Chapter 2

She sneered and said to the two burly bodyguards beside her, “Teach her a hard lesson!”

The bodyguards responded and stepped forward, grabbing me tightly.

One of them pressed hard on my neck, forcing me to kneel.

I gritted my teeth and struggled with all my strength, trying to resist.

However, my strength was no match for two grown men. My knees slammed heavily onto the ground with a dull thud.

Then, my head was smashed down against the floor.

Once, twice…

Warm blood flowed down from my forehead, and my vision gradually blurred.

“What are you doing?”

Sam’s voice trembled slightly.

I forced my eyes open. Through the haze of blood, I saw Sam standing at the doorway, staring at me without moving while holding Ethan’s hand.

Isla stepped forward and hooked her arm around Sam’s, speaking as if she had been wronged.

“Hazel refuses to confess even when threatened with death. For your safety, I really had no other choice…”

Thick anger quickly replaced the pain in Sam’s eyes, and his voice turned cold.

“Hazel, I’ll give you one more chance. Tell me who that man is!

“I’ll pretend this never happened, and you’ll still be my wife.

“When I inherit the family, you’ll be my donna!”

I slowly raised my head, not daring to let my tears fall.

There were clearly only two days left before I could live a completely different life.

Why was it that in two lifetimes, I still fell into Isla’s hands, unable to escape her malicious framing?

“Sam, I’ve already said it. There is no other man. I was framed.”

Ethan stood by the door, poking his head out and crying toward me, “Mom, you’re scaring me. Just admit it already! I want to go home…”

My heart shattered.

The son I had doted on for five years didn’t believe me and even wanted me to confess to a crime that never existed.

“See that? Even your son feels ashamed of you. Hazel, how long are you going to keep being stubborn?”

Sam looked at me with disappointment and said to the bodyguards, “Continue. Don’t stop until she confesses.”

Suddenly, Ethan ran over, crying, and kicked me in the back.

“You’re a liar! I don’t want you as my mom anymore!”

The kick wasn’t heavy, but it felt like it went straight into my heart, leaving me in unbearable pain.

My own son…

When I was being framed and abused, he not only didn’t believe me but came over to strike me as well.

At that moment, my heart completely died.

Sam was also startled by Ethan’s action.

Watching him cry as he ran away, Sam said to me coldly, “Hazel, for Ethan’s sake, as long as you confess, I won’t pursue your betrayal anymore.”

After giving Isla a few instructions, he hurriedly chased after Ethan.

A sudden fear rose in my heart. I struggled and crawled toward the door while shouting desperately after Sam.

“Sam! Please don’t leave me here!”

Isla dragged me back with a vicious grin. I struggled wildly, my nails scratching her arm.

She took a step back, covered her arm, and coldly ordered the bodyguards, “Since her hands won’t behave, break them one finger at a time.”

My eyes widened in disbelief as I stared at her.

“You want to break my fingers?”

No!

I couldn’t lose my hands! I still had to enter my mentor’s biological research center. I have a bright future ahead of me!

I struggled again, but the bodyguards pinned me down firmly.

“Isla, you can’t do this… Sam won’t allow it!”

I screamed hoarsely as despair swallowed my reason.

Isla sneered at me, as if looking at a dead person.

“Don’t worry. He’ll never know.

“I never planned to let you leave alive.

“I can only erase the stain on Sam if you die. Then, I can be with him openly.”

I stared at her in shock, forgetting even to struggle.

One of the bodyguards stepped forward and roughly grabbed my left hand.

“No!”