Two Chances,One Bullet: How His "Next Life" Promise Failed Novel

Chapter 13 When Knox learned his legs would never recover , there was indeed a moment of inner collapse . But having weathered many storms in his life , he quickly regained his composure . As his mind calmed , Raelyn kept appearing in his thoughts . Images of his past confessions to Raelyn flashed one by one … Knox shook his head . He was the one who had rejected Raelyn first . Yet now he couldn't stop thinking about her , remembering only her good qualities .

His assistant reminded him : " Lord Kingston , you previously said you wanted to marry Miss Skylar . The wedding preparations are almost complete . " " But considering your health , should we postpone it for a while ? " At the thought of Skylar , his furrowed brow relaxed . He smiled and said : " It's fine . The wedding will proceed as planned , but I need to reveal my identity to Skylar first . " Seated in his wheelchair , he was pushed out of the hospital by his bodyguard .

Just as he entered the house , Knox heard Skylar's voice coming from the study . " Brother , please help me. " Knox didn't know what trouble she'd gotten into and was about to push the door open to ask . But the next sentence rooted him to the spot . " You're the one who insisted on getting involved with him . Now that you know he's disabled , you don't want him anymore ? " Disabled ? Were they talking about him ?

Skylar's wheedling voice continued : " Brother , you know very well that I was only after his body before . When the Blackstone family first proposed the marriage , didn't I dump him immediately ? " " Knox is just a poor nobody . What's his status compared to our Winters family ? Only an idiot like Raelyn would marry a man like that . " " Now Lord Kingston is interested in me . If I marry into the Kingston family , it would be a quantum leap in our social status . Aren't you tempted by that ?

" Julian sighed : " If you knew he wasn't good enough for you , why did you go after him ? Two men with the same surname can have vastly different statuses . " " Of course it was to take something from Raelyn . " Skylar replied dismissively . 21:48 Two Chances , One Bullet : How His " Next Life " Promise Failed 38.0 % Chapter 13 Knox jerked his head up . Inside , Julian seemed equally incredulous , asking loudly : " What do you mean ? What did you take from Raclyn ?

" Skylar continued nonchalantly : " Why are you so surprised ? I thought you all knew . " " I signed a bet with Raelyn back then . If I could take nine things she cared about , she would cut ties with all of you . " " Knox was the last thing Raelyn cared about . " " Don't you also dislike Raelyn ? This way , I don't hurt Mom and Dad's feelings , Raelyn doesn't get any share of the family wealth , and everyone's happy .

" Julian's voice was strained : " So , so Raelyn never took anything from you . It was you who kept taking from her ? " Knox closed his eyes tightly . He feared he couldn't hide his murderous intent . He had thought he was using Raelyn to make Skylar jealous , to force her to yield . But it turned out , Skylar was using him to drive Raelyn away . Among the three of them , the most innocent was actually Raelyn . The bodyguard asked coldly : " Lord Kingston , shall we burst in ?

" " No , " Knox opened his eyes , his tone icy : " Not only should we not let them discover us , but continue with the wedding preparations with Skylar . Understand ? "