?Chapter 2173


    Alyssa''s eyes welled up, turning red. She felt as if her insides were being crushed into smithereens.


    After a while, she replied in a shaky voice, "You''re actually right, Jameson. I have been thinking about you every second of the day. I''m thinking about how you''re going to die."


    Jamesonughed. "You''re so adorable, Lyse."


    Jameson''s voice overflowed with affection. If they weren''t on the phone, he''d wish he could let everything go and give her a kiss. "Even if you despise the person I am, I am still deeply in love with you. So deeply in love that can''t escape it."


    "Would a sinister and cold-blooded person like you even know what love is?"


    Alyssa''s re was sharp, a feeling of disgust surging within her. She enunciated, "Don''t you taint such a holy feeling. You don''t even deserve to mention anything about love!"


    "I know how to love, Lyse. I will never feel like I''ve made any mistakes, even till I die.'' Jameson''s croaky voice contained the pain that he had been holding back. "My love for you is the purest and most sincere of all in this world. From beginning till the end, you are the only one I love and the only one I want."


    Alyssa closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath. She almost threw up.


    "Since the beginning, you weren''t the one Jasper loved. He loved another woman. You sacrificed three years of your youth to marry him. You gave him all you had and cared attentively for him, but he had always cared for another woman. He gave her all his affection and even chased you, his so-called ''wife,'' away.


    "You returned to the Taylors with your heart all battered and bruised. You put your talents to good use time and time again and restore your identity as Alyssa Taylor. For him, he only developed feelings for you after he witnessed these.


    "What would''ve happened if you were still that obedient, quiet, and timid woman that stayed by his side? Would he have set his eyes on you? Would he have fallen in love with you? Not at all.


    "How is this different from being fickle-minded, just desiring something he had lost?"


    Alyssa''sshes fluttered. She forced herself to remain calm. Yet, these ill-intentioned words felt like a sharp de, cutting at her heart slowly but deeply.


    "As for me, I''ve known you since I was ten. I have never loved any other woman from then till now. I have only loved you and you alone, Lyse."


    Jameson''s husky and passionate voice reached Alyssa''s ear. She could almost hear his hysteria over being unable to get what he wanted. "For your sake, I can be a madman and take the fall. I can destroy the entire world for you.


    "My life has been filled with darkness. You are the only one who came into my heart, the only one who''s alive, and the one I''ve always longed for.


    *Jasper''s love is shallow, casual, and bted... How is that cheap love of hisparable to mine? How is he qualified to love you?"


    *Jameson, at this point, are you still trying to use such a lowly tactic to sow discord between Jasper and me? Just save it."


    A bright smile crossed Alyssa''s face, and a fervent feeling of love dispersed all haziness around her. "Indeed, Jasper has had feelings for someone else, and he''s hurt me before. Even so, I still want to love him and be with him.


    "You, on the other hand, do all you can to take advantage of others and spew nonsense endlessly. You''re like a rat from the sewers to me."


    Eventually, shepletely disregarded his fervent heart. She mocked cruelly, "Jameson, don''t you think you''re living such a pathetic life?"


    Jameson fell into a suffocating silence. After a moment, he spoke gently, ''Since this is the case, let me see you onest time, Lyse. Will you?"


    Through gritted teeth, Alyssa replied, "In your dreams."


    "Who are you on the phone with, Lyse?"


    With a basket full of fresh flowers in her arms, Miley stood in the garden, looking toward Alyssa from behind. "Did something happen?''


    "Everything is fine, Miley!" Alyssa replied, beaming.


    A secondter, her phone vibrated. She received a text.


    "Don''t be in a rush to answer me, Lyse. Look at what I just sent you before you decide," Jameson uttered in an alluring voice.


    Alyssa bit on her lip and opened the text, only to see a high-resolution photograph.


    The photo was taken from a bottom-up angle. The person in the photo was giving a speech on stage in front of the public. It was Jeremy, her brother-inw!


    *Jameson, what in the world are you trying to do?"


    All the blood drained from Alyssa''s face, making her bloodshot eyes seem even redder. "I''m warning you. Do not do anything to my family members. Otherwise, I will kill you with my own hands!"


    "Sure. I will be able to rest in peace if I could die by my beloved woman''s hands."


    Jameson chuckled fearlessly. In a chilling and sinister voice, he added, "But, before you get rid of me personally, I will have Mr. President wait for me in hell.


    "I have installed and hidden four time bombs at the venue where he''s giving his speech. Even if the cops were to go over and search the ce, they wouldn''t be able to find them so soon.Update first atN?velDráma. Org.


    ''Plus, I can trigger any of them whenever I like. Are you curious about how destructive each of them will be? Would you like to see it for yourself?"


    A chill ran down Alyssa''s stiff spine. Under immense fear, her head buzzed, and the pain in her chest made it difficult to breathe.


    Today, Jeremy had mobilized part of the police force to assist Jasper and Jonah and tasked another part with watching over her and Miley. This meant there was a massiveck of police manpower avable at the event venue.


    If Jameson were to do anything to Jeremy now, taking his life would be as easy as pie.


    "Mr. President and your sister are very much in love. If he died today, do you think your sister would be able to handle such a huge blow? Would she have hope to continue living?"


    Jameson''s nonchnt tone emphasized the dark and threatening side of him.


    Alyssa turned around slowly and looked toward Miley, who waspletely oblivious. In a ragingly hoarse voice, she said, ''Don''t do anything to Jeremy. I will meet with you."


    "Excellent, Lyse." Jameson smiled rxedly. "I''ll wait for you at Rose Nursing Home on the east side of the West City District."ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    His voice became deeper suddenly. "Do not tell anyone, especially Jasper. I don''t want anyone to disrupt our date. You know me. I won''t even know what I''m capable of doing when I''m mad."


    With that, Alyssa''s phone screen went dark. The call had ended.