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When her clothes were ripped open, Vera finally felt real fear.
“Vera, didn’t you release that video because you wanted everyone outside to know you’re my weakness?”
“Wasn’t it because you wanted people to know I can’t stay away from you, so everyone would understand how important you are to me?!”
The more Caius spoke, the rougher his actions became.
Vera wanted to explain, but the pain was too much. Too unbearable.
So painful that she couldn’t even force out one begging word.
Only Vera understood how painfully long that night felt.
After that terrible night ended, Vera was already so tired that she nearly passed out.
This was Caius’s punishment for her. Even if touching her disgusted him so badly that he almost rubbed his own skin raw afterward, he still wanted to torture her until she couldn’t even move properly.
Vera grabbed the torn clothes and tried covering herself, but the second she stood from the sofa, her body froze.
A tiny figure was standing by the doorway, staring at her.
Tears filled the little girl’s eyes as she silently looked at her.
Then Caius walked out of the bathroom, and the little girl suddenly cried out.
“Dad, who is she? Dad, did you cheat?”
“Dad, don’t you love Mom and me anymore? Did you become a bad person?”
“Auntie, Giselle already came here obediently. Please don’t treat Dad like this again, okay? I don’t want Mom and Dad to divorce…”
After saying that, the little girl cried and ran away without looking back.
Caius quickly put his clothes on and ran after her.
Before leaving, he only said one thing. “Vera, even using a child against me, I have to admit your methods are cruel.”
That one sentence completely pushed Vera into shame.
She dropped onto the sofa and laughed bitterly. She also wanted to say those same words to Ophelia.
Ophelia, I have to admit your methods are cruel.
After that day, Caius never came back again. He didn’t lock her up or stop giving her food and water anymore.
Early the next morning, Vera forced herself up and went to the laboratory with her weak body.
During that short ten-minute walk, her personal information was exposed online.
The trending topic stayed online for a whole day and night. Nude pictures of Vera covered the laboratory windows.
Chicken blood was splashed all over outside the laboratory. The second she stepped out of the car, rotten vegetables and eggs were thrown at her from every side.
Getting hit by eggs on the head hurts badly. Vera got out of the car and quickly ran into the laboratory.
She thought everything would calm down after entering, but the moment she saw the destroyed laboratory and the torn experiment papers, she stopped cold.
The table was piled with resignation letters, and two large words were written across the blackboard: “bitch.”
All the hate crashed onto Vera. Step by step, she walked toward the incubator hidden in the corner.
Luckily, nothing happened to it. Four more days, and she would finally be free.
By then, she would leave for a place where nobody knew her, and all this humiliation would disappear.
As Vera stared at the results inside the incubator, a sudden pain stabbed her lower stomach.
Warm blood slowly flowed out. She was bleeding…
She had never felt pain like this before. Cold sweat quickly covered her back.
Vera grabbed her phone and called 911.
But she had no time left. Blood had already soaked through her pants.
Vera forced herself to bear the pain and slowly walked toward the door, but the outside of the laboratory was already crowded with people.
Every one of them came to curse her, blame her, and punish her…
Water could carry a boat, but it could also flip it over.
Only now did Vera truly understand those words.
Back when she stayed beside Caius, nobody dared lay a hand on her.
But now, everyone dared to hurt her.
Vera breathed hard and called the pinned number in her contacts.
Before the call could connect, the laboratory door opened from the outside.
The person on the other end of the call appeared in front of her.
“Caius…”
