But the bodyguards were having none of it. Judith’s palms were already turning red from slapping them
in protest. “No! Don’t you dare! Dylan, come save me!” No matter how much she screamed, there was
no sign of Dylan anywhere on the boat. As the cage began its descent toward the river’s murky depths,
she finally shouted at the top of her lungs, “Tell Dylan if he gets me killed, Augus is never waking up,
and it’s no heart attack, I poisoned him! I went there to feed him the poison, to end Augus for good. Too
bad Beck got in my way. Only a drop got in, but even that’s enough to keep Augus asleep for life!” The
bodyguards’ faces turned ashen when they heard her words. They had been on speakerphone the
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtwhole time, and everything Judith was saying was being heard by Dylan. Dylan’s phone lay next to him
while he was trying to drown his sorrows in a bottle of hard liquor, trying desperately to get drunk, but
ironically, only sobering up more. He vividly remembered how he had forced the poison down Maja’s
throat to mute her, how he had slapped her. Those shattered memories were now flashing through his
mind, tormenting him. Now hearing Judith’s words, any last bit of sympathy vanished. He gripped his
phone with a dark tone in his voice. “What did you say?” The bodyguard hurriedly held the phone up to
Judith. Judith was fearless now. She was going to be drowned anyway. Nothing she did could make
Dylan hate her more. All she wanted now was to save her own life. “Huh, didn’t catch that, Dylan? It’s a
special concoction I got from a secret society, strong enough to keep Augus out for good. Ever wonder
why he’s been asleep for so long if it was just a panic attack? I’m telling you, I’m the only one who
knows where the antidote is. If you kill me, Augus is as good as a vegetable!” Dylan had always
thought Judith was kind-hearted, spoiled, perhaps, but not beyond saving. But now, he saw just how
blind he had been. His father had never deprived Judith of anything, raising her in luxury, and this was
how she repaid him. “Judith, I can’t believe you’d do this.” Judith felt a pang, but it wasn’t remorse. It
was spite. How could Dylan not be on her side? Hadn’t he promised to protect her for
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life? “I’m capable of anything! Blame it on Maja, if she’d never come back, how great that would have
been. If she wasn’t your real sister, we all would’ve been fine. It’s all because of Maja. She ruined me
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completely!” Dylan was annoyed. As the heir to the Sanders family and well-acquainted with the ways
of the North American elite, he was all too aware of how ugly human nature could be. But with Judith,
all that paled in comparison. He clenched his phone tightly, taking a long time before asking, “Where’s
the antidote?” “Bring me back to the villa first, then I’ll tell you.” A chill flickered in Dylan’s eyes as he
ordered the bodyguards, “Take her back.” Judith breathed a sigh of relief. Her life was spared. But what
she didn’t know was that sometimes, living can be more painful than death. And Dylan, having written
her off completely, could be ruthlessly efficient in his methods, enough to drive someone to despair. For
now, Judith was relieved to be alive, but in a few days, she would be begging for death. She was
unaware of Dylan’s cunning, still believing he was her gentle brother who had always been kind to her.