After the Affair Falling into a Billionaire's Arms novel Chapter 257

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Chapter 257

Sadie softened her voice and offered a small lie: “I’m Mark Warner’s cousin.”

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At those words, Becky’s face changed dramatically. Her entire body began to shake violently. It was fear spreading from deep within, making her already frail body seem like it might fall apart. Terror, panic and pain made her voice tremble: “Why are you looking for me? I told the police everything. I don’t know anything. Why are you still coming to find me? Please, just go. Leave me alone…”

She crouched down, hugging herself tightly, her final words breaking apart.

Louisa and Sadie exchanged a look. This wasn’t going to work. Just hearing Mark’s name had terrified Becky this much. If they continued, she might completely break down.

Louisa knelt beside her and spoke gently. “Becky, don’t be nervous. Don’t be afraid. We won’t hurt you. We just came to see how you’re

doing.”

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As she spoke, Louisa lightly patted Becky’s back. She was shockingly thin–all bones, no flesh.

Becky’s emotions gradually calmed. She looked up at them.

Sadie smiled reassuringly. “That’s right, we won’t hurt you. Can we come in and sit for a while?”

After a moment’s hesitation, Becky nodded.

Louisa helped her stand, and the four of them entered her apartment.

They were immediately hit by a strange odor, like something rotting. Perhaps because the windows were tightly closed and hadn’t been opened for ventilation in a long time.

Jacob put on a face mask. Noah seemed unbothered, casually chewing gum while his eyes carefully observed their surroundings.

Louisa and Sadie hid their reactions.

Becky poured four glasses of water for them.

After taking a sip, Sadie asked, “Becky, do you live here alone?”

Becky nodded.

Sadie and Louisa continued making conversation, trying to help Becky relax. Louisa mentioned that Becky’s facial scar could be removed with surgery, and offered to pay for it.

Becky brightened at this. No woman could resist the appeal of beauty.

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Louisa gently steered the conversation, asking how her face was injured.

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Becky hesitated, not answering immediately. She looked nervously at Louisa and Sadie. “Ladies, I know you want to ask about Mark. I can tell you, but please don’t tell anyone else, and don’t say it came from me. Can you promise?”

Louisa nodded.

“Don’t worry,” Sadie assured her. “We won’t say anything. I’m just here to find out what happened to my poor cousin. If you can tell me

the truth, I’d be very grateful.”

Becky nodded firmly, as if making a decision. Then she slowly began, “My face was cut by a female classmate in high school. It’s

connected to what happened to Mark.

“That day, we had just finished our final exams. It was three in the afternoon. I was packing my bag to go home when several girls

stopped me in the hallway. One of them was Vivian Price.

“Vivian liked Mark, so she was always causing trouble for me because of him. Each time was worse than the last. That day, Vivian said she

wanted to take me somewhere to have fun. When I refused, she had people force me to go with her.

“I remember it was a beautiful big house with a gorgeous garden, not far from our school. When we got there, Vivian forced me to call Mark. When I wouldn’t, Vivian called in three men to take off… take off my clothes… and make me…”

Becky’s previously stable emotions began to unravel again.

Louisa and Sadie were furious. This went far beyond school bullying.

Becky began to cry. “I didn’t want to harm Mark, but those people, they forced me to call him, they forced me to… to…”

She couldn’t continue.

Sadie put an arm around her. “It’s okay. Anyone would be scared in that situation. It wasn’t your fault. Please don’t blame yourself.”

After Becky calmed down a bit, she continued, “Later, Mark came. He tried to get them to let me go. But Vivian wanted Mark to be with her. She said she’d release me if Mark agreed to date her.

“Of course Mark refused. He didn’t like Vivian at all. Then they started arguing. Vivian got angry and took her rage out on me. She hit me, cut my face with a knife, and had those three men drag me into a room. Then… then… they raped me…”

Recalling these memories was unbearably painful for Becky.

Sadie and Louisa couldn’t bear to press her further. They gave her a glass of water.

Becky’s hands shook as she drank the entire glass.

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Just when Sadie and Louisa thought she couldn’t continue, Becky took a deep breath and went on, “I thought I was going to die. But they

didn’t kill me.

“I survived that hellish torture. By the time I left that big house, it was already dark. I didn’t see Mark. I didn’t know where he went. I collapsed on the street, and someone passing by took me to the hospital.

“Later I heard Mark had disappeared. I didn’t know why he disappeared or what happened to him. I wanted to tell the teachers, I wanted to report it to the police. But someone came to warn me that if I said anything, my entire family would die with me…”

Becky covered her face and sobbed. “I’m the one who got Mark into trouble. If it wasn’t for me, he wouldn’t have disappeared… he must

have been killed…”

She couldn’t speak anymore. The room echoed with her cries–painful and desolate.

By now, Louisa and Sadie understood most of what had happened. Vivian had liked Mark and used Becky to lure him over. After having Becky raped, she’d also killed Mark.

It fit Vivian’s pattern perfectly. When she couldn’t have someone she wanted, she destroyed not only the boy but also the girl he liked.

Becky had survived, but her life was worse than death. The trauma to her body and mind would never fully heal.

And how old had Vivian been then? Not even out of high school, not even an adult. So young, yet already so vicious.

After a long silence, Louisa asked, “Becky, if you had a chance now to get revenge, to get justice for yourself and Mark, would you want

that?”

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