After All the Hurt, She Chose Herself novel Chapter 270

Yes, he admitted he had treated her unfairly, but he had been manipulated and lied to! Why couldn't she try to see things from his perspective for even one second? Even if he shouldn't have promised Ivy he would look after Lilith, Lilith genuinely needed that cord blood to survive. What was so monstrous about asking his wife to have a baby to save someone's life? Saving a life was supposed to be a righteous act. Aria had trained as a doctor—where was her basic human compassion? Why was she still ruthlessly holding that over his head?

Since playing nice wasn't getting him anywhere, Gideon completely dropped the desperate act. This was exactly why women shouldn't be allowed to build their own empires. If she didn't have her own money and status, she would never dare speak to him like this!

Gideon stared her dead in the eye and violently slapped the pen out of her hand. A dark, twisted smirk slowly spread across his face. "I am not signing a damn thing. And I am definitely not letting you walk away cleanly."

He pulled out his phone and immediately dialed Flora's number. "You said you have hard proof that Aria is a murderer? Bring it to the precinct. Now."

He ended the call and leveled a threatening glare at Aria. "If you drop this divorce nonsense right now, I'll destroy the evidence Flora brings. All you have to do is beg me."

Eveline was completely dizzy. The situation was spiraling so fast her brain couldn't keep up. Just two minutes ago, Gideon was sobbing on his knees begging not to be abandoned, and now he was aggressively blackmailing her?

Raphael kept his eyes locked on Aria. He had never believed for a second that she was capable of murder, and he certainly didn't believe it now. He was only concerned about how much more stress she could handle. Still, what kind of ironclad proof could Flora possibly have to make Gideon act this confident?

Raphael discreetly pulled out his phone and fired off a few urgent texts to his assistant.

Aldous cleared his throat and leaned in, keeping his voice so low only Raphael could hear. "Is she actually innocent?"

If she was innocent, great. It meant the genetic research could proceed smoothly. But if she was guilty... he could pull strings to bury the charges and force Aria to owe the Evernight family a massive, life-altering favor.

Raphael didn't hesitate. "Aria isn't a killer."

Aldous fell silent. It was true that despite how terribly he had treated her in the past, she had still stepped up to save his life without holding a grudge. And no one even knew she possessed that level of medical expertise. If he had died on that operating table, no one would have ever traced it back to her.

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