Chapter 3 I Give You My Life

• Hendrick looked down at his blood-stained clothes, staring incredulously at Sandra. This woman really wants to kill me. If he hadn't leaned to the side, the knife would have pierced his heart. But how dare she?
• The driver in the car saw the situation and hurried to get out to intervene.
• But Hendrick coldly said, "Get lost."
• Hearing his sharp tone, the driver quickly backed away and watched from a distance.
• Hendrick grabbed Sandra's hand holding the knife, spun around, and pressed her against the hood of the car. His voice was as cold as a knife, each word pronounced clearly, "Sandra, have you really gone crazy?"
• "I am crazy. If you hate me, come at me. Why did you destroy the Cloudses? Why did you drive my mother to her death? Why couldn't you give my child a decent life? Hendrick, doesn't your conscience ache?"
• "Conscience?" Hendrick sneered sarcastically, "the Cloudses have the nerve to talk to me about conscience?"
• He pulled her closer, his tone sharp and mocking, "Sandra, your mother was just as despicable as you. She seduced my father, caused my mother to become a vegetable in a car accident, and she deserved to die."
• Before he could finish his words, Hendrick received a solid slap across his face. Although Sandra was weak, she put all her strength into that slap. She couldn't bear to hear anyone slander her mother like that. "She would never do that."
• Hendrick grabbed Sandra's neck, his eyes filled with intense hostility.
• "All harlots deserve to die. You included. That day I almost died in the fire, it was Natalie who risked her life to save me, but what about you? You were having a good time with other men."
• Sandra roared, "No, it's not true, it was Natalie who..."
• Hendrick disgustingly threw her aside, not wanting to hear her excuses.
• "Shut up, you are so malicious. Even if Natalie wants to ruin you, it's your own fault."
• Sandra, already weak, hit the wall of Nightgarden. The wounds on her arms from being bitten by a dog started to bleed again, staining her sleeve red. Her heart, already full of wounds, now, being humiliated by Hendrick, she didn't even feel the pain.
• In the past, Allison Winters and Natalie were fostered in the Cloudses. Some scum assaulted them. Allison died on the spot, and Natalie also injured her uterus, becoming infertile for life.
• Hendrick investigated and found out it was all linked to Sandra.
• At that time, he was just like now, grabbing her by the neck, questioning her, "You knew Allison saved my life, so why did you harm her?"
• No matter how she explained, Hendrick just didn't believe her. He was convinced that it was her jealousy that led her to do evil.
• Later, Hendrick also found out about the deaths of his brother and younger brother were all related to the Cloudses...
• Sandra looked at Hendrick, suddenly chuckled, then burst into tears, crying with a sorrowful and desperate voice. She covered her ears with her hands, lowered her head, and shook it desperately.
• "Yes, it's my own fault. I shouldn't have loved you, shouldn't have boldly climbed into your bed, shouldn't have married you..."
• Seeing her in this crazy state, Hendrick suddenly remembered the carefree smile on the face of the most beautiful lady in the imperial city a few years ago...
• At that time, she stood in the spotlight, loudly declaring to everyone, "I, Sandra, will only marry Hendrick."
• Back then, she was full of confidence. But now… He couldn't even remember the last time Sandra had genuinely smiled.
• Sandra looked up at him in despair, "Hendrick, I don't have the courage to love you anymore. I'll give you my life, so please give me back my mother and my daughter, okay?"
• As she spoke, she reached up and pulled out the knife from Hendrick's shoulder.
• Hendrick felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. He realized what Sandra was trying to do, but it was too late.
• He watched as the knife plunged fiercely into Sandra's abdomen, her stomach immediately drenched in blood. He saw Sandra stagger back, and instinctively pulled her into his arms, both of them now sitting on the ground.
• "Sandra..."