登入At three in the afternoon, the plane carrying Martin landed at London Heathrow International Airport. The moment he stepped off the aircraft and hurried through the arrival corridor, he immediately turned on his phone.The overwhelming longing he felt for Elizabeth made him want to return home and see her as soon as possible. However, the moment the mobile signal connected, his phone screen displayed an incoming call from one of his colleagues in the marketing department."Hello," Martin answered briefly."Hello, Mr. Martin. I can finally reach you."On the other end of the line, a woman’s voice could be heard releasing a clearly audible sigh of relief.Martin frowned, feeling slightly disturbed. "Yes, hello. Who is this?""I’m Lucy, Mr. Martin. I’m from the marketing division, and I work with Madam Julia." The woman explained in a trembling voice. The terrifying incident she had just witnessed seemed to have drained all of her energy, leaving her body shaking uncontrollably."Then wh
Honestly, Nathan’s heart seemed to stop beating for several moments when he first witnessed the recording of the violence inflicted upon Elizabeth."I know, Nathan," Elizabeth said, her voice hoarse yet filled with a cold determination. "But this matter is not as simple as you think. Should I have remained silent while they treated me like nothing more than an animal? They completely destroyed my dignity—making me look like a fool, an ignorant person, and a clown worthy of ridicule. They laughed loudly over my suffering. They enjoyed watching me in pain, covered in wounds and blood. They broke me mentally until there was nothing left."Elizabeth took a deep breath, staring straight ahead. "If I chose to remain in that cursed family, there were only two possible endings for me: losing my sanity or ending my own life. If you had stepped in from the beginning, you would have simply paid off all the financial demands Mery made. Because to you, money has never been everything."Nathan was
Nathan walked quickly down the corridor toward the interrogation room. Through the gap in the door, he saw Elizabeth sitting alone, calmly answering every question asked by the investigating officer."May I come in?" Nathan asked as he stood at the doorway."Ah, Mr. Nathan. Please come in," replied the officer in charge of the investigation.Nathan looked at Elizabeth, suppressing the turmoil of emotions inside his chest. Seeing Elizabeth’s face covered in bruises, with the corner of her lips split and stained with blood, his anger ignited instantly. A strong urge rose within him to unleash his fury directly upon Mery, Tina, and Tia. However, he restrained himself. They were women, and Nathan would never lower himself by using physical violence against them."I came here with my lawyer. From now on, he will handle the entire legal process of this case." Nathan took a seat beside Elizabeth, while Edwin sat next to him with a formal posture."I am relieved to know that Madam Elizabeth i
After Aldo left, it was Ilham’s turn to enter. The man was now seated across from Nathan."Do you know why I called you here?" Nathan asked. His voice sounded heavy and grim. The darkness in his eyes seemed to send a clear wave of anxiety toward the man sitting before him."I’m sorry, Sir. I don’t know," Ilham replied nervously. During his time working under HR Group, this was the third time he had faced Nathan directly."Do you recognize the hysterical woman in this recording?" Nathan turned the screen around, showing a clip of a woman aggressively grabbing and pulling another woman’s hair."That… is my wife, Sir," Ilham answered, his lips suddenly going dry. Since the victim’s face in the video had been blurred, he could not recognize who the woman being attacked by his wife was.Bang!Nathan slammed his hand onto the table, causing Ilham to jolt in his seat."This video has already spread widely across the internet."Ilham’s face instantly turned pale. If the footage had already be
Nathan’s face hardened, slowly flushing red as he tried to contain the turmoil rising inside his chest while listening to the report from one of his personal bodyguards.Seeing Elizabeth treated so cruelly and unfairly by her husband’s family stirred the anger Nathan had been suppressing all this time.“How could this happen?” Nathan’s voice was low but sharp. “I entrusted Mrs. Elizabeth’s safety to all of you. Why did you allow those people to approach her, attack her, and hurt her like that?”Without warning, Nathan drove a hard punch straight into the tall man’s stomach.The bodyguard did not move. He accepted the blow without shifting from his position, though the pain on his face could not be completely hidden.“We were only following orders, Sir,” the man explained in a calm yet regretful voice. “Mrs. Elizabeth insisted that we not stay too close to her. She asked us to monitor everything from a distance. If something happened, she wanted us to remain as witnesses and not interf
“Then, would you like us to accompany you to the police station?” one of them asked.Elizabeth shook her head gently.“I’ll go with Dedi and Toni.”“All right then. We’ll leave first.”One by one, they began leaving the café.After the atmosphere had calmed slightly, Elizabeth turned toward the two men who had been helping her the entire time.“Thank you very much for helping me,” she said sincerely to Dedi and Toni.She knew Dedi as the older brother of one of her university friends.After hearing Elizabeth’s story, the man had immediately agreed to help and had even asked his colleague to assist in arresting Mery, Tina, and Tia at the scene.“This is already part of our responsibility,” Dedi said calmly. “Cases like this actually happen quite often, but they are rarely reported.”He looked at Elizabeth for a moment before continuing,“Most women choose to stay silent when they are mistreated by their husband’s family. Including when they experience domestic violence.”His tone sound
After spending quite a long time crying and lamenting her fate, Elizabeth finally stepped out of her room and headed to baby Noah’s room.She thought the handsome baby had fallen asleep from waiting too long. But she was wrong. Noah was happily playing with his own hands and feet, as if he had been
“Baby, where are you now?” Martin asked in an exceptionally gentle voice.In the past, Elizabeth would instantly smile every time Martin called her that. But now, that same endearment made her stomach twist, leaving her nauseous and wanting to vomit.“I’m stopping at a food stall,” Elizabeth answer
“Martin, my phone battery is dying. When I get to Pekanbaru later, I’m planning to look for a new one. The case is also worn out, so I had to tie it with a rubber band to keep it from falling apart.”Martin went silent at Elizabeth’s explanation. He even wondered if there were still shops selling b
Nathan contacted Aunt Elly and asked her to bring Elizabeth and Noah to his office.After giving the order, he ended the call.Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Aunt Elly arrived with baby Noah, who was still fast asleep in Elizabeth’s arms.“Which one is Elizabeth? Why didn’t she come







