Revenge After Death



Steven sat stiffly on the ground. He was looking at me with a pale expression.

After a while, he lowered his head and smiled. Despite this, tears started to well up in the comer of his eyes. He had probably waited a long time to hear those words from me.

"You used to say that you loved me too, but all this while, you've only been pretending,' Steven whispered. He was still unconfident. He had always been that way.

"I don't care if you believe me or not," I said, pulling him by the chain. "Either way, I will never let you leave me again!"

Steven looked at me intensely. He said softly, "Don't expose your identity, Stephie. Otherwise, everything I've done, including blowing off my leg, would be meaningless.'

He was guilt-tripping me by implying that I shouldn't put myself in danger if I truly loved him.

"Then tell me, who's the mastermind of Genome Society whom you met in your capacity as the president of Crowdstar Group?' I lost control of my emotions and yelled, tugging at the chain around Steven's neck.

Ever since I regained my memories, even though everything felt unfamiliar, I had gradually accepted the fact that I had emotions. I had become increasingly irritable and moody.

Steven reached out with trembling hands to hug me but was pushed away by me.

He slumped back disappointedly and softly said, 'Let me handle it, okay Stephie? We're almost there, just one final step to go."

I yelled, "No! What do you take me for, Steven? A canary you need to protect with your life? If you die, would you want me to act as if you had never existed and push me to someone else? What exactly are you afraid of, Steven? What are you afraid I'll find out?"

Steven lowered his head and stubbornly held his hands together, refusing to speak.

He was clearly hiding a secret he refused to reveal. He wasn't afraid of death, yet he was terrified of me finding out about his secret. Just what was it exactly?

"Get some rest." I stopped pushing him since he refused to tell me. Knowing Steven's personality, he would never tell me if he refused to.

"Stephie!" He strained against the chain hard, hoping to stop me from leaving. "Please... don't expose yourself!" "Since you're not willing to cooperate and tell me who the mastermind is, I won't listen to you either." I shook off his hand.

"I'll tell you." Steven grabbed at my hand once again

I wasn't sure where his strength had come from, considering he looked so fragile. Yet with a sudden pull, he managed to trap me in his embrace.

"I met the person behind Genome Society in my capacity as the president of Crowdstar Group, but she's not the actual mastermind-there's someone behind her pulling the strings," Steven softly said, his voice trembling. "I met up with... Rachel'

The person he met was actually Rachel

I was stunned. 'Rachel?"

Judging by her age, she shouldn't be the main mastermind behind Genome Society.

I had suspected Rachel even before I lost my memories, but her feelings for 'Stephanie" seemed too genuine to be an act.

Steven said, "Rachel found me right before I decided to meet the mastermind of Genome Society. She asked me not to go and revealed herself as a part of Genome Society.

"I asked her who the mastermind was, yet she refused to say. But she was willing to help me to keep things hidden from them. We orchestrated the explosion to create an illusion that both you and I were dead."

Steven spoke softly, revealing Rachel's identity, yet I knew he was still hiding things from me. "Rachel is actually from Genome Society." I laughed sardonically.

When I 'lost my memories' from the car accident, Rachel came into my life as a transfer student.

She always seemed to be someone under the control of her mother, often mentioning that her mother disapproved of whatever she did.

But it turned out that she was actually from Genome Society.

Was everything Rachel said a lie?

Was her 'mother' the actual mastermind behind Genome Society? And was this "mother" never meant to refer to the role of a mother to begin with?Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.