Back in Time: Unshackling From Love

Chapter 17

As Mikayla laughed, tears streamed down her face.

Images from her previous life of being beaten, cursed at, and tortured at the mental hospital flashed before her eyes.

In the flashback, the hefty caretaker had gripped her by the hair, forcefully pulling her away and causing her only bowl of plain soup to spill.

They would even forcefully pinch her mouth when she refused to take her medication, shoving handfuls of pills down her throat.

Mikayla always thought it was the mental hospital deliberately tormenting her to please

Jerome.

Little did she know, the demonic woman from the previous life was Kylie’s relative.

So, all the misery she endured in the mental hospital was orchestrated by Kylie.

Thinking about the abuse she suffered and the torment from stomach cancer, Mikayla wished she could immediately strangle Kylie.

Why did she have to be so cruel?

Jerome, who clearly loved Kylie so much, had even sent Mikayla to the mental hospital for the former’s good.

Why wouldn’t Kylie let her go? Why did she have to harm her?

Jerome looked at Mikayla on the floor.

Although she had suggested keeping the audio call on, he still worried that something might go wrong, so he followed her up.

Unexpectedly, he witnessed Mikayla attacking someone as soon as the elevator doors opened.

She lay slumped amidst a chaotic mess of fruits, her eyes vacant, her body seemingly devoid of strength.

Though her face showed a smile, tears flowed incessantly, as if she had suffered some painful and tragic ordeal, radiating endless hatred and resentment.

Strangely, Jerome’s heart didn’t fill with anger at her madness. Instead, a dull ache

serthed within him:

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going to help Mikayla when he

and the red marks on her neck from Mikayla’s grip, Jerome instruct ed the

the first

down and then

tugged at her arm. “Get up.”

felt utterly limp, and as he pulled at her arm, it was as if he were dragging a lifeless doll.

a bit uneasy.

with this madness

heard his voice. Her eyes began to focus, and her body gradually regained

felt a

with Kylie after

was hoarse, and her tone betrayed

furrowed brows tightened further as he

someone’s life over

first

you trying to

at that moment, carrying the first

up, but she coldly

her own, adjusted her

find out

Kylie let out a stifled groan of pain.

was the one responsible for the disturbance, Jerome paused

to a complete stop. “Shall we go to the

pale face, Kylie shook

inch deeper, and it would have

the bleeding while asking, “Who was that person just now? Why did she

faint smile. “She

too kind. You’ve been bullied like this, and you’re still defending her. I think we should

“Aunt Agatha,

leave, but she could tell

rest well. If you need someone to look after

“What just happened? Why did Mikayla