Chapter 14
On the screen, Monica and her kidnapper lover were entangled naked on a bed, the images so vulgar it was hard to watch
“Monica, between me and that Matthew Wilson of yours, who’s better?“]
the man asked with a breathless, leering laugh.]
Monica laughed wantonly, her voice both seductive and sharp. “You, of course… Matthew is completely useless…“[
“Heh, spending Matthew’s money, sleeping with his woman… I’m making a killing on this deal“]
Their dirty talk grew more explicit. their positions more obscene.]
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The guests erupted. Gasps filled the air, and a sea of phones went up, flashes creating a blinding strobe effect across the hall.
“Turn it off! Turn it off now!“]
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Monica’s face went white as a sheet. She scrambled towards the control booth, screaming. “It’s fake! It’s a deepfake! Stop filming!”
In her panic, she hit the sound system’s controls, and the lewd moans suddenly blasted through the hall at full volume.]
“Matthew! Help me turn it off“]]
She lunged at Matthew, sobbing, but the moment her fingertips touched his sleeve, a powerful electric current shot through the diamond bracelet on her wrist.
ZAP!
collapsed to the floor as if her bones had been removed, convulsing, her hair standing on end.
Two security guards immediately rushed forward and pinned her arms behind her back]
“Matthew! What the hell did you put on me?!“]
Monica screamed in terror, trying desperately to tear off the bracelet, but it was clamped on tight, constricting with every struggle.
Matthew looked down at her, his expression more disgusted than if he were looking at a piece of garbage.]
Monica suddenly scrambled to her knees, clutching his pant leg. “Matthew, believe me! I only love you! This has to be that venomous bitch Sophie’s doing! She’s jealous of us!”
Matthew sneered and snapped his fingers.
Instantly, two guards dragged a man in and threw him to the floor.
The man was bruised and battered, naked but bound tightly with ropes–it was her kidnapper lover from the video.
The moment she saw him, the last bit of color drained from Monica’s face. “How… but you were supposed to…“[]
“Supposed to have run off with my money?” Matthew lifted his foot and kicked her hard in the chest.
ol you can play with? Even if he ran to the ends of the earth, I’d drag him back!“]
“Morica, do you take me for a fool you
“Matthew, let me explain-” Monica coughed up blood, but a sharp slap cut her words short.]
SMACK
“Did you really think I’d throw a gala to legitimize you?” Matthew gripped her chin, his eyes like chips of ice.]
“These “guests‘ are hired actors. All to make you understand your place. You’re not even fit to shine my shoes.“[]
He kicked her again, this time in the stomach. “Want to have another baby with me? You’re not worthy! Your first one was a bastard
“How much money have I wasted on you and that bastard child of yours? I am nobody’s fool. You should have thought about the consequences of deceiving me.”
Terrified, Monica clung to his leg, banging her head on the floor.]]
She knew what Matthew was capable of
Last year, a client who crossed him ended up with broken ribs in an alley. Another man who drunkenly harassed Sophie was shipped off to a scam compound in Southeast Asia and never heard from again.]]
“I was wrong! Matthew, I was so wrong!” she sobbed breathlessly. “Please, for the seven years Joseph called you ‘Daddy,‘ spare
us! Ahhh–1″
Before she could finish. Matthew pressed a remote control for the bracelet.
Electricity surged through Monica’s body. She convulsed on the floor, her screams heart–wrenching.
Matthew watched coldly, then dialed his assistant, Lucas. “Bring Joseph to the West Mountain villa. Let’s have a little ‘family reunion.”
He looked down at Monica writhing on the floor, his voice quiet but bone–chillingly cold.
“It’s time to settle your debts. Every last one.“[]
An hour later.
Joseph walked into the villa clutching an Ultraman toy and froze at the sight of the two figures kneeling in the living room
His mother and the “uncle” had their mouths covered with duct tape, their faces filled with terror.[]
“Mommy? What’s wrong?” He ran over, trying to pull off the tape. “Where’s Daddy?“||
Monica and her lover shook their heads frantically, making muffled warning sounds.[]
Confused, Joseph reached for his mother’s face. “Are you guys playing the kidnapping game? I saw you do it before! I even gave you the rope…“]]
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“Well taught.”
Matthew stepped out from behind the curtain, clapping his hands slowly. “Monica, you don’t even shield your child from this? Like mother, like son. I suppose.“[]
Joseph turned, saw him, and pointed at the bound man “Mommy, you said my two daddies couldn’t be here at the same time!“||
The words had barely left his mouth when Matthew’s foot slammed into his chest.
THUD!
The kick was swift and brutal, sending Joseph flying into the wall before he slumped to the floor.
Monica let out a desperate, muffled cry, her eyes wide with horror.[]
“That one was for my daughter,” Matthew said, walking slowly toward the boy. “Payback for her mother making my daughter gleed,
eed.“]
He crouched down, grabbed Joseph’s collar, and slapped him hard across the face, twice
SMACK! SMACKI
“These two are for shoving a marble down my daughter’s throat!” His eyes were bloodshot, practically murderous. “She was a newborn! Were you trying to choke her to death?”
“So vicious at such a young age. You’re a chip off the old block!”
