Husband With Benefits
Chapter 164: The Trap(2)

Chapter 164: The Trap(2)

Panic-stricken and desperate Lara lunged toward the door of the cabin, her hands trembling as she grasped the doorknob. She twisted it with all her strength even as her fingers struggled to grasp the cold metal, but the door remained firmly shut.

Sara looked at her mother and tried to move herself but she remained tied up and begged with tears welling in her eyes," Mother save us also! Mother! Please..."

Lara looked back at her daughter and then turned to look at the man seated there. With a quivering voice, she pleaded," Please don’t do this, whoever you are. You don’t have to do this! Let us go, and I promise I’ll do anything you want. We can talk it out, and I’ll make amends for whatever you think I’ve done. I am not responsible for Nellie’s death; I swear I didn’t do anything to her. I had nothing to do with it."

Erasmi remained seated, his eyes fixed on Lara, his fingers toying with the lighter. He had no intention of letting her escape, but he was in no hurry to carry out his plan.

Seeing his unrelenting face, Lara continued, her voice growing more desperate by the second, "I confess I tampered with her grave, but it was my dementia, my mental illness, that made me do it. I couldn’t control my actions. You have to understand, Erasmi. It was a terrible mistake, and I regret it deeply. I really do! You can even ask my doctors about how I cried when I did that to her grave..."

"I told you that my husband is responsible for all this! He made me like this! Don’t punish me for his sins!"

Erasmi leaned back in his chair, pretending to contemplate her words.

Lara, seeing a glimmer of hope in his silence, pressed on, "Erasmi, if you let me go, I promise to make amends. I’ll help you find out what really happened to Nellie. I am sure it was an accident. I’ll confess to whatever wrongs I’ve committed and hand myself over to the law, and we can put all of this behind us. I’ll even leave Nora alone."

Finally, Erasmi smiled a little and placed the lighter in his hand aside. Lara felt a glimmer of hope as she saw this and quickly knelt on the ground ready to kow tow to him and thank him for his kindness.

But then the man looked at her and his gaze gave her a chill. "Lara, it’s not that simple. Nellie’s death is a wound that can never fully heal. I’ve waited a long time for this moment, and I need to hear the truth from your own lips. Confess to your misdeeds, Lara. Confess, and maybe, just maybe, you’ll have a chance at redemption. But if you continue to lie, don’t blame me."

Seeing that there was no way out, Sara tried to save herself as she sobbed, "Let me go, please. I have no idea who Nellie is. I just wanted to live happily with the man I love. But he too hates me. I simply want to leave this country and never return. I don’t want to be burnt alive. Please let me go."

"Of course, I can let you go. Your mother simply needs to confess to her misdeeds and apologize."

Sara turned to her mom and begged," Please tell him everything mother! Please. Only then can we get out of here..."

Lara continued to sob as she watched her daughter beg her and felt the hatred in her heart grow. It was all because of Nora. She had lost everything because of that man first and then this woman. Nellie had not been as troublesome as this girl."

She would never apologize for everything she had done! She was proud of it! She’d worked hard to rid the world of all these useless people.

But as Erasmi Frost picked up the lighter again, she raised her hands in surrender," Fine! I did everything! I murdered them all! How could I not? My parents loved me all my life, spoiling me incessantly! But then that man came into my life! Suddenly I was not worthy of their love! He is the one who made me pregnant, but I was the one who was worthless! So what if he was suitable to run their business? So what if he increased their business and made them more money? He did not make me happy! And if money could make them happy, then it could make me happy too! So I killed them all, my parents, my husband, Nellie and everyone else!"

"I just want to be happy and loved! What is so wrong with that? I would have had everything once Nora was gone but she was intent on ruining that! See, now I have a husband who loves me and a daughter. All Nora had to do was step aside and I would have the money to live happily with my family."

Erasmi watched as she broke down in tears even while she grinned with madness. This woman had no sense of right or wrong. How would he extract revenge from such a person? He finally pocketed the lighter and stood up, walking toward Lara. He towered over her, his expression unreadable.

Erasmi stared at the woman and spoke in a low, menacing voice, "Lara, I have what I wanted – your confession."

Making a move towards the door, he watched as Lara thought her plea had worked and crawled to the cowardly man on the floor and her daughter.

As he reached the door, however, he was also aware of one thing- this woman would not let Nellie’s little sister live.

Seeing her today had been like seeing his Nellie. Of course, he would need to save her... Looking back at the people hugging each other, he turned the doorknob in his hand, opened the door and as he stepped out of the cabin, the lighter clicked and fell out of his hand...

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