Chapter 162

Chapter 162
Seeing Matthew’s expression grow darker, Rishima continued, "That day, Jenna had the car accident, and Roberto found Emily. He told her that he could take Jenna’s heart and transplant it into me, but the condition was that she had to keep it secret and bring me to Roberto. Emily had no choice but to agree. After all, if she didn’t, I would have no chance of survival, and the surgery would definitely fail."
Matthew listened to every word of Rishima, his body struck by shock. He still tried to justify himself, "How could this be? I clearly investigated it thoroughly."
Matthew trembled, unable to believe what he had just heard. The information he had found earlier didn’t match at all with what Rishima was saying now.
He had discovered that Emily had given Rishima to Roberto for personal gain and had lied to everyone that Rishima had died. But now, Rishima was saying that Emily had done so to save her life.
His heart suddenly felt a sharp pain, and unease flooded over him.
"Matthew. What you see isn’t necessarily the truth! You have to understand, my heart is the clearest proof." Rishima clenched her heart with her hands, feeling its powerful beat. "This heart wasn’t mine before. If you don’t believe me, we can go to the hospital and have it checked anytime. Furthermore, back then, Roberto had used my life to threaten Emily, forbidding her from revealing this. If she dared to speak out, he would kill me. He even deceived Emily, telling her that he had evidence of Moonlight’s scandals, and if she revealed the secret, he would expose everything to ruin you."
Rishima looked at Matthew with serious eyes and said, "So Matthew… Emily never did anything wrong to me. She wasn’t selfish, nor was she crazy. Everything she did was to protect me… Of course, also to protect you!"
The words Rishima spoke struck Matthew's heart like a powerful punch. Slowly, Matthew lifted his head, unable to believe it, staring at Rishima, struggling to speak, "You said... What? Emily did this... to protect me?"
He shook his head, taking a few automatic steps back, his eyes filled with disbelief and shock. His heel kicked a stone, and Matthew lost his balance, falling to the ground. Tears, like a broken dam, spilled from the corners of his eyes.
"She did this to protect me..." Matthew repeated the words like a machine. In fact, ever since Rishima took Emily away, he had a small inkling that perhaps the truth wouldn't align with what he had uncovered.
If not, then why, after Rishima recovered her memory, would she help Emily, the one who had hurt her? Despite this, Matthew still chose to deceive himself. He chose not to believe.
Because he knew, once the truth differed from what he had discovered, he would have no way to earn Emily's forgiveness... He had done such terrible things to her, and if it all turned out to be a misunderstanding, how could Emily ever forgive him?
But Matthew had never thought that this was not just an ordinary misunderstanding, but a misunderstanding so horrific. He had never imagined that the truth could be this cruel! The words Emily had always used to deceive others, the words she wouldn't speak truthfully, each lie, turned out to be because she wanted to protect him!
Matthew's heart felt frozen, cold to the bone.
"Yes, Matthew." Rishima knew that Matthew would find it hard to accept at this moment, but that was the truth.
"Emily did everything to protect us. She didn't dare say anything because she was afraid Roberto would do something crazy. She tried to endure the revenge of your friend without ever resenting it. But Matthew, Emily also knows pain, and when the pain exceeded her limit, she would give up and let go!"
Rishima didn't know much about the relationship between Emily and Matthew. Although Emily had told her a bit, she only chose to share the less serious matters.
As for the things Matthew did that caused Emily pain, she only briefly mentioned them. Perhaps those painful memories were things even Emily didn't want to remember.
Rishima gazed toward the dark, vast sea. Emily might have already sunk to the bottom, her incomplete body mingling with the sea, her flesh and blood blending into the water, becoming prey for the fish. This should not have been the fate of a kind and compassionate female.
Although unwilling to accept the fact that Emily was dead, her funeral still took place. When Emily was alive, due to blind hatred, Matthew had made a fool of her in front of everyone, indirectly causing her to lose her parents and be shunned by friends. Yet, after her death, many wolves attended her funeral. It was truly a ridiculous joke.
Matthew knelt before Emily's grave, his eyes never leaving her photograph on the tombstone.
The gravestone maker had requested a photo of Emily, and at that moment, Matthew was struck by the realization that, since living with her, he had never taken a single photo with her. This made Matthew feel even more wretched and unworthy of life. They were mates, the closest relationship in the world, yet what had he done to his mate?
Not only was Matthew crying, but Rishima was also crying uncontrollably, and Zvonimir walked over to hold her. Rishima cried so hard that she was gasping for breath, her eyes swollen and red. Suddenly, from a distance in the cemetery, she saw a shadow that looked very familiar.
The figure wore a long black suit, and the black umbrella obscured their face, so she couldn’t tell if it was a male or female. However, her strong intuition told her that this figure was truly familiar to her.
As if thinking of something, Rishima's heart raced, her legs turned weak, and her hand clutched tightly onto Zvonimir's arm. When she looked again, the shadow had vanished.

Zvonimir noticed something unusual with Rishima and thought that her heart condition had flared up again. He anxiously asked, "What's wrong? Should we go to the hospital?"