A shudder coursed through Noahâs body, and he could not help but curse, âHoly sh*t! This Tyler is
ruthless.â
âThank heavens my manhood is still intact,â he thought after remembering the one time when he
pretended to be Vickyâs boyfriend. Just thinking of this sent a chill running up his spine.
âHow could Tylerâs parents not be angry when both their beloved adopted son and father have been
sent to the hospital because of him? So while Senior Hart was lying unconscious in the hospital, Tylerâs
parents began the so-called âtreatmentâ on him, but anyone with a brain could tell that it was clearly a
form of torture. I donât know any other specific details since I only found out by overhearing the
discussion from the other Hart family members.â
âAnd then what happened?â prompted Noah.
âItâs not like Tylerâs parents could kill Tyler there and then because, as you said, thatâll make them no
better than animals. Senior Hart values his bloodline more than anything in the world. Once he woke up
from his coma and found out what happened to Tyler, he was so angry and so heartbroken. Butâ¦â
The expression on Jamesâ face turned into a sneer. âEven though Senior Hart thinks Tyler has
potential, and he didnât want a progeny of the Hart family to be left wandering outsideâ¦it still doesnât
change the fact that Tyler didnât grow up with the Hart family. As much as Senior Hart hates that Tyler
and his adopted brother were swapped at birth, his own son will always trump his own grandkid when it
comes to crunch time.
âPlus, nothing serious happened to Tyler during the electric shock therapy, so Senior Hart only
reprimanded Tylerâs parents and dropped it at that. After that, Tylerâs parents mustâve gotten some
inspiration from the electric shock therapy and decided to use hypnosis on Tyler.â
âHypnosis? What is their end goal by doing that?â asked Noah with a frown.
âThey most probably want to erase the existence of Vicky from Tylerâs memory,â answered James. âIt is
said that he was very cooperative at the beginning. Those from the Hart family all thought that he was
afraid of being tortured again, so that was why he was being submissive, and they even praised Tylerâs
parents for their ingenious ideas. Butâ¦â
James scoffed. âTyler took this chance to escape.â
Noah stayed silent for a long while. In the past, he had been at the receiving end of Tylerâs beatings
and underhanded tricks. However, after listening to what James told him, he could not help but feel a
little sorry for him.
â¦
Vicky slowly opened her eyes, only to be greeted by darkness. She recalled being on the phone with
Noah, but before their conversation even ended, a hand came from behind her and covered her mouth.
After that, she lost consciousness.
She blinked a few times to wake herself up. Then, she tried to get off the bed but discovered that both
of her hands and feet were tightly bound up in iron chains. It was impossible for her to sit up at all.
Her movement caused the iron chains to make a clinking sound in the quiet air. She became horrified
when she heard the sound of footsteps coming from somewhereâher kidnapper had realized she was
awake!
The only light in the room was a table lamp by her bedside. It was dim and unable to illuminate the
whole room. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the face of the approaching figure
became clearer and clearer untilâ¦
A handsome face fell into her sight. Due to the angle of the light, half of his face was hidden in the
shadows, making it seem sinister.
Vickyâs eyes became pinpoints.
âTylerâ¦â