet today? The next morning, Benson was dressed in his military uniform when he visited us.

“Congratulations, both of you. The darkest days are already over.”

Lying in Anthony’s arms, I looked at him to exchange glances with him before I smiled. Then, I invited Benson into the house.

After serving the tea, Anthony asked Benson the question I was concerned about the most. “Did you get any news about Nathaniel?”

Benson had just sipped his tea as he heard Anthony’s words. He slowly placed his cup down as he shook his head with remorse. “We’re still investigating. The same goes for Mr. Jensen and his men. It’s like they’ve disappeared into thin air. There’s absolutely no news about them.”

“Does that mean that Nathaniel might have escaped?” I frowned my brows worriedly.

Putting aside his identity, Nathaniel was highly intelligent. Once he had avoided the police, with his capability, it would be a matter of time for him to make his comeback.

Anthony and our family had never owed him anything. We did not deserve to live under constant threat and endless harassment.

“Mrs. Featherstone, don’t be pessimistic. You should trust us. Those who I’ve intended to capture have never gotten far. Please don’t worry and enjoy your time with your family and forget about this issue.” Benson did not even see Nathaniel as a threat.

I did not blame him at all.

One would only be terrified when mishaps befell him.

Looking at the children who were playing in the living room, I could not stay calm. Anthony is suffering now because of all the grudges from the previous generation. I can’t let history repeat itself and have my children suffer from hurting each other. I can’t let that happen.

As my heart sank, I looked at Benson and said, “Mr. Zimmerman, we can’t be on the passive side. There are almost a hundred billion people in K City. It’s impossible to find a needle in the haystack. Why don’t we change our plan, and try setting up a trap?”

“Oh?” Benson raised his eyebrow, looking interested. “How do we set a trap?”

Glancing at Anthony, I explained sternly, “I can’t guarantee that my method will definitely work, but we can give it a try…”

The next morning, an ambulance drove into the Stanhope residence and sent me to the best private hospital in K City. After a diagnosis, I was sent to the emergency ward.

The social media was soon awash with news, and some netizens predicted that I only had a month left to live.

That was actually a trap to arrest Nathaniel. Yet, the person who appeared was Rylee.

In order to let Nathaniel get into the hospital, all the patients on my floor were transferred away. Instead, soldiers came to disguise themselves as patients and their family. Rylee managed to get in because the guard was slacking.

Right at that moment, I was lying on a bed in the isolation ward. Breathing through the oxygen mask, I saw Rylee’s reddened eyes when I opened my eyes.

Rylee chuckled when she noticed that I was taken aback by her presence. “Haha! Are you shocked? Sienna, don’t you think that you deserve this? After going against me for all your life, you’re going to die anyway. What a waste of time!”

Since I was a patient who was close to death, I could only widen my eyes to glare at her.

Since I could not move, Rylee started pacing around my bed. She took the oxygen mask off my face and threw it on the floor. “You’ve always depended on others for protection. Back then, you needed Anthony and the other men, now you’re depending on this lousy mask. Come on, show me what you’ve got. Let’s see how long you can go without this thing.”

While speaking, she walked closer to the expensive medical devices and started to mess around with them. She mumbled, “Let me pull all these out and break them and see how you can keep glaring at me! Since you’re dying, why didn’t you just give me Anthony? You’ve destroyed me! I’ll kill you now and watch you suffer a terrible death!”

In the end, a flat line appeared on the heart rate monitor.

Since the truth was going to expose soon, I quickly pressed the emergency button under my blanket. That should send all the police who were hiding in the room next door to arrest Rylee.

However, before I could even press it, Rylee hugged the heart rate monitor and exclaimed, “Haha! She’s dead! Sienna is dead! I finally killed her! I’m the happiest person in the world! There is no more Sienna Stanhope!”

She lunged herself at me, and her expression became nervous. Putting her index finger on her lips, she shushed me. “Shh! Sienna is dead! Anthony is dead too! This is my world. I can do whatever I want! I’m the queen, so everyone loves me! I want everyone to love me!”

After screaming hysterically, she kept repeating her words. “I want everyone to love me. I want everyone to love me…”

While murmuring to herself, she walked out aimlessly. It seemed like she could not see me, and she looked like she was possessed.

After some time, someone disguised as a nurse came to ask me, “Mrs. Featherstone, Mr. Featherstone sent me in here. Are you all right? That crazy woman has probably escaped from the psychiatric ward. Did she scare you?”

“I’m fine.” I shook my head and ordered, “Send someone in to repair the medical devices.”

“Sure. Please hold on.”

I did not pay attention to her at all as I was busy thinking about Nathaniel.

What if he doesn’t come? What should I do? If he managed to escape, I would live in fear for the rest of my life.

Finally, in the middle of the night on the next day, footsteps rang on the entire floor of the hospital. I opened my eyes and found that everyone who was prepared for the ambush, was running downstairs.

Without a doubt, I knew that the scene was caused by Nathaniel.

I hurriedly yanked the IV tube which was stuck onto my body before I put on my jacket and went after the people.

Upon arriving at the back entrance, I saw Nathaniel being surrounded by the police in the middle of the road.

Although Nathaniel did not have any weapons in his hands, all the police still ran for cover. They dared not to confront an outlaw recklessly.

Nathaniel was looking at them disdainfully. He smirked as he despised everyone around him.

His expression made the police even more worried. They were afraid that he had a terrifying plan in place. Therefore, they did not dare to get closer to him.

Nathaniel noticed me among the crowd very quickly. His eyes darkened as he questioned, “Sienna? Did you really fall sick?”

Clearly, he guessed that it was all a trick, but he still showed up.

I was deeply moved by him for a tad moment. Yet, that feeling stayed for just a mere second.

I saw Nathaniel’s expression as he threw threats at the police earlier. That reminded me of how terrifying of a person he was, and my sympathy for him now would turn into a weapon against my family and friends in the future.

“No,” I admitted to it calmly. “Just as you’ve guessed, this is just a trap. You’ve fallen right into it, Nathaniel.”

Having heard that, Nathaniel smiled bitterly. “Really? Luckily…”

“It’s not good news for you.”

“Now that I’m here, I’m not afraid of anything.” Nathaniel gave me a faint smile as if he had seen through the world.

Just then, Anthony arrived and pulled me into his arms. He was afraid to lose me.

Yet, right at that moment, a jeep rushed toward us from the road on our left side. It hit all the police cars which surrounded Nathaniel and instantly came to a halt beside him.

The driver was wearing a bulletproof vest as he fired at the police, trying to force them back.

In the middle of the shower of bullets, the back door of the jeep was pushed open. Garrett suddenly stepped out of the car.

While gripping the back of the front seat with one hand, he shouted at Nathaniel, “Do you believe me now? That woman wants you dead. Get in right now! You’re putting everyone here in danger!” Once he finished his words, a bullet shot through his head.

Many snipers were hiding on top of the building, and they were all waiting for that moment.

When Garrett collapsed, everyone else panicked. One of them started screaming, “Nat! Get in, or else we’ll have to leave you-“

Before that man even finished speaking, those men collapsed one by one.

In no time, Nathaniel was the only person left alive.

It seemed like he had expected all this as a faint smile was still plastered on his face. Then, he slowly opened his arms, and the gun on his hand was revealed.

At that moment, I clearly saw that he was mouthing some words to me. Yet, before I could see properly, Anthony covered my eyes with his hand.

Bang! Bang! After several gunshots sounded, I heard the sound of a body dropping on the ground.

When Anthony moved his hand away from my eyes, Nathaniel was lying on the ground. He had lost the ability to move.

Under the protection of the crowd, one of the police approached Nathaniel and kicked the gun away from the latter’s hand. He checked Nathaniel’s pulse before he announced, “He’s dead!” Just then, everyone else rushed over and started cleaning up the mess.

Anthony did not want me to witness such a brutal scene, so he led me back to the hospital. Vaguely, I could hear a police shouting, “Boss, his gun is not loaded…”

I could guess that they were talking about him, but I did not ask them further.

How is it possible? He knew that he would die. Nathaniel wasn’t stupid.

The only thing I was certain was the Featherstones would no longer live in misfortune anymore.

Two months later, a wedding was held.

Alexander got down on one knee and started weeping. “I’m Alexander Zimmerman. I promise to take care of you for the rest of my life. Emery Moore, will you marry me?”

Even though Emery had been through many struggles in life, she was still moved. She nodded fervently in response. Worrying that she might embarrass herself, she pursed her lips as she stretched out her hand to take the ring.

They kissed passionately and announced their endless love on the stage. At the end of the wedding,

Alexander snatched the microphone from the host’s hands and pulled Emery to the video camera. He yelled on top of his lungs, “I’ve found the female lead in my life! Give us your blessings! I’ll be happy, and I’ll make her happy! I will!”

Anthony stayed at the wedding ceremony from the beginning until the end and left with me.

We did not return home immediately. Instead, he drove toward the best nursing home in K City.

The director of the nursing home led us to his office respectfully before he turned on the projector. Once the light was switched off, three different scenes appeared on the screen.

The first one was Simone feeding Nicolas, who was paralyzed on the bed, in a clean and warm room.

The second scene was Tiffany and her boyfriend doing strengthening exercises in the physiotherapy room. Whereas, the last one was Rylee.

She was dressed in a hospital gown with the sleeves bound to each other, and she had a clean face with no makeup. With her hair tied into a bun, Rylee was running around the room like a child, while a nurse was chasing after her. The nurse looked exasperated.

“Why are they…” I thought that the people on the screen had passed away, or even begging on the streets just like Anthony’s condition back then.

Anthony’s attention was focused on the people on the screen. He appeared calm as he explained, “Perhaps, didn’t know what I want. I wanted them to suffer, but I realized that I couldn’t do that. Therefore, I’ll just feed them and let them live like normal people. Everyone will go through life and death. In the end, all of us are just ordinary people. Nothing is wrong with living a plain life.”

Yes. Ordinary people live plain lives. Nothing’s wrong with it. What’s the point of differentiating people with social classes? All of us are going to die in the end anyway.

I hugged him tightly and lay my face on his chest. Feeling his heartbeat, I said, “Do you know that I’ve always trusted you? I knew you wouldn’t change because you’re different. You’re not a cold-blooded animal. In fact, you’re soft-hearted and stubborn. Although you never say it, I understand everything.”

“I should thank you then.” Self-mockingly, he replied, “When I was undercover, I wanted to punch myself so badly, but you didn’t push me away.”

Hearing that, I chuckled and punched his chest lightly. “Yes. You have to suffer first. Otherwise, you would be too presumptuous.”

Anthony chuckled in response and did not resist me. Suddenly, he took out a medal from his pocket.

Benson gave him the medal. On behalf of the country, he rewarded Anthony with it for contributing to drug enforcement.

Although Anthony’s identity could not be revealed, his record was stated in the files. Now, he was a registered soldier.

Moreover, Alexander had promised that if the Featherstones were ever threatened in any way, Anthony could use the medal to request help in the army the Zimmerman family was serving in.

“What?” I thought that he was showing off the medal, so I pretended that I did not care about it.

Yet, he took my right hand and carefully put the medal on my palm. In a deep voice, he announced, “Letty, this is the first and only medal of my life. This is a gift for you.”

Knowing the story behind the tiny medal, I felt that it was particularly heavy on my palm.

“A gift for me? Are you willing to do that?” Anthony valued it very much. He had always kept it in the most obvious position in his study.

“I’m willing to. If I could, I would even give you my life,” Anthony teased.

“Stop it. You sweet-talker,” I whined.

However, Anthony ignored me and pulled me into his embrace again.

“When I was twelve, I wanted to become a soldier. I insisted that men should serve in the military at least once in their life. I want to know how much I can push myself to the limit as I protect this nation want to contribute to it. Not long later, Host my parents. My life was then filled with the drive to avenge their death. I gradually lost my direction, and I didn’t know what I want anymore. After that, I met you and fell in love with you. You kept me companied, and found the real me, who I’ve lost a long time ago. Although it’s late now, I want you to know that you’ve given me this new life, and this precious medal. I love you.”

——–The END

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