Revenge Costs Interest [EN]: Chapter 171

Revenge Has Its Interest 171

171. I Want to Enter Your Dream

2024.01.18.

Leah fled as if she had committed a terrible sin.

Grace’s words, that they should live their own lives now, resonated with truth, making it difficult to argue against them.

Leah felt like she had become a shameless intruder, poised to ruin their peaceful family.

However, emotionally, she couldn’t understand or accept any of it.

Tears blurred Leah’s vision, and she didn’t see the carriage approaching. It was too late when she tried to avoid it.

“Ah!”

Bang-! Leah’s body collided forcefully with what she couldn’t discern—carriage or horse—and she was thrown into the air.

In that fleeting moment, countless memories flashed through her mind.

However, they were all happy moments with Terrence; there was no life of Leah Hamilton independent of him. In that moment, Leah unknowingly repeated to herself.

‘What is my life?’

Now, the boundary between Leah and Grace was blurred.

She had always identified as Leah Hamilton, but at some point, she had come to believe without a doubt that she was Grace.

So she lived diligently.

At first, it was to take revenge as Leah, but later she became greedy to live wonderfully as Grace, to build a happy life with Terrence.

Thud-! Leah crashed mercilessly to the ground.

‘Why doesn’t it hurt? I’d rather just die like this.’

Whether it was Leah or Grace, it all felt like a fabricated existence.

Now, she couldn’t even accurately define her own identity.

It was obvious that she wouldn’t be happy even if she lived as Leah Hamilton again. But she couldn’t continue to steal Grace’s life.

‘Terrence…….’

Her mind was filled only with Terrence.

She missed him so much that she couldn’t breathe.

She didn’t have the courage to live the rest of her life without Terrence. Only then did she realize that her entire life revolved around him.

‘If I don’t have him……?’

She wished her head would explode and her bones would shatter, so she wouldn’t have to endure being alive anymore.

Because remembering and longing for him would be more painful.

Leah slowly closed her eyes, desperately hoping that her breath would cease. But fate did not abandon her until the very end.

“Leah.”

It was Grace’s voice. Had she finally chased her all the way here?

How much was she going to blame her? Leah lifted her eyelids, which felt as heavy as lead.

“Grace.”

Leah realized that she wasn’t lying on the main street of the Duke’s residence. Then where was she? She moved her eyes to look around.

‘This place is?’

It was the wildflower field by Lake Wynne, where she had her private wedding with Terrence.

And Grace in front of her was completely soaked in the rain.

She was wearing a wet chemise [a simple, lightweight garment], just like when she first saw her.

‘Is this a dream?’

Grace reached out her hand to Leah with a sad face.

Leah grabbed Grace’s trembling hand. Before she knew it, the two had met again.

“Choose, Leah.”

“What are you telling me to choose?”

Did she have such an opportunity left? She had seen and heard it clearly with her own eyes.

Grace had regained her life with Terrence, and she treated her like a nuisance and coldly chased her away.

Now she was telling her to choose?

“Grace, don’t play with me anymore.”

Leah said in a rather cold tone.

When Grace said that she was Leah and told her to save Terrence, she was a woman who only identified her existence with herself when she asked her to have a beautiful baby in her place.

“It’s the last time, so choose.”

Leah didn’t answer rashly to Grace’s words.

The desire to understand her heart filled her chest.

Because she didn’t want to be manipulated by Grace like a puppet on a string anymore.

“Changing a life means changing fate. Have you thought about it seriously, Leah?”

“Grace, are you teasing me? I had no choice from the beginning. It’s not like I went into your body and lived there of my own will.”

“But now you can choose. So……. I’m going to give you that chance. Leah, it’s to make sure you don’t regret it for the rest of your life.”

Grace strode towards Leah. On the other hand, Leah reflexively backed away from her.

“Tell me! What is your life? No, which life are you going to choose?”

“I……!”

Leah couldn’t answer easily.

When Grace rejected her, she struggled because she felt wronged, but when she was urged to choose, she was confused.

At that time, only one thing lingered in Leah’s mind.

‘I want to go back to Terrence.’

Without that person, it didn’t matter what kind of life she lived.

It was shameless to Grace, but at this moment, she wanted to be honest with her feelings.

“I want to live by Terrence’s side until I die.”

Leah revealed her raw emotions for the first time.

She didn’t care if she was called selfish. She was ready to do anything if she could be by the side of the man she loved.

Grace didn’t say anything for a while at Leah’s answer.

She was ready to accept any insults or criticisms. But Grace surprised Leah with unexpected words.

“Then, you have to cheer up. Why are you giving up?”

“Yes? What do you mean?”

“Leah is a strong woman. So cheer up until the end. Because if you die, you can’t make any choices.”

Grace drove Leah to the edge of the cliff and said. She didn’t hesitate to say harsh things, asking why she didn’t keep her promise.

Leah was pushed back as Grace approached, not knowing why.

Then, when she reached the edge of the cliff, she felt a sense of crisis that she would die if she fell from here.

“Answer me, that you will endure strongly.”

Grace urged Leah fiercely.

“I will endure.”

“Good.”

Only then did Grace smile brightly and push Leah hard off the cliff.

“Ah!”

* * *

Less than an hour after Leah entered the operating room, the nurses came out holding twins.

As Chaner said, they were boy and girl twins and looked just like Terrence and Leah.

“Where is Grace?”

Terrence had no time to be moved.

“Not yet. Please wait a little longer.”

Everyone was moved to see the babies, but Terrence couldn’t bring himself to care about the babies Leah had given birth to.

For him, only the words that Leah was safe were important.

But after telling him to wait a little longer, a week had passed and she still hadn’t woken up.

“Was the anesthesia wrong?”

Terrence grilled Doctor Karen and Frank like he was hunting mice.

“The anesthesia has long worn off, and there wasn’t much bleeding either.”

Doctor Karen answered in a calm tone, but she also had a difficult expression, unsure as to why Leah wasn’t waking up.

“Is she in a coma?”

“That’s not it. In my opinion, she seems to be asleep.”

“That’s nonsense. Isn’t that a coma?” Terrence’s doubts and distrust amplified.

Leah’s condition was very good, but why couldn’t she regain consciousness? And to say that she was sleeping was an answer that was hard to accept.

Terrence didn’t leave Leah’s side all day. He prayed and waited by her side, desperately hoping for a miracle to happen.

‘I regret it. I should have prevented her from giving birth to the babies no matter what.’

If that were the case, he wouldn’t be living in fear every day that she would die.

Isn’t she sleeping for too long?

‘I want to chase after you even into your dreams and bring you out.’

Terrence was worried that her soul might be lost and wandering. She might have headed to the wrong place because she couldn’t find the way to him.

‘Come back to me quickly.’

He held Leah’s hand tightly and whispered repeatedly as if hypnotizing her.

‘Just grab my hand and walk straight.’

If she walked like that, he would be right in front of her, and there would be pretty babies. So he hoped she wouldn’t go anywhere else and go straight to him.

But the person who went straight to Terrence was Chaner.

“Uncle, sister will wake up soon.”

“I know.”

“Why are you crying when you know?”

“I didn’t cry.”

Terrence turned his head. Then he smiled brightly. Because Chaner’s words had never been wrong.

It came as a great hope, greater than anyone’s comfort.

But suddenly he wanted to ask.

“Why is Grace sleeping for so long?”

There were so many people waiting for her.

“Well, sister’s body had two souls. But one disappeared.”

“What?”

Terrence was startled. One disappeared—did that mean that Grace and Leah’s souls coexisted, and one was pushed out?

Then he wanted to ask. Whose soul was left in the body?

“Whose…… soul is left?”

He didn’t know if Chaner could answer him. No, he wanted her to give him the answer he wanted.

“Sister is just resting for a while because she’s having a hard time right now.”

Was it impossible to get an accurate answer from Chaner after all? She was the best at disappointing people with her strange words sometimes.

He tried not to expect anything from Chaner anymore.

“The souls became one a long time ago.”

“What?”

Chaner surprised people like this again.

If one soul had left the body, it was clear that Leah Hamilton’s soul remained.

So he didn’t feel good, but rather sorry. Because he was very mean to Grace.

It wasn’t a sin for her to crave his love, but he treated her too harshly. On the other hand, he fell helplessly for Leah.

‘I didn’t even apologize to Grace properly.’

Soon Terrence shook his head roughly. He decided not to care about anyone.

He would just accept her as the woman he loved. He hoped she would wake up as soon as possible…….

Terrence bowed his head and prayed.

He didn’t usually believe in God, but when he was faced with a regrettable situation, he naturally looked for God.

He hoped that any god in the world would please wake Leah up. Then Terrence fell asleep awkwardly.

How long had he slept like that? He felt someone stroking his head.

A gentle touch—it must be a dream. It was a success in its own way.

Because Leah was the only one who would touch his head like this. He had entered her dream, so now he just had to take her out.

“Ter……rence.”

That wasn’t all. She also whispered his name in his ear like a spring breeze.

Terrence prayed to God in that moment.

To not wake up from the dream until he met Leah.