Third Person's POV 20 From the moment Bryson spoke his first words , Debbii's entire body went rigid . She had believed that what happened yesterday was only because he had just learned the truth and couldn't accept it for the moment - that was why he abandoned her . With that in mind , after returning to the villa , she hadn't immediately reached out to him . Instead , she thought it best to give him some time to think and process everything . Once he digested everything , their relationship would naturally return to what it used to be . After all , ever since the fire incident , he had pampered her for over ten years . For more than a decade , no matter what she asked for , no matter what she said , he never once refused her . Even when she willfully went abroad during Lundeberg Corporation's darkest crisis . and had no intention of helping him , and when she finally came back , Bryson had still , without hesitation , chosen her over Hedy . It was exactly because of moments like these that Debbii had such confidence . That was why when Kenn contacted her , she rushed next door , believing this was Bryson's attempt to reconcile . But what she saw upon arrival was him lying unconscious . Of course , someone knocked out couldn't have done those things with her . Everything she had just said to him was something she made up herself . She had only been trying to stir up the feelings he once held for her . What she didn't expect was how decisively he rejected her words and her pleas . In fact , he even ended by threatening her ! When she saw that Bryson was truly beginning to count down , she freaked out . Nothing else mattered anymore . She reached out desperately to grab his arm , but her foot slipped and she fell toward the floor . Once , in the past , Bryson would not have hesitated . He would have thrown himself forward , breaking her fall with his own body . But this time , he only watched coldly as she hit the floor , his face utterly unmoved . At last , she lost it . 20 2/3 601 % 9:48 Wed , Oct 15 8700 " Bryson ! You can't treat me like this ! I saved you ! I'm your savior ! How can you be so cruel to me ? You owe me ! You owe me ! " As she shouted , she scrambled up from the floor and lunged toward him . The next second , Bryson shoved her away so forcefully that she crashed back down . He didn't give a damn , even knowing that pain shot through her body . " Debbii , " he said coldly , " didn't you hear a word of what I just told you ? I said I've already paid whatever debt I owed you . Now , get the hell out of here ! " With his patience wearing thin , he began to count without mercy . " Three ! " " Wait ! Wait ! " Debbii cried , her face twisting in panic . But as she looked into his eyes , she finally realized - he wasn't bluffing . If she didn't leave before his countdown ended , he really would put his hands on her . Terrified , she scrambled to her feet , half crawling , half staggering toward the door . Her body screamed with pain , but she forced herself onward . The moment she stepped out , the tears threatening to fall from her eyes hardened into something else . Her expression turned dark and bitter in an instant . Debbii hadn't expected Hedy's influence over Bryson to run so deep . It had only been two days since she disappeared , and already Bryson seemed like a man who had lost his very soul . Even the way he treated Debbii had become so utterly different from before . At this thought , Debbii felt a flicker of relief . At least , she was lucky ; Bryson hadn't discovered that she was the one who set fire to Hedy's hospital room . Still , it was a pity Hedy hadn't died in that inferno . But it also meant that Bryson would not bother , at least for now , to investigate the cause of the fire . Things weren't what they used to be now . Back then , even if he had found out she was the culprit , she was confident she could walk away unscathed . But now , she had no such confidence at all . Judging by the way Bryson had just treated her earlier , if he were to discover the fire was her doing , he wouldn't hesitate a second before striking back . Thinking of the ruthless methods he had used against others , Debbii shivered violently . Back when he helped her deal with Hedy's mom and her brother , of course , Bryson's 20 9:48 Wed , Oct 15 cruelty was reassuring . ( 92 ) Only now that the same methods might be used against her herself had she realized how terrifying he truly was . She had to think carefully about her next step , about how to survive from here . Perhaps Hedy's disappearance was not entirely a bad thing . At least this way , Debbii still had a chance .