Dear Ex-wife Marry Me novel (Maja) novel Chapter 1655

She looked down, fighting the pain in her fingers and holding on.

Mia stood beside her, alternating between cursing and whispering, each word a hunting echo of the assault she had suffered.

Zoey didn't respond until Mia spat that she deserved to die. She shot back, "What if I really died?"

She was indeed tired of living; life never seemed to shine bright.

She was always abandoned, anyway. If her life could get these people off her back, then they could take it.

But Mia retorted, "Don't you think dying will be that easy for you. Just you wait!"

Zoey knew Mia was plotting something new, but she didn't know what would happen until Sharon showed up and slapped her without hesitation.

That's when she grasped Mia's tactics.

She had always felt Mia was cut from the same cloth as Belinda, and now she felt it more deeply than ever.

Mia had recorded their conversation on Zoey's phone—it was mostly about Mia's own breakdown, and she also confessed the assault she endured.

Zoey hadn't said much, but to those unaware of the context, it seemed she had pushed Mia to the edge by forcing her to reveal her trauma.

The recording circulated from Zoey's phone, leaving her defenseless.

Once again she was defenseless, just like when Belinda had framed her.

No one would believe a mother could scheme against her daughter to such an extent.

Nor would one believe that a girl would gamble her innocence in such a way.

It took a few slaps for Zoey to understand that she could never escape the clutches of these people.

Her life was being ruined by Belinda and Mia.

She was the one being destroyed.

Not just destroyed, but devoid of even a shred of pity.

When she was taken to the police station, her face was calm; she thought maybe staying in jail would be better than nannying for Mia.

But she had underestimated Sharon's hatred. People in jail have been briefed beforehand and, led by a queen bee, bullied her daily.

Collapsed on the cold floor, she couldn't help but wonder, where had her life gone wrong?

Then she realized that she should never have been born.

Right now, in Mia's hospital room, Mia continued to weep and plead Fitch to swear not to be with Zoey.