The Woman From Hell
Chapter 709

Chapter 709

I recognized the scar because I was the one who gave i t to him.

"After you were discharged from the hospital that time, I brought you to the house I prepared foryou. You were in a terrible state at the time and would often hallucinate. If no one called you, youwould sit alone in front of the window, daydreaming all day. I knew you wanted to die, so I sealed allthe windows before you moved in. When your illness struck and you couldn't open the windows, youwent to search for a knife in the kitchen. Do you know why I was able to show up on time? It'sbecause I installed a surveillance camera in every corner and watched you the whole night withoutsleeping. When I saw you searching for a knife at midnight, my heart nearly stopped in shock. I triedto snatch the knife from you and you started waving both hands. I did not care if the knife was goingto cut me and snatched the knife away from you. The sight of blood brought you back to yoursenses and you broke down and cried. You caught a high fever overnight and grabbed my handwhile apologizing profusely. But how could I possibly blame you? I'll never blame you."

He spoke in an indifferent tone, and his countenance was calm. My chest, however, was in a lot ofpain. So

much time had passed that I almost forgot what had happened back then.

He smiled slightly. "Later, you woke up, and I ordered for all the knives and tools to be kept away. Ithought that you would stop harming yourself when these items were no longer lying around, butyou would still bang your head on the wall. I was still too afraid to sleep at night."

Those days were too hard to get by. One would always choose to forget the most painful memories.

He mentioned it in detail, and my heart ached vaguely yet I could not say a word.

I pulled my hand back and opened my mouth to say thank you. However, it just felt so shallow that Ichose to remain silent instead.

He smiled slightly. It was hard to read his emotions, but they contained a hint of viciousness. "Youstarted getting better day by day. I thought you won’t have anymore feelings for Theo and wouldn’treturn to his side after how deeply he hurt you. But I was surprised you chose to forgive him in theend."

He said in a self-deprecating manner, and his smile was sarcastic. "Tell me, were mycompanionship and protection all for naught?"

I had no words to retort, so I pursed my lips speechlessly.

He sneered. "I don’t want to hurt you, Wanda, but the night my parents passed away one afteranother, do you know how much I struggled at night? I couldn't sleep at all. All I saw when I closedmy eyes was my parents before they died. I wished you were by my side at the time. If you could'veaccompanied me through those difficult nights, I thought it could at least be less painful. But it wasall just wishful thinking. You only had eyes for Theo."

I felt suffocated and wanted to apologize, but my apology just seemed too weak.

Matthew smirked. "Wanda, the love I once had for you has now been replaced by hatred."

This was his truest and bluntest thought.

All feelings should be mutual.

If one enjoyed the goodness of others without getting anything else in return, then the unease inone's heart would accompany one for a lifetime.

I might just end up feeling guilty toward Matthew for the rest of my life.

When he pulled me out of hell yet sank into hell himself, I chose to stand on the sidelines. It wasonly right for him to hate and resent me.

After Matthew left, I sat dazedly on the bed for two hours. When it was nearly time for Munchkin toget off school, I went to the kindergarten. However, when almost all of the kids had left, I still did notsee Munchkin. I was on tenterhooks. After approaching his teacher, I learned that he was picked upa long time ago by Keith.

Without thinking, I knew that Theo had ordered him t o do so.

I did not go to the villa to pick Munchkin up but went back to the hotel instead.

I lay on the bed at night but could not fall asleep no matter what.

Perhaps anyone in this world could criticize Matthew but not me.

I had to take full responsibility for what had become o f him today.