Chapter 50

50 AVOID DEATH

The hardest battle is between what you know in your head and what you feel in your heart.

-Unknown-

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Lise didn’t know how long she could handle this madness. She didn’t think she could put up with Gael’s craziness any longer.

He was completely insane!

“Gael...” Lise touched his face. “You can kill me now, just kill me and end this misery...”

At first, there was no reaction from Gael, but then he retrieved his hands from her face and stared at her, as if she just grew another head.

“I will not have a conversation about this crap,” Gael grunted, he bent down and lifted Lise in his arms. If she refused to walk, then he would carry her back inside.

She had had enough walking this evening and Gael wouldn’t let her stress her body too much.

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“Stay still,” Gael said sternly as he carried her to their bedroom on the second floor, while Lise could only rest her head against his shoulder, crying silently.

Her mood was a mess during this pregnancy. Not to mention the stress and desperation that Gael put her through. He thought he was doing the best for her and their baby, but what he didn’t know was; he only hurt her even further.

Lise kept silent until they were in their bedroom and Gael put her down on the bed and covered her with a warm blanket, as he proceeded to kiss her forehead.

“I will return with something for you to eat,” Gael said gently and then walked out of the room.

However, before he could exit, he caught Lise jumping out of the bed from the corner of his eyes. She dashed toward the table, and picked something from there.

“What...” Gael didn’t have a chance to finish his line when he saw Lise pointing a knife at her own neck with the sharp end almost digging into her skin.

“I don’t want to live like this with you. I have had enough of you.” Lise was no longer crying, her eyes were empty and she looked like someone, who had lost all hope and would simply end her own misery.

On the other hand, Gael’s eyes hardened when he watched how Lise’s neck started to bleed. His blood froze and he was too afraid to move a single finger.

Yet, when Gael began speaking, miraculously, his voice sounded nonchalant and steady.

“You want to kill yourself?” he asked. “Do it.” His mind went blank when he spoke these words, but he gave in to his instinct to handle this situation. “Kill yourself and I will kill your entire family. Your father, your stepmother, your stepsister and the man...”

Gael clenched his jaw tightly when he mentioned the man and watched how Lise’s eyes shifted. She was indeed worried about her family, especially since she was close to her stepsister, but at the mention of that man, Gael could visibly see how her grip on the knife handle loosened.

Something burned his blood. Was it anger? Jealousy?

“Do it.” He provoked her to continue her action, knowing that some senses and realization had returned to her. Lise knew exactly what Gael would do and that he was more than capable to accomplish it. “Kill yourself and our baby and I will shred them to pieces.”

Gael walked closer to her, after he was sure that she wouldn’t suddenly lose her mind again.

“I will torture them and give them the worse death that they would have ever imagined.”

Gael stood in front of Lise and saw agony in those beautiful eyes. She was no longer crying, but the pain was so raw for him to understand how much he had hurt her.

“Or live, and you will save their lives.”

Gael extended his hand and took the knife away from her, he grabbed the blade so tightly until his hand bled, yet he didn’t winch at all, so did Lise.

No one knew since when she stopped being scared of the sight of blood, but Lise looked at Gael’s injured hand with a blank expression, even when the blood dripped onto her shoulder and she could feel the warm liquid soaking her clothes, she didn’t flinch.

“One day, I will kill you.” That sounded like an oath, rather than a threat.

However, Gael simply leaned over and kissed her lips briefly, while saying, “I prefer that. Live and try to find a way to kill me.”

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“What happened to your hand?” Blue asked when Gael appeared all of a sudden inside her bedroom with a bleeding hand.

The smell of blood was the first thing that the little girl noticed before she saw him.

Gael dropped to the floor and leaned his back against the wall behind him. He had asked someone to look after Lise and deliver her some food.

However, he couldn’t stay there any longer or had time to make a trip back to this manor, thus he chose to teleport himself here.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Playing with a knife,” he said, his voice trembling. No. His entire body was trembling. He closed his eyes and the sight of Lise holding the knife against her neck was so terrifying, hence he snapped open his eyes again.

“You are a fool, even a little child knows not to play with a knife.” Blue frowned, she was trying to finish her homework, but the smell of blood was too strong. “You can appear inside your room, why must you come to mine?”

“I don’t want to be alone,” Gael said truthfully. He didn’t want to be buried in his own fear. He didn’t know that he could be so scared at the thought that he almost lost her.

This was bad. He knew where this feeling would lead him.

“You are trembling.”

“Am I?”

“Yes.” Blue then came closer and sat down beside him. She glanced at the blood that stained the floor. “What happened?”

“I think I just managed to escape death.” He laughed. “Damn.”

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