Chapter 20: CH: 20 Face/of
[Chapter: 20 Face/of]
William used his shield to block the bullets that were fired. Looking in the direction the bullets came from, he saw her—Peggy Carter. "My, my, Peggy, you look so similar to the time we first met. A military uniform and gorgeous red lips—are you perhaps trying to make me kiss you?"
"William, today you will die." Peggy Carter stepped out and looked at William with hate.
"That's cruel. What about our happy life together that we always dreamed of? It's very ruthless, you know, breaking someone's heart." William shook his head.
"I don't have a happy life with you. Today, either you will die, or I will die, since I will not let you go," Peggy Carter said coldly.
William's smile was calm yet unsettling. "Do you really hate me so much, Peggy? If so, Peggy, you should know—hatred and love aren't the most potent of emotions, each the flip side of the same coin? Both linger, etched deep within the heart, impossible to erase. Tell me, even if you succeed in killing me today, do you truly believe you could banish every memory of me? Would I not haunt your thoughts still, refusing to be forgotten?"
"I..." There were complicated emotions in Peggy Carter's eyes. "You don't think I can do so. I just need to kill you."
"It's not me who is saying these things. Your hand holding the gun is trembling," William said with a smile.
"Stop talking," Peggy called.
Steve looked at the back of William. About a hundred Hydra soldiers were coming over, and his face changed. "This direction that they are coming from—those soldiers—what happened to them?"
"Oh, you mean those prisoners that you let go? Well, they are dead, and all because of you. Now you can go and chat it out between yourselves in hell." William laughed.