Chapter 330


    Chapter 330 Deception Between Us


    Meanwhile, Bianca was curled up weakly on a bed.


    On the other hand, Malcolm was already dressed neatly with his usual air of dignity and


    elegance.


    It must be said that anyone who had seen Malcolm would marvel at how favored he was by the


    heavens. However, despite being the recipient of divine favor, this man was truly terrifying and


    malevolent in the darkness of the night.


    The man gazed at Bianca’s limp figure, his eyes filled with contempt.


    “You can leave now,” he said with an icy tone.


    Leave?


    Finally, she could escape from this ce.


    She had been confined to this ce for two whole years, cut off from the outside world. Sometimes,


    she even felt like she was on the verge of bing part of thendscape here.


    Bianca couldn’t believe there was a day when she could leave.


    However, the way this opportunity hade about left her heart trembling.


    The man walked to the door, his hand resting on the handle. As he opened the door, he nced


    sideways with a smirk on his l*ps.


    “I’m looking forward to the day you return and beg me.”


    Beg him?


    Anger shed in Bianca’s eyes.


    Before she could respond, Malcolm continued, “Let’s make a bet. You… will willinglye back here.”


    “Dream on!” Bianca retorted angrily.


    “Hah.” The man chuckled coldly, then left.


    Bianca shivered violently when she was alone.


    Beg?!


    When he uttered that word, she knew Malcolm hadn’t let her leave for real.


    Now, he was giving her a choice to leave or to stay, each with its own consequences.


    She knew without a doubt that if she truly left, she would face a nightmare she never wanted


    Malcolm kept his word. At ten in the morning, someone delivered Bianca to Lotus Vi.


    Two whole years…!


    When Natalie saw Bianca, her throat tightened.


    Bianca was dressed in a long ck dress, her carefully styled curls framing her face. She appeared


    delicate and thin, and her appearance highlighted the hardships she had endured in


    the past two years.


    Even so, her eyes still carried the familiar pride and resilience that Natalie recognized.


    “Bia!”


    Natalie stepped forward and embraced Bianca tightly. She buried her head in Bianca’s chest, just like


    she used to do in Verde City. Whenever she felt aggrieved, it was this embrace that gave her sce.


    “Ugh…!”


    However, Natalie heard a sharp gasp from Bianca as soon as she embraced her.


    Natalie stiffened and cautiously released Bianca, looking up at her with nervous anticipation.


    With just one nce, Natalie’s eyes widened.


    At this moment, Bianca’s gaze was chilling as she looked at her…


    “Bia!”


    p!


    Natalie was speechless. Bianca’s p had caught herpletely off guard.


    The air seemed to freeze in response.


    Natalie’s eyes held a momentary emptiness. Then, she looked at Bianca in bewilderment.


    “Bia, you…”


    “Natalie, why did you pretend to be gracious just to steal my man?”


    Natalie was silent.


    What? She…


    At this moment, the look in Bianca’s eyes was sharp,cking any trace of the familiar warmth Natalie


    knew so well.


    Bianca stared at her as if Natalie had betrayed her, but Natalie tried to exin, “Bia, it was…


    “Enough.”


    “Stay away from Malcolm. Also, our friendship is over.”


    Bianca’s tone was harsh, and Natalie felt her blood freeze. The disbelief in her eyes now turned to


    shock. She obviously had not expected Bianca to say such words.


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    Was Bianca really breaking ties with her over Malcolm?


    “Bia, what are you doing?” Natalie’s voice was choked.


    “I supported you when you wanted to divorce Cedric. I’ll support you if you want to be with Irwin or even


    Caleb. But, Natalie…”


    When Bianca reached this point, she paused.


    Staring into Natalie’s eyes, her gaze became even sharper. Natalie knew Bianca as a powerful woman


    at the pinnacle of her career, but her sharpness was never directed at Natalie.


    Yet now…


    Tears rolled down Natalie’s cheeks as they stared into each other’s eyes.


    The sharpness in Bianca’s eyes and the sorrow in Natalie’s formed a stark contrast.


    They gazed at each other for a long time.


    Finally, when Natalie pulled Bianca up and sniffed as she said, “What are you doing, Bia?”


    “Natalie, leave him. Annul the marriage. Things between him and me are not what


    It…”


    At this point, Bianca paused again.


    Looking into Natalie’s eyes, her gaze became even sharper.


    Natalie was silent.


    It was what?


    It wasn’t like what Natalie had thought?!


    you think.


    If it really wasn’t like what Natalie had thought, then why didn’t anyone who knew the truth tell her


    about what had happened with Bianca for the past two years?


    Now, Bianca was telling her that she was wrong.


    Looking at the distress in Natalie’s eyes, Bianca’s heart clenched painfully, and the intensity in


    ”


    She took a deep breath and said, “I love him!”


    She said those words so coldly.


    However, no one knew what these three words truly meant to Bianca. She was someone who didn’t


    understand love. In the past years, there had never been anyone who had captured her


    heart.


    Until now, she didn’t understand what it meant to love someone.


    The next moment, Natalie grabbed Bianca’s ice–cold hands. Bianca instinctively tried to pull away, but


    Natalie’s grip only tightened.


    At that moment, Bianca could clearly feel Natalie’s small hands trembling.


    Natalie sniffled. “Stop lying to me.


    “Natalie!”


    “Are you trying to tell me that you’ve fallen in love with a vile man who beat you so horrendously?”


    Natalie rolled up Bianca’s sleeves, revealing the still–fading marks on her


    arms.


    Bianca shuddered.


    Natalie’s eyes were teary. “You’re such a fool!”


    Did Bianca think she could deceive Natalie and force Natalie away from Malcolm in this way?


    And then, she nned to go back to him for Natalie’s sake?!


    Did she think Natalie knew nothing?!


    Little did she know…!


    When Cedric used Bianca to threaten her back then, he had already exposed everything about—


    Bianca’s situation.


    Now, how could Bianca hide from her?


    Natalie still held Bianca’s hand tightly, and thetter’s pretense and determination hadpletely


    copsed and scattered,


    Bianca tried to move her l*ps to say something, but her throat felt too tight, and she couldn’t utter a


    single word.


    Natalie cautiously touched the wounds on Bianca’s arm, and a painful sensation welled her chest.


    She knew these wounds were far more than what she could see, like the ones Cedric had shown


    What had Malcolm done to Bianca?


    Why did she need five stitches?


    And he had also named her a number…!


    Just thinking about the injuries and humiliation Malcolm had inflicted on Bianca made Natalie feel a


    suffocating pain in her chest.