Chapter 249
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I had already witnessed Ethan’s methods two years ago in Olivia’s case. If Ethan really believed that I was trying to rape Victoria, he would definitely send me to prison, and, as two years ago, I would be given the harshest sentence.
Two years ago, after the incident with Olivia, I had willingly gone to prison for them. Because I loved Victoria deeply, and because I thought that Victoria, like me, loved and cherished our daughter and would take good care of her.
I had been very relieved to leave Emma with Victoria. Now, I knew that she was abusing Emma.
Thinking of the needle marks and bruises on Emma’s body, thinking of what Dorothy had said, that many times, Emma had come out of Victoria’s room with a swollen face, thinking of the video she had shown me of Emma’s pitiful appearance in the freezing cold, what I had seen might just be the tip of the iceberg.
Without me watching over her, if Emma was left with Victoria again, who knew how much more Emma would suffer. I couldn’t bear to see my precious daughter hurt again.
So, I couldn’t go to jail. Moreover, I had to get Emma back and keep her by my side.
But this meant that I would have to hurt Victoria, the woman I loved to the core. On one side was the woman I loved deeply, and on the other was my precious daughter.
While I was torn, Ethan walked up to me, his voice like ice shards. “You want to die that much, huh?”
His words fell, and he kicked me. A sharp pain shot through my ribs again, and I screamed in agony.
I curled up on the ground, drenched in cold sweat. In the midst of extreme pain, I still couldn’t help but look past Ethan at Victoria, who was leaning against the sofa a few steps away.
In my heart, I still held a glimmer of hope for her. Maybe I was wrong.
Maybe Ethan’s appearance was really an accident, and Victoria had only said those things out of fear and desperation. But…
I met a pair of very indifferent eyes. There wasn’t a trace of affection for me in those tear–filled eyes.
My heart instantly plunged into an icy abyss. I could no longer deceive myself.
Victoria really wanted to send me to my death. The scales that had been wavering in my heart tipped towards my daughter.
Just as Ethan was about to kick me again, my eyes turned red, and I shouted, “Alpha Stone, I didn’t force Victoria. It was Victoria who called me here. She was willing, she has always been willing.”
I said this also to let Ethan know about my relationship with Victoria. Once Ethan knew everything and abandoned Victoria, Victoria would have no way out and could only take Emma and be with me.
Ultimately, I still wanted to be with Victoria and Emma, a family of three, forever. I didn’t want to lose them.
“Do you think I’m blind?” Ethan thought of the scene he had witnessed upon entering, and his eyes were filled with anger.
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He kicked me hard in the chest again. I couldn’t withstand it, and blood trickled down the corner of my mouth.
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Despite the intense pain, I didn’t give up. Driven by the conviction in my heart, I continued, “Mr. Stone, everything I said is true.”
“Ethan, I didn’t! He’s slandering me!” Victoria sat on the sofa, looking at me with disbelief, screaming in distress, her face filled
with the pain of being wrongly accused.
“Vicky, am I slandering you, or are you lying?” I looked at Victoria and asked heartbrokenly.
Ethan looked at me. The way I called “Vicky” sounded so natural, and the look in my eyes when I looked at Victoria was too
affectionate.
It made him, who had unwavering faith in Victoria, feel a flicker of doubt in his heart. Ethan looked at me, his eyes as if trying to
see through me.
After a moment, he suddenly asked,
“Evidence?”
