The Abandoned Wife Dumped Him First (Victoria and Elias) novel Chapter 405

Garnett’s lips trembled. “Let… let her go… I’m… begging you.”

“Let her go?” Henry’s voice was savage. He pressed down with his foot, and with a sickening crack, the sound of bone breaking echoed through the room. “You’re begging me to let her go? I let her go, and who’s going to let me go?”

“Ugh!”

Garnett felt a surge of blood in his chest, his vision turning black as he spat out another mouthful.

Henry looked at his miserable state, still not satisfied. “You were so eager to shout just now, weren’t you? I’ll give you a chance. Shout! Shout it out! Let Victoria hear just how pathetic her father sounds!”

“Shout!”

Garnett shook his head. No, he couldn’t shout. He couldn’t let Victoria walk into such a dangerous trap!

He could only scream inwardly, praying for Victoria to leave quickly…

Seeing this, Henry became furious. He stomped on Garnett’s face. “Shout! Shout, damn it! I told you to shout, are you fucking deaf?!”

The rough floor scraped against Garnett’s cheek. He couldn’t struggle, only bite down on his lower lip to keep from making a sound, his hands fumbling weakly at Henry’s pant leg.

Henry was surprised by Garnett’s resilience, his chest heaving with rage. “Fine, you won’t shout, right? That’s okay. I have plenty of ways to make you scream. Let’s see how long you can hold out!”

With that, a vicious glint flashed in Henry’s eyes. He planted one foot on Garnett’s outstretched right hand, the one clawing at the floor. He crouched down, and the knife rose and fell in one swift motion—

“No—!”

Victoria burst through the main doors just in time to see Henry’s blade slice off the pinky finger of Garnett’s right hand.

Her eyes turned bloodshot. She let out a shattered scream and rushed in.

The murderous rage emanating from Victoria vanished the moment she saw the knife against her father’s hand.

She couldn’t be rash.

Seeing her freeze, Henry raised an eyebrow mockingly. “What’s wrong? Scared already, Miss Sanger?”

Victoria took a deep breath, pushing down the pain in her heart and forcing herself to remain calm. “Henry, you went to all this trouble to kidnap my father and get me here. It can’t be just to let me watch you kill him. You haven’t achieved your goal yet. You wouldn’t be willing to kill him.”

“Not willing?” Henry narrowed his eyes and sneered. “Victoria, you’re far too arrogant! I, Henry, fear nothing. You think I’m afraid to kill some old bastard with one foot in the grave?! You keep saying I haven’t achieved my goal. Why don’t you tell me what my goal is?”

Victoria’s lips thinned. After a few seconds of silence, she looked up at him. “Your target,” she said, “is Elias.”

“The person you want to kill is Elias.”