All Chapters of You Broke Me First, Now You Beg: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

“Are you still afraid to speak?” Aeris asked softly as Leo lowered his head even further.Even Chloe, who had been beside Leo all this time, could only put her arms around her younger brother, trying to calm him.The two children looked increasingly nervous after hearing her question. Several times, Aeris saw Leo glance at Ruth, as if the wrong answer could get him into trouble.Meanwhile, the head butler and the other servants simply stood silently in their respective places. Not a single one of them dared to answer.Aeris observed everything carefully. She began to understand that it was not because they did not know the answer. They knew. They were simply too afraid to say it.The servants’ gazes shifted toward Ruth and Denissa several times before lowering again. Even the head butler, who had been standing closest to the table all this time, seemed hesitant to open his mouth.Aeris let out a soft sigh.She did not like people who used power and fear to control others. Especially w

“I’m not finished with you, Aeris. Don’t feel satisfied just because you got this.” Denissa glared at Aeris with anger.However, Aeris gave no response. She simply sat calmly, watching Leo and Chloe, who had now been given breakfast with the same menu as the other family members.All the things that had previously been scattered around had also been tidied up by the servants. The fallen plates had been replaced, the food that had been scattered had been cleaned up, and the dining table once again looked as though nothing had ever happened.Only the atmosphere in the dining room was no longer the same.Leo and Chloe ate heartily.The two of them looked as though they did not want to leave even the slightest bit of food on their plates. Leo took the bread with both hands, while Chloe kept putting food into her mouth.Aeris watched them in silence. A tightness slowly rose in her chest as she saw how eagerly they ate. As

“Is this really the Castilano Mansion?”Cyntia stood in front of the mansion entrance, her expression of awe difficult to hide. Her eyes swept across the vast grounds before her, then shifted to the large building she had only ever heard about from other people’s stories.But when she remembered her father’s warning about Andreas’s character, that sense of awe began to disappear. It was replaced by a sense of satisfaction knowing that Aeris was inside a house that looked luxurious but was terrifying on the inside.Jenni stood beside her. She also observed the mansion before finally saying, “Don’t stay too long, Cyntia. For some reason, I feel... uneasy.”Cyntia smiled faintly. “I know, Mom.”However, her eyes had been moving from one place to another all this time. They had indeed brought some of Aeris’s belongings that they deliberately claimed had been left behind at the Harrison f

Giovani was reading several documents in his office when his assistant entered carrying a thick folder.The man placed it on the desk, then stood waiting. “This is the report on Andreas Castilano, as you requested.”Giovani looked up. “Put it here.”His assistant nodded, then left the room. Giovani opened the folder and began reading the information they had managed to gather about Andreas, one piece at a time.The name was not exactly unfamiliar to him in the business world. It was just that... he had never met anyone named Andreas Castilano in person.But the more he read, the deeper the furrow between his brows became. Andreas’s reputation was apparently far worse than what he had heard all this time. A man who was not quick to show mercy, had his own way of dealing with people who bothered him, and almost never let anyone know what he was really thinking.Giovani closed one of the report pages.“Ah, damn!” He rubbed his temples.For some time now, he had also been hearing the staf

“Mom!”Leo’s scream made Aeris tighten her embrace even more. Bobby’s bite had landed directly on her shoulder, which still carried an old wound. The pain immediately spread down her arm, making Aeris’s face turn pale and her breath catch.But she did not immediately think about herself. What concerned her more was Leo, who was still trembling in her arms.“It’s okay,” she whispered softly. “Are you hurt?”Leo quickly shook his head. His eyes were instead fixed on Aeris’s shoulder, which had begun to bleed. His hands trembled as he touched Aeris’s clothing, already stained red.Several servants who witnessed what happened immediately panicked. They hurried toward Bobby and tried to pull the dog away from Aeris.“Quick! Secure Bobby!”“Take the dog away!”Bobby was finally pulled away, although he continued struggling for a while. Aeris was still holding Leo tightly, making sure the child did not fall again. Meanwhile, from a distance, Johan and Ruth simply watched everything.Johan ev