The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273

This wasn’t just about getting Chris to let Winter go. More than that, it was meant to make her stop going after Skyla, at least for now.

Skyla was nothing like the soft, fragile woman she pretended to be. She was vicious and rotten to the core.

Just thinking about what she had done to Mrs. Young’s mouth was enough to make his skin crawl.

What kind of twisted mind did it take to do something like that?

Maybe losing the use of her legs had pushed her into some kind of breakdown. Either way, he was going to make sure Winter stayed far away from a woman like that.

“You’re putting up with all this for me. Are you sure you’re not secretly in love with me?” Winter asked, narrowing her eyes at him in mock suspicion.

William laughed despite himself. “Here you go again, narcissist. Damn…”

He had pulled at his wound and turned slightly to the side, gritting his teeth through the pain.

A moment later, Winter gently patted his arm.

William looked back at her. “What?”

“I’ll do something that’ll make you happy.”

He shot her a look. “Since when have you ever done anything that made me happy?”

Nothing had ever hurt him more than watching her marry Chris. If he had known back then how deep the bad blood between their families ran, he would have taken her far away from Chris and never let her get close to him in the first place.

“I’m filing for divorce.” There was a new firmness in Winter’s eyes.

William froze for a moment. Then all he felt was a deep ache in his chest.

He knew this was the last line she had left for herself.

The Xander family had raised her. Filing for divorce would inevitably drag the family and the company into it. She would never have chosen this path unless she had truly been pushed to her limit, unless she had completely given

Chris really had hurt her that badly.

His voice stayed calm. “Have you really thought this through?”

The moment Winter nodded without hesitation, the black Bentley on the other side of the road made a U-turn and drove off in the opposite direction from the vani.

Chris had driven there himself. On the way back, Gavin got into the driver’s seat and started the car, heading back

to Blackwood Manor.

In the back seat, Chris lit a cigarette. Pale moonlight from the crescent moon fell across his face.

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