Chapter 330

Chapter 330 Deception Between Us

Meanwhile, Bianca was curled up weakly on a bed.

On the other hand, Malcolm was already dressed neatly with his usual air of dignity and

elegance.

It must be said that anyone who had seen Malcolm would marvel at how favored he was by the

heavens. However, despite being the recipient of divine favor, this man was truly terrifying and

malevolent in the darkness of the night.

The man gazed at Bianca’s limp figure, his eyes filled with contempt.

“You can leave now,” he said with an icy tone.

Leave?

Finally, she could escape from this place.

She had been confined to this place for two whole years, cut off from the outside world. Sometimes,

she even felt like she was on the verge of becoming part of the landscape here.

Bianca couldn’t believe there was a day when she could leave.

However, the way this opportunity had come about left her heart trembling.

The man walked to the door, his hand resting on the handle. As he opened the door, he glanced

sideways with a smirk on his lips.

“I’m looking forward to the day you return and beg me.”

Beg him?

Anger flashed in Bianca’s eyes.

Before she could respond, Malcolm continued, “Let’s make a bet. You… will willingly come back here.”

“Dream on!” Bianca retorted angrily.

“Hah.” The man chuckled coldly, then left.

Bianca shivered violently when she was alone.

Beg?!

When he uttered that word, she knew Malcolm hadn’t let her leave for real.

Now, he was giving her a choice to leave or to stay, each with its own consequences.

She knew without a doubt that if she truly left, she would face a nightmare she never wanted

Malcolm kept his word. At ten in the morning, someone delivered Bianca to Lotus Villa.

Two whole years…!

When Natalie saw Bianca, her throat tightened.

Bianca was dressed in a long black dress, her carefully styled curls framing her face. She appeared

delicate and thin, and her appearance highlighted the hardships she had endured in

the past two years.

Even so, her eyes still carried the familiar pride and resilience that Natalie recognized.

“Bia!”

Natalie stepped forward and embraced Bianca tightly. She buried her head in Bianca’s chest, just like

she used to do in Verde City. Whenever she felt aggrieved, it was this embrace that gave her solace.

“Ugh…!”

However, Natalie heard a sharp gasp from Bianca as soon as she embraced her.

Natalie stiffened and cautiously released Bianca, looking up at her with nervous anticipation.

With just one glance, Natalie’s eyes widened.

At this moment, Bianca’s gaze was chilling as she looked at her…

“Bia!”

Slap!

Natalie was speechless. Bianca’s slap had caught her completely off guard.

The air seemed to freeze in response.

Natalie’s eyes held a momentary emptiness. Then, she looked at Bianca in bewilderment.

“Bia, you…”

“Natalie, why did you pretend to be gracious just to steal my man?”

Natalie was silent.

What? She…

At this moment, the look in Bianca’s eyes was sharp, lacking any trace of the familiar warmth Natalie

knew so well.

Bianca stared at her as if Natalie had betrayed her, but Natalie tried to explain, “Bia, it was…

“Enough.”

“Stay away from Malcolm. Also, our friendship is over.”

Bianca’s tone was harsh, and Natalie felt her blood freeze. The disbelief in her eyes now turned to

shock. She obviously had not expected Bianca to say such words.

Was Bianca really breaking ties with her over Malcolm?

“Bia, what are you doing?” Natalie’s voice was choked.

“I supported you when you wanted to divorce Cedric. I’ll support you if you want to be with Irwin or even

Caleb. But, Natalie…”

When Bianca reached this point, she paused.

Staring into Natalie’s eyes, her gaze became even sharper. Natalie knew Bianca as a powerful woman

at the pinnacle of her career, but her sharpness was never directed at Natalie.

Yet now…

Tears rolled down Natalie’s cheeks as they stared into each other’s eyes.

The sharpness in Bianca’s eyes and the sorrow in Natalie’s formed a stark contrast.

They gazed at each other for a long time.

Finally, when Natalie pulled Bianca up and sniffed as she said, “What are you doing, Bia?”

“Natalie, leave him. Annul the marriage. Things between him and me are not what

It…”

At this point, Bianca paused again.

Looking into Natalie’s eyes, her gaze became even sharper.

Natalie was silent.

It was what?

It wasn’t like what Natalie had thought?!

you think.

If it really wasn’t like what Natalie had thought, then why didn’t anyone who knew the truth tell her

about what had happened with Bianca for the past two years?

Now, Bianca was telling her that she was wrong.

Looking at the distress in Natalie’s eyes, Bianca’s heart clenched painfully, and the intensity in

”

She took a deep breath and said, “I love him!”

She said those words so coldly.

However, no one knew what these three words truly meant to Bianca. She was someone who didn’t

understand love. In the past years, there had never been anyone who had captured her

heart.

Until now, she didn’t understand what it meant to love someone.

The next moment, Natalie grabbed Bianca’s ice–cold hands. Bianca instinctively tried to pull away, but

Natalie’s grip only tightened.

At that moment, Bianca could clearly feel Natalie’s small hands trembling.

Natalie sniffled. “Stop lying to me.

“Natalie!”

“Are you trying to tell me that you’ve fallen in love with a vile man who beat you so horrendously?”

Natalie rolled up Bianca’s sleeves, revealing the still–fading marks on her

arms.

Bianca shuddered.

Natalie’s eyes were teary. “You’re such a fool!”

Did Bianca think she could deceive Natalie and force Natalie away from Malcolm in this way?

And then, she planned to go back to him for Natalie’s sake?!

Did she think Natalie knew nothing?!

Little did she know…!

When Cedric used Bianca to threaten her back then, he had already exposed everything about—

Bianca’s situation.

Now, how could Bianca hide from her?

Natalie still held Bianca’s hand tightly, and the latter’s pretense and determination had completely

collapsed and scattered,

Bianca tried to move her lips to say something, but her throat felt too tight, and she couldn’t utter a

single word.

Natalie cautiously touched the wounds on Bianca’s arm, and a painful sensation welled her chest.

up

in

She knew these wounds were far more than what she could see, like the ones Cedric had shown

What had Malcolm done to Bianca?

Why did she need five stitches?

And he had also named her a number…!

Just thinking about the injuries and humiliation Malcolm had inflicted on Bianca made Natalie feel a

suffocating pain in her chest.