Chapter 436

"I know, I shouldn't have come to you, but you've cornered me. I had no choice but to seek you out," Aurora's voice trembled. "So, you're clinging to me now?" "You gave me hope, only to destroy it with your own hands, Mr. Hasting. I just want to live. But you've made it so I can't. Everything I've done—it's all because I had no choice." "Are you trying to use your death to threaten me?" Aurora bit her lips hard, her fists clenched tightly. A bitter sigh escaped her lips. "As long as you don't blacklist me, as long as you stop making my life miserable, I won't think about dying. No one wants to die; everyone wants to live. But I have nowhere else to turn." Tears rolled off her face, staining the bedcovers with darkened spots. She sat there, bare-faced and pale, her lips cracked, and her wrists wrapped tightly in thick gauze. "I've given you more than one chance, and you didn't cherish them. What's the point of saying all this now?" Samuel said, his tone finally showing the faintes