You Hit My Heart
Chapter 1706: Unwilling To Take Responsibility

Chapter 1706: Unwilling to Take ResponsibilityOnly he knew that after Athena was taken to the hospital, he held a gunto the doctor's head, forcing them to perform cardiopulmonaryresuscitation on Athena. After a series of resuscitation efforts, includingdefibrillation, adrenaline injections, and cardiac massage, miraculously,her heartbeat was restored. Since she couldn't breathe on her own, shewas kept on a ventilator.

Uncertain if she would survive, he didn't announce it to the public.Everyone believed Athena was dead, and he didn't bother to clarify.Who would care anyway?

For more than ten days, they fought to save her life, but eventually, thedoctors declared Athena to be in a vegetative state, uncertain if shewould ever wake up. When he received this news, it felt like his worldwas collapsing. For the first time in his life, he shed tears, right in frontof her hospital bed. Even when his mother passed away, he hadn'tcried.

Out of helplessness, he had no choice but to send Athena to the UnitedStates for the best treatment.

But that damn Luther, he took advantage of Athena, showed noresponsibility, and refused to admit anything. The thought of Luthertoying with his sister, shattering her heart, causing her to fall off a cliffand become a vegetable, enraged him. Luther didn't even feel remorse;he didn't even utter an apology.

He was furious, and from then on, he became enemies with Luther.

In the following years, he opposed Luther at every turn. Luther didn'thave any other women in his life until Joyce appeared.

Christian recalled the moment, and he turned around.

The light in the reception room was dim, so he reached out and turnedon the crystal chandelier hanging from above. The dazzling, colorfullight refracted, casting an exquisite glow on Joyce's face.

He sighed, and at first, his intention was to ruin their relationship. Heeven thought about using means to snatch Joyce away from Luther andmake Luther suffer.

As he got to know Joyce better, he became interested in her. Hegradually shifted to helping Joyce because Luther's attitude towardsher had always been ambiguous. He started to worry that Joyce wouldsuffer the same fate as Athena.

In fact, his worries were justified. When he rescued Joyce from the sea,she also fell into a coma for several months until she successfully gavebirth to her child. When Joyce woke up, he felt like his world was filledwith light.

At this moment, Joyce looked at Christian. She knew that if shereunited with Luther, it would definitely make Christian uncomfortable.That's why she hadn't contacted him for a long time.

Her sudden visit today was also an indication that she sensedsomething was wrong. Regardless of what had happened in the past,things needed closure.

Since there was such deep-seated enmity between Christian andLuther, she might as well replace a way to resolve it.

"Christian, I'm sorry for your sister's death. I imagine you've beenthrough a lot of pain these years. However, I would like to ask, how doyou know that Luther violated your sister's innocence? Did you witnessit with your own eyes?" She paused, "I apologize if I'm being offensive.I understand that bringing up past events opens old wounds. I just wanta clear understanding of the situation.”

Christian walked back to the sofa and sat down next to Joyce. Helooked deeply into her eyes. "I know you don't have ill intentions. Iunderstand you. You replace it hard to believe that Luther would dosomething so cruel, am I right?"

Joyce shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

She valued facts more than beliefs. Karl had taught her that. Christian'swords raised many doubts and lacked strong logic. She couldn't helpbut be skeptical.

Christian thought for a moment. "On the day we went camping in themountains, Athena arrived later. I originally planned for everyone tohave a picnic together, so they could meet and say goodbye. Then Iwould send Athena back down the mountain. After saying goodbye, Ihad already made arrangements to send Athena to study abroad inRohomes. However, I forgot to bring my communication device, so Iwent down the mountain alone to get it. When I returned to the top ofthe mountain, I heard Athena's desperate cries. When I arrived at thecamp tent, I found Athena lying on the mat inside the tent. Her clotheswere in disarray, her long hair was messy, and there were bloodstainson her dress..."

Christian seemed unable to continue at this point.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his pain. "Il interrogated Athenaabout what had happened. At first, she didn't want to say anything. Shejust cried until she finally admitted that she had a relationship withLuther. Afterward, Luther said she was boring, just a one-time thing,and he didn't want to take responsibility. I was furious and rushed toconfronthim on the mountaintop. But he flatly denied everything andeven claimed that Athena was putting on a show! What was even moreinfuriating was that Felix, who hadn't witnessed the whole incident,spoke up for Luther and denied it alongside him. I didn't realize thatAthena had secretly followed me to the mountaintop. She heard ourargument, heard Luther deny his actions with his own mouth. She washeartbroken. I remember she held a fruit knife, standing at the edge ofthe cliff, crying and begging Luther to admit, to not abandon her, to notignore her. Since he had taken her, she asked him to takeresponsibility. I had never seen Athena in such a lowly state in my life.She was always a proud person. At that moment, she was begging,even kneeling down. Even I couldn't bear it. I even thought that ifLuther agreed, I wouldn't stop them anymore. After all, I didn't want mysister to suffer. Even though it pained me, what meaning was there inher miserable existence?"

At this point, Christian suddenly became furious, and a dark shadowcovered his eyes. "But Athena, she went to such extreme measures toprove that everything she said was true. She said, “If only I die, it willprove that I'm telling the truth. Let me die. I only hope you willremember me forever, remember this day.’ Do you know what Luthersaid?"

"What did he say?" Joyce squinted and asked.

Christian raised his voice sharply, "Ha, he actually said, “Whether youlive or die, what does it have to do with me?" It was Luther's heartlesswords that eventually drove Athena to jump off the cliff. I neverexpected Athena to be so resolute, and I couldn't grab hold of her intime. I could only watch her frail figure disappear before my eyes."

As Joyce listened, her brow twitched slightly. She picked up the tea cupin front of her and took another sip, moistening her parched throat.Then, she spoke in a pleasant voice, "Christian, after your sister'spassing, did Luther and Felix ever admit what happened back then?"Christian looked at Joyce and shook his head. "That's what made meeven angrier!"