Chapter 2036

After pausing, Aurum softened his tone. "I'm not here to argue with you, Shawn. You want to protect Gale, and so do I. If you can't, then let me. I've done a lot of things I shouldn't have, and I know I was wrong." "But, Gale doesn't know the truth. Let's keep her in the dark. Otherwise, with your illness and my despicable actions, how could she bear all of it?" Shawn lifted his chin. "Aurum, listen. The reason I haven't given the evidence to Gale yet isn't because of my illness. It's because you have those photos of Ivy. Understand?" Aurum hadn't expected that Shawn still intended to give the evidence to Gale. "Shawn, you're dying, and you still want to expose me in front of Gale, making her hate me?" "If she hates you, it's your own doing, you deserve it!" Shawn's stance didn't waver. In fact, he loathed Aurum's hypocriticism even more. "Fine, Shawn, have you considered that if you tell Gale everything I've done, she'll distance herself from me? After you're gone, if somethi