The footage he had sent her—scenes of my suffering, my desperate struggle to survive—was something Suzzette watched with great amusement.
For a brief moment, Jaren looked away, as if unable to bear watching.
Sensing his wavering emotions, Suzzette masked her glee with a pitiful act.
"Jaren, do you think I’m heartless? I never meant to leave her stranded on the island... I was just scared. Scared that she would take my parents, my life, everything that belongs to me."
Her voice choked up with emotion. "If I hadn’t swapped her watch, maybe my parents would have found her long ago. Jaren, does this make me a terrible person?"
Jaren hastily reassured her. “Miss, you’ve done nothing wrong. It was she who was delusional, trying to steal your place. You were only protecting yourself. Besides, switching the watches was my idea, and I was the one who gave her a broken one. It has nothing to do with you.”
So that was why my distress signals were never answered!
I had always thought I had broken the watch myself. I even suspected that my fiancé, Nicholas, had deliberately ignored me.
But I never once suspected him!
Jaren was indeed ruthless. All this time, he had acted so nonchalant in front of me.