The Affection Exchange System - Chapter 6

Chapter 6 That car accident hadn't been an accident at all. Raine and Skye had paid a cancer patient a huge sum to wait for me along my usual route and floor the gas the second I appeared. Why? Ihad treated them like my own sisters since we were kids. I had given them everything the same way I had it: food, clothes, education. My family had never once shortchanged them. And this whole time, they'd already been sneaking around with Derek behind my back.

If I hadn't regressed and caught onto this in time and quietly underwent three full exchange transfusions, I'd probably still be bound to Derek's ridiculous system right now. I would have died without ever knowing why. I used to hate Derek so much I wanted him erased from existence. But it had never once crossed my mind that the people who'd cleared the path for him and pulled him into my life in the first place were the two sisters I trusted most. A sharp pain seized my chest, and I knew it was a side effect of forcing my body through three full blood transfusions.

After regressing, I'd spent a long time trying to figure out what connection I could have had with Derek. The only direct connection I could think of was his blood donation after my accident. At the time, I'd guessed the so-called system bound itself to me through blood. So, I'd used a fake vacation as cover and actually checked into a private hospital, where I underwent three complete blood transfusions. I'd basically gambled my own life on that theory. Turns out, I'd guessed right.

Derek's affection exchange system had stopped working, but what broke my heart even more was everything Raine and Skye had done. By now, the two of them had gotten dressed, shoved Derek aside, and crouched down on either side of me. "Mr. Sterling, you have to believe us. We really didn't know anything about this!" "This was all Derek's doing. Please, don't do this to us. We're so scared..." My temples throbbed. Before that message, I probably would have forgiven them without a second thought, with how they were begging and groveling. But things were different now.

Now, there were two more names added to my list for revenge. I took a few deep breaths, forced my expression into something cold, and looked at them. "So what exactly do you want from me? How do you expect me to forgive you?" Seeing my tone soften, the two of them let out a relieved breath. "There are too many people here today. Everyone saw what happened, and it was going to hurt our reputations and our future prospects. "So here's what we're thinking, Mr. Sterling. You have the authority to hold a press conference on your _father's behalf, don't you?