Chapter 64

On the second floor above, Ruby’s tears welled up the moment she saw her salvation. Below her, Hunter was waiting, and she sobbed out, “Hunter.”

“Daddy.”

“Daddy.”

The two children, upon seeing Hunter, excitedly shouted “Daddy” and ran towards him.

Erin watched the scene unfold with a gaze filled with icy detachment.

When Hunter shielded Ruby and the kids in front of him, Ruby looked at him, tears streaming down her face as she choked up, “Hunter, I……”

She tried several times to say something to Hunter but stopped short, unsure where to begin. She never imagined that despite her close bond with Janie, Erin could be so ruthless, that he would actually…

Ruby’s hesitant expression spoke volumes, and Hunter didn’t need to ask to know what -had happened. Furious, Hunter approached Erin and, without a word, slapped him hard

across the face, “You bastard! She’s family, for crying out loud!”

Erin touched his slapped cheek nonchalantly, glanced coldly at Hunter, Ruby, and the kids, and said icily, “Hunter, I spared your kids seeing the worst. Consider it a favor.”

Hunter liked to cheat, but Erin wanted to see if Hunter could stomach it in the future now

that Ruby was gang-raped.

“Daddy.”

“Daddy.”

to strike Erin, the little ones tugged at his

became even redder, and even in her moment of anger, she had to admit that these

away, Hunter, let’s just go.” She couldn’t bear

thank you for not hurting my babies.” But the humiliation she suffered at his hands was something she would never

until Hunter, Ruby, and the kids had completely

snapped back to reality and approached

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Chapter 64

ways, which Janie was well aware of, but she hadn’t expected him to go so far with Ruby, so far that she hadn’t dared

at Janie and calmly said, “Mom, I’ll have the driver take you home.”

the driver took Janie away, Erin instructed his assistant to

easily overlooked by him or his mother, and Erin was determined that Hunter’s

the company back, and certainly, a divorce was likely on Hunter’s mind. Erin would

car window, Erin floored the accelerator, speeding

sun beamed gloriously as Estrella stepped out of the courthouse, victorious over Jo’s case, her

such a generous settlement,” Jo

replied with a professional smile, “Just doing my

“Ms. Estrella, I know everything. I know my ex-husband’s lawyers approached you, offering a bribe to go

pack

she slipped her hands into her trouser pockets. “Jo, you’re well-connected

of marriage to that man, I know him too well. But I

weighed on her. “If only he hadn’t been swayed by the outside world, we could have spent the rest of our

Estrella patted her arm reassuringly, “Jo, we’ve come this far, and we’ve fought hard. No regrets. Your kids are grown. Take

Estrella, you’re a friend worth

late, and I have matters at

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