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?”

any closer, I’ll throw myself into traffic!”

looked up at Matilda, seeing in her eyes

mean it! Yvan, just try me!”

him, despised everything about the Boyd family, even more than she feared death

itself.

eyes reddened. “Do you hate me that much, Matilda?”

immediate and unequivocal.

him enough to prefer death over returning to his side!

Yvan had to face the truth: he’d lost. He’d lost to the stark

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

is long gone, Mr. Boyd. Disappointed? My family was ruined five

the past! Time could never be

hastily texting his men, unsure if they’d understand

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he raised his voice again, “Come

shook her head. “That’s your home, not mine.”