Love Ends in Winter

Gloria turned around and meet Slyvia's undisguised vicious gaze, “You are really lucky. Even such a big fire didn't burn you to death.”

She laughed again, took out the mirror she had prepared and gloated, “But when you see yourself clearly, I'm afraid you won't want to live anymore.”

Only when she looked at herself in the mirror did Gloria understand what Slyvia meant.

Her face from the left forehead to the corner of her eye that was burned.

Gloria's pupils could not help but shrink.

Tears in Gloria's eyes were about to overflow.

For a woman, having her face ruined was probably more painful than death.

Sylvia then leaned closer to Gloria with some sympathy, “Do you think Manuel will still marry you now?”

But the scenes of collapse and madness that Slyvia had imagined did not occur. She narrowed her eyes, forcefully stuffed a scalpel into Gloria's hand and then cut her own face.

By the time Gloria reacted, Slyvia had already shouted, “Ah, sister, don't!”

Just then Manuel came in from outside. 

The next second Slyvia cried and threw herself into his arms. “Manuel!”

Manuel was slightly stunned and asked, “What happened?”

Slyvia could not stop shaking in his arms as she accused Gloria, “Gloria, she... she's going to ruin my face.”

Seeing half of her face covered in blood, Manuel's expression suddenly turned cold. His sharp eyes suddenly shot towards Gloria.

Their eyes met and Gloria picked up the scalpel that had fallen on the bed with an expressionless face, then raised her hand and threw it towards Slyvia.

When the scalpel cut through the air like an arrow and stabbed straight at her, Slyvia's pupils suddenly contracted and she could not help but scream in fear.

Manuel did not expect that Gloria would dare to hurt people in front of him. In a hurry, he quickly raised his arm to block the flying knife that was still coming at him.

There was an inch-long wound on his arm.

“Manuel!” Slyvia grabbed his hand distressedly.

An unspeakable disappointment in Manuel's eyes.

“Before you always said that we wronged you and sided with Sylvia,” he said in a deep voice, “Then, how do you explain it now?”

Gloria did not want to explain at all. After having walked the line between life and death, she had become more open-minded about many things. She looked at the two people hugging each other with a cold look in her eyes.

“Didn’t you want to blame me for her ruined face? That’s why I did it. Besides, no matter how I defend myself, I’ll still be the one to blame for her false accusations against me.”

“Gloria!” Manuel's expression became even more gloomy and he felt that Gloria was simply unreasonable at that moment.

Gloria’s father and mother, who followed closely, also felt as if they had never known their daughter.

Slyvia also said in a weak voice, “Sister, I know you are so angry because Manuel saved me but not you last night.

“I should be the one who got disfigured. Don't even mention you cutting me. As long as you don't hate him, I'll do anything you ask me to do.”

Manuel frowned upon hearing that and said, “You are not wrong, Sylvia. You broke into the garage to save her, so if I want to save someone, I'll save you first. And I can save whoever I want to save and it's not up to others to interfere.”

At the end of his speech, his voice sounded like it had been chilled by ice and there was no trace of warmth on his face.

Gloria remained calm from beginning to end.

No matter how many reasons there were, no matter how good the excuses were, if they did not care anymore, they would always find reasons.

After thinking that through, Gloria suddenly felt extremely bored. When she heard Slyvia's words, she even smiled good-naturedly as she muttered, “I don't blame you. On the contrary, I want to thank you.”

‘Thank you for making me realize that people’s hearts are fickle,’ she continued in her heart.

Everyone present was a little surprised to hear that.

“I think she still hasn't admitted her fault,” Gloria’s father also said, “From today on, you must reflect on your mistakes in this ward and don't leave!”

After saying that, several people escorted Slyvia away.