Before I could resist, he forcibly dragged me into his car.
The car drove up the mountain.
I recognized the road; it led to the thousand steps.
The car stopped, and Jax pulled me out.
The sun was setting, and the stone steps stretched into the distance, bathed in light and shadow.
“Aria, I know begging for your forgiveness is hard.”
Jax knelt at the foot of the steps, his voice trembling.
“So now, before your eyes, I will atone for my sins, step by step.”
“One step, one head bow, up these thousand steps, just for you to look at me again.”
But I just laughed.
“No need to climb the steps.“”
My voice was soft, but every word was clear.
“Just collapse the Sterling Group, and then pay with your life for what you did to the me of the past life.”
Jax looked at me in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.
My smile widened, and I looked at him mockingly.
“You truly haven’t changed at all. No matter how many times you’re reborn, you’re still the same.”
“You only know how to talk.”
I stated directly, “Even if you don’t agree, under the siege of the Blackwood and Thome families, the Sterling Group won’t last
another two weeks.”
Jax’s face instantly turned ashen.
“I agree.”
His voice sounded like it was squeezed from deep within his chest.
A few days later, I received news of the Sterling Group’s bankruptcy.
I raised an eyebrow. Now, I just had to wait for Jax’s death.
But unexpectedly, Jax kidnapped me.
I was tied up in an abandoned warehouse.
5:26 AM
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I was tied up in an abandoned warenouse.
Jax’s hair was disheveled as he paced back and forth in front of me, his eyes wild with madness.
“Aria, I’ve done everything you asked. You’ve forgiven me, so let’s be a ghost couple.”
He stopped pacing, turned to look at me, and a strange smile twisted his lips.
“Together, for all etemity.”
I looked at his distorted expression, a chill running through me. This man was truly insane.
I tried to keep my voice calm, trying to reason with him.
“Calm down. Maybe there are other options for us.”
Jax tied us together with steel wire.
“Don’t try to buy time.”
“Your father and sister don’t care about you at all.”
“As for Julian, now that the Sterling Group has fallen, his goal is achieved, and you’re useless to him.”
“He won’t come to save you.”
This sentence struck my deepest fear.
I wanted to retort, but I opened my mouth and no sound came out.
Jax was right.
Julian and I were just partners. Now, there was no longer any need for cooperation.
Jax took out a lighter and ignited the gasoline in the warehouse.
Flames instantly spread.
“Jax!” I screamed in terror, struggling desperately to break free.
Flames licked at the floor, spreading rapidly with a whooshing sound. Waves of heat assaulted me, and smoke began to fill the warehouse.
Just then, the warehouse door was kicked open with a loud bang.
Julian Thome appeared in the doorway.
