Chapter 25
Outside, Savannah stood alone, a cold wind mocking her desperation.
She wandered aimlessly until passing a fountain. Glancing at her reflection in the water, she let out a blood curdling scream,
“Ahhh!”
Savannah covered her face, shrieking uncontrollably.
She couldn’t believe the horrifying woman in the reflection was her.
During her time in prison, she’d had no opportunity to care for herself. Each day brought new injuries before the old ones had healed.
Without proper treatment, her wounds had festered and scarred.
How had she–once so obsessed with beauty–fallen this far?
Savannah couldn’t believe it.
Not only had she suffered, but her parents endured constant torment too.
In prison, they’d shown her footage of her parents‘ condition.
Already aging and worn down, separated from their beloved daughter, and forced to donate blood repeatedly, they’d aged twenty years in months.
Barely in their fifties, they now had completely gray hair and deeply lined faces.
And now she looked like this.
Savannah’s regret consumed her.
If only she hadn’t been so greedy, deliberately causing that accident with Alexander’s car. If she hadn’t agreed to be his mistress. If she hadn’t repeatedly kept setting Aria up.
None of this would have happened.
But it was too late now. Nothing could be fixed.
The irony was that she’d just tried to seduce another man looking like this.
But what choice did she have?
Savannah felt utterly hopeless.
If she had any other way to survive, she wouldn’t be trying to seduce men.
She was ruined now. What else could she do?
Her future stretched out before her, bleak and predictable.
Prison.
Julian’s security team, acting as temporary guards, watched impassively as Alexander was beaten.
A blond inmate slammed his fist into Alexander’s body, spewing obscenities
Alexander made no attempt to fight back or escape, silently accepting the punishment.
In reality, he could have left anytime he wanted.
He had the physical ability to knock out the blond man. Fighting multiple inmates at once wouldn’t be hard.
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Chapter 25
If he couldn’t take it anymore, he could always surrender to Julian’s men and request release
But Alexander didn’t.
Only extreme pain made him feel alive anymore.
Perhaps he’d lost his mind the moment he realized Aria would never forgive him.
Now he was just existing, a dead heart dragging a living body along.
He and his father were the same kind of monster–relentless until they got what they wanted.
But his regret was genuine.
After countless days in prison, Alexander hadn’t fallen into Savannah’s despair. Instead, he’d grown numb to this existence,
The physical torture no longer made him feel alive.
His body still felt pain, but his soul was dead, completely detached.
Finally, Alexander slipped past the guards and security, walking out of prison.
Following his memory, he went to Aria’s overseas home and knocked.
The door opened, not Aria or Julian or her parents, but a completely unfamiliar young man.
“Can I help you?” the man asked with a frown.
Alexander’s eyes burned as he seized the man’s collar. “Where the hell is Aria? Where did she go? This was her house!”
The man pushed Alexander’s hands away, eyes wide with panic. “I–I think she went back to her country. Her family said something about visiting their parents.”
Alexander dropped the man and left with a thud. Without looking back, he stormed off, heading straight back to New York
That day, a rumor blazed through the city:
“Alexander Sterling’s ex–wife is now Julian Blake’s girlfriend–Sterling willing to be the side piece for love!”
Countless people discussed the gossip, many gathering at the Blake estate hoping for drama.
Outside the Blake estate, Alexander stood in the rain, ignoring the stares, his burning gaze fixed on Aria.
“I won’t give up, Aria. You are mine.”
“I’m afraid not,” Julian replied coldly.
As he spoke, armed soldiers emerged from an armored vehicle, surrounding Alexander.
Julian pulled Aria closer, his smile taunting.
“Trying to steal the girlfriend of a top government researcher? Bold move. You sure you wanna do that?”
Aria’s expression remained cold.
“Stop looking for me, Alexander. You’re wasting your time.”
“You’re just making me sick.”
Her parents nodded in agreement, frowning with impatience. “Begging won’t change a damn thing. You almost killed us – we’ll neve forgive you!”
“Go back to your playboy life. Have a new woman every night for all I care – just stay the hell away from us.”
Alexander’s eyes lowered, silently protesting.
He didn’t want anyone else. Only Aria.
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