A Lifetime With You

Chapter 78

Damien’s mood soured when Selden was mentioned. But he did not interrupt her.

“Though I was quite good at sports, somehow I failed to evade that one particular basketball.” “What basketball?”

“A cursed one.”

Damien could not understand what she was saying. As far as he remembered, basketball was not his usual choice of sport. It was boring as no one could beat his skills.

Yet, Damien forgot he used to save a girl from being hit by a ball once. “You only recognized me during college but the truth is, I have been watching you since high school.” “Really?”

“I had a crush on you for a long time, a pretty… long time.” Ava confessed. She felt her heart was beating so fast it hurt. From him being her crush until their marriage, Ava never confessed her feelings. Ava thought that as long as she put enough effort, Damien would eventually be the one to say it first.

But never did she get it… She decided to be the one to confess first. Damien stunned for a few minutes before answering in a fiat tone, “I know.”

“No, you don’t. I’ve liked you long before you knew my existence.” Ava inched closer to Damien.

He stiffened and remained motionless. “leven struggled to improve my grades from beyond the hundredth place to top three in the class just to attend the same college as you! I bet you didn’t even notice that my name was merely below

yours!”

It was said that people acted weird when death was approaching and Ava felt herself being insane now.

But life was boring without a little madness… She was afraid of losing the courage for confession. “Damien, you never know how much effort I poured just to get closer to you. Not to say that you have been ignoring me blatantly all this while.” Damien snorted, “Then it looks like you’ve been oblivious about one thing too.”

“What is that?” Ava asked.

Damien leaned down and whispered in her ear, “I’m not telling you.” “We’re about to die and you’re still not being honest?” “No. We will survive and I will tell you once everything is over.”

He looked up towards the ceiling.

He heard footsteps from the above.

Following that, a ray of light flashed from the ceiling. Someone lifted the cover and appeared before Damian and Ava. “Aww! What a pair of lovebirds wasting their time on trash-talking while death is approaching.” As the person spoke, the cellar was now lightened up. Since both Damien and Ava were trapped in the darkness for long, they were blinded momentarily by the sudden brightness and could not recognize the person that stood in front of them. But Ava could never forget that voice! “Beth, it was you after all!” Ava yelled. “Aww! Do you miss me, my dear sister? Anyway, I’ve been missing you crazily.” Beth laughed like a maniac. Suddenly, two muscular men appeared behind her and held Ava and Damien down. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Damien resisted but to no avail because he was weak due to a long period of starvation.

“What do you want, Beth?” Damien sneered.

Beth smirked, “I want nothing but your life.” Ava shouted instantly, “Let Damien go and come after me! You hate me and he has nothing to do with it!” “Woah! You still care for him after all.” Beth grinned and mocked Ava, “Seems like you have forgotten how he used to treat you back then! I am touched by your devotion, Ava.” Beth waved her hands and Ava was pulled to her by the two men. “Let her go now!” Damien yelled.

With his current weakened state, Damien couldn’t escape as the rope tied around him. He was helpless when a knife was placed near Ava’s jaw by Beth. The sharp blade was glinting in the dark. “Since we were kids, you just had to snatch my everything. Even the man that I loved, it was you he married in the end. Now that I’ve lost everything, you must have been satisfied.”

A sad smile appeared on Beth’s face.

Ava replied coldly, “Seems like you’ve made a mistake. It’s you who tried to ruin my life just because I am much better than you!” “What? Don’t forget that you’re just a lowly illegitimate daughter from my dad! How dare you compare the both of us?” After the remark, Beth lunged at Ava furiously and aimed at the latter’s chest. Damien used his last remaining strength and kicked the leg of a table nearby towards Beth. She took a step behind with the knife. “You leave me with no choice, Damien Radbury! You shall have the taste of witnessing your lover dying slowly in front of you!” Beth raised her knife again. Damien rebuked, “Do you think that without Ava, I will like you?”

“Say what you want because she will die today!” Beth’s hatred overpowered the admiration that she had for Damien previously. If it wasn’t for Enrico’s instructions to keep Damien alive, both of them would be stabbed to death

now. Maybe Ava was right after all. Perhaps Beth was not in love with Damien and she just wanted to snatch everything from Ava! “You’re just a b*tch and you don’t deserve to enter the Nagel family at all!” Beth was enraged and an evil smirk was formed on her face. Suddenly, a voice shouted from the ceiling, “Stop right there!” Beth’s face changed. Who dared to interfere with her business at this time?

“Who is it! Show yourself!” Before she could identify the person, a blinding light flashed before their eyes and everyone stunned. The two men behind Beth panicked and escaped quickly. But soon, they found themselves surrounded by armed police.