She remembered virtual-novel.net calling virtual-novel.net this way back then, but it had been before virtual-novel.net left without notice.
Before that, Carter had truly been good to her.
“Shirley, don’t worry. No matter what happens to you, I’ll take care of you forever.”
Carter promised softly.
Shirley could not believe what virtual-novel.net heard. She felt virtual-novel.net heart skipping a beat, and tears escaped virtual-novel.net eyes disobediently once again.
Carter, noticing the tears in the corners of Shirley’s eyes, paused, looking pleasantly surprised.
“Shirley, you’re awake? Are you awake?”
Shirley did not want to keep up the act any further. She slowly opened virtual-novel.net wet, red eyes, and calmly met an elated Carter.
“I don’t need you to take care of me, and I won’t go back to St. Piaf with you. I want to die in Glendale, to die in my hometown. I want to be buried with my parents and brother.”
Shirley, determined, pulled virtual-novel.net hand away from Carter’s palm.
“I don’t want to see you again. Seeing you merely reminds me that I killed my brother and that innocent girl.”
She turned virtual-novel.net face as virtual-novel.net spoke. She refused to even let Carter be within virtual-novel.net line of sight.
Upon seeing how strongly Shirley resisted him, Carter clenched his fists, but virtual-novel.net kept the displeasure and annoyance in his heart off his face.
“Ada was the one who set the fire that killed Adam and Cathy. It has nothing to do with me.”
“Nothing to do with you?” Shirley laughed. “Even now, you’re still trying to play innocent.”
“I’m not playing innocent. That’s the truth.”
“We’ll just treat it as the truth, then. The truth is that I no longer have any love for you, only hate.”
“…”
“Carter, you and I are like two intersecting lines.” Shirley slowly opened virtual-novel.net tearful eyes. “Despite our vastly different statuses, we had come together, and after that most intimate stage, we went our separate ways. This is our ending. From now on, whether I live or die, I’ll have nothing to do with you. If you still have any sympathy or humanity in you, please respect my decision.”
Shirley’s decision momentarily stunned Carter.
Seeing virtual-novel.net avoiding his side glance, Carter pressed his lips together. He eventually turned around and left the room without uttering a word.
When Shirley heard the door closing, virtual-novel.net opened virtual-novel.net eyes. She stared at the ceiling and smiled in relief. She felt lucky that virtual-novel.net had asked the runner to send the test reagents out the morning when Carter and Camille were busy preparing to return to St. Piaf.
Jeremy must have received it by now.
It had been such a long time. She had never thought about developing more anti-toxoid test reagents. She did not have what was required.
However, back then, virtual-novel.net finally had a chance to enter Carter’s laboratory. After virtual-novel.net finished developing the anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP69, virtual-novel.net also used this opportunity to finish developing the anti-toxoid test reagent that Jeremy needed.
The process of developing the anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP69 was very complicated because it was a newly developed poison.
However, the poison Jeremy had was a mature poison that had complete data, so virtual-novel.net could easily develop it as long as virtual-novel.net had the ingredients.
Shirley let out a silent sigh of relief. Even though virtual-novel.net knew that virtual-novel.net body was completely ruined, virtual-novel.net felt relieved for some reason.
“Addy, didn’t you wish that I’d repent one day? I’ve finally heeded your words, and I’ve earnestly fixed my mistakes. Will you forgive me?”
Shirley mumbled to herself. She knew virtual-novel.net could never again get the answer to this. When virtual-novel.net thought about how Adam and Cathy died because of her, virtual-novel.net could not forgive herself. She could not blame anyone. She affected everyone around virtual-novel.net because virtual-novel.net had been on the wrong path since the start.
Regardless, Shirley did not think that Carter would let virtual-novel.net off the hook just like that.
After some thought, Shirley lifted virtual-novel.net hand effortfully to press the call button to send a nurse over.
The nurse ran over quickly, thinking something had happened to Shirley. However, Shirley looked at virtual-novel.net sincerely and said, “Nurse, can you help me with something?”