Chapter 61


    Chapter 61


    The world spun as Sephia hit the floor. A metallic tang filled her mouth as blood trickled from her lip.


    Her body slid from the impact, upper body crashing into the cab corner. A white–hot pain


    bloomed across her back, stealing her breath. ire stood a meter away, eyes zing with a fury


    that seemed to consume Sophia whole.


    “Ada spilled the beans,” ire spat. “Apparently, you’ve been ying around, and Jason caught


    you red–handed. Instead of being sorry, you’ve gotten worsel How could I raise such a shameless


    daughter, Sophia? You betray Jason, and your father takes the fall? Doesn’t that


    sting a little? Now he’s in jail, sick as a dog! Happy now?”


    Sophia coughed, a metallic taste coating her throat. She pressed her lips together, fighting back the


    rising blood.


    ire wasn’t done. Her finger jabbed at Sophia’s nose. “If I knew you were this rotten, I’d have


    gotten rid of you years ago. Wasted so much damn energy.” Each word was a barb, tearing into


    Sophia. Part of her wondered if this fierce woman was really her mother, the one who had


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    carried her for nine months.


    Slowly wiping away the blood, Sophia met ire’s gaze, voice hoarse. “What did dad do? Why’d


    they lock him up?” It seemed pretty serious for such a quick arrest.


    ire’s jaw clenched tight. “Stole research secrets.”


    Sophia’s eyes widened. Research secrets? And from three years ago? A chilling suspicion crept in.


    Her body began to tremble, a cold wave washing over her. Legs giving way, she slumped to the


    floor. “Three years ago… Wilson Group… thermal weapon source code… Did dad steal it?” If he


    did, jail was the least he deserved. Jason had shown incredible restraint.


    ire flickered momentarily, panic shing in her eyes. “No! Your father’s innocent! This is all


    Jason’s doing! You betrayed him, sent him divorce papers, humiliated him, Revenge, that’s all this is


    You did this to your father!” Her voice rose to a scream, her face morphing into a mask of rage.


    Sophia felt a cold dread creep in. The more hysterical ire became, the guiltier she seemed,


    “Exin clearly,” Sophia rasped. “if you don’t, I won’t go to Jason. Even if dad dies, I’ll pay him back


    with my life.”


    ire’s eyes widened. Rage contorted her perfectly maintained face. Before Sophia could react,


    ire lunged, a flurry of punches and kicks raining down. “Ungrateful bitch! You won’t help your


    own father? You deserve everythinging to you, you’ll be damned!”


    Sophia curled in, protecting her stomach as her mother went ballistic. “Mom,” she choked out, a


    voiceced with pain and despair, “you’re forcing me to crawl back to Jason, beg for his mercy to


    save Dad. You want me to know the truth.”


    ire’s attack petered out. She slumped to the floor, closing her eyes. Tears streamed down her


    face, a mask of sorrow recing the rage. “He did steal the thermal weapon code,” she admitted,


    voice trembling. “But Jason caught him before anything happened. Sophia, my daughter, you can’t


    let him rot in jail. Beg Jason for mercy, save our family.”


    Sophia stumbled out of the house, barely aware of her surroundings. In a daze, she bumped into


    someone…


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