When we finally arrived, my stomach turned.
It was that place—his amusement park. The one he used to take me to, back when we were happy… or when I still thought we were.
He dragged me across the grounds toward the bungee tower. The towering platform loomed ahead, a cruel monument to the nightmare he was about to unleash.
“No. No, please…” My knees buckled. I tried to resist. “I can’t—Lucien, please. Don’t make me do this.”
He didn’t flinch. His grip was iron.
The butler hesitated behind him, speaking up timidly. “Sir… she’s terrified of heights. Maybe this—”
“Exactly,” Lucien said with a smirk. “That’s the point.”
Then he addressed the staff coldly. “Tie her up. Don’t stop the jumps unless I give the order. If anyone disobeys, everyone here pays.”
The butler hesitated—just for a heartbeat—but did as he was told. I fought back with everything I had, tears streaming, sobs wracking my chest, but resistance was useless.
They strapped me in.
Tightly.
Every part of me trembled, every nerve screamed. I choked on my sobs as I looked down from the edge. My greatest fear stared back at me from the void below.
“Please,” I begged. “I’m telling the truth… don’t do this.”
Lucien walked toward me with slow, calculated steps. His expression was blank, voice eerily calm.
“Admit you tried to kill Vanessa. That’s all it takes.”
I shook my head desperately, tears blinding me. “I can’t admit what I didn’t do.”
Lucien exhaled heavily.
And then… without hesitation, he shoved me.
The world vanished.
I fell.
The air tore past me in a furious roar. My screams shattered against the sky. There was no floor beneath me, no control, no escape—just the sickening plummet of a woman betrayed, broken, and thrown to the wind like nothing.
And as I descended, one truth rang louder than anything else:
He never loved me.
Not once.
I lost track of how many times they hurled me into the air.
Each drop felt like the last—my lungs burning, the wind slamming against my face, my body snapping back violently as the bungee cord reached its limit. My cries echoed into nothingness, vanishing into the night like they never existed. Every time I was hoisted back up, I begged them to stop, my voice raw and tattered beyond recognition. But my pleas were ignored.
No one came to help. No one cared.