You Hit My Heart by Kylie Stanford

Chapter 1706: Unwilling to Take Responsibility

Only he knew that after Athena was taken to the hospital, he held a gun to the doctor's head, forcing them to perform

cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Athena. After a series of resuscitation efforts, including defibrillation, adrenaline injections, and

cardiac massage, miraculously, her heartbeat was restored. Since she couldn't breathe on her own, she was kept on a ventilator.

Uncertain if she would survive, he didn't announce it to the public.

Everyone believed Athena was dead, and he didn't bother to clarify. Who would care anyway?

For more than ten days, they fought to save her life, but eventually, the doctors declared Athena to be in a vegetative state,

uncertain if she would ever wake up. When he received this news, it felt like his world was collapsing. For the first tin his life,

he shed tears, right in front of her hospital bed. Even when his mother passed away, he hadn't cried.

Out of helplessness, he had no choice but to send Athena to the United States for the best treatment.

But that damn Luther, he took advantage of Athena, showed no responsibility, and refused to admit anything. The thought of

Luther toying with his sister, shattering her heart, causing her to fall off a cliff and beca vegetable, enraged him. Luther didn't

even feel remorse; he didn't even utter an apology.

He was furious, and from then on, he becenemies with Luther.

In the following years, he opposed Luther at every turn. Luther didn't have any other women in his life until Joyce appeared.

Christian recalled the moment, and he turned around.

The light in the reception room was dim, so he reached out and turned on the crystal chandelier hanging from above. The dazzling,

colorful light refracted, casting an exquisite glow on Joyce's face.

He sighed, and at first, his intention was to ruin their relationship. He even thought about using means to snatch Joyce away from

Luther and make Luther suffer.

As he got to know Joyce better, he becinterested in her. He gradually shifted to helping Joyce because Luther's attitude

towards her had always been ambiguous. He started to worry that Joyce would suffer the sfate as Athena.

In fact, his worries were justified. When he rescued Joyce from the sea, she also fell into a coma for several months until she

successfully gave birth to her child. When Joyce woke up, he felt like his world was filled with light.

At this moment, Joyce looked at Christian. She knew that if she reunited with Luther, it would definitely make Christian

uncomfortable. That's why she hadn't contacted him for a long time.

Her sudden visit today was also an indication that she sensed something was wrong. Regardless of what had happened in the past,

things needed closure.

Since there was such deep-seated enmity between Christian and Luther, she might as well find a way to resolve it.

"Christian, I'm sorry for your sister's death. | imagine you've been through a lot of pain these years. However, | would like to ask,

how do you know that Luther violated your sister's innocence? Did you witness it with your own eyes?" She paused, "| apologize if

I'm being offensive. | understand that bringing up past events opens old wounds. | just want a clear understanding of the

situation.”

Christian walked back to the sofa and sat down next to Joyce. He looked deeply into her eyes. "I know you don't have ill intentions.

| understand you. You find it hard to believe that Luther would do something so cruel, am | right?"

Joyce shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

She valued facts more than beliefs. Karl had taught her that. Christian's words raised many doubts and lacked strong logic. She

couldn't help but be skeptical.

Christian thought for a moment. "On the day we went camping in the mountains, Athena arrived later. | originally planned for

everyone to have a picnic together, so they could meet and say goodbye. Then | would send Athena back down the mountain. After

saying goodbye, | had already made arrangements to send Athena to study abroad in Rohomes. However, | forgot to bring my

communication device, so | went down the mountain alone to get it. When | returned to the top of the mountain, | heard Athena's

desperate cries. When | arrived at the camp tent, | found Athena lying on the mat inside the tent. Her clothes were in disarray, her

long hair was messy, and there were bloodstains on her dress..."

Christian seemed unable to continue at this point.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his pain. "I interrogated Athena about what had happened. At first, she didn't want to say

anything. She just cried until she finally admitted that she had a relationship with Luther. Afterward, Luther said she was boring,

just a one-tthing, and he didn't want to take responsibility. | was furious and rushed to confronthim on the mountaintop. But he

flatly denied everything and even claimed that Athena was putting on a show! What was even more infuriating was that Felix, who

hadn't witnessed the whole incident, spoke up for Luther and denied it alongside him. | didn't realize that Athena had secretly

followedto the mountaintop. She heard our argument, heard Luther deny his actions with his own mouth. She was

heartbroken. | remember she held a fruit knife, standing at the edge of the cliff, crying and begging Luther to admit, to not

abandon her, to not ignore her. Since he had taken her, she asked him to take responsibility. | had never seen Athena in such a

lowly state in my life. She was always a proud person. At that moment, she was begging, even kneeling down. Even | couldn't bear

it. | even thought that if Luther agreed, | wouldn't stop them anymore. After all, | didn't want my sister to suffer. Even though it

pained me, what meaning was there in her miserable existence?"

At this point, Christian suddenly becfurious, and a dark shadow covered his eyes. "But Athena, she went to such extreme

measures to prove that everything she said was true. She said, 'If only | die, it will prove that I'm telling the truth. Letdie. | only

hope you will rememberforever, remember this day.' Do you know what Luther said?"

"What did he say?" Joyce squinted and asked.

Christian raised his voice sharply, "Ha, he actually said, 'Whether you live or die, what does it have to do with me?" It was Luther's

heartless words that eventually drove Athena to jump off the cliff. | never expected Athena to be so resolute, and | couldn't grab

hold of her in time. | could only watch her frail figure disappear before my eyes."

As Joyce listened, her brow twitched slightly. She picked up the tea cup in front of her and took another sip, moistening her parched

throat.

Then, she spoke in a pleasant voice, "Christian, after your sister's passing, did Luther and Felix ever admit what happened back

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