Chapter 62:

Jayden gestured with his finger, prompting Vinny to move behind him. “I understand why you did what you did, Miss Foster,” Jayden began. “One would have to be either a fool or a martyr to willingly marry a cripple like me. So, I do understand why you ran away.”

Vinny was taken aback by Jayden’s words. Was he hallucinating? Jayden wasn’t instructing him to punish this woman by cutting off her hands or feet. Instead, he expressed empathy and understanding.

It appeared that his once cold and ruthless boss had softened since getting married.

Meanwhile, Joanna was equally shocked. She never expected Jayden to react this way. “Do you… Do you really mean it? Are you going to let me go?”

“Of course. I just need you to tell me how you managed to escape on our wedding day despite the heavy surveillance dispatched to the venue,” Jayden replied calmly.

Joanna paled, contemplating Jayden’s condition. After a moment of silence, she trembled and spoke, “Someone did help me escape, but I don’t know who they are. We communicated online, and they also helped me hide and evade my pursuers. Then, they disappeared without a trace, and I couldn’t contact them anymore. I’m telling the truth, I promise. Please, you have to believe me.”

tapped his finger on the wheelchair’s armrest, showing no emotion. He found Joanna’s explanation suspicious. “You don’t have to prove your claims, but you know what will happen if we find out you’re lying,”

Jayden ordered her to be gagged again

home for now. What a pity.

something wrong with

up the rag from before and stuffed

struggle, but to no avail. If she had known that she would be captured, she would have fled abroad as soon as she escaped on her wedding day. Now that things had turned out like this, she had no way of knowing what

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that she would not be able to escape. “Everything has been taken care of, Mr.

way back to the main villa. “Be vigilant. I don’t want Elyse to know that another woman is in my place, much

keep an eye on Joanna and make sure she doesn’t catch your wife’s notice.” A moment passed, and Vinny asked, “Do you believe that woman, Mr. Owen? Getting aid from

truth to her words, but none of that matters now. She is bound to contact that person again. She will be detained for

do.” Instead of returning with Jayden, Vinny rounded a corner and slipped through the

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