Chapter 775:

“You’ve hurt Aarya. Isn’t it your responsibility to make it right, to earn her forgiveness?” Jayden retorted, his voice cold.

In that moment, Elyse felt as if her heart were being sliced open. This pain was new, raw, and profoundly deep. With a rueful smile, she looked up at him and said quietly, “The most foolish thing I’ve ever done was to love you. Don’t you agree?”

Jayden’s frown deepened. He took a step forward, his presence overwhelming as he forced her to kneel in the cold snow, asserting his control without a word.

Elyse knelt in the snow, clad only in thermal tights that did little to stave off the biting cold. The frigid air seeped into her bones, chilling her physically and emotionally.

Charlie, watching the scene unfold, frowned slightly despite his initial approval. “Jayden, isn’t this excessive? Elyse was my guest. This doesn’t reflect well on us,” he remarked.

Jayden was unapologetic. “She’s the one who has behaved poorly, Mr. Hudson. I’ll handle the consequences,” he assured Charlie before heading back to the greenhouse.

never anticipated it would come to this. Please, don’t hold this against me. I’m just a father, concerned for my

to meet his. “If you’re really sorry, you’d let me

daughter is ready to forgive you,” he declared, then turned to a servant nearby. “Watch her. She stays kneeling until Aarya

attempt to rise,

until exhaustion overcame her, forcing her to remain subservient in the snow. Defeated, she slumped forward, her spirit as frosted

cut of all was knowing that the man she had once loved, the man who was supposed to

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towards the greenhouse, tears involuntarily began to spill over, quickly turning to ice on her lashes—a cold reminder of her frozen

after calming Aarya down, Jayden glanced through the glass at Elyse, still forced to kneel in the snow. He

predicament, smirked. “What next then? What do you plan

of ice water. Taking Aarya’s hand, he led her outside to where Elyse was shivering. Elyse, her senses numbed by the cold, looked up dazedly as

on Elyse’s cheeks, Jayden paused, his expression unreadable. After a moment, he asked sharply, “Do you understand why

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