The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 702

Chapter 702 The Flames of Shame

The moment Dan saw Derrick snap his fingers, his chest tightened.

Before he could react, a series of deafening blasts went off–boom, boom, boom.

Both Dan and Conan turned sharply toward the courtyard.

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The row of luxury cars parked there erupted one after another, fire roaring skyward in a blaze of destruction.

The stench of burning fuel and metal filled the air, acrid and choking.

Dan swung back toward Derrick, eyes bloodshot, lips parting soundlessly. His jaw clenched so tight his teeth ground audibly.

Derrick’s smile only deepened.

“I’ve got plenty more gifts like this.”

The meaning was clear: unless Dan handed over Marie, Derrick would keep burning his world down until he broke.

And just as Derrick predicted, Dan’s composure was already crumbling.

“You really are insane,” he spat.

“That still makes me better than a shameless bastard who covets another man’s wife.”

Those words nailed Dan to the pillar of disgrace.

He let out a bitter laugh. “You think I don’t know the truth about your marriage? You married her because of the elders in the Sheng family, didn’t you? Derrick, you and I–we’re the same.”

Both of them had faced countless obstacles on the road to giving Marie happiness.

But at the words “the same,” Derrick’s smile turned ice–cold.

“You think I’d ever compare myself to you? If I’d faked my death the way you did, Marie would’ve torn me apart.”

Not a single word of “love” spoken, yet every word was full of it.

The thought of Marie bringing Derrick to such a point made Dan’s chest feel like it would explode.

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He jabbed a finger at the bite marks swelling on his own face. “See this? She did that.”

The others froze.

Gosh!

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Only now did they realize the swollen marks on Dan’s face weren’t from a beating–Marie had bitten him.

Sebastian shot a worried glance at Derrick.

And when he saw the dangerous look in his brother’s eyes, he rushed to smooth things over. “It’s nothing. Once we find her, you can let her bite you too. A few more times, even.”

Derrick couldn’t say a word.

He had already been boiling inside at the sight of those marks.

Now, hearing Sebastian reduce it to some childish comparison, his glare cut like a knife.

Seriously?

“Enough. Stop misleading him. Why do you think she bit you?” Sebastian snapped at Dan. “Because you tried to force yourself on her, and she wouldn’t let you, right?”

Who ends up with bite marks on the face in bed unless the other side resisted with everything they had?

You failed to get what you wanted and still had the gall to brag about it.

Inside the castle.

Marie and Sophia had rushed to the windows at the sound of the explosions.

But from so far back, they couldn’t see who had come.

The servants, however, were already in panic.

Out beyond the gates, a dozen cars were swallowed by flames, fire climbing high into the night.

Marie let out a low whistle. “Impressive. Someone in Noctarth actually managed to push Dan this far.”

This was his fortress. Even stepping past its gates was nearly impossible for most people. And yet tonight, his entire fleet had been reduced to ashes.

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The first blast, she hadn’t known what it was.

Sophia nodded. “Arrogant. Truly arrogant.”

They had no idea Derrick was outside confronting Dan.

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But before they could speculate on who Dan’s enemy might be, another explosion thundered from a nearby villa, bringing the whole structure crashing down.

Marie’s mouth twitched. “My God. Could this be about stealing someone’s wife?”

Sophia turned to look at her instinctively. Stealing someone’s wife? Whose wife?

Before she could ask, Marie went on. “That bastard Dan–he’s always acted like some gentleman. Don’t tell me he’s been snatching up other men’s wives all these years.”

If that was true…

Then how blind had she been to fall for such trash?

“I don’t know,” Sophia admitted.

They hadn’t even known Dan was alive until recently. How could they possibly know his ways in Noctarth?

Still, judging by the situation–one explosion, then another, then another–it really did look like a vendetta born of stolen love. No one went this far unless the hatred ran to the bone.

Another deafening blast shook the grounds. A second building collapsed into rubble.

Was Dan’s fortress made of paper, to have been packed with so many explosives?

“We need to get out of here,” Sophia urged.

If they stayed, they might end up blown to pieces along with the castle. It was terrifying.

Marie realized then that being near Dan was like racing against Hades himself.

And now the entire castle was in chaos.

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