Whir!"Confess."Whir!Lucia looked expressionless as she was whipped. She didn't move an inch till the officers were done with their ‘torture’. Several whips were more than enough to induce pain on any random person, but the only feeling Lucia had was numbness. It was ten days since she got arrested and she had adapted pretty well just like she had adapted to the unloving ways if her husband.She scoffed. "I wasn't expecting him to come anyways. I knew that he wouldn't." Her face fell. "I thought Jade will."Ten days of staying in prison and unlike what she had expected, she was yet to be released. Lucia thought that are refusal to confess to a crime she had not committed would make her daughter know she isn't lying leading to her release.Lucia sighed. "This time around, she got really hurt," she muttered to herself. The Jade she knew would not have let her mother rot in prison no matter what. She was a type that forgave easily.Lucia clenched her fist. It was all Bruce's fault. "If
Bruce sighed in frustration as he looked up at the building rooted before him. This was the last place he wanted to visit.Lucia was in there and he hated to see her face. "Why am I suddenly visiting her?" Bruce asked himself. Yeah, right, he still had the gut feeling that Lucia was accused falsely.Bruce turned his back to leave.After walking a few steps, he paused, sighed again, turned back to the building and walked into it.As expected, Lucia was in her most miserable state. It was hard for Bruce to believe that the woman behind the bars in front of him was the same woman that devoted most of her time to looking good. She devoted more time to looking good than to doing evil. She stinked, there were holes of various shapes, decorating her cloth, her hair was unruly and her skin had darkened."You're here to see how pathetic I have become," Lucia said with a sad smile. "You've finally had your revenge, haven't you.""You brought whatever predicament you're in on yourself. I only
"Did he agree?"Lucia frowned. Life sucked. She hated the fact that she had to deal with a mannerless jerk like Bryan.Who did he think he was? Lucia thought to herself. He was penniless and fatherless."If you're the one behind Jade's kidnap, why did you kill your accomplice, Mrs. Williamson?" Lucia knew the answer, but she only wanted to ask. She knew how ungrateful Bryan was and how he would discard whoever is no longer important to him without thinking twice."She tried to mess up my plan," Bryan smirked and locked eyes with Lucia. "If you try to do what she did, I'd send you 6 ft away from the surface of the earth."Lucia froze. She gulped and tried too hard to maintain a straight face. "What did she do?""The plan was to get Bruce's property. She messed up everything and let Jade escape. Without bothering to reach out to me, she decided to take your daughter's property and run." Bryan cackled. "I might have lost money and power, but I'm still smart. I offered to help Jade find B
"Lucia did it. Stop forcing me to tell lies."Bruce stared at the man that just roared the words at him blankly."George, right?" Bruce said after a while. The man looked at him in disdain. George was the man that had confirmed that Lucia was the one who kidnapped Jade."You were paid by the real culprit to pin the blame on Lucia, right?" George looked away. "Make another confession. This time around, you have to tell nothing but the truth."George smirked. "In your dreams. Lucia is innocent but she would rot in jail until my boss decides to help her get out.""Who is this boss of yours?" Bruce asked. "He must have a problem with me, right? He knows who I really am after all.""I won't tell you that either."Silence prolonged between them, then Bruce opened his mouth to talk. "You know very well that you're alone here with me. You're beaten up and at my mercy. I can kill you this very moment if I want.""I dare you." George smirked. "We also both know that you can do nothing to me."
"Jade," Bruce called out. "I can prove to you that he is lying. I proved it to the police."Bruce brought out his phone and held it out to Jade. "Here. A recording. I tried to force him into saying the truth. He said he wouldn't and I recorded him saying so." Bruce grinned. "That was smart of me, wasn't it."Jade slapped the phone off his hand to the ground. "What do you take me for? A fool?""Jade suspects that you planned everything. Everything in the recording was staged.""You believe the same, don't you?" Bruce frowned. It was heartbreaking for him to see that the very same people who he thought would always trust him now distrusted him.""Bruce," Bryan began. "Have you forgotten the last time you got imprisoned? I stood by you when every other person didn't.""What changed?" Bruce asked."These days, you've been acting very suspicious. I don't blame Jade for distrusting you and to be sincere, I don't—""Don't say it," Bruce chipped in."Green snake," Lucia said in disdain to Bry
Lucia looked to her side in gratitude to Bruce. She gave him a small smile. It was awkward for Bruce but he smiled back at Lucia.She looked back at the entrance of the house. Lucia frowned and paused walking. J. J. Fulton, her supposed husband, was at the entrance. She rolled her eyes and continued walking."You're lucky you proved yourself innocent. You almost ruined my reputation," J. J. Fulton said immediately after she got to him.Without saying a word to him, she walked into the house."You could have at least visited her," Bruce said softly as he got to J. J. Fulton's side."You're not the one to tell me how to take care of my wife," J. J. Fulton snarled and Bruce shook his head in disapproval."The manner he is defending her is suspicious."Bruce heard Jade say to Bryan. He listened to his reply. Bruce looked back at them and Jade looked away. Bruce's heart fell. He turned to his front immediately and continued walking."Perhaps, Bruce just wanted to help. Your mother and Br
"How is this even possible?" Bruce got mixed up. He took another look at his chat with a certain somebody whose number was saved as Mistress in his phone.He wondered when he replied her messages and how the number got into his phone in the first place. "Jade, there must be a misunderstanding some—"Before Bruce could continue talking, Jade pushed him away and ran from the scene. She had almost burst into tears before them."Jade," Bruce called out, ready to go after her."I don't think she would listen to you if you ran after her," Bryan pointed out.Bruce turned to him, glaring. "You were the person who took my phone to her.""I only wanted to prove to her that you're innocent of the allegation she placed on you," Bryan said, then paused. He looked away. "I had no idea you were having extra marital affairs."Bruce raised his hands, ready to strike Bryan's cheek but he folded his hands, restraining himself. He placed his arm by his side and took in a deep breath."I feel you're doing
"Seems like beside the swimming pool is Astor Ace's son's wife's place of grief," Bryan muttered to himself, grinning as he watched Jade weep beside the pool.Bryan's grin disappeared and he put on a pitiful face."Jade, are you still down?" Bryan as I"Of course, I am. My husband is cheating on me." Jade's face fell. She looked up at Bryan's face. "Do you think it's my fault? I tricked him into marrying me yet I don't fulfill my duties. Do you think that's the reason Bruce decided to go for someone else? His human and—""I don't think I would cheat on my wife," Bryan chipped in and Jade raised an eyebrow."Well the former Bryan will, but when I saw the kind of person you are, I came to the situation that they are women out there that should be treated with love and affection."Bryan took a seat next to Jade. "If Bruce is cheating on you, he is the one at fault, not you. The current Bryan has concluded that no matter the situation, no woman should be cheated on."Jade sighed. "Somethin