Chapter 17

Miranda's voice was cold. "This has nothing to do with you. Jerome, you should worry about yourself." Jerome suddenly remembered his own predicament, but he wasn't afraid. Instead, he felt a surge of joy at seeing Miranda. "Miranda, I know you're angry at me," he said. "Let me go first and hear me out—" Suddenly, Miranda pulled a gun from her coat and pressed it against Jerome's head. "I don't want to hear your nonsense." Jerome suddenly fell silent as he watched Miranda step closer. Only then did a question occur to him, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "Miranda… who are you really?" Dorian spoke coldly from the side. "Miranda is the heiress of the Payne family in Ariston. Jerome, what you did to her alone is more than enough for us to tear you apart." "So you're going to kill me?" Jerome's pupils contracted as he stared at Miranda in disbelief. Miranda sneered. "Kill you? That would be too easy. Jerome, I'm going to give back everything you've done to me and Freddie!" She pic