The Love I Begged For Was Never Real novel Chapter 301

Giselle raised her hand high, marshaling every ounce of her strength, and delivered a vicious slap across Nora's cheek.

The immense force snapped Nora's head to the side. Five stark red fingerprints immediately bloomed across her luminous skin, and a thin trickle of crimson blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

Nora did not fight back.

She slowly turned her head, her gaze calm and hollow as she looked at the frantic Giselle standing before her.

How could she?

Gideon was lying in the emergency room because he had saved her. His life was hanging in the balance, a burden he had taken on to shield her. Until he was out of danger, she owed him her life.

This crushing weight of guilt pressed down on her spine like a mountain, draining her of any will to resist.

Mr. and Mrs. Xavier rushed over in a panic after receiving a call from Liam.

As soon as Mrs. Xavier approached, her eyes landed on the shocking bloodstains on Nora's clothes and her swollen left cheek.

"Nora!"

Mrs. Xavier gasped, her eyes instantly welling with tears. Her maternal instinct kicked in, and she stepped forward, desperate to shield her daughter.

But Mr. Xavier forcefully grabbed his wife's arm, pulling her back.

His eyes darted to Julian standing beside Giselle, and then to the grim-faced bodyguards of the Hayes family lining the corridor.

They ached for their daughter, but they were far more terrified of offending the highly revered heiress of the Hayes family.

Although the Hayes Group was currently in chaos, as long as Gideon was still breathing, Giselle remained an untouchable force they could not afford to provoke.

Even if the worst happened to Gideon, Giselle was still the first in line to inherit the Hayes empire.

Nora stood there like a walking corpse, devoid of pain, allowing Giselle's slaps and punches to rain down on her.

It was true. She really was a jinx.

Ten years ago, blindly chasing an unattainable illusion of love, she had shamelessly forced her way into Gideon's life, shattering the peace he shared with his sister.

Three years ago, she had signed the marriage agreement, monopolizing the position of Mrs. Hayes.

And now, because of a complication with her project, Gideon was lying in the operating room.

If Gideon died, she truly had no idea how she could ever repay such a debt.

She had brought him nothing but trouble and disaster.

She should have realized her place long ago. She should have stayed far away from a world she never belonged in.