Filed to story: I Got Married Without You
Ryan focused on Stella’s slender figure and sighed softly, “He wanted to protect you, so it doesn’t really matter who did it…”
Even if Erin had staged it to look like a suicide, no matter how convincing it was, Ryan couldn’t be fooled. It must have been Erin being too violent, forcing Stella to pull the trigger. But because his love for Stella was so intense, Erin couldn’t bear to let her take even a shred of responsibility, which is why he staged it as a suicide before his death.
Ryan pondered for a long time, and if he were in Erin’s shoes, he would have done the same. Some people’s love is obsessive, willing to give everything, even their lives…
But this ending brought relief to the departed, yet not necessarily to the living, especially to the person who pulled the trigger and killed him. So who can really say who won or lost in this years-long love-hate entanglement?
Ryan wouldn’t blame Stella because she was the person his friend wanted to protect. He would honor his friend’s last wish. But Stella would blame herself, after all, she had killed someone. Whether it was guil or fear, these emotions would torment her.
And it was true, when the sound of sirens came from downstairs, Stella’s fingers involuntarily tightened. She wanted to embrace the person she had once loved before the police arrived, but she never found the courage.
Until the police came upstairs, rushing towards her and pulling her up, she looked into Erin’s fading figure and felt a sudden pang in her heart.
She knew the police would take away his body, and from then on, she would never see Erin again…
With an unknown surge of strength, she broke free from the police’s grasp and rushed towards Erin, falling to her knees and embracing his stiff body…
She held him, burying her head in the crook of his neck, just like she used to, but she couldn’t feel his warmth anymore, only cold skin and rigidity…
At that moment, Stella finally realized that Erin was truly gone, never to return. The man who said he loved her and hurt her was really dead… Her tears fell like flowing water, “Erin, I’m sorry…”
She turned her head and gently kissed Erin’s pale cheek, then raised her hand and touched the brows and eyes that were deeply imprinted in her heart…
As she touched his tightly closed eyes, Stella remembered that whether it was when they were young or grown up, those eyes always held complex emotions when they looked at her…
There was hatred, dislike, and a hint of pity. Beneath that pity, there was probably love. She didn’t know how conflicted he must have been at the time. After all, he despised her so much, yet he also loved her. How agonizing it must have been for him…
Stella was hesitant to let go, as she delicately caressed his face, but the police urged and pulled her away, forcefully removing her from the scene…
In her line of sight, Erin, sitting by the window, bathed in sunlight, gradually receded. Slowly, he merged with the light until nothing could be seen…
Stella was dragged downstairs and stood there, stunned and unsure. Andrey walked towards her and said, “Stella…”
Seeing her distraught appearance, Andrey thought she was scared and quickly patted her shoulder. “Don’t be afraid, Erin is dead. No one will bother you anymore.” Stella suppressed her sadness and smiled, a smile that was both relieved and bitter. “Yes, he’s dead. No one will bother me anymore. It’s really good.”
Andrey didn’t notice her emotions and thought she was genuinely happy. He turned around and pointed in the distance.
“Rosalyn and Eva are waiting for you over there…”
Following Andrey’s pointing finger, Stella saw Rosalyn and Eva standing under the ship, waiting for her from afar.
As if sensing her presence, Rosalyn and Eva hurriedly walked towards her, almost running, and embraced her.
Feeling a hint of warmth, Stella also hugged them back. But for some reason, even with their support, Stella’s heart felt like it was being entangled by vines, sinking slowly, suffocating her with a suppressive feeling…
She didn’t say anything, just rested her chin on Rosalyn’s shoulder and didn’t even dare to look back as Erin’s body was carried down and put into the hearse…
Rosalyn raised her fair hand and gently stroked Stella’s back. When she saw Stella rush out of the hospital room, she knew Stella felt guilty towards Erin and had some indescribable emotions…
This emotion might come from killing someone she once loved with her own hands, or from the sudden death of someone who had been a constant presence for years, or maybe…
Did Stella still love Erin? Only she knew the answer, and even Rosalyn, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn’t discern it clearly…
After comforting Stella, Rosalyn released her and planned to take her on board. However, as she looked up, she saw Zoey pushing Ryan out of the villa’s gate…
Rosalyn was momentarily surprised, but then remembered that Ryan was Erin’s close friend. It wasn’t surprising that he would find out about what happened and appear here.
Zoey tried to pass by Rosalyn while pushing Ryan, but he raised his hand to stop her. He greeted her politely and distantly, like seeing a relative.
He greeted Eva first and then nodded to her, maintaining a perfect sense of propriety without crossing any boundaries.
Rosalyn also nodded and called him “Sir”.
He didn’t say anything more and just gave some instructions for Rosalyn and Eva to take care of themselves. Rosalyn replied, telling him to take care of his leg, and he responded with an “okay” before letting Zoey push him away…
Eva, worried about Ryan who had just lost a good friend, quickly followed them.
Seeing Eva comforting Ryan as they walked, Rosalyn felt relieved. With Eva by her side, Ryan would feel better.
She watched Ryan board the ship and then held onto Eva’s hand, returning to Andrew’ ship. Before boarding, Andrew came out of the cabin and bent down to hold Rosalyn’s hand, leading her onto the ship… Ryan, standing on the other ship, saw Rosalyn boarding and naturally linked arms with Andrew. He tilted his chin up and whispered something in Andrew’ car, but Ryan couldn’t hear it. He only felt that this couple was harmonious and deeply in love.
After all, that tall man would rather stoop down to match his wife’s height than let her stand on tiptoes.
Even after his wife finished speaking, he still didn’t straighten up. He just raised his slender fingers and gently ruffled her hair, as if comforting her and telling her not to worry.
It was just a simple and subtle gesture, but Ryan’s eyes gradually turned red. It turned out that seeing the girl he once loved fall in love with another man was even more painful than not being able to have her…
Ryan’s lips curled into a faint smile, and in that gentle smile, a sense of relief slowly appeared. The woman he loved had found someone who loved her just as much, and that was a kind of happiness. Rather than holding on, it was better to bless her. As long as she was happy, it was enough…
After the local police sealed off the scene and investigated the cause of the shooting, they concluded that Erin had committed suicide out of fear. They contacted the domestic police, who had already closed the previous case, and left it to the local police to handle. The local police took the body to the crematorium and cremated it on the spot.
As Stella watched Erin’s body suddenly sit up in the cremation furnace due to a neural reflex, she suddenly wished it was real…
But as a doctor, she knew that after a person dies, their muscles do not completely die for about three days. When the muscle tissue feels the burning pain, there will be a nerve reflex. Erin sitting up in the cremation furnace was just a reaction caused by the pain in his muscles. Erin was dead and would never come back…
And his protection of her before he died saved her from being implicated, while he himself was labeled a rapist and an illegal thug…
After death, he didn’t get a good reputation. He was removed from the family tree by Thomas, and the Simpson family never called anyone Erin again, just to save face. He still came overseas to pick up Erin’s ashes…
Accompanying Thomas were Karen and her child, who was only seven years old and looked small, but had a shrewd look in his eyes…
When Stella handed the urn containing Erin’s ashes to Mike, he only took it briefly and then disdainfully threw it to the servant behind him, without even looking at it again.
This was the urn that should have been cherished by Mike as Erin’s younger brother, but he was so cold-blooded and indifferent that he didn’t even want to bring it back to the country.
Stella had nothing to say about that. She had killed the person, so how could she expect a seven-year-old child to have a good impression of Erin? After all, Erin hadn’t treated this child well either… But why did Karen’s mouth curl into a smile when she touched Erin’s urn?
She was the one who had driven Erin’s mother to her death and ruined Erin’s life, so why was she able to smile?
When Stella was young, Karen treated her very well. She would often say in her ear, “Stella, your brother Erin is a very well-behaved child. You should get along with him, care for him, and be kind to him. Don’t make him angry…”
Thinking that her aunt was so good to her, Stella made sure to heed her words and tried to please and get close to Erin…
When she was naive and ignorant, Karen would whisper in her ear, “Stella, look, your brother Erin is getting more and more A handsome as he grows up. If you can win his favor and marry him in the future, you can live with your aunt forever…”
At that time, Stella had already developed feelings for Erin, and her face turned red. Karen asked, “Stella, do you like Erin?”
Stella, with her secret teenage crush, of course wouldn’t admit it, so she immediately shook her head in denial. Karen saw this and just smiled without saying anything…
