Chapter 963
She was ready to burn her bridges, because she'd long since lost her will to live.
Even though she knew Elvis was waiting for her, she didn't want to continue. He deserved someone better. She couldn't hold him back.
Sunny was just a dark flower, sprouted from the soil of her own despair, nurtured in a greenhouse of sin. Before she withered away, her only wish was to drag Harvey down with her into the abyss!
"Elsie... I treated you so well... and you betray me... you've been deceiving me all along!"
In that moment, Harvey's eyes were wild, his face a mask of fury and madness, crying and laughing as if possessed, "Fine then... if that's how it is, let's end it all!
You did all this just to be with Elvis, to be star-crossed lovers. Hah... but you'll never get your wish in this lifetime!"
Harvey's grip tightened around Elsie's neck, slowly backing towards the edge of the rooftop.
Finally, his cold, damp kiss landed on Elsie's pale cheek, mixed with a bitter tear, "Ellie... if we can't be together in life, then let's be together in death, in another world."
The next second, Elsie's heart clenched painfully, her body felt weightless as she began to fall backward!
"Ellie!"
Elvis roared, his tall figure dashing towards Elsie like a shooting star!
Meanwhile, from the rooftop of the church.
Whoosh-!
A flash of blinding light, followed by the sharp sound of slicing air, rushed towards them from a hundred meters away!
Just as Elsie was about to be dragged down by the malicious Harvey, she heard a crisp crack overhead, like an egg smashing against a rock.
Her breath caught in her throat, her heart racing with fear!
The air seemed to freeze, and Elvis saw-
A bullet had opened a gruesome hole right in the center of Harvey's forehead.
He stared, mouth agape, his face twisted in shock and pain, as he fell backward.
Elsie closed her eyes tightly, bracing for death.
But, what she found instead was a deep, searing embrace.
As Harvey fell, Elvis managed to grab Elsie's arm, pulling her into his arms with anoveldrama
roar.
He bent over her, his broad body curling around her, offering his warmth as a shield, wishing he could embed her deep within his flesh.
"Ellie... it's okay now, it's all right," Elvis whispered, trembling with aftershock. Tears flowed, hearts raced, breaths heaved...
His body was in chaos, yet his embrace was as solid as rock, unbreakable.
Elsie, dressed in a white wedding gown, collapsed into his arms, desperately trying to reciprocate his embrace, but her arms felt like they were filled with lead, too heavy to lift.
"Thank God... thank God!"
Aaron Ashbourne let out a long sigh, his heart nearly leaping out of his chest, "I swear, this is the most terrifying crime scene I've been involved in, in three years. Old detectives say this happens all the time, but I'm about to get a heart attack from the shock!"
"He's a sharpshooter, if not for his help from the shadows, we couldn't imagine the outcome."
Cassius Ashbourne looked towards the church, filled with relief, "Our Ashbourne family men, they don't compare to him."
Harvey, with his eyes wide open in death, was a ghastly sight.
The police covered his body with a white cloth and took him away for further investigation.
Thaddeus Abernathy, the sniper hidden on the church's rooftop, had completed his difficult mission. Packing up his rifle, his deep eyes calm and composed, he quietly retreated, leaving his mark on the event.
Like the wind, like the clouds, deep, quiet, yet making the most impactful
statement.
...
Due to the immense shock, Elsie's body showed signs of trauma.
In the ambulance, she was wrapped in Elvis's arms, held tightly against him.
The man's eyes were swollen, his breathing labored, like a beautiful statue, holding her in an embrace without moving.
Two wildly beating hearts, close together, resonating.
Composing a melody meant to entangle for a lifetime.
"Are you... okay?" After a while, Elsie slowly lifted her pale face, asking softly.
Elvis looked down into her clear, black eyes, opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
He held her, like an old man weary of life, slowly raising his hand-
First pointing at his own chest, then raising his thumb, while his other hand's fingers came together, touching the back of the thumb.
Lastly, his fingertips trembled as they pointed towards her heart.
Elsie's heart was enveloped in warmth, and a sweet smile formed on her lips. Her delicate, soft hand caressed his rough palm, her eyes glistening with tears as she smiled:
"I love you too."
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