Chapter 77
Leah followed the prison officer to the visiting room. In the room, Han was standing at the door with his
back facing them. His well-built back was a very familiar sight to her.
Suddenly, Leah found herself wanting to cry for no discernible reason. Perhaps the sight of a familiar
face caused her emotions to well up after the inhumane mistreatment she went through in the past few
days.
The prison officer entered the room and announced, “Ms. White is here, Mr. Howard.”
“Mmm…” grunted Han half-heartedly in response. He turned around and looked at Leah, his eyes
twitched the moment he saw her.
Standing in front of him was a haggarddy. In just two or three days, Leah had turned into mere skins
and bones. Her eyes were sunken and there were dark circles under her eyes.
Her clothes were a mess, while both her face and hands were covered in blood. He could not tell if the
blood belonged to her.
Han’s eyes narrowed a little.
He then said to the prison officer, “Leave us for now.”
The prison officer knew that he was dealing with a powerful man, so he dared not protest. He quietly
turned around and excused himself.
As the door snapped shut, Han and Leah found themselves together alone in the huge room.
Han stared at her intently before curling his lips and remarked sarcastically, “It seems like you’ve gone
through a lot.” So much so that she would crawl back to him for help.
Leah looked at him and took a deep breath before saying, “I will agree to the terms you mentionedst
time, Han.”
“Oh, are you talking terms with me?” replied Han with a sneer.
Leah nodded her head, her eyes grew misty. She replied, “I only care about two things, clearing my
name and making Charlie pay for what he did to my father.”
She gritted her teeth as her eyes were filled with hatred.
There were no longer signs of gentleness and meekness in her eyes.It was as if those few days of
prison life had turned Leah into a totally different person.
Even Han was surprised at the change in her character.
After a moment, he grinned and said, “You finally revealed your true nature, Leah.”
He was standing face-to-face with Leah’s vicious and unscrupulous side, the side that would do
anything, even crawling to him, to reach her goals.
With a cruel smile, Han stretched out his hand and seized her chin, “Who do you think you are to talk
terms with me?”
He then violently shoved her face aside and wiped his hands with a napkin, as if he was disgusted by
the filthy state she was in. He turned around and walked out of the room while saying, “Get changed
ande with me.”.
Leah’s eyes trailed after him as he left and her gazended on a bag in the corner near the door.
She walked over and took a peek inside the bag. In it was a set of soft and clean clothes.
Leah cleaned herself up and changed into the outfit. By the time she came out, Han was already
talking to the prison warden.
The prison warden was buttering up to Han with the most agreeable expression he could muster.
Leah walked over and quietly said, “I’m done.”
The prison warden turned to look at her with a fake smile and said, “I’m really sorry, Mr. Howard. We
did not know that she was with you. I would like to make it up to this finedy for our less-than-ster
treatment in the past few days.”
“That won’t be necessary,” said Han coldly as he looked up. “She’s not with me.”
“Then, she is…?” asked the chief in a puzzled tone.
Han smirked and replied, “If I have to describe it, then she’s…merely my ything.”
Leah’s face turned pale when she heard that and she clenched her hands tightly.
She convinced herself that it was not a big deal. As long as she could leave the prison and bring
Charlie to justice, all the insults and humiliation he put her through would be worth it.
Once they came out of the prisonplex, Leah followed Han to his car. He opened the door to the
driver’s seat and entered. Seeing that, Leah walked to the front passenger seat. However, before she
could open the door, Han grabbed onto the door from the inside, preventing her from opening it.
He rolled down the window and gave her a chilly re while saying, “Don’t stain my car with your dirty
ass.”
Leah bit her lip and stared at him defiantly. She said, “Then where should I sit?”
Han maintained his cold demeanor and quipped, “Definitely not in my car.”
Leah took a deep breath and said, “Then how do I return?”
With eyes full of disdain, he sneered, “Walk, crawl, whatever you do, I don’t give a damn.”
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He started the car and drove off after he finished speaking.
The car left a cloud of dust in its wake and Leah fumbled as she took two steps away from the cloud of
dust.
She had no money to call a cab, so she could only walk. Leah bit her lips as she tried to keep her
composure.
Fortunately, the prisonplex was also in the city area not too far from the Howard Residence. Leah
started walking absent-mindedly along the road.
She had not eaten properly in days, much less had any proper rest. She was both physically and
mentally exhausted to the point of not being able to walk properly without her body swaying left and
right. It looked like her body could give way any time.
But she knew she had to push on, it was not her time yet! She was going to avenge her father’s death
one way or another.
Leah wrapped her arms around her body tightly as she continued to walk ahead in a dazed-like state. It
was only after the sun had set that she finally arrived at the gate of the Howard residence.
In the vi, Han was standing in front of the window of the second floor. Behind him was a huge screen.
It was the surveince screen for the entire vi.
He switched the view on the screen to disy the camera feed for the main entrance and saw Leah’s
silhouette slowly grew bigger on the screen as she approached the front gate.
She dragged her broken body forward, each step harder than the next. Her body swayed uncontrobly
as she walked, it was as if she would topple from just a gentle push.
The gate was only around a few hundred feet away from the main road, but she took about ten minutes
to drag herself to the gate. Han only looked at her with a nk expression.
She went up to the front gate and rang the doorbell.
At that moment, the maid knocked at the door and went, “Mr. Howard, there’s someone ringing the
doorbell. She asked for you.”
“I know,” said Han as he opened a bottle of wine.
It was time for a celebration to mark the asion. Leah had once again fallen into his palm.
The maid hesitated for a while before asking, “We won’t be opening the door for her?”
Han did not reply, instead, he twirled the wine in his ss while staring deeply at the screen.
Leah continued to press the doorbell a few more times, but she received no response.
She was struggling to keep herself up. Her wobbly legs eventually gave way and she found herself
kneeling beside the wrought iron gate.
Leah leaned against the wall panting heavily. Her eyelids were drooping and her body felt weighted
down. It felt like an eternity had passed, but at the same time it felt like mere minutes for her.
Eventually, Leah could no longer hold on, she was falling asleep. At that moment, the wrought iron gate
creaked loudly as someone pushed open the gate from the inside.
Leah pushed herself away from the path of the opening gate and looked up. Staring at her with
condescending eyes was Han.
“Have you reached your limit already? Is this all you got?” jeered Han.
Leah gritted her teeth and tried to pull herself up. She replied, “No, I just wanted a quick rest.”
Ignoring her reply, Han turned around and entered the vi. Leah quickly followed behind.
As they entered the living room, Leah was instantly struck by the viewid before her. This was the
same vi she stayed in for three years.
The funny thing was that those three years of her married life were nothing but a way for Han to get his
revenge on her. It was all an empty dream for her.
“What are you looking at?” asked Han. His voice resounded in the living room.
He nced at her with disgust and continued, “Clear up yourself and thene to my room.”