Chapter 64

On the second floor above, Ruby’s tears welled up the moment she saw her salvation. Below her, Hunter was waiting, and she sobbed out, “Hunter.”

“Daddy.”

“Daddy.”

The two children, upon seeing Hunter, excitedly shouted “Daddy” and ran towards him.

Erin watched the scene unfold with a gaze filled with icy detachment.

When Hunter shielded Ruby and the kids in front of him, Ruby looked at him, tears streaming down her face as she choked up, “Hunter, I……”

She tried several times to say something to Hunter but stopped short, unsure where to begin. She never imagined that despite her close bond with Janie, Erin could be so ruthless, that he would actually…

Ruby’s hesitant expression spoke volumes, and Hunter didn’t need to ask to know what -had happened. Furious, Hunter approached Erin and, without a word, slapped him hard

across the face, “You bastard! She’s family, for crying out loud!”

Erin touched his slapped cheek nonchalantly, glanced coldly at Hunter, Ruby, and the kids, and said icily, “Hunter, I spared your kids seeing the worst. Consider it a favor.”

Hunter liked to cheat, but Erin wanted to see if Hunter could stomach it in the future now

that Ruby was gang-raped.

“Daddy.”

“Daddy.”

moved to strike Erin, the little ones tugged at

and even in her

pulled Hunter away, Hunter, let’s just go.” She couldn’t bear

and said, “I’m sorry, Erin, and thank you for not hurting my babies.” But the humiliation she suffered at his hands

until Hunter, Ruby, and

back to reality and approached

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his calm but ruthless ways, which Janie was well aware of, but she hadn’t expected him to go so far with Ruby, so

calmly said, “Mom,

the driver took Janie away, Erin instructed his assistant to sell the apartment,

was a slight not easily overlooked by him or his mother, and Erin was determined that Hunter’s days ahead would be anything but

the company back, and certainly, a divorce was likely on Hunter’s mind.

window,

gloriously as Estrella stepped out of the courthouse, victorious over Jo’s case, her face radiant in the sunlight. This morning’s court battle had been

for helping me secure such a generous settlement,” Jo caught up with

with a professional smile, “Just doing my

woman sighed deeply, gratitude resonating in her voice, “Ms. Estrella, I know everything. I know my ex-husband’s lawyers approached you, offering a bribe to go easy on the case. But you

pack

smile widened as she slipped her hands into her trouser

thirty years of marriage to that man, I know him too well. But I never expected him to

by weighed on her. “If only he

and we’ve fought hard. No regrets.

looked at her gratefully, “Ms. Estrella, you’re a

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