Chapter 12
After speaking. Tsaah stopped boking at Audrey and went straight back to the villa, kauch felt a growing ache in his heart staring at the photo on the table.
He held the photo for a long time before finally picking up his phone to c
From the first call to the goth, the answer was always the
bach wanted to ask them if they knew where Eschad gone
- na. In the end, he even swallowed his pride and iraled his sworn enemy
Yet aside from receiving his enemy’s mocking Inughter, the answer remained no Soon, the people he sent to search for Esme’s whereabouts also reported back. No one knew where she wa
Esme seemed to have vanished into thin air, like a wisp of smoke disappearing without a trace. He hung up the phone weakly and sat motionless in the chair through the night.
Meanwhile, Audrey struggled in the operating room for a full day and night before delivering a barely formed baby boy. When she woke up, she saw her mother sitting by the
The princes she te trom the past few days overwhelmed her, and her tears began to fall uncontrollably. “Mom”
Before she could finish speaking, Alice slapped her hard across the face.
“Mom?” Audrey clutched her swollen cheek as she stared at Alice in disbelief. Teas streamed from her eyes immediately.
However, still feeling it wasn’t enough, Alice slapped her again even harder. “How could you stoop to becoming a mistress ?”
Alice trembled with anger, but it was the sorrow in her heart that consumed her. The events between Isaiah and Audrey from the previous night had already spread acros Janesville.
Even james had rushed home in the middle of the night, leaving a woman’s bed to question Alice about what had happened.
Although the wealthy circles of Jonesville were known for their indulgent behavior, there was an unspoken rule not to expose such matters publicly, let alone tum them into
And with shifting societal attitudes, the older generation had grown stricter in controlling the younger ones.
James had already issued a stern family rule–his children were not to become mistresses, cause fatalities, or create public scandals.
Audrey’s actions had undoubtedly crossed every line. And worse, she had become Isaiah Jabs” mistress.
Everyone in their circles had heard about Isaiah’s devotion to Esme James didn’t care why a seemingly devoted Isaiah had cheated. He only cared about the massive impact Audrey’s actions would have on the Colemans.
The stock value of Coleman Corp would plummet. Not to mention, the arranged marriage of the Colemans‘ eldest son, which had seemed a certainty, would be jeopardized.
In his fury, James ignored Alice’s pleas and immediately seened Audrey’s tie to the Coleman family tree. That same night, he publicly announced that Andrey would no longer have any ties to the Colemans
Alice’s heart was filled with despair. As someone who had walked a similar path, she didn’t want Audrey to repeat her mistakes.
From the moment Alice married into the Coleman family, she had meticulously planned Audrey’s future, including her ideal husband. But now, everything had been destroyed by Audrey.
As she suppressed the pain in her heart, Alice threw a card onto Audrey’s lap. “From now on, you’re on your own.”
After speaking, Alice ignored Audrey’s breakdown and crying as she walked away resolutely.
Meanwhile, at the jabs estate, Esme’s uncle, Nolan Carpenter, threw a punch straight at isalah’s face. “Isaiah, is this how you treat my niece?
Isaiah was caught off guard by Nolan’s punch, and he stumbled backward several steps from the force. However, Nolan wasn’t satisfied and landed another punch.
The onlookers gasped in shock, yet no one dared to intervene.
holes, who had lived most of his life without ever losing his temper over anything, now found himself seething with rage. His eyes burned, and his voice trembled as he spoke. “When you begged to marry Essie, you promised, loud and clear, that you’d never betray her! And yet, you’ve done something so despicable in just a few short years!”
Nolan and his wife, Ruby Knight, had retired to the countryside after a lifetime of work. They had only met Isaiah twice–once at Esme’s wedding and now, in this confrontation. Though their encounters were few, Isalah and Esme always called them during holidays to send their regards, along with gifts delivered by Isaiah’s people, This led Nolan and Ruby to believe Escne had married the right man.
But now, their seemingly perfect nephew–in–law had cheated and even fathered a child with the other woman. How could Nolan possibly swallow this anger? Even after finishing his scolding, Nolan raised his fist again to hit him. But Ruby suddenly stopped him. “That’s enough, Let’s pa”
She reminded him that finding Exme was more important now. As for Isalah, their so–called nephew–in–law, they would treat him as if he no longer existed. Nolan finally pulled back, and his cold eyes were fixed on the man he had knocked to the ground, “From now on, we’ll act like you don’t exist. You just act like Essie was never married to you.”
Isaiah had been in a daze from the moment he learned about Exme’s divorce and disappearance. But now, Nolan’s punches and harsh words finaly woke him up.
Panicked, Isalah scrambled to his feet, trying to chase after them, He wanted to plead with them not to be so heartless. He couldn’t live without Essie.
Yet just as he stood up, everything went dark, and he lost consciousness entirely.
