On the other end of the line, Blake fell into a long, chilling silence.
My heart twisted.
Since the day we married, our relationship had always been good...
Blake was always upright and kind, gentle and attentive to me.
He never once despised the burn scars on my body. Instead, he told me I was an angel who had survived the flames, and that for the rest of my life, he would shield me from the wind and rain.
With him, no matter how badly we argued, he never gave me the cold shoulder or lost his temper. He would always coax me patiently, again and again.
But this time... after hearing Hubert's lies, he said nothing. Not a word.
When Hubert hung up the call, triumph lit his face.
"Well? Still not going to tell me where Lianna is?"
The guard finally released his hand from my mouth.
I glared at Hubert, fury burning in my chest. "You've broken into my home, restrained me, assaulted me, and spouted lies. Every one of those things is against the law."
I wanted nothing more than to tear this fool apart.
At my defiance, his rage deepened. "Against the law?" He sneered. "Then let me show you what real breaking the law looks like!"
He barked an order at his men. "Smash her place to the ground!"
Obeying instantly, the bodyguards began to wreck everything in sight.
In minutes, my once neat little apartment became a wasteland of broken furniture and shattered glass. Nothing was left intact.
Grinding my teeth, I spat, "Hubert, with such blatant lawlessness, aren't you afraid of the law catching up with you?"
He laughed coldly, full of scorn. "The law? The law punishes leeches like you. You've bled Lianna dry for years—don't you know how much you've stolen from her? Everything in this place was bought with her money. I'm smashing my own things. What crime is that?"
His words rang with righteous fury, as if he weren't a criminal but a judge passing sentence on the guilty.
I checked the time. Less than thirty minutes until Lianna's miscarriage.
The real show was about to begin.
Forcing down my rage, I smiled faintly and drawled, "Why don't you wait a little longer? Your dear wife will be contacting you very soon."
My calmness only made him more frantic. His eyes burned with rage.
"Still stubborn? Fine! Today, I'll utterly destroy your reputation!"
"Take her out!"
The guards dragged me to the gate of the apartment complex.