Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 332

Chapter 332

Victoria was stunned.

She followed her gaze and looked down.

She was wearing her nightgown. However, after all that moving, a large part of her front was exposed.

The marks left by Lionel looked especially glaring on her fair skin.

What Victoria felt when her best friend saw her in this miserable state was a deep shame. Instinctively, she pulled up her nightgown to cover them and said in a hoarse voice, “Don't look at me. I'm dirty.”

Smack!

In anger, Bailey slapped the back of Victoria's head and scolded her, “Vicky, is that how you view our friendship for gosh, how many years already? That time, when someone forced himself on me and made me pregnant, who was the one who took me in and let me stay in their condominium for seven whole months? Why the heck didn't you think I was dirty then?”

As Bailey talked about it, she began to choke on her words in sadness.

Victoria smiled bitterly. “I'm sorry. I was not in my right mind. Don't take it to heart.”

Bailey dragged Victoria to the dressing room and said, “Get changed and leave here with me. Let's ignore those scummy b*stards and run as far away as we can. We should steer clear of them from now on.”

Staring dumbly at Bailey, Victoria frowned and asked, “Are you leaving Hallsbay? And you're going to take me with you?”

“Yes,” Bailey answered. “All Artemis that scumbag has in his head are ways to get me to sleep with him. I'm afraid I will fail to resist his temptation one day and fall into his trap. I should leave while I'm not that deeply involved with him.”

Victoria stayed silent for a while before saying, “Since you two love each other, why don't you give it a try? Life is short, and finding someone you love is really hard. Are you sure you're okay giving it up like this?”

Bailey stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Victoria with a self-deprecating smile. “Zayron and Susan's biological father is Simon. This is the truth. No matter how powerful we are, we can't change the fact. The only thing I can do is to provide a good living environment for the children. We can't destroy their futures just because we can't control ourselves.”

Victoria pursed her lips and smiled helplessly. “All right, fine. I respect your decision. But I can't go. I can't go until Lionel has promised to spare my father.”

Bailey's face darkened. She narrowed her eyes and asked through gritted teeth, “At this point, rumors about you being a sugar baby and having fallen so far as to become someone's mistress are literally everywhere! Now that your backer isn't revealed yet, you can still save yourself. Do you know what would happen to you if Lionel was exposed?”

“I know.” Looking at Bailey, Victoria calmly continued, “Everyone will curse at me for being a homewrecker who ruined someone else's marriage. Many would even think I have approached and seduced Lionel with ulterior motives, like trying to take Saunders Group back from him.”

“If you know, why aren't you leaving with me?”