Chapter 368 Self-harm
When they arrived at the prison, Crispin took Stephanie to the visiting room. He had to speak to
Raymond alone, so the woman couldn’t be present.
“Steph.” He extended his hand to tidy up the woman’s hair, but she shied away as if he was a pervert.
Still, Crispin pulled her into his embrace and said gently, “Wait for me here. I’lle out quickly.”
“Alright.”
After Crispin entered the visiting room, Stephanie breathed a sigh of relief.
The man seemed to have turned into a different person after they got the marriage license. He would
torture her every day. It hade to a point where she felt she was on the brink of going mad. When
will all of this eventuallye to an end?
Now, she didn’t even dare to resist or inform anyone about it.
She still hadn’t made heads or tails of what was going on. Crispin used to be her simp, but now, she
was terrified of the man.
A whileter, Crispin finally left the visiting room and took her hand. “Let’s go home.”
Stephanie let the man take her away like a puppet.
“Be a good girl, Steph. Where do you want to go for our honeymoon after the wedding?”
However, Stephanie only remained silent.
“Say something. Otherwise, I’ll assume that you’re trying to resist. You should understand by now that
I’ll stop at nothing to achieve my goal. Despite Crispin’s gentle voice, every word he said was as
piercing as a
de.
A flustered Stephanie replied, “I’m fine with anywhere. It’s up to you.”
“Alright, then. I’ll choose a ce you love.”
Stephanie felt suffocated. She wanted to run away from the man, but they were legally married now, so
she was unable to do that. What should I do?
In the afternoon, Amanda and Elias took Aiden to watch an animated movie, after which they went for
dinner together.
They had promised that they would go out and have fun with the child every week so that he would
grow up in a healthy environment. They didn’t want Aiden to feel that he was different from the other
kids.
During the meal, Elias fed his son some food before stating, “Stephanie has been acting strangely as of
“I think so too. She used to be a spoiled princess in front of Crispin back then, but now, she’s more like
his obedient wife.”
Amanda was shocked by Stephanie’s transformation over the past few days. Has she be mature
suddenly
since the wedding is around the corner?
“The wedding is only five days away.”
The man sounded helpless, for he still hadn’t found the person who framed him. Raymond was
determined not to expose anything.
Suddenly, his phone started vibrating. He put down the spoon and looked at his son’s greasy mouth
before saying. “I’ll answer the call.”
“Alright.” Aiden nodded obediently and picked up the spoon.
Amanda found him adorable. She pulled out a wet wipe to clean the child’s mouth and stole a nce at
the man, who was on the phone.
She noticed a change of expression on his face. It seemed that something had happened.
As such, she couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”
After the call ended, Elias picked up his coat and looked at her with a frown. “I have to head to the
hospital right now. Raymond attempted to harm himself, and he’s on the brink of death now. Go on and
finish the food with Aiden. I’ll ask Yacob to send you home.”
With that, he turned around and left.
Aiden watched the man leave and called out, “Come back, Daddy!”
Amanda was rooted to the spot, shocked by what she had just heard. What did he just say? Did
Raymond attempt to harm himself?
It wasn’t until Aiden called out to his father again that Amanda came to her senses and hugged her
child. “Be a good boy, Aiden. Your daddy has to attend to something. Why don’t I feed you the food?”
Deep within, she was puzzled as to why Raymond would do such a thing, for there wasn’t a reason for
himp
to do so.
By the time Elias arrived at the hospital, the doctors had given up on saving Raymond. The man was
pronounced dead.
After the light outside the operating room went out, the doctors came out. Elias went over and asked,
“How is he?”
“I’m sorry, but we’ve done our best to save the patient. He already lost consciousness from severe
bleeding before he was sent to the hospital. There was little we could do to save his life,” a doctor
replied and shook. his head, after which he left the ce.
The prison officer and Elias fell silent upon hearing that
Why would he harm himself out of nowhere?
Elias turned to look at the prison officer. “Why did he try to harm himself? What did he use?”
“I don’t know the reason either. Miss Allegra and her boyfriend visited Raymond today. After that, he
started behaving strangely. In the evening, he somehow obtained a piece of broken ss and injured
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himself. By the time we discovered his anomaly, he had already passed out. We immediately sent him
to the hospital”
Elias’ expression turned thunderous. Is it Stephanie’s doing? Did she make Raymond end his own life
just because she felt it was the most humiliating incident in her life? How did she persuade Raymond to
do so, though?
All the clues pointed to Stephanie, for only she had the motive to do such a thing.
Since the wedding was around the corner, Crispin had directly moved into the Allegra Vi. He imed
that he could take better care of Stephanie by living with them, but in truth, he had been torturing the
woman every day.
In the bedroom, Crispiny down on the bed after he was done with the shower. He nced at the
woman on the corner of the bed and murmured, “Steph,e over here. It’s gettingte, so we’re
supposed to sleep.
Stephanie trembled uncontrobly as she replied, “You can go ahead. I’m not sleepy yet.”
Every waking moment, she had been trying to run away from the man. However, her parents wouldn’t
believe her even if she went out there and told them about what she had gone through. After all,
Crispin was a master of pretense.
“I saide here. You’re supposed to go to bed now.” All of a sudden, Crispin’s voice turned harsh.
Stephanie froze upon hearing that. Despite her reluctance, she still rose to her feet and approached the
man before sneaking under the quilt.
Suddenly, someone was heard knocking on the door from the outside, after which Elias said, “Open the
door, Stephanie. I need to talk to you.”
Elias?! Stephanie immediately lifted the quilt and stared fixedly at the door. It was as if her savior was
right outside the room.
“Let’s answer the door together.” Crispin had already figured out why Elias was looking for the woman.
The two of them walked toward the door together and opened it. Elias’ towering figure was just outside
the room.
When Stephanie registered the man’s presence, tears almost slid down her cheeks.
Hearing the noise, Amanda couldn’t help but approach them. When she saw Elias standing outside
Stephanie’s room, she only watched them in silence.
Elias cut to the chase by asking, “Why did you go looking for Raymond today?”