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.

anticipated it would come to this. Please, don’t hold

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

shook his head, his expression hardening. “I can’t allow that, not until my daughter is ready to forgive you,” he declared, then turned to a servant nearby. “Watch her. She

Elyse made a feeble attempt to rise, the

last, until exhaustion overcame her, forcing her to remain subservient in the snow. Defeated, she slumped forward, her spirit as frosted as the air around her. She knew Charlie had orchestrated

knowing that the man she had once loved, the man who was supposed to protect her, was the one who had forced her into

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greenhouse, tears involuntarily began to spill over, quickly turning

glass at Elyse, still forced to kneel in the snow. He turned away dismissively. “Seems even this isn’t

clearly pleased by Elyse’s predicament, smirked. “What next then? What do

to fetch a bucket 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

his expression unreadable. After a moment,

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