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Yara grabbed Aaron’s wrist with both hands.
“Let go. Let go of me!”
“You think you can threaten me with your life? I’ve taken more lives than I can count.”
With that, he shoved Yara away.
Threaten him?
What a joke.
“I may have some interest in you, but don’t ever try using feelings to negotiate with me.
One sister constantly trying to talk to him about emotions was already enough.
Now Yara wanted to do the same?
Feelings meant nothing to him.
He had never taken them seriously.
Still, if he didn’t bring that troublesome little sister of his back to the Hogarth family and take proper care of her this time, their father would probably kill him himself.
Aaron turned and walked out of Yara’s room.
Yara collapsed weakly onto the floor, her face drained of color.
Then Aaron’s voice came from outside.
“Keep an eye on her. If she skips even one meal, send someone to break one of Evan’s bones.”
“Yes, sir.”
Yara froze.
Her face was already pale, but hearing the danger in Aaron’s voice made her entire body tremble.
Madman.
Aaron Hogarth was a complete madman.
And she had actually thought she could threaten a madman.
Maybe she really had lost her mind too.
Aaron left.
Once Yara was alone, she shakily dialed Evan’s number.
He answered quickly.
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“Talk.”
“Evan…”
Her voice was full of pain.
“I’m useless. I can’t avenge them. Aaron isn’t like you.”
No.
Actually, maybe they were exactly alike.
Both of them put family first.
Whatever Aaron’s relationship with Stella was like, when it truly mattered, he still stood on his sister’s side.
He had once chosen the Hogarth family’s interests over her.
And now, it seemed he regretted it.
Yara’s voice trembled.
“Evan, Stella deserves to die.”
Just knowing Stella was still alive and well made her feel unbearable pain.
She wanted Stella dead.
Evan’s voice came through the phone.
“She’s not the one who deserves to die.”
Yara froze.
“What?”
Just yesterday, whenever Evan mentioned Stella, he had still sounded like he hated her enough to tear her apart.
So how had everything changed overnight?
“The one who deserves to die is me.”
“Evan, what are you…’
“Don’t do anything to hurt her.”
He cut Yara off.
This time, his voice was completely lifeless.
So empty and hopeless that it made Yara’s heart tighten.
She drew a breath.
“What happened?”
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“Whether or not the truth about her mother had ever come out, the Wright family wronged her first.”
His voice faltered.
Then when he spoke again, it was filled with pain.
“She almost died because of us.”
And it hadn’t only been the Wright family who had threatened her life.
The Bailey family had too.
Summer’s mother, Ruby Bailey, had nearly killed Stella at Inkwood Manor.
So how was he supposed to account for that?
Yara’s voice shook.
“So what? Everything she did to the Wright family just gets erased?”
Was that what he meant?
“Several members of our family died because of her!”
Yes, the Wright family had wronged Stella.
But did those conflicts really justify such a terrible price?
Evan was silent for a moment.
Then he said,
“Then let me pay with my life.”
Yara’s expression changed.
“Evan, you…”
“If you insist on revenge, then take my life instead.”
With that, Evan ended the call.
Yara stared at the disconnected screen, unable to believe what she had just heard.
Was Evan actually saying…
That he had forgiven Stella?
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