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“Even if Joseph doesn’t want you anymore, as long as you behave, you can still stay here.”
Without a trace of emotion in my eyes, I reached out and tried to pry his fingers off one by one.
“Let go. All I want is to die right now.”
Grayson seemed caught off guard by my words.
But he still held onto my wrist tightly, refusing to let go until he pulled me back up completely.
A hint of fear lingered in his voice:
“Don’t get the wrong idea. I saved you because Scarlett can’t stand seeing people around her die. I just didn’t want her to be sad because of you.”
Despite his words, his face showed a look of relief.
Since this place wasn’t going to work for my suicide, I walked toward the staircase.
Grayson followed step by step behind me.
“You’re the most ruthless person. Even Xavier wants nothing to do with you now. Even if you die, no one will care!”
At the mention of Xavier, my expression shifted slightly.
If there was anyone in this game who wanted me dead the most, it was undoubtedly Xavier.
He was the first man I targeted.
I transmigrated as his sister, but with familial affection, I never made big progress on the mission.
In the game, our parents had passed away, leaving us a vast family business to inherit.
I was still young back then, so Xavier shouldered everything alone.
As my brother, he loved me deeply for sure. When I took all my savings to help Grayson later, Xavier supported me a lot without complaints.
I thought our relationship was at its best, but the progress just stalled.
Then, Scarlett moved into our home as my sponsor student, and things went off.
Whenever she put on a wronged expression, Xavier — who had always stood by my side — immediately turned against me for her.
Over time, he became convinced that I was bullying Scarlett.
He never once looked for the truth.
As I thought of him now, I felt no strong emotions except for a faint bitterness spreading in my throat.
Anyway, none of that mattered anymore.
Getting out of the hotel, I headed back to my small apartment.
Seeing this, Grayson secretly breathed a sigh of relief, though his face still showed disdain. Hesitantly he said,
“If you can’t keep working at Joseph’s company, you could also —”
Before he could finish, I had already grabbed a handful of pills deep in the cupboard, and swallowed them all.
These were medicines he had left here back when we were on good terms.
After so many years, they had undergone chemical changes, highly toxic now!
