He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 321

"It hurts!" The agonizing cry actually came from Janetta.

"Helena, did you really do that on purpose? I've never done anything to cross you. You already killed my baby, and now you want to kill me too?" Janetta sobbed loudly.

Her skin was turning red.

But compared to Helena's horrific burns, Janetta's condition was nothing more than a minor irritation.

Yet, Janetta was the one wailing tragically.

"Are you taking revenge on me? Mad because I'm pressing charges? Helena, I just didn't want people to think I lost the baby on purpose. I only wanted the police to give a fair and just answer, so no one could say I framed you." Janetta babbled on, deliberately bringing up the current scandal.

She was making sure the dirty water stayed firmly splashed on Helena.

"The police interrogating you is just procedure. It wasn't my request. I've never forced you to do anything you didn't want to. But you can't do this to me—you can't cut off my only livelihood. I'm an actress. My skin is my life. Burns are so hard to heal."

Even as she spoke, Janetta played the victim perfectly, layering her sorrow with a chilling authenticity.

Helena had no way to defend herself.

Because no one would believe her.

"Did you do this on purpose?" Sebastian demanded, his voice dangerously low.

Helena just stood there. Blisters were already forming on her scalded skin.

But no one cared.

The skin stretched across her pregnant belly burned with a blinding agony, leaving her drenched in a cold sweat.

Everyone's attention was glued to Janetta.

The maids rushed over with burn ointment, and Grace immediately summoned a doctor.

The room descended into chaos.

After soothing Janetta, Sebastian stood up and marched straight toward Helena.

His large hand clamped mercilessly around her wrist.

The pressure instantly popped one of her fresh blisters.

Tears spilled from Helena's eyes as a suffocating wave of pain washed over her, but she still refused to beg for mercy.

Janetta watched Sebastian drag Helena away without a hint of emotion on her face.

She knew exactly where to direct the fire, and how to fan the flames.

Step by step.

So, Janetta kept her mouth shut the entire time.

She knew dodging was useless.

As a heavily pregnant woman, she was no match for a man like him.

Surprisingly, her sheer defiance made him lower his hand.

He let out a dark chuckle and pinched her chin.

She didn't fight back.

It was the numb indifference of someone who had nothing left to lose.

The way she looked at him was sickeningly hollow.

The slight furrow of her brow was solely because of her physical pain.

Not from any sense of grievance over her situation.

It was as if she had completely erased him from her world.

Cleanly and thoroughly.

All those years of love she had harbored for him vanished into thin air.

"Is this how you fight back?" he demanded coldly.