Chapter 54 He wanted Ethan dead for Lola!

Zackary didn't speak immediately, his gaze slowly swept over Lola's tear-stained little face, and finally, landed on Ethan's face.

The little boy, his body tense, his small shoulders occasionally shuddering.

Zackary knew, he was definitely also afraid to face death.

Regardless of whether they were adults or children, as long as they still had a breath left in them, and could live well, who would wish to die in despair!

Ethan was just a three-and-a-half-year-old child, but the young boy seemed quite different from other children his age.

On the brink of life and death, other children would have already been terrified, screaming and crying out loud, their cries shaking the heavens. But Ethan, he was surprisingly calm.

He just stared at Penelope unblinkingly, full of tenderness, and heavy with reluctance and heartache.

Looking into Ethan's eyes, even though Zackary was certain he couldn't possibly be his child, he still felt heartache for him.

In this world, how could there be such a sensible child? He wasn't afraid of falling into the boundless abyss, but he was afraid that his mother would be upset and in unbearable pain.

Zackary instinctively reached out, intending to pull Ethan back from the edge of the cliff. His hand was raised in mid-air when he realized what he had done.

He almost awkwardly withdrew his hand. Now, it was not only Ethan's life at stake, but also Lola's. He couldn't afford to lose control even in the slightest.

"Zack, please, I beg you to save Ethan. I'm not lying to you, nor am I trying to scare you. If anything happens to Ethan today, you will regret it for the rest of your life! Zack, I beg you, please!"

Penelope continued to knock her head forcefully, her small face was covered with a large amount of fresh blood in an instant. But even with her face full of blood, Zackary could still clearly see how much pain, despair, and helplessness were on her face.

A tightness gripped his heart, Zackary almost uncontrollably wanted to pull her into his arms with force. But thinking of the price Lola had paid to save him in the past, he ultimately forced himself to be as cold as iron towards her.

"Penelope, I couldn't let anything happen to Lola."

Penelope lifted her face, kneeling in place in a daze, forgetting to continue bowing her head to plead with him.

Originally, no matter how she pleaded, in his heart, Lola was always the most important.

In fact, she had known this would be the result for a long time.

But even so, she still didn't want Ethan to have the slightest mishap.

Penelope turned her face, pleading desperately to the gang leader, "You've captured me, you've killed me, can you spare Ethan, please?! I beg you not to harm my Ethan!"

"Penelope, we don't care about your life!" The kidnapper leader's voice filled Penelope's broken heart with overwhelming despair in an instant.

He no longer looked at Penelope, but coldly ordered his subordinates, "Since Mr. Spencer has made his choice, what are you still standing around for?! Send this brat on his way!"

"No!" Penelope screamed in agony, she wanted to snatch her Ethan back, but two burly men were gripping her shoulders tightly, she couldn't touch her Ethan at all.

"Mom, don't cry!"

Ethan's eyes were rimmed with red, but his tears, after all, did not fall.

He strained to lift his lips, the smile on his face as bright and radiant as it was in the beginning.

"Mom, don't cry, Ethan doesn't like it when mom cries."

"Ethan..." Penelope's tears fell, pitter-patter. How could she not cry at this life-and-death farewell!

"Mom, Ethan liked seeing you smile, he liked it when you were happy every day."

The smile on Ethan's face became increasingly bright and radiant. He looked deeply into Penelope's eyes, all his inner fears transformed into a profound reluctance to part, "Mom, you have to smile every day in the future. Only when you smile, can Ethan be happy!"

"Mom, Ethan didn't like that bad guy anymore, Ethan didn't have a dad."

Pausing for a moment, Ethan continued, "Mom, can you please stop liking that bad man? That bad man, he only makes you cry, only makes you sad, Ethan doesn't want you to like him anymore."

"Ethan, mom doesn't like him, mom only wants you! Mom doesn't want anything to happen to you!" Penelope struggled desperately, "Let me go! Let me go! I need to find Ethan, I need to find my Ethan!"

"Mr. Spencer."

Ethan's gaze slowly shifted from Penelope's face to Zackary's, "You're not worthy to be my father, and you're even less worthy of my mother!"

"Mr. Spencer, I wish upon you a life of loneliness and unfulfilled desires!"

"Mom, I missed Uncle Kemp. If you can still see him, tell him not to be sad for me."

"Mom, I loved you..."

No sooner had Ethan finished speaking than he forcefully pushed down on the hands of his two captors, sending them tumbling down harshly.

"Ethan!"

Penelope screamed heart-wrenchingly, causing her two captors to quickly release her. They took Lola hostage instead, to ensure their own safety.

Her body freed, Penelope rushed to the edge of the cliff like a madwoman, "Ethan!"

"Ethan, you came back!"

She reached out forcefully, trying to grasp her Ethan, but beneath the cliff, the fog was thick, where was the figure of her Ethan!

Unbeknownst to her, Penelope's eyes were already wet with bloody tears, the vast white fog gradually turned into a sea of blood-red.

In this overwhelming sea of blood-red, she seemed to see a young man as clear and bright as the moon in the sky, gracefully approaching, whispering sweet nothings with a doting chuckle in her ear.

Zack, my dream was to become the most skilled perfume blender in the world, what about you?

My dream... my dream was to become the best husband for Penelope.

What kind of dream is this of yours? No, no, Zack, you say it again!

And my dream... was to become the best father for Penelope's child.

Penelope, all my dreams were you.

Zack, actually, you were also in my dreams.

Penelope lifted her face in confusion, then what?

Then, for Lola, he abandoned her, abandoned Ethan.

Then, she lost her husband, and Ethan no longer had a father...

Zack, you ultimately betrayed our youthful dreams.

Zack, you eventually became someone else's Zack.

Pain surged in Penelope's chest like a tidal wave, so intense that she could hardly breathe, yet she suddenly found herself unable to shed a tear.

She slowly rose to her feet, her gaze hollow as she stared at the clouds and fog beneath the cliff. Suddenly, a broad smile bloomed on her lips.

She was a beauty that could overthrow cities and kingdoms, unparalleled in elegance and grace.

Such a brilliant smile, it made the warm sun in the sky pale in comparison. However, on such a beautiful face, there was not a trace of liveliness to be found.

She had almost reached the edge of the cliff, but she kept on walking.

"Ethan, Mommy won't leave you alone, wait for Mommy, Mommy is coming to be with you right away!"