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Chapter 7

Author: E. L. Knox
To my shock, just two days later, Mark dragged a bound and battered Sofia to my doorstep.

Her face was swollen with bruises, her exposed skin covered in welts and cuts.

Mark yanked her hair, forcing her to kneel before me. His grip was so brutal that blood quickly stained the marble floor beneath her.

"Via," Mark snarled, eyes crazed, "this filthy woman admits she was wrong. I'll kill her right here, right now, if you'll forgive me. Will you?"

Sofia's eyes widened in terror. She dropped to her knees, sobbing.

"Miss Anderson, please... have mercy. I was wrong... Please forgive me... I still have a sick mother to care for... I'm begging you..."

Mark kicked her aside like trash. "If you hadn't lied—if you hadn't told me Via caused your miscarriage, I never would've turned against her! This is all your fault!"

His kick landed with brutal force. Sofia coughed up blood as her body crumpled to the floor.

The scene triggered a wave of nausea, flashing me back to the moment in my previ
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