"Three..."


    Ryan''s aura dropped sharply. He steadily raised the gun, aiming it at Bethany.


    Bethany desperately shook her head. "No... Ryan, don''t"


    Ryan, however, showed no signs of emotional disturbance. But in the fleeting moment our eyes met, I saw a deep, suppressed anguish in his gaze.


    Zack continued to count down. "Two..."


    Ryan gritted his teeth, lightly shaking his wrist, and chambered the gun with one hand.


    "One..."


    Bang!


    In the instant the gun fired, Ryan suddenly changed direction, and with precision, pulled the trigger whilst aiming at me!


    I waspletely frozen, my blood running cold!


    It turned out that I was the one he abandoned.


    Even if it meant I had to die.


    Despair seeped into every part of me in an instant. I stared nkly in Ryan''s direction, my vision bing unfocused.


    Although the anticipated pain did note, somewhere within me, a sharp, piercing pain throbbed.Content protected by N?v/el(D)rama.Org.


    "It''s my own choice..."


    "I''m trying to win you back..."


    "I''ll take the remaining ny-nine steps for you. Just wait here and don''t back out of thisst step."


    "Charlotte, I''m serious, and I will make it right. I don''t want to lose you."


    "I''m beginning to have other thoughts about you, so I''m barking like a dog..."


    "No matter what happens, you must believe in me."


    The so-called pursuit of love and deep affection had be a huge joke at this moment.


    It was all fake.


    His deep feelings for me were worthless.


    It was my own folly to naively hope he would choose to save me...


    He would never choose me.


    Never


    ''Charlotte, why are you so foolish?


    Zackughed again. "Mr. Frost, don''t be angry. It was just a joke. This one is Miss Shaw from the Shaw family, and the other is your wife for now. How could I darey a finger on them?" "But, I didn''t expect that even Mr. Frost couldn''t escape the fact that one could be fickle in affection!"


    A thinyer of cold, frosty mist covered Ryan''s dark eyes. "Can we release them now?"


    ''Since you''ve chosen Miss Shaw, of course, she can go. Please, feel free!" said Zack.


    Ryan walked over slowly, his face showing an almost imperceptible struggle. If one didn''t know him well, they wouldn''t notice it at all.


    The man who told me to trust him this morning now didn''t even cast a nce in my direction.


    He directly untied the hemp ropes from Bethany in front of me and, holding her horizontally, embraced


    her.


    "Ryan, I was so scared... You''re so good. If you hadn''te, I wouldn''t have known what to do!"


    Bethany seemed to have been greatly frightened.


    Zack tentatively asked, "Mr. Frost, what are you ns for Ms. Wilson? If you really want to take both, that''s fine. For the project in the west of the city, we could each make a concession. You just need to give us an additional 20% discount."


    "Zack." Ryan sneered, as if hearing something amusing, and casually replied, "Why do you think I, Ryan Frost, would give up such arge profit for an ex-wife? Isn''t she already a burden enough?"


    Thest sentence was extremely clear and deeply resonant, like a sharp knife swiftly piercing my heart, causing me to jerk in pain.


    I looked up. His smile was faint, as if he were casually chatting.


    In an instant, my heart ached and tears welled up in my eyes.