Chelsea glared at Ben’s outreached hand and refused coldly, “I’m not giving it to you.”
Ben’s brows furrowed.
“So were you really behind it?!”
“I was not! Why won’t you believe me?”
Chelsea angrily walked over to her desk and took a seat.
“Was what you just said to me Elyette’s original words, Ben?”
Ben placed his hands on the desk.
“Do you think I came here of my own free will? Of course, he was the one who sent me here! I wasn’t even in Aryadelle before this.I only found out about what happened yesterday.”
“I see.I heard about what happened at Villa de Sierra.Nothing happened at all.”
Chelsea smirked mockingly, then asked, “Since nothing happened, why is he suspicious of me and won’t let this go?”
Ben guessed the truth from her nervous and fearful tone.
Elyette was right.
Chelsea was twisted after her disfigurement.She used to love Elyette more than anything.
If anyone wanted to hurt him, she would be the first one to go head-to-head with whoever it was.
Now, however, she wanted him dead.
Not only did she want him dead, but she was also acting on it.
Her plan failed in the end and did not cause any harm, but if she was kept alive, she would definitely come up with another plan in the future.
“Stop lying, Chelsea, and stop doing such horrifying things.”
Ben frowned as he was in agony.
“We have to pay for our mistakes.Your life is a life.Other people’s lives are lives, too.”
“I won’t admit to it, Ben…If I don’t admit to it, then what can you do? Are you just going to go ahead and incriminate me?”
Tears began to well up in Chelsea’s eyes.
“Did you forget that you once attended a banquet the Goldsteins held? Elyette remembers.He wouldn’t have sent me here if he wasn’t sure!”
Ben had utterly lost hope in her.
Chelsea’s body began to tremble slightly as tears streamed down her face.
“I’m sick…”
She aggressively pulled her desk drawer open and pulled out several bottles of pills.
“These are all the pills I’m on right now…I’ve got both psychological and mental issues…I can’t control myself…Ben! Please help me!”
The pill bottles she took out were not new, unopened bottles.It was clear that she was indeed taking those pills.It was just as Ben had expected.
Chelsea would not want to kill Elyette if there was not something psychologically wrong with her.
“There’s no use, Chelsea,”‘ Ben said with furrowed brows.
“We already knew that you were sick.Even so, he still won’t let you lice.What if your sickness acts up in the future and you try to kill someone again?”
Then, he pulled out a white pill from his pocket.
“I don’t want you to die a painful death, so I brought this drug with me.Once you take it, you’ll fall asleep right away.After that, you’ll die in the next ten minutes.”
After Ben calmly finished what he said, Chelsea was completely stunned.
“If you don’t do as I say this time, you’ll definitely die a much more painful death, Chelsea! Apart from me, nobody else will feel sorry for you!”
Ben placed the white pill in front of her, then roared, “Take it! I’ll make sure you’ll be buried well!”
As Chelsea stared at the pill in front of her, her tears quickly came to a halt.
In the end, there was no escape.
Her death was imminent.
Even if she did not take this pill today, Elyette would come and kill her himself not long after.
If that’s the case, then the only thing she could do was accept her fate.
She picked up the pill, hesitated for a few seconds, then put it in her pocket.
“I’ll take it later, Ben.I’d like to talk about old times with you before I die.”
Chelsea walked around from behind her desk, then held Ben’s hand and said, “I wouldn’t have fallen this far if I had married you back then, Ben.”
Ben could not bear to see her disfigured face.
“The past is the past.No drug can cure one’s regrets.You won’t feel any pain after you take the pill I gave you.I found it because I know you’re afraid of pain.Be a better person in your next life, Chelsea!”
Chelsea nodded, then wrapped her arms around him.
“Hold me, Ben! Since I was disfigured, nobody ever hugged me again.I’ve been so lonely it hurts!”
As Ben heard the hurt in Chelsea’s voice, he gave in and held her in his arms.
“I know you’ve been hurting.You used to be a mighty goddess.You’ve never had to suffer like this before.”
Chelsea’s tears rolled down her cheeks.
It was only now that she realized that Ben was the man who loved her most in the world.
However, before she died, she wanted to hurt him one last time.
“I’ll marry you in the next life, Ben…Whether you feel like it or not, you have to say yes to me now.I’m about to die, after all.Please fulfill my final wish.”
“Alright.I’ll marry you in the next life.”
Back in Avonsvillle, Tammy called Averie to tell her that she had just met with her psychiatrist.
After Averie asked Tammy where she was, she immediately rushed over to see her.
The two sat in a restaurant for lunch.
“Why isn’t Jun eating with us? Does he feel uncomfortable that I’m around?”Averie asked.
“What’s there for him to feel uncomfortable about? Should he be here and third-wheel our conversation? I’m the one who told him not to bother us.”
Averie smiled and asked, “How do you feel after seeing the psychiatrist?”
“It’s complicated.” Tammy sighed.
“I know everyone has their own share of painful experiences.It’s rare for someone to go through life living on this earth with no troubles.”
“Would you like to see a different psychiatrist, then?”
Averie had a feeling that Tammy’s mood had taken a turn for the worse.
Tammy shook her head and said, “This one’s pretty good.She told me not to run away from the pain, but to face it and conquer it.”
“It’s a process,” Averie said.
“She told me something interesting,” Tammy said, suddenly laughing.
“She said Elyette went to see her once, but never showed up again after just one appointment.”
“Why would she tell you that? Isn’t that doctor-patient confidentiality?” Averie asked in shock.
Tammy shook her head.
“She didn’t reveal anything about Elyette’s treatment.She just said that he’d seen her once, then never met her again.She asked her friend to look into it found out that Elyette was speaking ill of her behind her back.”
“What did Elyette say about her?” Averie asked nosily.
“Elyette complained to his friends and said that he was better off talking to a stray dog than a psychiatrist.”
Averie was speechless.
“She only told me about this because she knows about my relationship with the two of you.I can’t believe that someone as powerful as Elyette Foster would go and see a psychiatrist,” Tammy exclaimed.
“He’s suffered through difficult times, too,” Averie said.
“It’ll all pass, Tammy.”
“I know.”
That night, Elyette realized that he could not contact Ben.
Ben did not answer the phone when Elyette called him once during the day.
Elyette thought that Ben would return his call once he was available, but even when it was already dark outside, Ben had yet to return Elyette’s call.
Elyette had an ominous premonition.
Chelsea’s psyche was now distorted and Ben had gone to see her by himself.
Could Chelsea have done something to hurt him? At this thought, Elyette’s brows furrowed and he dialed Ben’s number once again.
Once the call was made, it went through, but there was no answer.
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