Chapter 780

Marilla had her gaze locked onto Glynnis‘ hideous face; she was not blinking, as if staring down the devil itself.

Her eyes, once dulled by torment, suddenly gleamed with a fierce clarity that seemed to ignite Glynnis‘ rage even further.

“You stupid cow! Don’t you dare look at me with those eyes!”

Glynnis‘ eyes bulged with fury as she was about to deliver another kick, but Edith grabbed her arm.

“Enough already, Glynnis. You want to blow off steam, I’ll give you a

minute.”

At that moment, Frank yawned lazily, “Edith, why on earth did you drag us out to this godforsaken place? For a reunion, you could’ve at least picked somewhere classy.”

Alston gave him a cold side–eye. “A classy place for this kind of show? After all these years, your brain’s still in diapers, Frank.”

“Son of a-”

Frank was about to throw a punch when the lady in the red dress stopped him with a shake of her head.

The Bartley family was riding high in Elmsworth’s corridors of power, and these spoiled brats had no virtue; all they have was a knack for kissing up to the right people.

“Ms. Edith, stop keeping us in suspense. Why did you call us here?” the guy in the blue suit asked with a cheeky grin.

Edith, playing them like a fiddle, jauntily walked over to a dusty old piano in the corner. She lifted the cover to reveal keys that were as

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day they were

to right, an eerie discordant melody filled the

her tear–streaked face was etched with terror

it couldn’t stop the dark memories

time she was bullied in the abandoned music room, Edith was always the one playing the soundtrack to her torture. The physical and mental abuse had left her with deep psychological scars, and even the

missed you,” Edith said, while flipping her well–coiffed brunette curls with a seductive sneer. “Second,

room fell into a stunned silence.

snickered, “Edith, where’s this coming from?”

revealed a video clip of herself bullying Marilla from ten years ago; in the video she was slapping Marilla mercilessly while their classmates watched. “I

Silence.

“Girls, you’ll slap this idiot around. Boys, you’ll

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each other. Square. And I’ll let

into an abyss; it was like a never–ending fall into

exploded in panic,

Marilla will be all to himself.

into a free–for–all?

your mind?! This is rape; it’s prison time!”

“I’m out. I don’t need this kind of risk. Settle your own

“I’ve locked down the villa. If anyone leaves,

middle of nowhere?”

panic, sweating bullets, and when someone tried to call for

had ties in both the underworld

they knew

won’t be leaving this villa

as wicked as it

all in the same boat. What happens tonight will stay our little secret

were convincing, they hesitated

shots on your own turf, but now, you’re all spineless,” Edith mocked, with her gaze settling on Alston.

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humiliation he’d endured from the Ashbourne and Abernathy families and his father had filled him with a seething rage. And now,

added fuel

Alston had become her fiancé, his desire

uncontrollable.

the motionless girl, and untied the

entranced, and their minds were filled with censored images.

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