CHAPTER 40: CHAPTER FORTY: LET’S BREAK UP

Mira’s POV

I waited anxiously for an hour before returning to the scene of the accident. I noticed that Christy’s body was gone and everyone was just going about their normal activities like nothing happened.

I quickly rushed to a nearby store to find out what happened from the owner.

"Hello sir, I heard there was an accident here earlier, do you know what happened?" I asked the store owner.

"The accident was really bad, the young lady has been rushed to the city hospital" the man replied with a gossipy expression.

"Thank you" I said to him before rushing back to my car.

I had nothing to be scared of as the car from earlier had been disposed of and I had also made sure to get rid of the CCTV footage.

But now, she has been sent to the city hospital and there might be a chance that she will survive.

I drove to the hospital as fast as I could, I needed to find out what happened from Jasper.

On getting to his office, I entered without knocking like I always did.

"Jasper" I called his name when I saw him but he just stared at me expressionlessly.

His gaze sent chills down my spine and I panicked.

Why was he acting weird?

I hugged him but he pushed me away and before I could react, he asked me about the necklace.

That was when I knew he had found out the truth.

Then, to make matters worse, Christy had survived.

I watched as they all rushed to her room just because of a little panic attack.

I still did my best to remain calm despite everything that was happening.

I just had to confirm that she did not see me when I had hit her with the car.

I waited a few minutes before Jasper walked out of the room with Mason and I quickly followed behind them.

"She was having a panic attack and I had to calm her down. I called her Christy but she didn’t react to her name at all, that’s when I realized that she had amnesia.

I thought it was the best opportunity to just tell her the truth about her pregnancy and to make it easy for her to accept. I told her we were married" Jasper said and I didn’t know how to react for a few seconds.

"What? But you are my boyfriend!" I yelled angrily at him but he just acted like he didn’t hear me.

I couldn’t take it anymore and walked away. I have to find a solution as soon as possible.

I quickly walked to the storage room and called my mom.

"She is alive and everyone is aware. What do we do now?" I asked her anxiously as soon as she picked up.

"Why are you panicking, do not give anyone a reason to suspect you" She advised me with a stern tone.

"But mom, Jasper also found out about the necklace and now he is ignoring me" I said while doing my best to remain calm.

"I have told you severally to leave that boy, he was just a useful pawn and now, we don’t need him anymore" she reminded me angrily.

That was the plan in the beginning but as time went on, I just couldn’t stop myself from falling in love with him.

"Focus on the matter at hand, you need to find a way to get rid of Eva as she is still in the hospital. This is the best time to act" she said with a stern tone and I panicked.

"Mom, you promised me that last time would be the last" I said with a pleading tone.

"We have come too far to fail" she said with a convincing tone before hanging up on me.

I looked at my phone screen in frustration then threw it against the wall.

"Why do you have to push me to the wall!" I yelled angrily with tears streaming down my face.

Memories of what happened last time came flooding into my head.

It wasn’t my fault and I never meant to kill her but the bitch deserved it.

She was just a poor girl on scholarship and she wanted to compete with me.

I had to show her who was in charge, so I made her life a living hell but who would have thought that she would secretly record a video of me bullying her and threaten me with it.

So I got rid of her, stabbed her multiple times on her chest and pushed her off a cliff when we went on a school trip.

My mom did the cleanup and made sure no one would suspect me.

It was fun to watch as her life slowly slipped away and I enjoyed every moment of it.

Eva or Christy, better be prepared because she is next.

I thought as I stared at the wall with a smirk.

"What are you doing here?" The door was suddenly pushed open and Mason walked in.

I quickly controlled my emotions and squeezed out some tears.

"Cousin, I just came here to clear my mind because of everything that’s happening" I said while holding back my sobs.

He stared at me with a stern gaze and I quickly tried to recall what I had said on the call with my mom.

"What happened to your phone?" he asked while staring at the broken phone on the floor.

"I slipped on something and it flew out of my hand" I quickly made up an excuse but his expression showed that he didn’t believe me.

"How is Eva?" I asked him and he finally stopped staring at me.

He walked out of the storage room and I followed behind him.

On getting to the room where Eva was admitted, I saw Jasper feeding her with a doting expression.

"Hi Eva" I said to get her attention, she looked at me without moving her gaze away from my face.

I became flustered with her gaze, could she have remembered something?

"This is Mira, your cousin" Jasper introduced me with a smile.

She still didn’t react or move her gaze away from me.

"I have seen you before, I just don’t know where" she suddenly said and I froze.

"You have met her before, don’t worry your memories will be restored soon" Jasper said with a gentle voice.

My heart ached as I watched how he treated her with such gentleness which he had never shown me.

I hid my emotions behind a smile as I stared at them.

"Mira dear, Aunty would like to have a word with you" Her mother said with a warm smile and I nodded despite being reluctant.

When we walked to a quiet corner, her warm smile vanished.

" I will be very direct with you, we just got Eva back, so I don’t want anything that will make her unhappy or hinder her recovery" she warned me with a stern expression.

She had never liked me and no matter how nice I am, she never seemed to care.

"Aunty, I know Eva is sick but don’t you think it is unfair for me? Jasper is my boyfriend" I complained but it just seems to anger her.

"Do you think I don’t know how he became your boyfriend? I just turned a blind eye because I don’t want to involve myself in unnecessary things" she replied with a disgusted tone.

She knew all along?

That explains why she had always distanced herself from me.

"Aunty, why would you say something like that? Why do you hate me so much?" I asked her with tears streaming down my face.

I looked past her and noticed Jasper’s frown.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I just avoided you and your mother so I wouldn’t be pulled into your schemes" she replied with a sarcastic tone.

"My mother has always respected you, why would you say such a thing about her?" I asked her amidst sobs.

"You can keep putting on a show for him but how do you think he will react when he finds out you were the one that pushed his mother down the stairs which caused her to be in a wheelchair" she whispered into my ears and I froze.

How did she find out?

If Jasper finds out about this, I might even go to jail.

"Excuse me" she said before returning to the room.

Jasper walked up to me with a frown and I quickly put on a pitiful expression.

"Jasper, Aunty is just worried about Eva and wants me to stay away from you for the time being" I said with a sad voice while slowly wiping my tears.

"Let’s break up, I can’t be in a relationship that was built on lies," he said to me with an emotionless tone and I stared at him in shock.

He looked like a totally different person from the man that would do anything to make sure I was happy.

"Why? Is it because of Eva?" I asked him angrily but he just ignored me and walked away.

I was about to follow him when I heard Kevin’s voice.

"Brother, I have found some clues regarding sister’s accident," he said and I immediately panicked.

What could he have found out?

Did he find the car?