Looking at the scattered evidence on the floor, Evelina completely panicked.
"Dorian, I was wrong," Evelina cried desperately through her tears. "I was truly wrong! I shouldn’t have schemed against Arabella, and I shouldn’t have lied to you. I only did it because I loved you too much and wanted to stay by your side. Please forgive me this once. Don’t drive me away. Arabella is already dead, but you still have me. I can give you a son…”
Unable to support herself any longer, Evelina collapsed to her knees and repeatedly bowed her head against the floor. Tears and mucus mixed together on her face, leaving her in a miserable state.
As Dorian looked at her twisted and hypocritical expression, he felt a surge of nausea in his stomach.
He remembered Arabella’s kindness and all the ways he had
