A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 145

Yvan’s presence seemed to plummet with the weight of a leaden sky when he heard Matilda’s plea for mercy. Gripping her chin firmly, he spat out each word with venomous force, “Matilda, you don’t get to call it quits until I say it’s over!”

How much more did he want her to lose before he’d be satisfied?

Matilda’s silent laughter was laced with scorn as she mocked his cruelty. “Yvan, someday, I’ll have nothing left, and I’ll have you to thank for it.”

When that day came, she knew the world would no longer have a place for her.

Without a word, Yvan stormed out, this time leaving the door unlocked. He was probably confident that Matilda wouldn’t dare defy him again, especially since Logan was still under his control. If Yvan wanted to crush her, it would be as easy as snapping his fingers.

But that very night, the unexpected happened.

Ella showed up.

Ella? And who had let

Yvan’s doorstep, she headed straight for Matilda’s room and pushed the door open

home, Ella turned ghostly pale. She murmured to

stinging slap to Matilda’s face. Yet in the next heartbeat, her hand was caught mid–air by Matilda, who glared back fiercely and sneered,

in her eyes. She had been the one to make the first move,

sometimes lounging in the living room when he was in a good mood. The number of women who made

Ella’s feigned shock laughable. “Ask him,

why Yvan insisted on keeping her trapped in the

livid, her face deathly white.

stepped forward. “Ella, don’t be

threw herself into Yvan’s arms. “Yvan,

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woman in your house?”