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.

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

was dumb! "Please,

up in prison!

bear to see me end up in prison? "Also, can our family afford to have another family member go to jail? The Schmidt family already took

to manage the Beckett

like the Schmidt Group?" Javier's dark pupils constricted

watched as he

of footsteps sounded as others walked by

a single person stopped to help

made her feel even more

"Damn it.

it!" Betty punched the ground

and cursed

circus! Go outside to scream

carried hateful expressions on their

flushed red

up her strength

She stumbled awkwardly.

taken aback the moment she

hallway, bathed in a stream of

had observed her

Alyssa whenever she crossed her path,