I Bled in Silence, You Died in Guilt

Before I could react, Yvonne screamed and fell down the stairs, only to be caught immediately in Jasper's arms.

She looked at me with fear on her face. "Please, don't push me, Hazel. If you don't like me at home, I will leave. Don't hit me, I'm scared."

That girl curled up in his arms like a frightened little animal.

I turned to Jasper. "I didn't touch her. She saw you coming and threw herself down on purpose."

However, Jasper didn't believe me. He looked at me with disappointment. "Hazel, do you think she'd risk her life just to fake something like this?"

"Acting pitiful is your game, not hers. She's not as manipulative as you."

It took me a moment to understand what he meant by "acting pitiful." I tried to stay calm, but my whole body shook angrily.

"I wasn't acting! Every scar on my body was from protecting you. How can you accuse me of faking it?"

Jasper's face stayed cold. "You have two choices: jump off the stairs yourself, or apologize to Evie."

I clenched my jaw and stared at him. "I choose neither. I will not apologize to Yvonne."

I turned to leave, but Jasper stuck out his foot just then. I didn't see it in time and tumbled down the stairs.

I screamed in pain, my bones screaming with a dislocating agony. Jasper held Yvonne in his arms and looked down at me, but his voice was strangely gentle.

"See? If you don't choose, then I'll have to choose for you. This is what you owe Evie."

I bit my lips until they bled and my teeth chattered from the pain, but Jasper walked over coldly.

Everything went black and I couldn't fight the dizziness anymore. When I finally came to, the hospital informed me that I had broken bones in my foot.

My phone vibrated. It was a call from Jasper. "Hazel, I'm taking Evie to recover from her injuries. Wait for me at the hospital."

But then, Yvonne posted a set of photos on her social media, pictures from a trip she took with Jasper.

In one photo, he was on one knee, putting a ring on her finger.

My heart clenched. I closed my eyes and dialed my parents. "Mom, Dad, I miss you. Can you come take me home?"

As soon as they heard the news, my parents were furious. "Hazel, aren't you pregnant? Is Jasper treating you badly?"

The next day, they rushed back from abroad and Jasper never came to the hospital to see me.

When I saw my parents, I couldn't control myself anymore and cried in their arms.

After explaining everything clearly, they wanted to settle accounts with Jasper, but I stopped them.

I sat in a wheelchair and went to the Sage residence one last time to take my suitcase.

Jasper, we are strangers from now on, as if dead to each other!