His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 283:

“Let go of me!” Matias barked, his fiery glare a testament to his unyielding fury.

“I won’t!” Ainslie cried out, her grip resolute as she held her ground in defiance.

“Neil!” Matias barked with an edge of authority.

Neil hastened over, gently but firmly prying Ainslie away from Matias.

As soon as Ainslie was pulled aside, Matias raised the whip once more, ready to strike Ryan again.

But before the blow could fall, Verena suddenly dropped to her knees, her voice trembling with desperation. “Uncle Matias, please stop this! Don’t hurt Ryan anymore. This is all my fault—punish me instead!”

Matias cast a frosty gaze upon her, his voice cutting through the tension. “Verena, step away right now. I am disciplining my son, and you are not in a place to meddle here.”

held her ground,

to Verena. Instead, he lifted the whip once more and let it fall with a searing strike across Ryan’s

pierced the tension in the room, her voice laced

guttural groan escaped Ryan’s lips as his body convulsed from the sheer force of the

delivered a total of twenty lashes. Only then did he

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body, Matias glanced at Verena, still kneeling beside him. Then, he said in an icy tone, “This is your final warning. If something like that happens again, a whipping will be

snort, discarded the whip carelessly, and walked to leave the room without

to Ryan’s side, her heart breaking at the sight of

his voice strained with

pale, was slick with sweat, and his body trembled involuntarily. Even the faintest shift in

servants trailing closely behind her, their

him upstairs! Call our family doctor over immediately!” she commanded, her