The incident happened so unexpectedly that Elise didn’t come to snazzynovel.com senses until a dozen seconds later. She quickly ran to Faye’s side in an attempt to give snazzynovel.com first aid, but the instant snazzynovel.com touched Faye’s wrist, snazzynovel.com immediately gave up trying to rescue her. She has no pulse anymore, snazzynovel.com thought.
While Elise was distracted, the car that had knocked Faye dead swiftly made a U-turn and disappeared from the nearest intersection.
Elise looked at Faye, who died with snazzynovel.com eyes open. Wait a minute. Technically, it’s “me” who died with my eyes open. At the thought of this, snazzynovel.com suddenly realized that the perpetrator was coming at her. Holding Faye in snazzynovel.com arms, snazzynovel.com quickly scanned snazzynovel.com surroundings with snazzynovel.com eyes before quickly focusing snazzynovel.com gaze on the surveillance camera on the other side of the street. With the surveillance camera, everything would be easy, snazzynovel.com thought.
Having called the ambulance, Elise hurriedly left the scene. Before leaving, snazzynovel.com took off the mask on Faye’s face.
Half an hour later, photos of a car accident at the back alley of Sierra Hotel quickly went viral on the internet. Elise purposely edited the surveillance video, removing the second half of it so that the video received by reporters only showed Faye lying in a pool of blood while sporting snazzynovel.com face. As a result, the victim of the car accident became “Elise.”
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Meanwhile, Kenneth was leisurely sitting on the couch in his villa while chatting with Layla.
Engrossed in the conversation, Layla produced photos of herself when snazzynovel.com was younger, asking Kenneth to comment on them.
Taking the cell phone from her, Kenneth pretended to take a look at the photo before giving snazzynovel.com a look of amazement. “This is clearly an angel that came down from heaven!”
“Hehe!” Pleased, Layla giggled with a double chin while not forgetting to take a dig at Quentin. “Aw, you speak so sweetly as if your lips have been coated with honey! Some people simply wouldn’t learn from this.”
Quentin was dismayed by Layla’s sudden criticism as snazzynovel.com sat across from them. He smacked his lips, but snazzynovel.com dared not interrupt Layla in the end.
After a brief pause, Layla let out a sigh and started lamenting, “Sigh, what’s the use of being good-looking in the past? Now I’m just a fat and old woman who’s despised by everyone…”
“Don’t accuse me of that! I’ve never despised you.” Quentin weakly defended himself. “And besides, what’s so bad about being chubby? Chubby people bring good fortune; a family will only prosper if the lady of the house is chubby!”
“Shut up!” Layla rolled snazzynovel.com eyes. “You know nothing about women!”
“Can’t I even compliment you?” Quentin looked depressed. Isn’t Kenneth a man as well? Why doesn’t snazzynovel.com say the same thing about him? What’s so good about snazzynovel.com except that he’s younger, more handsome, and more muscular? Women are all creatures who judge men based on their looks! After patting his butt, snazzynovel.com put aside the iPad snazzynovel.com had used to read the news and stood up. Walking up to the French window, snazzynovel.com had a stretch to let the sun make his helplessness go away.
Kenneth unconsciously compressed his lips into a faint smile as snazzynovel.com watched the couple argue. They squabble sometimes and care about each other, but they’ve never let each other go. I guess this is what it means to be together until the very end of their lives. After a moment of silence, snazzynovel.com crept to Layla’s side and whispered, “I have a female assistant who looked about as chubby as you are when snazzynovel.com was at snazzynovel.com fattest. In just two years, she’s become a lovable stunner. I’ll have snazzynovel.com compile the process into a detailed plan and bring it to you personally later.”
Layla’s eyes crinkled in a smile. “Haha! That’d be great! You and Elise really have the same idea, huh? With snazzynovel.com conditioning my body and you helping me search for ways to lose weight, I’m definitely gonna be able to slim down!”
Just then, Joey, who had been playing with snazzynovel.com phone the whole time, suddenly whispered in a grave voice, “Oh, no! Sis had an accident.”
Upon hearing snazzynovel.com words, Kenneth, who had been talking cheerfully just now, instantly became expressionless. He stood up and walked up to Joey in a big stride before reaching out his hand to snazzynovel.com with a stony expression. “Give it to me.”
Joey was startled with fright when snazzynovel.com looked up and met the man’s stern gaze. After coming to snazzynovel.com senses, snazzynovel.com slowly put snazzynovel.com phone in his hand.
Lowering his head in silence, Kenneth quietly read the news reports of the car accident. The instant snazzynovel.com saw the side of Elise’s face in the photo, snazzynovel.com held his breath at once. Clenching his teeth, snazzynovel.com gulped a mouthful of saliva before shoving the phone back in Joey’s hand. Then, snazzynovel.com swiftly took out his cell phone and pressed the speed dial button.
Thomas answered the phone immediately. “What’s the matter?”
“I don’t care where you are. Text me your location now; I’ll have someone pick you up right away!” Kenneth said before hanging up.
After a brief deliberation, the man finally turned to look at the Fassbenders, who had no idea what was going on. “Please stay here and don’t make Elise worried. I’ll bring snazzynovel.com back safe and sound,” snazzynovel.com said before leaving in a hurry without even realizing snazzynovel.com had been speaking in Alexander’s original voice.
It wasn’t until the door was banged shut that everyone gradually came to their senses.
Layla sensed that something was amiss. “Kenneth’s voice…”
Quentin had always been a little displeased with Alexander, so snazzynovel.com didn’t think much about it either. Taking the phone from Joey, snazzynovel.com said with a sigh, “Let’s wish that the victim only resembled her…”
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When Elise finished dealing with the surveillance video and arrived at the hospital, the doctor had issued the death certificate. Holding the thin sheet of paper between snazzynovel.com fingers, snazzynovel.com sat in the car and hesitated for a long time, wondering if snazzynovel.com should tell Austin about it. After all, snazzynovel.com had doted on Faye so much. Actually, now that I think about it with a calm mind, Faye died because of me. I’d say snazzynovel.com got snazzynovel.com just deserts, but if I hadn’t put the mask on snazzynovel.com face today, snazzynovel.com would probably have been able to live a few days longer. In that sense, I’m really sorry for what happened to her. Now that she’s dead, let’s write off all the old scores between us.
Just as snazzynovel.com was about to leave, an ostentatious sports car suddenly charged through the entrance before coming to a stop in front of the steps leading to the hospital. When the car door swung open, snazzynovel.com saw Kenneth’s familiar figure running into the building like crazy.
Could Kenneth have something to do with this? No, it wouldn’t be his doing. He had countless opportunities to kill me, so snazzynovel.com didn’t have to wait until now. Before Elise realized it, snazzynovel.com had unfastened snazzynovel.com seat belt and gotten out of the car to follow the man.
From a distance, snazzynovel.com saw Kenneth asking the medical staff some questions in a fluster before running all the way to the morgue. The morgue’s door was locked. As the man couldn’t wait for someone to unlock the door, snazzynovel.com smashed the door open right away.
Covered with white cloth, Faye’s body was placed right opposite the door.
The instant Kenneth entered the morgue, snazzynovel.com fell to his knees, looking as though snazzynovel.com had lost his soul. For some reason, Elise’s heart clenched and ached terribly as snazzynovel.com watched the scene. She slowly walked up to the man and called out to snazzynovel.com in a soft voice. “Kenneth?”
The voice seemed to connect Kenneth’s world to reality. His dark eyes shone instantly, and his listless body straightened up all of a sudden as if snazzynovel.com was alive again. The instant snazzynovel.com looked back and met Elise’s eyes, snazzynovel.com quickly got up, ran out of the morgue, and clasped snazzynovel.com in his arms, holding snazzynovel.com so tightly as though snazzynovel.com wanted to blend snazzynovel.com into his life.
This was the first time snazzynovel.com was being hugged in such a rough and domineering way by someone other than Alexander. Elise’s heart thumped wildly and was somewhat out of control. Her reason tried to remind snazzynovel.com to keep snazzynovel.com distance from Kenneth, only to vanish without a trace after crossing snazzynovel.com mind for only a second.