“You still think you’ll walk out of here? Even if you never confess, I’ll still marry Walter. The only one left by his side will be me. You’re just a mutt he’s grown tired of.”
She stepped back and gestured to the bodyguards.
“Have fun. Just don’t kill her—or Walter might be mad at me.”
The bodyguards obeyed instantly, raining blows on me until I could barely breathe.
Minutes later, they dragged my battered body to Carmen’s feet.
“Well, well. The great beauty, crawling like a dog before me.”
“You might be pretty, but a sparrow is still a sparrow—you’ll never be a phoenix. Walter’s family isn’t somewhere just anyone can marry into. Consider this a lesson.”
I could hardly believe this was the same woman Walter called his beloved.
Before she could taunt me further, one bodyguard spoke.
“Miss, Walter is coming down. Should we clear the room?”
Carmen sneered.
“Such bad timing—I was just getting started.”
Walter pushed the door open and froze at the scene.
“Who told you to come in here? Didn’t I say no one enters without my permission?”
I lay on the floor, too weak to speak.
Carmen put on a pitiful look and grabbed his hand.