Love Command: Darling, Do You Yield?-Chapter 171 Retribution 2

"This secret... cannot be shared with outsiders," Lady Hyde covered her face, tears seeping through her fingers. She didn’t dare to look at Brandan’s expression. She felt her heart was about to break. "I was bewitched for a moment. I liked Iris, thought to make the best out of a bad situation and wanted you two to be together."

"But I didn’t expect you would dislike her so much," she cried out, "Brandan, it’s all mother’s fault. The way things have become... It’s all my fault..."

If she had stopped Iris Harris from approaching Brandan Hyde back then, if she hadn’t tried to bring them together, hadn’t given Iris so much hope...

Perhaps it wouldn’t have come to this.

She ruined everything.

Her unilateral wishful thinking ruined two people!

Brandan Hyde finally fell in love with Iris Harris, but it was too late... He fell in love with her at the worst possible time! Sometimes, she really wished he hadn’t fallen for her. He was her only child. How could she bear to see him sad?

The room was silent, without a single sound.

Lady Hyde didn’t dare lift her head. She really didn’t dare to see Brandan’s expression.

After a long while, Brandan softly asked, "Then where is he now?"

Lady Hyde raised her head in confusion to look at him. Through her blurry teary eyes, she saw Brandan’s face was pale, almost transparent.

Her heart tightened, and she called out to him, "Brandan..."

"Now the only one who can save her... is him, right?" Brandan closed his eyes and murmured, "Has he woken up?"

Coldness enveloped his body.

Colder than plunging into the sea.

Almost unable to feel the temperature at his fingertips.

Brandan looked at his hands, moving his fingers slightly.

All this felt like a nightmare.

Yet this nightmare was so real.

It turns out everything was false.

She just... mistook the person.

But he, he genuinely fell for her.

He always thought Iris’s illness was divine retribution for him.

Turned out it wasn’t.

Now it truly was...

This was the greatest retribution.

Even if making a mistake with a mistake, he originally had the chance to be with her.

But now, it’s completely over.

What he was indulging in all along was her love for another man.

What he flaunted was merely relying on her love for him.

A decade vividly passed before his eyes. He suddenly felt everything was like a joke.

And he was the joke itself.

His whole being turned extremely cold, and his heartbeat seemed to slow down.

He heard himself calm and ask, "Where is he now?"

"Your brother... died ten years ago." Lady Hyde hesitated, "The island where you recuperated was discovered by your father’s competitor. When we rushed there, the whole island was blown up. The entire hospital, dozens of doctors and nurses, all perished without traces."

At this point, Lady Hyde sighed lightly.

"I understand."

Brandan nodded and calmly stood up, "I’ll head back first."

"Brandan..."

Lady Hyde looked at his expression, feeling only apprehensive in her heart. Brandan being so calm was not normal...

Brandan stood up blankly. He felt his heart growing colder. As he reached the door, suddenly his vision went dark. He staggered and then fell forward... 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Brandan!"

Lady Hyde’s scream sounded behind him. Brandan moved his lips but spat out a mouthful of blood. He smelled the scent of blood and merely gave a desolate smile.

Betraying someone indeed brings retribution.

This was his greatest retribution.