"I...I..." Isabella was in so much pain that tears started welling up in her eyes. When she saw Albert come in, she held back her tears.

She could not cry in front of the man she loved.

Albert once said that he did not like weak and incompetent people. She would not show him weakness now.

"Let go of me, Nina! Do you hear me? Let go of me!" Isabella summoned up what was left of her courage and struggled against Nina. She was able to break Nina's grip and shove her.

With Nina falling off balance, Isabella took the opportunity to grab her arms. Her long, crimson nails sank into her skin. Nina winced in pain.

When Albert came in, he saw Nina's side face which looked like Kristina's.

"Kristina?" Albert was in a trance and he took Nina for Kristina. He walked quickly to her.

Albert pushed Isabella away from Nina, grabbed Nina's hand, and pulled her behind him. Then, he strode forward and clamped his hand around Isabella's neck.

He pressed her against the wall and choked her

even have a heart under there?"

Her words were heartbreaking.

"That's not what happened." Albert stepped back, looking pale and in pain.

With a bitter look on her face, Nina once again felt sorry for Kristina. "Are you still unwilling to admit it?"

"It was an accident." Albert stopped. Pain and regret weighed on his chest like an anvil. In a snap, he clasped his hand around Nina's neck. She did not even flinch.

She just calmly grabbed Albert's wrist and pulled it away.

She shoved him back.

"An accident," she spat. She did not believe what he said at all.

Albert seemed to snap out of a trance once again. He did not realize that he had tried to choke Nina until she was breaking free from his grip.

Kristina liked Nina. He could not hurt her.

"I'm sorry, Nina. Are you okay?" Albert hurried to check on her, his eyes full of guilt.

But Nina just waved him off and screamed at him.

"Fuck off!" Nina did not want to be touched by the person who murdered Kristina.