Chapter 4

Victor Kaine walked over, his black leather shoe stepping into the pool of blood, grinding hard on the sack. “Elara, are you still not going to talk?”

He kicked it hard again.

The sound of bones cracking was clearly audible.

“Leo!!” I screamed in despair, crawling forward, but I was brutally pulled back.

I couldn’t help but shriek again, “Victor Kaine, I curse you! You will never have another child in this lifetime!”

Victor Kaine’s body stiffened.

Just then, someone came in. “We found Miss Dubois.”

Victor Kaine’s hand, which had been stroking my hair, paused. “Quickly, tell me the exact location.”

He immediately got up and rushed out without looking back.

Everyone left in a hurry. My eyes bloodshot, I crawled over and tremblingly untied the sack.

Inside, Leo was covered in blood, his bones shattered, lying limp on the ground like a broken doll, utterly lifeless.

I carefully picked Leo up from the pool of blood, pressing my face against his.

He had only been in this world for three short years, suffering through illness. Just when he was finally recovering, his own father brutally took his life.

At that moment, I wished I could die.

Not long after Victor Kaine left, two men entered, trying to snatch Leo from my arms.

“The Boss said to clean this place up, to welcome Miss Dubois back.”

I seemed to jolt awake, clutching Leo tightly. “Where are you taking him?”

“To the outskirts, to feed the dogs.”

The men were impolite, forcibly grabbing Leo from my arms, disdainfully tossing him into a burlap sack, and heading towards the door.

“Leo!!!” I screamed heartbreakingly, chasing after them, but I was locked inside.

When Victor Kaine returned with Seraphina, he only saw me slumped dazedly in the living room.

“Did you order Leo’s body to be thrown outside to feed the dogs?”

I stood up, my eyes filled with bitter hatred.

Victor Kaine’s face darkened as he said to me, “Do you know that because of your kidnapping, Seraphina lost her baby?”

I suddenly burst into loud laughter, a sound of utter desolation.

“Victor Kaine, I curse you and Seraphina to hell!”

Victor Kaine’s face suddenly changed. “If you hadn’t arranged for Seraphina to be kidnapped and forced, how would she have accidentally fallen and lost her baby while trying to escape?”

Victor Kaine’s face darkened further, his eyes full of disappointment. “I’ll let you taste what it’s like to be forced.”

Victor Kaine found four men and locked them in a room with me.

I struggled as I was dragged into the room.

“Victor Kaine, I hate you!!! I wish I had never known you…”

My remaining cries were abruptly cut off as the door slammed shut.

Soon, struggling and crying, the sound of tearing clothes, and heart-wrenching screams came from the room.

Two hours later, I lay numbly on the ground, my body covered only by tattered clothes.

The four men left the room one by one, leaving me alone, discarded like a broken doll in the empty room.

I stared blankly at the ceiling, my soul feeling as if it had been ripped out.

Leo was dead.

And I had been defiled by those beasts…

I suddenly stood up, wrapped my tattered clothes around myself, climbed onto the windowsill, and resolutely jumped.

The Kaine family estate overlooked the ocean. With a splash, a huge spray of water rose from the sea.

Then, everything returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened.

At that moment, a phone that had fallen from the windowsill chimed with a message I would never see again.

“Miss Vance, all your paperwork is complete. We will pick you and Leo up tomorrow.”

Alas, Leo and I would never leave.

Victor Kaine didn't come home for half a month.

He thought this time he needed to give me the cold shoulder, not indulge me too much.

He planned to return to me after he and Seraphina had their wedding.

On the wedding day, the large screen scrolled through intimate photos of Victor Kaine and Seraphina.

Before the photos began to play, Victor Kaine looked down and pulled out his phone.

“Baby, I was wrong before. Seraphina won’t bother us anymore.”

“Baby, once I’ve settled her, I’ll be back.”

After sending the message, he imagined my joyful expression upon receiving it.

Victor Kaine unconsciously curved his lips.

The next second, the large screen began to play.

His pupils suddenly constricted.

My figure appeared on the large screen, in a sealed room at the Kaine estate. Four men tightly held my hands and feet.

I screamed in terror and despair, pressed to the ground, unable to move.

The crowd below pulled out their phones and started recording. Victor Kaine’s face instantly lost all color.

He rushed forward to turn off the large screen, his eyes bloodshot, and he screamed hoarsely, “Elara!!!”

Victor Kaine went insane.

He smashed the large screen on the spot, confiscated everyone’s phones and recordings, and ordered everyone present not to spread the word.

The next second, Victor Kaine abandoned Seraphina and rushed home frantically.