Chapter 22
Pfft!
Theodore suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the white hospital sheets red.
His vision went black, and he nearly fainted.
Disgust. Rage. And an overwhelming, all–consuming regret, like countless venomous insects frantically gnawing at his insides.
He remembered Evelyn’s helplessness as she cried, “I didn’t push her“, he remembered her at the stables, covered in blood, reaching out to him for help, he emembered his cold command for her to bleed 2000cc, he remembered the merciless way he had whipped her, he remembered her trying to explain time and
ime again, only for him to rebuke her with the most vicious words, refusing to believe her…
Like a madman, he ripped the IV from his hand, struggled out of bed, ignored the doctor’s protests, and, clutching the blood–stained report, rushed to Maren’s
residence.
He slammed the report into Maren’s face, his eyes bloodshot, his gaze as cold as if he were looking at a pile of disgusting trash. “Divorce! Now! Immediately! Ge
he hell out!”
Maren looked at the evidence scattered on the floor, her face instantly turning ghostly pale. She tried to argue, but faced with irrefutable proof, her composure inally shattered.
She collapsed to the floor, laughing and crying like a madwoman.
Hahaha! Theodore! You finally found out?! But so what? You’re just as filthy! You’re the one who pushed her away! You’re the one who made her bleed 2000cc
You’re the one who threw her to the horses to be trampled! You think knowing the truth now can win her back? In your dreams! She will never forgive you!
Hahaha!”
Her words were like a series of poisoned daggers, precisely slicing into Theodore’s already shredded soul.
Theodore didn’t give her another glance, turning and leaving as if shaking off a piece of dirty rag.
He immediately had his lawyer file for divorce and turned over all the evidence of Maren’s attempted murder of Evelyn to the police.
gnoring the fact that he had just vomited blood and was extremely weak, Theodore immediately flew to the neighboring state.
his time, he didn’t try to force his way into the Ashworth estate, nor did he use any business tactics to apply pressure.
He went to the front of the grand, historic Ashworth mansion and, in full view of everyone, fell straight to his knees on the cold, hard ground with a thud..
le cast aside all his dignity and pride, picked up a megaphone he had prepared, and, his voice hoarse and choked with sobs, shouted his repentance over and ver toward the closed gates and the high walls of the estate.
Evelyn! I was wrong! I was so wrong!”
Everything Maren said was a lie! The baby was a lie! The miscarriage was a lie! The assault was a lie! It was all her plot to frame you!”
I’m a bastard! I was blind! I’m so sorry!”
Please! Give me a chance! Let me atone for what I’ve done! I’m begging you!”
fis cries attracted a crowd of onlookers, who pointed, gossiped, and recorded him with their phones.
The Ashworth bodyguards came out to make him leave, but he was like a madman, stubbornly kneeling in place, refusing to move.
Evelyn stood at the window of the second floor study, the curtain slightly drawn, watching the farcical display of repentance below with a cold expression.
Adrian stood beside her and asked softly, “Do you need me to take care of that?”
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