But now, there was nothing left in his eyes except the dull numbness of someone just going through the motions.
Just then, the doors were shoved open, and Melina stumbled in, utterly disheveled.
The blood at the corners of her mouth had already dried. The stitches were also gone, but tiny needle marks were still visible on her upper and lower lips.
“Cedric, save me!” she begged.
Cedric’s pupils shrank slightly. He rushed forward so fast he didn’t even notice his slippers slipping off just to catch Melina in his arms.
Her eyes burned with hatred as she glared at me, venom spilling from her gaze. “She had people sew my mouth shut! And she locked me in an ice-cold room all night! Cedric, divorce her, please? She’s going to kill me. My mouth hurts so badly. She even turned that incident into a PowerPoint and posted it online. Now the hospital director told me to get out. My whole future is ruined. I don’t want to live anymore.”
Without a second thought, Cedric turned and slapped me hard across the face.
A storm brewed in his eyes, as if he wanted to tear me apart. “Yvonne, have you lost your mind? Didn’t I warn you not to touch her?”
Years ago, when he faced Mr. Winslow, he had stood exactly like this, shielding me behind him with everything he had.
Only this time, I had become the “Mr. Winslow,” and they were the lovers being cruelly torn apart.
Bitterness flooded my chest. My eyes reddened despite myself.
Still, I laughed weakly through my choking voice as I looked at him. “She took my child from me. She took away my right to be a mother. The doctor said it’ll be very hard for me to get pregnant again. Sewing a few stitches into her mouth was already the lightest punishment.”
“Cedric,” I demanded, staring straight at him, “why do you believe everything she says? Who exactly is your wife?”
I stubbornly searched his face, desperately hoping to find even a trace of pain or guilt.
But there was none.
His voice was heavy with barely restrained fury as he replied, “Yvonne, you’re just using this as an excuse. Melina studied medicine for so many years, and you destroyed her future with a single move. You’re vicious. She’s right. I spoiled you too much all these years.”
He then waved his hand, summoning the bodyguards in the courtyard.
Quickly, they grabbed my arms and forced me to the ground.