Immediately following that was the sound of Quinton’s roaringughter.


    “Hahahaha, look at you now, Stefan Hunt! I can’t believe something like this would ever happen to you.


    Do you remember how I begged you to let me live all those years ago, and you refused me? Now you


    get the retribution that you deserve!”


    “Don’t stop!” He ordered his men. “Keep it going! Keep releasing more things into the water! I want this


    snob to taste what it’s like to suffer a fate worse than death!”


    Just then, Stefan’s agonizing cry of pain once again rang out.


    Chase was in such a panic that he stomped his feet and rushed towards Renee, who still stood coldly


    and frigidly there, “Ms. Everheart, he really can’t hold on for much longer! I hope, and I wish, that you


    won’t regret this!”


    “Ugh! So annoying! How can you be such an annoying gnat?!”


    After yelling at Chase, she then turned around and returned to the water prison.


    As expected, the water had reached Stefan’s neck, and snakes and insects could be seen floating and


    swimming in the water. Stefan seemed to be in excruciating pain. His handsome face, which had


    originally been fearless and gutsy, was now twisted by agony. It looked like he must have been bitten


    by the snakes many times now.


    “Stop it!” Renee shouted. She could not bear it any longer. “Stop releasing more things into the water!”


    “Renee!” Quinton turned around. “What are you doing back here? Are you also here to enjoy the


    sight?”


    He then smiled with smug satisfaction at Renee and told her, “I can finally enjoy the sight of this


    arrogant bastard suffering in such a sorry state! I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long.”


    “Quinton,” Renee’s voice was all choked up, and her eyes were reddening as she pleaded, “I beg of


    you! You’ve punished him enough. Let him go!”


    “What’s wrong with you? You were so firm and decisive just now! Why are you suddenly turning soft for


    this garbage of a man again…”


    “Let us not waste time talking. Just let him go! He can’t hold on for much longer.”


    Content is property of N?velDrama.Org.


    “So what if he can’t hold on for much longer? I never intended to let him go anyway!”


    “But I intend to let him go, so… you have to let him go.”


    “Have to?” Quinton’s expression turned as hard as stone. “Renee, you can’t force me to do anything


    just because you are my sister. I don’t “have to” do anything here. You’re just too emotional. The main


    purpose of what I’m doing now is to let you make a clean break from your feelings and discard any love


    or affection you have…”


    “Fine! If you won’t let him go, then I’ll save him myself!”


    Without saying another word, Renee jumped into the water.


    “Renee!” Quinton had no idea Renee could be so impulsive. He quickly raised his hand and shouted,


    “Quick! Close the valves! Get her out of there!”


    “Renee…” Stefan was already very weak because the snake venom had spread throughout his body,


    and he was barely conscious. “What are you doing? Hurry… Get out!”


    He could hardly hold on any longer now, but when he saw Renee, he told himself not to pass out and


    began to struggle hard to break free from the chains.


    “Listen to me! Don’t be stupid! Get out!”


    “Shut—Gulp! Shut up!”


    Because Renee was shorter than Stefan, the current water level was more than enough to submerge


    herpletely, and she inevitably choked on some of the water. It was so harrowing that she wished


    she could die in that instant. What was even more disgusting was how the creepy crawlies began to


    slither through her clothes…


    But she had no time to care about anything else. She took a deep breath and dove into the water,


    trying her best to free Stefan from the chains.


    The water was so murky that she dared not open her eyes. The iron chains were thick and heavy, and


    they were very tightly bound. Renee smashed a rock violently against the chains till her skin was


    chafed. The pain was unbearable…


    “Hold on!” Renee shouted as she floated on the surface. She took a deep lungful of breath and told


    Stefan, whose lips were deathly pale and who was quickly losing consciousness, “You’ll be free soon!”


    “You, you idiot… You can’t fool me…”


    Stefan’s whole body was cold, and although two-thirds of his soul was already in heaven, his snarky wit


    remained.


    In the end, he used up all the might that he still had left to once again tell Renee, “I’m sorry.”