Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 166

What on earth happened here?

And where did that brat Yolande run off to?

Why isn't she anywhere to be found?

Everything was in utter chaos now.

When Carole saw the people scatter and flee, she finally let out a sigh of relief, then hurried over to Isabel's side.

"Isabel, what happened?" Carole's voice trembled with pain.

After all, she and Isabel had been partners for so long that they were practically family.

Isabel's clothes were ripped to shreds, baring her undergarments. Bruises and welts mottled her exposed skin, blue and purple, making her look absolutely ravaged.

Thank God Carole had arrived in time; otherwise, if those men had gotten their way, Isabel would have been ruined-if not dead, then close to it.

Carole was speechless when she saw the extent of Isabel's injuries.

must have endured in just one short

they streamed down her face. She made a hoarse,

shattered, on the

doctor with her, who

was a relief—all the wounds were superficial.

she shrugged off her jacket and wrapped it around Isabel, her voice trembling. "Don't be scared. I'm taking you

to her, sobbing uncontrollably. "Carole... thank you for coming when

broken, muffled by the pain in her swollen face

that

you're safe. And I promise you, we'll make them

had backfired spectacularly, putting Isabel in harm's way and nearly causing a disaster. The

really violated her, she would have dragged

Carole led Isabel

humiliating, Isabel didn't call the police or go to a hospital; she

days afterward, she didn't

Effie

been a

she stepped out of the bathroom, she instantly noticed Lyman watching her, his

look