Can’t Win Me Back

"Everyone heard the recording played in the courtroom just now!" Javier was so pissed off that his breathing had become uneven.

He growled, "Others might not have recognized your voice.

But of course I could! "Right from the start...

you were fully aware of Sophia's actions.

You knew she hired a hitman! Not only did you conceal it from me, but you actively assisted her in keeping it a secret.

You must be out of your mind!" Betty denied, "No.

That's not it." "Don't you know that you were harboring a criminal? You are an accomplice! Did you want to follow in Sophia's footsteps and end up imprisoned?" Betty was scared shitless.

She was flustered.

She knelt by Javier's feet.

Tear stains marked her face as she gazed up at him.

She pleaded, "Dad! I was wrong.

I now know that what I did was wrong! "All those things.

She made me do them! She's my mother.

that she asked me to do, I didn't dare to go against her! I

dumb! "Please,

up in prison!

to have another family

to manage

hoping the Beckett Group ends up in ruins just like the Schmidt Group?" Javier's dark pupils constricted as he yelled, "Bugger off!" Betty scooted to the side hurriedly

he walked past

series of footsteps sounded as others walked by

person stopped to

her feel even

"Damn it.

it!" Betty punched the

and cursed in the empty

is the courthouse, not a circus! Go outside to scream instead!" Two

expressions on

flushed

gathered up her strength to

She stumbled awkwardly.

aback the

the opposite end of the hallway, bathed in a stream of sunlight, stood

observed her

who once relished provoking Alyssa whenever she crossed