Chapter 78: Chapter 78

Chapter 78

I immediately covered my mouth, feeling an overwhelming sense of regret as my mouth raced ahead of my brain. My terrified gaze fixed on the man calmly sipping tea in front of me. My entire body went cold, and a feeling of suffocation washed over me, making it difficult to breathe. It turned out this was the feeling of absolute terror.

I stole a glance at Enzo's expression. He was looking at me, but there was no emotion in his eyes. His gaze was icy, indifferent, and ruthlessly fixed on me as if I were a helpless prey. At this moment, I was no different from a tiny prey within his sight.

"Why... why aren't you saying anything?" I was so frightened that I couldn't control the trembling in my voice. His silence made it seem like he was silently admitting to everything, despite all the doubts I had, even though the police had not yet found Rika's murderer.

"Rika's death... I'm asking you about it... Why aren't you saying anything!" I raised my voice, trying to hide the growing fear inside me.

Enzo stared at me coldly for a long time, not responding to any of my questions, just calmly sipping his tea. It was the first time I had ever been so terrified by Enzo's silence. I was on the verge of tears, my eyes red, and my whole body trembling as I looked at the man before me. All Enzo had to do was deny it and say he didn't do those things, and I would believe him, but... why wasn't he denying it? Why was he staying silent as if silently confessing to everything?

Finally, Enzo spoke, his voice low and somewhat hoarse, carrying a chilling and sharp edge. "What if I told you it was me? What can you do, report it to the police?" His eerie and twisted smile sent shivers down my spine.

"No... no... it can't be... I know you're not a good person... but you couldn't possibly be a murderer... you must be joking, right? Please, just say you're joking," I panicked after Enzo's response, trying to convince myself that he was just playing around, as he often did, making it impossible for me to distinguish between truth and lies.

But contrary to my hope, Enzo didn't deny it. Instead, he laughed in a sinister manner. "I don't know if I should be glad that you trust me or not, but thank you for thinking that. Ron must have told you quite a few things, I suppose. I should have destroyed his and his entire family." Enzo said calmly, further alarming me. I had never mentioned that Ron had told me those things.

I felt powerless, unable to muster the strength to stand up. A paralyzing sensation filled me with fear. Enzo moved closer, sitting beside me, and reached out to stroke my face. I trembled, not daring to open my eyes, afraid that he might kill me right after.

"I'm sure you're very curious about why I did it, aren't you?" Enzo continued to touch my body, and the fear kept me from moving, leaving me silently helpless.

"I thought you were smart enough to figure it out, but in the end, the you now and the you from before are no different. Your innocence is what I love the most. Yes, I killed that wretched woman." Enzo chuckled softly, a demonic smile on his face.

I looked at him in terror, trembling, and asked, "Why?... Why? Why did you kill her? What did she do to deserve that?"

Enzo furrowed his brow, looking at me with a puzzled expression, and asked in return, "Don't you really hate her? Isn't that enough reason to condemn her to death? Flora, she made a grave mistake, which was driving a wedge between us. We should have had a beautiful life together, but she..."

I was horrified looking at the man beside me, immediately backing away. I couldn't understand what Enzo was saying. The reason our relationship couldn't work out was because of him, not Rika. And now, Enzo was shifting all the blame onto Rika, leading to her tragic fate. He had gone mad.

It was only now that I remembered Taylor's words. She had mentioned that after I left, the person suffering from depression was Enzo, not my daughter Min. He seemed to have transformed into a different person, with increasingly abnormal behavior. At first, I thought Taylor was just trying to make me care about Enzo, she said so because she was his loyal subordinate. But it seemed there was more to it than I had initially thought.

Now, I couldn't comprehend the situation I found myself in. At that moment, I just wanted to run far away from this man, but Rollo was still there.

"Do you really think our relationship fell apart because of Rika? Enzo, are you pretending to forget or have you truly forgotten? You're the one responsible for everything," I shouted loudly, my eyes welling up with fear.

Enzo frowned, looking dissatisfied with my response. The sinister smile on his face faded. He said, "Because of me? I'm trying to improve our relationship, how could it be my fault? Flora, you're talking nonsense!"

It was only now that I realized what I should have recognized long ago: the Enzo before me was not a normal person. He had disturbing thoughts, no different from a murderer. Back at the police station that day, I should have noticed something unusual about him, but the murder case was too horrifying, and I didn't want to get involved, so I deliberately ignored it.

"What about Ron and his family? Did you also cause the attack on his mom, and the incident at his father's company?" I struggled to ask, no longer expecting anything.

As I had predicted, Enzo didn't hesitate to admit everything. "Yes, but it was just a warning. Perhaps his parents understood my warning, so I won't pursue him for now. But if he doesn't listen, I can't guarantee he'll survive."

"Why did you do all of this? Why do you engage in such insane actions?" I yelled, feeling helpless.

"Are you yelling at me because of that guy? He, like that disgusting woman, wanted to split us up, so I had to eliminate them. I killed her because it was easier to get rid of her, that's all," Enzo shrugged, his face incredibly calm, showing no remorse but rather excitement about what he had done.

I wanted to hope, but he wouldn't allow me to. He callously shattered all my expectations. I felt helpless and desperate, collapsing to the floor. There were no more questions to salvage the situation. My limbs trembled, and before me stood a murderer. In this room, it was just him and me.

Enzo slowly approached me, lifting my chin to gaze into my tear-stained face and bursting into laughter, his eyes filled with sinister affection and cruelty.

"Flora, I've said it before, you're forever mine, my wife, my woman, everything about you belongs to me. We've never divorced, we've only been torn apart by those wicked people who interfered and separated us. You left me only because you were tempted, my duty is to eliminate those who dare to destroy our happiness," he whispered each word into my ear as he held me close.

He was deranged, but I remained perfectly sane. My eyes were red and swollen from crying, and tears kept streaming down, blurring my vision. I pushed this man away forcefully and stepped back hastily.

"You claim you're rescuing me? It's laughable, do you still think I'm so foolish that I don't understand what's going on? You! You had an affair with Rika in our bedroom, and you even admitted we were getting a divorce in front of Rika. Back in our old house, you always looked down on me, treated me like a servant, and used me as a sexual slave to satisfy your desires. In your eyes, I wasn't a human being; I was just a puppet for you to manipulate. And Min was just a tool for you to control me. Do you think I don't remember? I remember everything you did to me. I hate you! I HATE YOU, DO YOU UNDERSTAND, ENZO?" I screamed in pain and frustration.

Enzo moved closer to me, gripping my arms tightly and forcing me to face him. He said, "Flora, you can't falsely accuse me like this! I've never had an affair; it was only you, only you who cheated! My body has always belonged to you, you can't tarnish my reputation like this!"

Listening to his words, I couldn't help but find it ridiculous. I sneered at him. Did he think that Rika's death would erase the past?

"Don't lie, and don't act anymore. I saw everything with my own eyes, and the emotions at that time were so terrible that I could never forget," I said, backing up against the wall and stopping, unable to retreat any further.

Enzo shifted all the blame onto others and never acknowledged that most of what had happened was his doing. I had once believed in his ability to change and had patiently waited for it, even sensing a change in him, but it was all just a façade. He hadn't changed, he's just better at disguising himself.

Enzo approached me, and I immediately noticed something unusual as he reached into his pocket. Though I didn't know what he intended to do, I needed to stay alive and get out of there immediately.

Without time to think, I promptly pushed him away and took the opportunity of his stumble to escape the room and look for Rollo to leave this place together.

The instinct to survive gave my otherwise powerless and trembling body the strength to flee. As my hand was about to touch the door handle, it seemed like I might finally escape this hellish place, but...