Chapter 977 Memory The hands he held were so delicate and fragile, and the small body that snuggled up tightly was warm enough to make his heart tremble.
It would only take a push to push her away, but for some reason, his bloody hands acted against his logic, holding onto the trembling little body in his arms. He even spoke to her to calm her down.
"You should call me brother." Christ snapped back to reality from his memory, staring into Selena's dark eyes, searching for a hint of familiarity in her features.
But there was none.
All traces of the innocent and naive girl from all those years ago were gone. The woman in front of him was just as cold and heartless as he was.
Christ's throat tightened, and his voice was hoarse as he spoke. "Selena..." He looked at her pale, icy-cold face and struggled to get the next words out. "... I'm sorry." He had promised to protect her, but he...
Selena sneered. "You certainly owe me." Christ owed the real Selena.
He had promised to protect her, but instead, he had raised a viper that tormented the kind and innocent girl for over a decade.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn the end, she died.
No one who was involved in her death was innocent! Christ felt the weight of Selena's deep condemnation in her eyes, piercing his heart.
He couldn't help but reach out to grab her hand. "Selena, | can make it up to you-" Selena pulled her hand away, stood up with her hands on the table, her eyes cold and dark, and a hint of blood at the corner of her eye. "l don't need compensation! | only want an eye for an eye!" "I want all those who harmed my mother, father, the Turner family, and me, to pay the price!" "Tell me, what really happened in the capital?” Christ watched as her emotions became more and more uncontrollable and closed his eyes.
A few minutes later, Selena walked out of the tea shop.
The cold winter night breeze blew past, carrying a heavy weight in the air.
"Osvaldo." She stood on the empty steps and called out.
The man hurried over, embracing her with fear in his eyes. "Selena..." She smiled at him, "I want to go home." Her frail figure seemed as if it could fall at any moment.
Osvaldo tightly held her, his tone carrying a clingy and oppressive meaning. "I'll take you home." He lifted Selena up and didn't even let her sit in the passenger seat. He just held her in his arms and drove quickly back to the small villa.
As the black sports car drove away, Christ walked out of the bubble tea shop and stared in the direction Selena had left, his expression equally cold and chilling. Two black-clad bodyguards emerged from the corner.
"Boss, Miss Turner, she..." After the black sports car disappeared from view, Christ's gaze turned to the direction of the Riddle family. A bloody arc curved up at the corner of his lips. "Why are all these old capital people so damn insidious?" Osvaldo brought Selena back to the small villa and startled the group of servants waiting in the living room.
The butler hurriedly approached him. "Young master, what happened to the madam?" Osvaldo didn't say a word and carried Selena upstairs. His expressionless face was cold and frightening.
Just before entering the room, Osvaldo suddenly stopped and looked towards Hattie, who was running towards him.
Hattie had just woken up from her illness. When she heard that Selena had returned home, she hurriedly ran over without even putting on her shoes. When she suddenly met Osvaldo's cold gaze, her back chilled, and she fell to the ground.
Leia exclaimed and hurried over to help her up. "Miss Hattie..." The child's small body was tense, her face very pale, and her eyes sharply staring at Osvaldo.
Osvaldo stared at the face that resembled Selena's and remembered that this little girl, like Selena, had also lost her mother.
Osvaldo lowered his eyelashes, covering the killing intent in his eyes. "Take her to Leon's place!" Leia instinctively objected, "But it's already dark..." Her words were cut off when she met Osvaldo's strange and cold gaze. Leia hugged Hattie tightly and said shakily, "Yes, young master..." Only then did Osvaldo carry Selena back to the room. The door opened and closed again in front of everyone in the hall.
The people left in the hall looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Leia helped Hattie up and patted her clothes, "Miss Hattie, you should change your clothes quickly. I'll take you to your brother's place." Hattie blinked her hollow eyes and obediently let Leia help her change into clean clothes. Leia then carried her into the car and drove her back to the Yun's building.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLooking at her pale-faced apprentice, Leia raised her hand and gently touched her, "Miss Hattie, don't be angry. The young master may just be in a bad mood..." If it were Selena, she would never send Hattie away so late at night.
Hattie sat quietly in her seat like an empty doll, turning her head to look out of the car window at the deep black night. There was a scent of an impending storm in the air.
Hattie suddenly looked up and asked, "Can | come and see Selena tomorrow morning?" Leia's heart tightened, "As long as the young madam wakes up, Miss Hattie can come to see her." Osvaldo was fierce, but he wouldn't do anything to Hattie in front of Selena.
Hattie lowered her head again and remained quiet, like a lifeless doll. It seemed that asking this question had drained all her strength.
Leia looked at the young girl's pale face and remembered Selena's own pale face. She sniffed and raised her hand to hold Hattie's cold body in her arms.
Until the car arrived at the Riddle's building, Hattie didn't say another word.
Leon received a call and frowned as he came to pick up the person. Hattie, however, seemed to not notice him and walked past him towards the light.
Leon saw that something was wrong and hurriedly caught up to her, lifting her up and saying, "Hattie..." Hattie, however, seemed to be trapped in some memory and murmured something, unable to even focus her eyes.
Leon held her in his arms and heard what she said.
"The Riddle family is so dirty..." "They're all bad people..." "Mom..." Looking at the child's lifeless expression, Leon thought of the news he had just received. Selena had gone to see Christ, and she was also brought back by someone from the Anderson family afterwards! A hint of coldness flashed through Leon's eyes.
All the daughters of the Riddle family were living such hard lives, why couldn't Daphne even be seen?