Chapter 717 Chaotic Situation (22) Cecilia's Choice
Cecilia's words were truly spoken with great candor.
She had thought it through clearly.
She had some emotions, because when facing death, everyone has an instinctive fear and reluctance.
In fact, when she really calmed down, she felt that it was best if Alaric didn't come to save her.
If Alaric hadn't come to this island, the sacrifices would be minimal.
If Alaric came, perhaps everyone would die together.
For a moment, she actually didn't want Alaric to come.
Gideon just looked at Cecilia, watching her sudden, indifferent emotions.
He sneered and said, "You don't hate Alaric anymore?"
"I don't want to hate him."
"Women, always so soft-hearted."
"I just think that if he comes, I will still die. I don't have the hobby of dragging others to die with me."
"Why are you so sure that I will kill you?"
"You have no reason not to kill me," Cecilia said bluntly.
Gideon's face darkened.
"If Alaric comes, it would prove that I am important enough. To get back at Alaric, you would definitely kill the person most important to him, which means I must die," Cecilia said calmly, as if she had suddenly seen through everything. "If Alaric doesn't come, it means I am not important. You just said you would send my corpse to him, so I would still die."
"You really are a smart woman," Gideon commented.
There was a hint of frustration in Gideon's tone.
"Instead..." Cecilia suddenly smiled, "Of letting Alaric make this choice, I might as well make it myself."
Gideon frowned.
What was Cecilia planning to do?
Cecilia suddenly pulled out a handgun.
It was given to her by Dashiell earlier.
She had hidden it in her clothes.
Gideon never thought she would have a weapon on her, so he searched Dashiell and Augustus but did nothing to her.
When Cecilia pulled out the handgun, Gideon's face visibly changed.
At the same time, many guns around her were instantly aimed at Cecilia.
"Cecilia, if you dare to make a move..." Gideon's face darkened.
With just one gesture from him, Cecilia would be shot.
Cecilia knew very well that she couldn't kill Gideon.
So from the moment she pulled out the handgun, the person she wanted to kill was not someone else.
She pointed the gun directly at her own head.
The scene suddenly fell silent.
Gideon stared intently at Cecilia.
Dashiell and Augustus also looked at her.
Watching her sudden action, her sudden choice!
"Cecilia!" Dashiell called out to her.
He urged her not to act impulsively.
Augustus also became very tense, moving his body as if trying to break free and get to Cecilia, but he was forcibly restrained by several people.
"Dashiell, I really appreciate you coming to save me," Cecilia said, looking at Dashiell. "Even though it ultimately failed, it really touched me that you risked your life to come here."
Even if Dashiell's main reason for coming was for Francis.
He didn't give up on saving her.
"Cecilia, calm down," Dashiell's face, which had been relatively calm, now showed a trace of panic due to Cecilia's actions.
He was thinking.
If Cecilia died just like that.
If she died, how would Alaric feel?
What would happen to Alaric?
"I am very calm, which is why I made this choice," Cecilia smiled, looking serene.
Dashiell shook his head, shaking it vigorously.
He had given her the handgun not for suicide, but for self-defense.
He said, "Alaric will definitely come, he will definitely come!"
Don't despair, don't give up on him.
He would rather die than not come to save you.
His earlier indifference was just to buy time. If Gideon knew how important Cecilia was, he would use her as a more significant threat. Everything Alaric did was to save her, not to abandon her!
Cecilia saw the tension in Dashiell's eyes.
Her eyes reddened, moved by his concern.
And because, in the face of death, she also felt fear.
In her previous life, when she died, she experienced that helpless despair. She was really afraid of going through it a second time.
She tried hard to swallow her tears and said, "I know he will come, which is why I made this choice."
In fact, she knew Alaric would come.
Francis was already safe, and Alaric's mission was probably complete.
He would risk everything for her.
"I don't want us all to die here," Cecilia said, holding back her emotions.
If she really had to die.
She would rather Alaric live.
At the last moment, she still couldn't bring herself to truly hate Alaric.
She still wanted him to live well.
"Cecilia!" Dashiell called out to her, "Don't, you have to believe in Alaric, believe that he will save us!"
Cecilia shook her head.
She believed in Alaric, but she didn't want to underestimate Gideon.
Otherwise, with Alaric's meticulous planning, Gideon should have been dead by now.
And the fact that Gideon was still alive proved that he was indeed smarter than they thought.
So, as long as Alaric came, Gideon wouldn't let him leave alive.
Even if Gideon and Alaric perished together, Alaric wouldn't be able to leave alive.
"Dashiell, Augustus. I'm sorry," Cecilia apologized. "I can only protect Alaric, I can't protect you and Augustus."
She knew very well that if she died.
Dashiell and Augustus would die too.
But she could only do so much!
Augustus's eyes turned red.
He didn't care about his own life or death.
Dashiell's eyes also reddened.
He knew very well that Alaric coming wouldn't help much, but he really didn't want to see Cecilia sacrifice so much for Alaric and the Royal Family of Whitaker.
Cecilia pulled the trigger.
"Cecilia!" Gideon suddenly stood up, "Do you think that if you die, Alaric won't come?"
Cecilia's eyes flickered.
"Alaric doesn't even know if you're dead or not. If he comes, he will still die. You might as well live a little longer, maybe you can see Alaric one last time!" Gideon persuaded.
His tone seemed somewhat urgent.
Cecilia smiled, "Gideon, after all these times fighting with Alaric, don't you know what kind of person he is?"
Gideon's face darkened.
"Before he comes, don't you think he will confirm whether I'm dead or not?" Cecilia said with some sarcasm.
Gideon clenched his fists.
He knew very well that Alaric would think of that.
Cecilia said, "I'm not worried that Alaric will come after I'm dead."
With that, Cecilia really pulled the trigger.
The only one she felt sorry for was the baby in her belly.
As for Theodore, Genevieve, and Cecilia's family, she believed Alaric would take good care of them.