Elektra turned around and regarded Lucian with a yearning look. He had been silent after he was done talking on the phone with Roxanne and was tapping something on his phone..
Finally, the elevator carrying Roxanne finally reached the top floor with a ding. She would arrive on the rooftop after taking a dozen more steps.
“Jump then, Elektra! That is if you think doing so can truly grant you freedom.” Roxanne walked onto the rooftop. She felt much more at ease at the sight of her husband sitting calmly aside.
She believed Elektra’s attempt at seeking death to gain sympathy would not work on her husband. Seeing that Roxanne had arrived, Elektra guiltily avoided meeting the former’s gaze. Stunned, she froze upon hearing Roxanne’s words.
She’d assumed Roxanne would try convincing her not to end her own life. However, to her surprise, Roxanne’s eyes were filled with nothing but icy contempt.
“Roxanne, don’t worry, for I’ll jump! I just wanted to apologize to you before I go. In the end, I’m still jealous of you. I can’t accept the fact that you got together with Lucian.” Elektra smiled bitterly.
“Save all that sweet talk. You have the right to apologize, but I can also choose not to accept your apology. You heard it right. I have no desire to forgive you at all. You’ve had plenty of chances to stop everything that was going on while we were collaborating. In fact, you could have told me about how Christina threatened you, yet you remained silent and kept all that to yourself!”
Roxanne made her way over to Lucian’s side. Instead of interrupting her, he gently held her hand. His gesture of affection was like a stab to Elektra’s heart. How ironic. Here I am on the verge of death, and they’re still proving to me how in love they are.
Elektra couldn’t come up with a response to Roxanne’s statement. She’s right. I did have a chance to redeem myself. Unfortunately, I was possessed by the devil in me and lost my rationality.
“Elektra, I have no idea why you summoned me here. You could have done away with your life privately without causing Lucian and me any. more stress. Am I right?” asked Roxanne. She’s seeking death now that everything is exposed. What a joke! I don’t believe whatever guilt or regret she has.
The last thing Roxanne wanted was for Lucian to be guilt-tripped by Elektra into thinking that he’d been the cause of her death.
“Roxanne, I-”
Elektra fell into the depths of despair as she observed Lucian’s placid expression. She couldn’t handle Roxanne’s intense interrogation at all.
“I guess we’re done here. You’ve apologized, and I’ve heard you, so Lucian and I will be taking our leave now. If you still intend to jump, please make your own decision.”
With that, Roxanne turned to gaze at her husband. Lucian gave her a look of encouragement before they both turned to leave hand-in-hand. The sight of them leaving together left Elektra in utter despair.
Roxanne was right when she accused Elektra of being selfish. The latter wasn’t afraid of death and was merely using it to sway Lucian. To her dismay, not even that worked.
She could no longer elicit any emotion from Lucian, regardless of whether she was dead or alive. A turmoil of mixed emotions began stirring within her. Memories of the childhood she shared with Lucian began flashing in her mind.
Everything is over. There’s no turning back time, and things will never be the same again. Even death could not free her from the pain of such a loss. Elektra stared blankly at the receding figures of the couple as they vanished into the distance.
Roxanne and Lucian stepped into the elevator, descending the building swiftly. Their future happiness as a couple took precedence over everything. Elektra would have to take accountability for all the wrongs that she had committed.
“Lucian, thank goodness you saw through the scheme just in time! Otherwise, both I and Flora Verba Group would have been destroyed completely! I have learned my lesson. In the future, I’ll be more discerning and meticulous in every aspect of my career.” Roxanne couldn’t help but sigh as soon as she got into Lucian’s car, ridiculing her own foolishness.
“Forget it. You’re exhausted as it is. There’s not need to be even more meticulous than you already are. They merely got lucky this time to have taken advantage of the situation. I sure do not hope to see you become even more of a workaholic than I am.”
Lucian caressed Roxanne’s hair affectionately.
In the end, Richard and Mila, Elektra’s parents, rushed to the building. Roxanne had already gotten down from the railing and was squatting on the ground with her hands wrapped around her legs. Her expression was devoid of any trace of emotion. She finally piped up after a considerable amount of time had passed.
“Dad, Mom, I’m sorry for causing both of you to worry. I can never atone for what I’ve done in this lifetime! I don’t have the slightest clue how to salvage everything, but I’ll continue living and strive to make things right step by step for the rest of my life.”
Roxanne had completely won Elektra over. Her words had been a wake-up call for Elektra. Seeking death is just running away from my responsibilities. The only way I can convey my sincerest apologies is through actions.
Half an hour later, the senior management of Flora Verba Group called for a meeting. whereby an announcement about Elektra’s resignation from the position of CEO was made. Henceforth, she was no longer part of the company.
Resigning from the company was Elektra’s own decision, for she was too ashamed to remain in the company. Roxanne subsequently declared as the director that the initial thirty percent of Elektra’s shares would be decreased to twenty percent and transferred to Richard.
That evening, Elektra went to the police station with her parents and confessed to all of the crimes she’d committed.
Despite that, her lawyer still tried to plead her case and fight for the reduction of her sentence with the first reason being her attempt at the crime was unsuccessful. Secondly, she had yet to cause any severe harm to society.
Soon enough, the Lane family released a statement stating they’d donate two hundred million to the victims of the fire. The amount would be used to treat those whose faces were scalded and disfigured by the fire.
Lucian and Roxanne couldn’t care less about the final verdict of the court case. Nevertheless, Richard still called Lucian later during the day to apologize and inform him about his daughter being detained at the police station.
“Lucian, I am grateful to you and Ms. Jarvis. Elektra would have chosen a path of no return and jumped off the building if Ms. Jarvis hadn’t said what she said. Elektra now understands she was at fault and will try to make amends by all means possible. Thank you for still retaining our portion of the shares. If not, we’d be doomed. We’re truly sorry…” Richard began choking up toward the end.
Lucian gave a brief response, telling them not to overthink. Elektra’s incident might have ended, but Christina, the perpetrator, seemed to have vanished into thin air.
She was still nowhere to be found even after the police had listed her as a suspect and issued a search warrant for her. Besides, her current identity as a Hawenese only complicated things.
Lucian immediately instructed Cayden to utilize all his resources and wide connections to locate Christina’s whereabouts.
After tucking the three kids into bed, Roxanne returned to the living room. She saw Lucian’s grim expression and knew he was still worried. Danger was still lurking in every corner of their lives as long as Christina wasn’t found.
The evil woman had been plotting and scheming for such a long time and had picked the right time to execute her ploy. It had been a close call for Roxanne. Roxanne’s voice snapped Lucian out of his thoughts. “Lucian, I would like to discuss something with you.”
Roxanne proceeded to reveal her intentions to install Jonathan as the new CEO of the company and transfer ten percent of the company’s shares to him. This meant that five billion out of the company’s net worth of fifty billion would instantly be transferred to Jonathan.
Roxanne did not have the slightest hesitation in doing so, for she was convinced that Jonathan’s capability was worth far more than that.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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