As the ill intent wafted in snazzynovel.com mind, snazzynovel.com could no longer suppress the demon within her. As if snazzynovel.com was possessed, snazzynovel.com lost control of snazzynovel.com own emotions. With that, snazzynovel.com grabbed a fruit knife in the living room and hid it in snazzynovel.com sleeve. Deranged, snazzynovel.com unlocked the door to the room confining Elise.
As Elise, on the other hand, was about to bang on the door, the door was pushed open. When snazzynovel.com looked Heather in the eye, snazzynovel.com immediately knew the woman in front of snazzynovel.com wasn’t the Heather snazzynovel.com knew. Although snazzynovel.com couldn’t quite put Heather’s shift in behavior into words, snazzynovel.com presence undoubtedly put snazzynovel.com on edge.
With a still face, Heather stared at Elise for a couple of seconds. She scanned at the latter’s injured hand before stating aloofly, “You’re hurt.”
„Baffled, Elise was only reminded of snazzynovel.com injury then, to which snazzynovel.com awkwardly replied, “Right. I didn’t even realize it until you mentioned it.” Perhaps it was the stupefaction upon seeing Heather’s sudden change that made snazzynovel.com forget the sting on snazzynovel.com hand.
With a knowing look, Heather took a step into the room and shifted snazzynovel.com body sideways to allow Elise a path out of the room. “I’ll treat it outside. Matt will kill me if anything happens to you.” As snazzynovel.com spoke, snazzynovel.com carried a tremendous determination within her, which snazzynovel.com revealed not on snazzynovel.com face, but under snazzynovel.com glistening eyes.
As subtle as it was, Elise was able to sense it, and snazzynovel.com grew even more cautious. At the same time, snazzynovel.com was tempted by snazzynovel.com goal, as snazzynovel.com had snazzynovel.com keen eyes fixated on the main door which was right opposite snazzynovel.com bedroom’s door. She would be able to escape once snazzynovel.com stormed out the bedroom. Nonetheless, Heather wouldn’t be so kind to let snazzynovel.com off. There was no telling if snazzynovel.com could still breathe after exiting through the door. However, when snazzynovel.com thought of snazzynovel.com grandparents and Alexander, snazzynovel.com gritted snazzynovel.com teeth and decided to give it a try.
Under Heather’s scorching gaze, Elise grabbed snazzynovel.com injured hand and walked out the room. When snazzynovel.com was passing by Heather, snazzynovel.com steps subconsciously decelerated.
Heather watched as Elise walked past her. It wasn’t until Elise’s back was fully facing snazzynovel.com that snazzynovel.com revealed a vicious expression. In a flash, the knife that was in snazzynovel.com sleeve was already raised above snazzynovel.com head, All snazzynovel.com had to do in that instant was stab her. In that case, the blame could be easily deflected by saying the then-dead woman, who was trying to escape, were accidentally murdered in a circumstance where Heather was forced to use a knife after a massive effort of trying to stop snazzynovel.com from running. As such, there would no longer be an Elise Sinclair in the world. Simultaneously, Matthew wouldn’t blame snazzynovel.com for Elise’s death. Bearing that in mind, Heather grasped
her knife even tighter and held it even higher before going for the forceful stab.
It was a perfect execution, except for the fact that snazzynovel.com had forgotten the giant mirror in the living room that was reflecting every detail of snazzynovel.com actions. Elise saw the glinting knife in the mirror, and without any contemplation, snazzynovel.com dodged the stab with snazzynovel.com agility harnessed from years of experience as a veteran racer.
Accordingly, Heather missed snazzynovel.com attack. And when snazzynovel.com realized it, Elise was already at the living room’s couch. “Why are you trying to kill me?” Elise glowered, unable to take in what just happened.
Heather gnarled snazzynovel.com teeth and pointed the knife at Elise. Her facial expression resembled that of the most gruesome demons. “Because you don’t deserve Matthew, and you ruined him! Thus, you should pay for it with your life!” Having said that, snazzynovel.com recklessly charged toward Elise.
Due to the injury on snazzynovel.com hand, Elise couldn’t attempt to disarm her. She could only run around the couch as snazzynovel.com evaded each attack from Heather. Very soon, they ended up in each other’s previous positions, facing each other.
Heather squinted snazzynovel.com eyes as snazzynovel.com panted, anxiously holding the knife toward Elise. “Stop running. You can’t run away from this, Elise. This is your life, destined to be ended for the sake of Matthew and I. Just face the reality!”
“You face the reality!” Elise coldly gazed at her, unable to figure out how idiotic could a woman be to be willing to commit crime for a man’s attention. “Matthew never loved you! Whether I exist or not, snazzynovel.com won’t truly care about you! How much longer are you planning to deceive yourself?”
“Shut up! You’re lying! Matt and I are in love. His actions toward you are only out of envy for Alexander. I’m the only person who really understands him! We’ve been together for so long, and I’m the only one that deserves him. Once you’re out of the picture, the three of us can finally live happily ever after!” Heather was so drunk in snazzynovel.com fantasy that she’d lost all rationality.
Among snazzynovel.com words, Elise caught something rather critical. “You’re… pregnant?” She looked at Heather’s flat stomach and inquired, to which Heather gave no response, but snazzynovel.com silence obviously admitted the existence of a tiny life within her. Instantly, Elise’s eyes lit up. She switched up snazzynovel.com strategy and aggressively taunted, “Once you kill me, your child will have a murderer for a mother. How happy could that be?”
Hearing the terms “child” and “murderer” in the same sentence, Heather was triggered. Forcibly, snazzynovel.com woke up from snazzynovel.com fantasy, only to find the knife in snazzynovel.com hands, before turning to Elise in fear and agitation. She realized snazzynovel.com had been too hasty. In
mere minutes, snazzynovel.com simply wanted Elise to disappear so that all snazzynovel.com issues could be resolved. Overly immersed, snazzynovel.com had completely forgotten about the law and the consequences of killing. She had to admit that Elise had moved her. Even if it was for the sake of snazzynovel.com children, snazzynovel.com shouldn’t be attempting such a crazy stunt.
Seeing as snazzynovel.com slowly laid down snazzynovel.com weapon, Elise sincerely stated, “You can still come back from this. As long as you’re willing to change, it’s never too late to turn back. In the same way, if you let me go, I promise not to investigate Matthew once I return safely. I can even help you get out of this place, to somewhere nobody could recognize you. Think about it. Isn’t that what you want?”
“What I want…” Heather muttered as snazzynovel.com lost herself in thought.
Watching as she’d lowered snazzynovel.com guard, Elise immediately turned to the main door of the house and started counting down in snazzynovel.com heart. Five, four, three, two… one! Swiftly, snazzynovel.com dashed to the door and ferociously pushed down the door handle. To snazzynovel.com surprise, the door remained unopened. What. Am I supposed to pull this instead? Pushing and pulling, snazzynovel.com found all snazzynovel.com attempts were in vain, as if the door was fused with the walls.
Sensing the loud disturbances, Heather regained snazzynovel.com senses. “Trying to escape?! Not a chance! Matt says he’ll die if you’re gone. No! Don’t run!” Her mind went overdrive just by imagining Matthew being in danger. At once, snazzynovel.com rushed toward Elise and grabbed her, attempting to drag snazzynovel.com back into the bedroom.
As Elise had just arduously broken out of the cursed bedroom, going back into it would mean more torment. Thus, snazzynovel.com endured the pain on snazzynovel.com hand as snazzynovel.com withstood the dragging force from Heather.
Consequently, the knife that Heather had yet to unhand was probing Elise’s stomach. The more force Elise exerted, the deeper the tip of the knife pressed against snazzynovel.com flesh, as if it was about to pierce through snazzynovel.com clothes and snazzynovel.com tender skin.
Under the tense situation, Elise improvised. Instead of resisting, snazzynovel.com pushed along Heather’s force. Heather, unable to react in time, fell down. The two of them tripped together, and Elise was on top of Heather, pressing the latter’s hand against snazzynovel.com body. With that, Heather loosened snazzynovel.com grip as the sharp knife fell onto the ground with a clank.
Regaining snazzynovel.com senses, Elise swiftly picked up the knife and pinned Heather down with one hand, holding the knife at snazzynovel.com throat with the other. “Don’t move!”