Chapter 8
Chapter 8
The next three days were the longest nightmare of Aria’s life.
She got shoved around, verbally abused, and even deliberately tripped, her knees bleeding onto the floor.
Nobody treated her wounds. Nobody gave her clean water.
She curled up in the corner, gritting her teeth and counting down the hours.
Three days, then freedom.
On the third evening, the metal door finally opened.
Alexander stood in the doorway, backlit so Aria couldn’t see his face.
As he got closer, his heart skipped slightly: “What happened?”
Aria’s clothes were so filthy you couldn’t even tell their original color. Bruises and scrapes marked her arms and knees, and dried blood clung to the corner of her mouth.
Savannah immediately clung to his arm, her voice syrupy sweet. “She’s totally hurting herself on purpose just to get your pity, ugh~”
She pouted. “Just a few days in jail, like, how bad could it be?~”
Alexander stared at Aria for a few seconds, then coldly said: “You never stop, do you?”
Aria’s mouth twitched in a ghost of a smile. She didn’t even have the energy to explain.
Back at the estate, Alexander surprisingly didn’t leave right away.
He sat on the couch and announced flatly: “Mondays and Tuesdays are yours. The rest? Savannah’s.”
Aria stood by the stairs, saying nothing.
“It’s Wednesday, so I gotta go hang with her.” He got up and grabbed his jacket. “Don’t bother me for the next few days, got it?.”
At the door, he added: “I’ll be back Monday.”
Aria looked at him and said quietly: “Okay. Goodbye.”
How ridiculous. He actually thought she’d still be here when he came back?
Alexander frowned, seemingly surprised by her response, but ultimately left without another word.
The moment the door closed, Aria’s phone buzzed.
[Miss Whitmore, your account closure process is now complete.]
Aria stared at the message, eyes growing wet, heart pounding like it might burst from her chest.
She was free.
She immediately grabbed her packed bags and walked out of the estate without looking back.
At the airport, her parents were already waiting at the gate. Her mother hugged her tight with teary eyes.
“Sweetheart, it’s all over now.”
Aria nodded, eyes equally red.
Yes, it was finally over.
Six years ago on that snowy night, Alexander had knelt at her family’s door, promising to engrave her in his soul.
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Chapter 8
Now, she was cutting him out of her life completely.
Before boarding, she took out her phone, removed the SIM card, and snapped it in half between her fingers.
“Here’s your boarding pass,” the attendant said respectfully.
Aria tossed the broken card into a trash bin, took her boarding pass, and walked toward the gate holding her parents‘ hands.
Her back was straight, her steps without hesitation.
From this day forward, Alexander Sterling was dead to her!