Female Novel
Chapter 913
Chapter 913
Nina threw herself in front of Alyssa, protecting the latter with her feeble frame. Her opened arms felllimply, and her body collapsed onto the floor.
Jasper and Sean were shocked by the sight. Alyssa hugged Nina, only to feel the wetness in herhands. Trembling, she lifted her hand and teared up at what she saw.
“Nina! You‘
“Ms. Alyssa, listen…” Nina was losing her consciousness fast.
She opened her mouth with difficulty as the color drained from her face.
Alyssa hurriedly stopped her from speaking. “Stop talking! You need to conserve your energy. I’ll getyour to the hospital!”
Crying. Alyssa tried to lift Nina in her arms, but she failed because she was too exhausted from thefight. Instead, she offered, “I’ll stop your bleeding!”
Nina shook her head, muttering. “It’s too late. I know Sophia’s secret. She killed Madam Anne… theevidence… the phone…”
Alyssa felt a sharp pang course through her body. A coldness enveloped her. She looked at Jasperthrough tears as he wrestled the gun from Jeffrey. She also heard the police siren nearing
Realizing he couldn’t escape, Jeffrey turned and leaped into the pond, Jasper fired two shots at him,after
which the gun clicked empty. Jeffrey vanished beneath the water.
“Nina, we’re safe! Nina!” Alyssa cried, removing her jacket to apply pressure to Nina’s nonstopabdominal bleeding.
She cried, determined to save Nina’s life, but as a doctor, she could tell from experience that Nina wasdying.
“Mr. Beckett! Madam!” Xavier arrived at the scene with the Becketts‘ security force.
Jonah, Axel, and Cyrus followed closely behind him.
“Lyse! Lyse!” Alyssa’s brothers called out to her.
However, she was focused on Nina, watching helplessly as Nina’s face turned pale and her eyesclosed slowly.
Witnessing the scene, Jonah clutched a cross in sadness. Xavier, who rushed over to assist Jasper,
“No! Ms. Alyssa!” Sean paled.
He was desperate to shield Alyssa, but he found himself unable to move.
After a momentary shock, Jasper quickly rushed up to grab the gun from Jeffrey, but it was too late.
“Mr. Beckett, say goodbye to your woman!”
What followed was an ear–splitting gunshot.
Trembling from head to toe, Jasper bellowed in despair, “No!”
Alyssa’s eyes were misty. She could hear the sound of the bullet coming in her direction.
Since her days as a battlefield medic, she had developed an acute sensitivity to the sound of gunfire.Even after she had returned home, she had suffered from PTSD until she had sought help from amental health professional and worked on her trauma for a while.
Closing her eyes in dread, she anticipated the worst, only to be startled by a weak moan from theground beside her.
Confused, she opened her eyes. Gaping in shock as she exclaimed, “Nina!”
Nina threw herself in front of Alyssa, protecting the latter with her feeble frame. Her opened arms felllimply, and her body collapsed onto the floor.
Jasper and Sean were shocked by the sight. Alyssa hugged Nina, only to feel the wetness in herhands. Trembling, she lifted her hand and teared up at what she saw.
“Nina! You‘
“Ms. Alyssa, listen…” Nina was losing her consciousness fast.
She opened her mouth with difficulty as the color drained from her face.
Alyssa hurriedly stopped her from speaking. “Stop talking! You need to conserve your energy. I’ll getyour to the hospital!”
Crying. Alyssa tried to lift Nina in her arms, but she failed because she was too exhausted from thefight.
Instead, she offered. “I’ll stop your bleeding!”
Nina shook her head, muttering, “It’s too late. I know… Sophia’s secret. She… killed Madam Anne…the evidence the phone…”
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Alyssa felt a sharp pang course through her body. A coldness enveloped her. She looked at Jasperthrough tears as he wrestled the gun from Jeffrey. She also heard the police siren nearing.
Realizing he couldn’t escape, Jeffrey turned and leaped into the pond. Jasper fired two shots at him,after which the gun clicked empty. Jeffrey vanished beneath the water.
“Nina, we’re safe! Nina!” Alyssa cried, removing her jacket to apply pressure to Nina’s nonstopabdominal bleeding.
She cried, determined to save Nina’s life, but as a doctor, she could tell from experience that Nina wasdying.
“Mr. Beckett! Madam!” Xavier arrived at the scene with the Becketts‘ security force..
Jonah, Axel, and Cyrus followed closely behind him.
“Lyse! Lyse!” Alyssa’s brothers called out to her.
However, she was focused on Nina, watching helplessly as Nina’s face turned pale and her eyesclosed slowly
Witnessing the scene, Jonah clutched a cross in sadness. Xavier, who rushed over to assist Jasper,
He said, “You’re badly injured. The ambulance is here. You need to get treated at the hospital,”
Despite his contempt for Sean, deep down, he knew that Sean was a kind man. Moreover, it was all
thanks to Sean that Alyssa was safe. Xavier couldn’t bring himself to picture the alternative scenario.
Jasper stared at Alyssa, who was holding Nina in her arms and crying. His heart ached for her. Nomatter how hard he tried to suppress his emotions, tears welled in his own eyes as well.
Just as he mustered up the courage to approach Alyssa, Axel showed up by her side and attempted tocarry her.
Axel said, “Lyse, I’ll take you to the hospital. This young lady is badly injured. She’ll need to be sent tothe hospital as well.”novelbin
The medical staff swiftly moved Nina onto a stretcher and into the ambulance.
“Axel, is Nina… is she going to wake up? Will she be fine?” Alyssa questioned, eyeing Nina whileexhaustedly resting in Axel’s arms.
Frowning, Axel lifted Alyssa into his arms and comforted her. “She’ll be fine. She will.”
When he turned around, he shot a glance at Jasper. When their eyes met, Axel nodded at him glumly.
Jasper watched them leave. Despite Axel’s silence, Jasper understood the gratitude he had expressedwith that nod.