A deal with the devil

Chapter 23

e didn’t respond.

On the way to the ampost, Samuel was visibly distracted. Sophia called his name several times, but he

Sophia’s eyes dimmed. She said softly, “Sammel, let’s turn back. We don’t need to go to Newlandia amynioce.!!

Somuri finally reacted. “Why the sudden change of heart?

Sophia had long been plagued by nightmares, and the doctor said it was a mental affiction. To truly free herself from the torment, she needed to conqat her inner fear.

The reason Samuel was taking her to Newlandia this time was to visit the place where Sophia had been imprisoned for years. He wanted to see the conditions she had endured and then destroy the place completely

Sophia parve him a lain, forlorn smile that tugged at the heart. “Samuel, your mind isn’t here, and I don’t want to force you. I just want you to be happy.”

Samuel felt a sharp pang in his heart to blamed himself for being distracted by thoughts of Shirley, Feeling guilty, he pulled Sophia’s frail body into his arms. “Don’t overthink. Having you is enough for me. I won’t think about anyone else anymore.”

As for Shirley, he was resolved to make amends with her after he retamed

The night before, Marley had thought long and hard about whether to inform Samuel about the situation with the Weiss family. Ultimately, he decided to tell him. Helping or not would be Samuel’s choice.

However, when Marley called Samuel, he was already on the plane, and his phone was turned off.

Little did Samuel know that as he was hearing to the airport with Sophia, Shirley was speeding toward city hall.

a week later from Newlandia, Shirley was already married to Benjamin. Het once–flowing

every time Samuel thought of that gorning, his heart would ache as if it were being torn apart. The bitterness Shirley never wanted him to experience was something he had fed to himself with

demanding an explanation, Brook simply told him one

toward city hall at full speed. She arrived at 7-58 am and, thankfully, was not

car, she didn’t see Benjamin. Instead, Arthur stood under a large tion, looking

slightly. “Ms.

get held up with something?” she

evenly, “Mr.

and moved to stand under the

and the sky was clear and cloudless. Her delicate sin made her especially sensitive to the sun pen the morning

please step back and return to where you were.”

“What?”

Arthur, thinking she had misheard

please return to your original

Shipley was puzzled

demeanor. “Ms. Weiss, if this makes you uncontable, you can leave now.”

Otherwise, Arthur wouldn’t dare to bully a woman who was about to become the Blackwood family’s daughter–in–law,

help, so she had

under the blazing sun. Soon, the realized that Benjamin wasn’t metely making things difficult–he was

clothes were soaked with sweat and then dried by the beat. Her skin

of the tree, not

was so oppressive that Shirley felt dizzy, and her vision blurred. Unable to bear