Even in Darkness She Chose to Rise (Tatiana and Jasper) novel Chapter 68

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Chapter 68 The Breaking Point

Bob’s bravado evaporated. Faced with death, all he had left was the will to live. He begged, “I was wrong! Spare me! I didn’t kill her! I didn’t touch her, I swear! At most… at most, I just dunked her in the water for a

bit!”

He didn’t know that this last sentence lit a fuse in Jasper. His eyes were murderous. He grabbed Bob’s collar, hauled him up, and smashed a fist into his face.

Bob’s teeth flew. His jaw was dislocated, and he hung there, half–dead.

Jasper was truly seeing red. He had been provoked one too many times. His patience was gone. He dragged Bob’s heavy body, ready to throw him into the sea.

Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around him from behind.

“Don’t kill him!”

There are so many people watching, and security cameras. If he kills him, he’ll go to jail! And I’ll be dragged down with him.

But in Jasper’s ears, her words sounded like she was still protecting this bastard.

He threw Bob aside. With his other hand, he grabbed Tatiana by the throat. His eyes were red, his voice lethal. “Did he really win you over?”

Tatiana never expected him to turn on her. Her breath hitched.

“Answer me! Did he?”

He always knew exactly how to trample her dignity into the dirt. Just like now.

Tatiana stared at him, dazed. Suddenly, she stopped struggling. A faint, mocking smile touched her lips. She said in a harsh, dry voice, “Yes. So what?”

If her words were a spark, they just hit gasoline.

She knew exactly how to enrage him.

The next second, her body was airborne. The intense feeling of weightlessness made her seize up.

He held her out over the edge, over the crashing waves below.

The only thing stopping her from falling was his grip on her collar.

If he let go, she would fall into the dark, bottomless water.

The sea wind whipped her hair across her pale face, but it couldn’t hide the terror in her eyes. She was panicked, but she didn’t beg for mercy.

Jasper’s gaze was bottomless, his handsome features frozen, like a merciless god of death.

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“Tatiana. Say that again.”

He was on the verge of exploding. The last thread of his reason was about to snap.

Tatiana’s lips twisted. Her desperate will to live was crushed by him. A profound exhaustion washed over

her.

Just struggling to stay alive had taken everything she had.

She had tried so hard, but she could never escape his control.

He always had the upper hand, always held her life in his.

She didn’t want to lose anymore. She wanted to win. Just once.

She said, “Jasper… he’s better than you.”

A taunt.

A naked, deliberate taunt.

She had just stomped on his pride as a man.

Snap.

His last shred of reason was consumed by fury. He gritted his teeth. “Tatiana! You’re asking to die!”

He let go.

He watched her fall backward, her body tumbling into the darkness.

Her black hair fanned out. She stared at him, her eyes clouded with mist. Her lips trembled, forming one soundless phrase.

I regret it.

Splash.

She hit the water and was instantly swallowed by the sea.

Jasper stood on the pier, his face dark. He hadn’t seen her final, silent words,

He would teach her a lesson. Teach her what she could and could not say.

He watched her disappear, then turned to leave.

He knew she was a strong swimmer. She wouldn’t drown.

But this would be enough. She would learn the price of enraging him. When she crawled back onto the shore, she would apologize. She would take back those ugly words.

She was covered in thorns. He would pull them out, one by one.

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