Chapter 6
With his immense power in the city, Callan found the missing Zara within a day.
Zara cowered in Callan’s arms like a frightened rabbit. She glanced cautiously at Lila, then sobbed: “…Aunt Lila… she said I was immoral for seducing uncle Cal, so she had people send me to a women’s virtue academy to learn proper behavior.”
This was the first time she’d called Callan “uncle Cal” instead of “Cal.”
Callan’s entire body radiated a terrifying aura. He turned cold eyes toward Lila, his gaze alone enough to silence anyone: “Lila, your jealousy needs limits! Zarà is still a child!”
“Do you know what these ‘virtue academies‘ are? They’re torture chambers! Zara was electrocuted and whipped in
there… she almost died!”
He didn’t even ask for Lila’s side of the story before condemning her.
In the past, Lila would have been devastated by such an accusation.
But now… she simply didn’t care anymore.
“I didn’t do it,” Lila stated calmly. “Whether you believe me or not doesn’t matter. I’m tired and I want to rest now.”
With that, Lila lay back down, showing Callan only her cold yet defiant back.
Callan’s dark eyes showed a hint of emotion, but before he could speak, Zara suddenly embraced him with a terrified expression: “Cal! I’m so scared. They called me a whore and said they were going to sew me up down
there…”
Callan immediately looked at Zara with deep concern: “Don’t be afraid, baby. I’m here, and I won’t let anyone hurt
you.”
Lila closed her eyes, not wanting to see or hear anything more. She didn’t want to think about any of this anymore.
She would be leaving tomorrow, and regarding Callan, she had nothing left to say except goodbye.
However, that night, someone broke into Lila’s room. Before she could call for help, they drugged her, blindfolded her with a black cloth, and efficiently kidnapped her.
When Lila regained consciousness, she found herself bound hand and foot, blindfolded, with several layers of tape
over her mouth.
“What’s happening?” Lila thought in confusion, “Had she been kidnapped? By whom? One of Callan’s enemies?”
As she tried to make sense of the situation, Callan’s cold voice came from above her head: “Zara, is this the female
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instructor from the virtue academy who tortured you?”
“Why is her head covered? Remove it. I want to see who dares touch my woman.”
Immediately, Zara displayed a terrified expression: “No! Cal! Don’t remove her blindfold!”
She shrank into Callan’s arms and sobbed: “Cal, I’m scared. This instructor tortured me for an entire week. I’m
traumatized–I panic just seeing her face.”
“Alright then, we’ll leave it on,” Callan soothed her. “Don’t cry. I’ll make her pay for what she did to you.”
Listening to their conversation, Lila finally understood: the virtue academy story was entirely Zara’s invention.
Lila’s kidnapping must have been arranged by Zara too. She had orchestrated this whole scenario to make Callan
torture Lila himself…
At the thought of this, cold sweat broke out all over Lila’s body. After all, Callan’s torture methods were notoriously brutal–death would be a mercy compared to falling into his hands.
“Mmph! Mmph!” Lila struggled desperately, trying to make enough noise for Callan to recognize her, but her mouth was sealed shut.
As she struggled, Callan casually walked over and ordered his men to secure Lila’s right hand to the table. Then, smiling, he picked up a hammer.
“Is this the hand you used to whip Zara?” Callan’s voice carried a smile, but in the next second, the hammer came down hard on Lila’s pinky finger.
CRACK-
The pain shot through Lila’s entire body, nearly making her pass out.
But that wasn’t the end. Callan raised the hammer again and casually smashed her ring finger.
Once, he had placed his engagement diamond on that very finger. But now, he deliberately shattered it with a
hammer.
The excruciating pain made Lila black out, but unconsciousness was a luxury denied to her. She had barely passed out for two seconds when someone splashed her with pepper–infused water to wake her up.
“Don’t pass out,” Callan chuckled softly, his voice both sickly and magnetic. “The night is still young. We’re going to
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