Twisted Ties of Love

Chapter 295

Without a bodyguard at her side, Kaley was surrounded by journalists. Forced to back away awkwardly while holding up her gown, she unintentionally moved closer to the pool. Someone shoved her, and she fell back into the water. The coldness of the winter seeped into her skin, bone- chillingly cold. Cold water flooded her mouth and nostrils, and the immediate suffocation was heart- wrenching. For a second, Kaley thought she was going to drown alive.

She flailed her arms, struggling in the water. Her face, once delicately made up, was now pale as a sheet. She opened her mouth pleading for help, "Help... I can't swim... Save me..."

Watching this scene, Brett clenched his fists so hard that blood spilled from the corners of his mouth, but he felt nothing. He loathed himself for not noticing something as crucial as Kaley's inability to swim.

As he thought back on everything that had happened over the past nine years, it was indeed as Izabella had said, they were a joke from the start. When he first saw Izabella nine years ago at a banquet, she wore a red dress and held a violin, confidently approaching the stage. The spotlight shone on her, yet she outshone the light, so proud that one couldn't look away.

Now, nine years had flashed by. Izabella had lost everything. Her home was broken, her family gone, and she was wounded all over, like a hedgehog stripped of its spines.

Brett had despised Izabella's pride, so after their marriage, he treated her as a plaything. He had handed Izabella over to the kidnappers to save Kaley, resulting in Izabella's hands being crippled and her body being scarred to this day. His continual abuse had eventually left the once proud woman, who had only eyes for him, devoid of all self-confidence and radiance.

Every time he thought of Izabella sitting in a wheelchair, suffering from stomach cancer pain every moment, Brett's felt like his heart was being squeezed by a massive hand. He didn't blame anyone.

Kaley had merely deceived him, but the only person who never believed Izabella from the start was himself.

Nathaniel watched Brett's remorseful demeanor, his laughter growing louder. He smirked, "Brett, I remind you, don't turn off the big screen."

Brett didn't answer. Watching Nathaniel turn around, he blurted out, "Why do you have these videos? And... Do you know who saved me back then?" His heart was slowly gravitating towards an answer, but he didn't dare to delve into it. He was afraid that knowing the truth would completely break him.

Nathaniel snorted, "I know, but I won't tell you." Regarding Brett being rescued from drowning, Izabella had informed him through a nurse two weeks ago. He knew that the person who saved Brett wasn't Kaley, and who actually saved him could be inferred with a bit of thought...

An unusual pain in his chest returned, and Nathaniel's smile suddenly turned bitter. Izabella was indeed foolish, the most foolish woman he had ever met, for risking her life for a man.

"You actually know the truths better than anyone else." Looking at the pale-faced Brett, Nathaniel's cold face revealed a hint of mockery. "Brett, I'm glad to see you in trouble again. People like you deserve to be alone for life. You don't even qualify to beg her for forgiveness." Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

"I've returned the favor Izabella asked me to deliver, and double at that. Also, I wish you and Kaley have your first child soon," he said, the irony dripping from his words.

Years ago, Kaley had a car accident, which resulted in uterine damage and she couldn't get pregnant. Izabella had been pregnant twice, but eventually even her uterus was removed.

Nathaniel hung up the phone and turned to leave with his subordinates.

Brett’s eyes were crimson, staring gloomily at Nathaniel's retreating figure.

From the moment Izabella made that seemingly "inexplicable" phone call, Brett felt uneasy. Now, his emotions were complex, anxious, regretful, and fearful...

Outside, the cold wind mixed with snow. The heater was on in the hall, but Brett still felt cold. Sweat started to ooze out from his forehead and back.

He didn't understand what Nathaniel said before he left, and he didn't want to delve into it. He had made many mistakes in his life, but they were all in the past.

Since the damage had been done and could not be undone, it would be better to use the rest of his life to compensate Izabella.

He would make Kaley pay the price, but before that, he would take her to the hospital to draw blood. Three more months... until Izabella's stomach gets better...

Brett ordered his subordinates to clean up the scene. As he was about to leave, the large screen suddenly made a "crack" sound. When everyone thought the power was out, the screen lit up again and connected to a surveillance video.

In the video, the sky was filled with red flames, blending with the falling snow.

"Is this video CGI or real? Why does it look familiar to me?"

"Where is the fire? Why is it so big?"

"It looks like there's someone trapped inside, they are going to be burned alive."

"Quickly, call the police..."

Someone had already taken out their phone in panic, but it was too late...

There was a loud "boom" in the video, and the room that appeared in the video instantly turned into ruins!

The whole room suddenly fell silent, and Brett stared blankly at the big screen.

In the video, a villa was engulfed by soaring flames. Izabella, whose legs he had broken, was there.

A great fear seeped into his soul, and he felt like he had been thrown into the dark abyss of the sea, his body swaying.

Izabella, Izabella...

Brett felt as if he was in another time and space, everything happening in front of him became surreal.

His eyes blinked blankly, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

What was playing on the big screen just now? Why did he see Izabella in the fire? Was it a hallucination, or did Nathaniel arrange for someone to create special effects?

The phone he had been clenching in his hand suddenly rang, and Brett stiffly raised his hand to look at the caller ID on the screen.

—Katie.

Right, as long as he answered Katie's call, the "illusion" in front of him would disappear. There was no fire at home, and Izabella would be fine.

She was just like before, obediently sitting in her wheelchair waiting for him to come home, right... She said she had a gift for him, he hadn't received the gift yet, how could she be dead?

Brett slowly and stiffly answered the phone. Katie's sobbing cry came from the phone, and her intermittent words came out.

Although he could hear every word clearly, when these words were combined into sentences, Brett just couldn't understand.

What did she mean? The villa caught fire, Izabella was burned to death, buried under the ruins?