A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 143

“Matilda!”

In that heart–stopping moment, Yvan’s grip on the steering wheel went slack, his body lurching backward to grab her. “Are you out of your mind? Do you have a death wish?*

But in the next instant, the woman turned her head to glance at Yvan with eyes full of despair. Then, without any hesitation, she leaped from the speeding car!

With the vehicle’s momentum, Matilda tumbled onto the asphalt, her knees scraping and bleeding, her body spinning until it hit the curb’s flowerbed.

Yvan slammed on the brakes, the car skidding several meters before coming to a halt, evidence of just how fast they’d been going when she jumped.

Matilda lay by the roadside, then pulled herself up, clutching a lamppost. Blood trickled from a gash on her leg, but she seemed oblivious to the pain as she staggered away.

Yvan followed, but Matilda knew she couldn’t outrun him and stopped.

Turning around, she screamed at him, “Don’t come any closer!”

That look in her eyes chilled Yvan to the bone.

“Matilda…” His voice trembled as he called her name. “Why do you insist on doing this?”

throw myself into traffic!”

looked up at Matilda, seeing in

Yvan, just try me!”

the Boyd family, even more than she feared

itself.

“Do you hate me

response was immediate and unequivocal. “Yes!”

she hated him! Hated him enough to prefer death over returning to his

he’d lost. He’d lost to the

“Matilda, you’re in the middle of a depressive episode. Just calm

is long gone, Mr. Boyd.

the Matilda of the past! Time could never

texting his men, unsure if they’d understand his cryptic

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voice again, “Come back

Boyd estate?” Matilda shook her head. “That’s