Chapter 375\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d die for me?\u201d Larissa\u2019s lips curled into a cold smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivica\u2019s heart leaped into her throat. She rushed to Leopold\u2019s side and grabbed his arm, her voice trembling with fear. \u201cLeopold, don\u2019t say such things! I know you feel guilty and want to prove you\u2019re sorry, but you can\u2019t joke about your own life!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold shook her off. \u201cI\u2019m serious, Mom\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He turned back to Larissa, his expression solemn. \u201cLarissa, if only you would\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright then,\u201d Larissa interrupted mockingly. \u201cPick your method.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She glanced at Avril. \u201cAvril, would you and your friends be so kind as to find some\u2026 tools\u2026 for him in the house?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Avril snapped a playful salute. \u201cRoger that!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She gave her friends a look. \u201cLet\u2019s go! Find Leopold something to end it all with! We\u2019ll be right back, Leopold!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her three friends nodded eagerly and scattered in different directions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivica\u2019s face was a mess of confusion and horror.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold was speechless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley stood in stunned silence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paxton\u2019s humiliation was absolute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neville, seeing Sapphira looking back with concern, had already decided to leave. \u201cLet Larissa handle the rest. Paxton\u2019s family was no longer a threat. We\u2019ll take Mom and Dad back to get some rest.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sapphira nodded, and they had left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell now leaned toward Larissa, a glint of amusement in his eyes. \u201cShould I go find a suitable instrument for Leopold as well?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa chuckled softly. \u201cNo need, Haskell. Just stay here with me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A moment later, Avril burst back in from the kitchen, holding a meat cleaver in one hand and a bag of salt in the other. \u201cLarissa, I\u2019m back!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Soon after, her friends returned, one holding a pair of shears, another a ten\u2013foot length of rope, and the last a weathered old brick she\u2019d found somewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa had them place their items on the table. She then pulled a small ceramic vial from her own pocket and set it down beside them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere you go, Leopold,\u201d she said, gesturing to the collection. \u201cTake your pick. You can stab yourself with the cleaver, swallow the entire bag of salt, snip your own throat with the shears, hang yourself with the rope, or, if you prefer, drink this vial of poison.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold stood frozen, utterly lost. He was willing to die to atone for what he\u2019d done to his sister, but\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
09:30\u00a0<\/p>\n
he had imagined a meaningful death, not this absurd, pointless spectacle. \u201cWhat\u2019s the matter? No longer willing to die for me?\u201d Larissa taunted\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course I am,\u201d he stammered. \u201cIt\u2019s just that \u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSave it, Leopold,\u201d she cut him off coldly. \u201cDo you think you\u2019re some kind of tragic her? Just like when you were willing to have me killed for your precious Honora?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m a hero!\u201d he protested desperately. \u201cI just truly want to make amends\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough, Larissa said, her voice like ice. \u201cYour life is worthless to me, Leopold. I don\u2019t care whether you live or die.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her cold gaze and final words pierced Leopold\u2019s heart. He was consumed by a chilling wave of regret for all the pain he had inflicted on his sister.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI woke you up for one reason only, Leopold,\u201d she continued. \u201cTo let your family see just how pathetic and ridiculous you all are. You disowned your own daughter for the child of a criminal, and I wanted you to see what the consequences would be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow my goal is achieved. If you don\u2019t want things to get any worse for you, stay out of my life. Don\u2019t ever bother me again. Because if you do, I promise you, I will not be merciful\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without another glance, she turned and walked out of the West Villa. Crispin followed, pushing Haskell\u2019s wheelchair behind her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold clutched his chest, watching her retreating figure, his eyes filled with a bottomless ocean of\u00a0<\/p>\n
regret.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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