Chapter 7 Breaking News
The car came to a stop, and Alissa was yanked out by her hair, dragged away by Lionel.
For the first time in years, Alissa saw him so furious. She trembled all over, a sense of dread stirring in her chest.
“Lionel, you can’t do this. Please, you can’t…” she said.
Suddenly, she noticed a small figure by the window. In flicker of hope sparked in her eyes.
an instant, a
“Lionel, please let go of me. I’m still Dion’s mother. Please, give me one more chance. Do you really want him to see me like this?” she asked.
“I promise I’ll stop trying to be Mrs. David. I’ll listen, I’ll be good, I’ll take care of the child. Please, I beg you.”
With her hair in disarray and tears streaming down her face, she pleaded desperately.
Lionel’s cold expression softened slightly at the mention of Dion’s
name.
He was silent for a few seconds before finally letting go of her, as though silently agreeing to what she’d said.
“You better behave,” he responded.
As soon as they entered the villa, Dion rushed toward them, wiping his tears. “Daddy, Mommy left… she doesn’t want me anymore.”
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“The maid said she took all our money. Now I can’t fly on private jets or go on yachts. I won’t even be able to buy limited–edition Legos anymore. Is that true? Daddy, if it is, I don’t want Mommy to go! I want her back! I don’t want Alissa anymore!”
He sobbed, his nose turning bright red from crying.
But this time, Lionel who usually spoiled him didn’t comfort him. Instead, his face darkened, and he growled.
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“Stop crying! If you hadn’t put thumbtacks in your mom’s shoes, she wouldn’t have left! Bottom line, she doesn’t care about you, you little brat! How dare you cry?”
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“For now, Alissa will take care of you. After all, she’s your real mother. You two should try to build some relationship.”
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“Dion, let me remind you–when your mom comes back, if she doesn’t want to see you, I won’t hesitate to send you away.”
“When that happens, I’ll let Alissa take you. You two can get as far away from me as possible. Out of sight, out of mind.”
He finished coldly, then turned to the four bodyguards in the room. “Unless I say so, no one is leaving.
“You two better reflect on yourselves,” he added before storming out of the villa and heading to one of his other properties.
On the way, he couldn’t resist checking his phone.
The previous day’s reports were already online. The internet was buzzing.
On every major platform, their scandal was splashed across the screen, flashing in bold red letters. [BREAKING NEWS.]
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[Alissa is such a slut! She claimed she wouldn’t marry or have kids, but she was clearly planning to use someone else’s womb to have a child. How shameless!]
[How can a man like Lionel even exist? Why doesn’t he just disappear? People like him deserve nothing good!]
[Lionel was always marketing himself as the perfect husband, wasn’t he? Now look at him, he’s ruined everything–serves him right!]
[He has the nerve to criticize his wife? Maybe he should take a good look in the mirror first!]
Lionel couldn’t stomach reading any more. He felt nauseous and tossed and turned in bed all night, waking up repeatedly.
He couldn’t stop thinking about the insults I had endured over the past few days. His brows furrowed tightly.
And that was when it hit him. This was what it felt like when I was
cursed and humiliated time after time.
