Female Novel
Chapter 329
“Aren’t you sad and blaming yourself for what happened? Haven’t you been hoping to find the childso you can clear your name? Alright, I will fulfill that wish of yours! As long as you agree to marryme, I will return the child to you so that you can hand him back.”
Selena was irked by the sinister and self-conceited smile that Hades wore, yet she could do nothingabout it. “Why must it come to this? You’re using a child—”
Before she could even finish her sentence, Hades cut her short. “Yeah! I am despicable andshameless! I will achieve my goals with any means necessary! I will do anything to clear my path!So, are you going to take on or reject my offer?”
His tight grip on Selena’s chin was starting to pain her. The craftiness in his gaze told her that hewas absolutely serious. “It’s fine if you don’t agree.” He moved closer to whisper into her ear. “SinceI already killed so many people, I don’t care if I kill one more child. How about that?”
Selena clenched her fists tightly, but in the end, she let go of them. “Is all of this even necessary?”Her tone sounded less agitated than before. She understood Hades well enough to know that whilehe never easily made decisions, he wouldn’t easily change them once he did. Since he hid the factthat he was preparing a wedding from her, she knew he’d never considered failure as an option.
Now that Selena knew Jameson was alive, there was no more reason for Hades to hide anything.“Yes, I will follow through my plans!” He sounded resolute.
“What is even the point of all this? Even if I marry you, I will only hate you instead of love you sinceyou conquered me through such despicable means.”
“All a man needs is a woman by his side! Nothing else matters!” Hades let out a mirthless chuckle.“Did you assume that Pierre loved you? He just wants to claim your beauty and career for his owndue to his possessiveness.”novelbin
Hearing that, Selena snorted. So that’s why he wants to marry me. It never was because of love,she thought. “Okay, I promise to marry you. Can you release Jamie now?”
“Of course not! Do I look like an idiot? I will lose my only bargaining chip if I let him go. Only afteryou become my woman will I release him. I won’t go back on my word.” Finally, Hades let go of herchin, which was already numb from his grip.
“I need to take a trip back to Astoria.”
“Trying to seek help?” Hades chuckled. “Jameson is with me, and Pierre knows this. He would havealready rescued his son if he could, so don’t you even think of enlisting his help. You’re the only onewho can save his son.”
Selena bit on her lip upon hearing that. No wonder Pierre never mentioned a word about Jameson.He already found him. He must have not told me because he didn’t want it to become a threat.
“You know me; I’ll marry you if I promised to. I’m only returning to Astoria to find Juniper’s biologicalfather. I need to settle that as I can’t let Juniper keep on waiting just because of my owncircumstances.”
Hades frowned upon hearing that, eliciting a smile from Selena. “What’s the matter? I bet you don’thave the guts to do that. Are you afraid that I won’t come back once I leave, or are you afraid thatsomething else might happen?”
“You don’t need to taunt me like that.” Hades was able to discern that Selena was trying to trick himinto letting her go. While he couldn’t do much to help in regards to finding Juniper’s father, heacknowledged that Selena needed to find the man. “Alright, you can go.” Then, he added, “Onemonth. Our deal will only be effective for one month. As soon as time’s up, I won’t guaranteeJameson’s safety.”