The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride
Chapter 278 - 258, The first reaction is that he killed someone

Chapter 278: 258, The first reaction is that he killed someone

Just calling him once was enough!

After all, he was Michael Gordon’s father, and it was she who owed him something, so she could endure any humiliation!

"No need to say more. As long as I’m alive, there won’t be a future for us!" Michael Gordon sat motionless across from her, his tone firm. It seemed as if he had already calculated everything and wouldn’t let her off the hook.

"Since Chairman Gordon said we have no future, how about I make a bet with him?" Ivy Aretha called him ’Dad’ just once, and after that, she addressed him as Chairman Gordon. "How about we make a bet?"

Since there was no other way, she had to go all in. Besides, that was the purpose of her coming here today!

"You dare to bet with me? Aren’t you afraid of losing your life?" Calvin Gordon coldly stared at her, never before had someone dared to bet with him, especially not the daughter of an enemy!

He was curious to see what she had to gamble with!

Ivy Aretha chuckled, stared determinedly and said word by word, "Don’t worry, Chairman Gordon, all I have to bet is my miserable life!"

"How do you want to bet?" Calvin Gordon almost instinctively asked, "I want to see how this life you owe me can be gambled away!"

As he finished speaking!

The sound of a dagger being unsheathed rang out crisply!

Calvin Gordon gaped as the woman in front of him had already drawn a small dagger. The sharp blade was pressed against his chest, her gaze fixed on his face.

"Didn’t Chairman Gordon want me dead? If someone else rapes and kills me, you won’t see my gruesome death. How can that count as revenge?"

Ivy Aretha stared intently at him, stood up from her chair across from him, and took a step closer, "To avenge your family, you have to do it yourself, right?"

Calvin Gordon’s heart was pierced by a thorn, and unless it was pulled out, it would take root in his heart, causing pain for all parties involved!

She didn’t want to suffer!

Rather than living each day in guilt and fear, why not take a gamble and leave it to fate?

"Ivy, don’t try to scare me. Don’t think I won’t dare. I’ve wanted you dead for a long time, just because of that face you have, identical to Luna Cooper’s. Killing you, I won’t see you as innocent!"

There was a hatred that had been embedded in his heart for years and marked forever!

"I’m not trying to scare you; I’m serious!" Ivy Aretha approached Calvin Gordon step by step. The next moment, she abruptly grabbed his hand, forced him to hold the dagger, and guided it toward her own heart. She could feel his hand trembling. He was afraid.

Killing someone with your bare hands felt different from ordering someone else to do it!

Although Calvin Gordon was ruthless and decisive when he was young, he had never actually killed anyone with his bare hands. To say he wasn’t afraid would be a lie!

"Ivy, you’re really not afraid to die?"

At the same time, he believed that not only was he afraid, but so was she. Those who would kill with their bare hands were afraid, let alone those who watched themselves being killed by others’ hands!

"Of course, I’m afraid. Instead of being afraid every day, why not be afraid once and never again!"

Ivy found his hand, the one she forced to hold the dagger, was trembling violently. She knew her gamble was correct, "Chairman Gordon, I’ll give you and myself a chance to bet today. If I die today, the feud between the Gordon family and Luna Cooper is severed. Don’t target my daughter; children are innocent. Whether you admit it or not, her blood is that of the Gordon family!"

Pausing, Ivy continued, "If I don’t die today, it means my fate is greater than the debt I owe the Gordon family. I will use the rest of my life to repay Michael, and I will never set foot in the Gordon family’s house again. In fact, I won’t be included in the Gordon family’s genealogy. So, with or without that marriage certificate, I can only be regarded as a woman raised outside by your family. Stop pressing Michael!"

She knew that Michael’s decision to not divorce her was unchangeable, so she had to say it like this!

Seeing that Calvin Gordon seemed to be frightened by her sudden behavior, Ivy fixed her gaze, then stared at him motionlessly. Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, she asked again, "Does Chairman Gordon agree or disagree?"

Calvin Gordon was first flustered, then startled. She was a bold woman. This stab would force him to forgive her, whether she died or survived!

If she really died in his hands, then his relationship with his only son, Michael, would reach its end!

Seeing that Calvin Gordon still didn’t say anything, Ivy knew he had some reservations, but she didn’t plan to give him that opportunity!

"If Chairman Gordon doesn’t say anything, I’ll take your silence as agreement, alright?" What seemed like casual words unexpectedly sounded sinister when they reached Calvin Gordon’s ears. His mind was thrown into chaos, and his body was shrouded in a sense of dread and fatalism.

He should not have been afraid of death, but he was terrified!

"You..."

Calvin Gordon had only uttered one word when the sound of the dagger cutting into flesh rang in his ears. Soon after, his gaze moved to the source of the sound and saw that the dagger he was forced to hold by Ivy had plunged into her chest, and blood was continuously flowing from the wound...

Calvin Gordon’s mind exploded. His first reaction was that he had killed someone!

His gaze stupidly fixed on the dagger buried in her chest, feeling bewildered, incredulous, and even terrified. The complex emotions overwhelmed him, and his hand holding the dagger was frozen in place, forgetting to retract it and call for help!

Then, watching the blood drain from the woman’s face and her hand, which had been gripping his, slowly fall limp, Calvin Gordon’s second reaction was that he had truly killed someone!

"Bang!"

The door of the study was kicked open, and before he could react, Michael Gordon rushed in with bloodshot eyes, heading straight towards him.

His eyes landed on Ivy Aretha’s chest and the dagger that was embedded there; his heart stopped. All the pent-up emotions and resolve crumbled to pieces, followed by a heart-wrenching howl that erupted from his throat.

Ahh...