Chapter 336: Grudges and Cuffs
She was innocent; she was innocent!
It was Ellis who hit her first, and Easton, for Ellis’s sake, ruthlessly targeted her family, leaving them with nothing. Everything she did was a justified retaliation. The police ignored Victoria’s loud protests as they grabbed her arms, preparing to load her into the car.
Just then, Victoria caught sight of a man not far away. Easton stood there, watching coldly as she was arrested. She vividly remembered being kidnapped along with Ellis and how Easton had rushed to save her, disregarding Ellis’s fate. Back then, she was a proud heiress, accustomed to luxury and confident in reclaiming her rightful place as Easton’s wife. Unlike now, where Easton looked on indifferently as she fell from grace. No, it was Easton who had deliberately called the police on her!
Victoria planted her feet firmly on the ground, refusing to move as she faced Easton, teeth gritted, cursing. “Easton, you’ll regret this; you and that wretch Ellis will get what’s coming to you!”
If curses were effective, countless people would have met untimely deaths. Easton didn’t care about the curse; he didn’t even give Victoria a second glance, dismissing her words. He was here to ensure Victoria’s capture, to prevent her from harming Ellis further. Seeing that Easton ignored her, Victoria’s fury escalated. “You can protect Ellis for now, but not forever. When I get out, I’ll kill you both!”
Victoria’s vow of revenge was clear, and Easton understood her all too well. A glint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes. If not for the rule of law, where murder carried the ultimate price, he would have shown Victoria what true suffering was before burying her himself. Easton’s indifference only drove Victoria to greater madness, her features twisted with rage.
At the height of emotional turmoil, a person’s strength can surge, and the police struggled to push her forward as she stood her ground like a deeply rooted tree.
“Easton, you and Ellis deserve to die, both of you!”
At this moment, Victoria’s hatred for Ellis—and Easton—was bone-deep. They had grown up together and were engaged for years, but Easton showed her no mercy.
“You deserve death!”
Recalling their unresolved engagement and discovering Ellis’s designs on her fiancé, Victoria’s voice rose sharply, shattering like glass.
“You and Ellis were secretly conspiring, weren’t you?”
Easton had no interest in acknowledging a ranting madwoman.
Chapter 26: Images and Gifts
Unfortunately, Victoria’s strength was formidable, and he resisted moving. She was not ready to concede defeat to those she looked down upon. She needed answers! An answer to whether Easton had been seduced by Ellis during their engagement, which would bring her some comfort.
“Easton, answer me!” Victoria glared at Easton with a mix of certainty and scorn. “During our engagement, did Ellis fancy you? Did she seduce you behind the scenes?”
Easton furrowed his brow while listening to Victoria’s distorted accusations. During that time, he and Ellis were merely nominal cousins, hardly familiar enough to justify her claims.
“Absurd!” he scoffed. “You see dirt everywhere because you are dirty.”
Victoria’s scream lingered, her frustration turning into insults. “You were seduced by Ellis; she was the other woman!”
The past didn’t matter; she needed a scapegoat for her failures.
“Nonsense!” Easton said curtly and turned to get into his car.
Even if others saw Ellis in a negative light, he knew her character; she had done nothing inappropriate during Victoria’s time as his fiancée. Ellis was innocent, and Victoria had no right to tarnish her reputation. Sitting in the car and watching as Victoria stubbornly refused to walk, forcing the police to carry her to the vehicle, Easton’s thoughts drifted. How blind is grandfather to have chosen such a fiancée for me? And how blind had I been, deceived by Victoria for so long, not seeing the malice beneath her respectable appearance?
In an instant, Victoria and their past engagement became a dark stain on his life.