My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Chapter 2045

Nathan raised up his hands with an innocent look on his face. "Why should we risk dealing with those peasants when we can simply get rid of our sad past? What's more, I simply played along. The Milton family intended to make us their scapegoats. Luckily, I discovered their plot and managed to escape. They wanted me dead. Hendrix is my son. He'd naturally want to avenge me. Nothing wrong with that, right?"

Anger erupted in my heart. I retorted loudly, "The problem is that you're standing here, alive! You even want Hendrix dead! You wanted to kill him and have destroyed his life. What right do you have to call him your son?"

"You're not qualified to be a father. You are not even qualified to be called a human being!"

Nathan wasn't angry. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face. "You say that I don't deserve that. What about you? You think you're any better than me? Are you in a better position to stand up for Hendrix than I am?"

"At least I don't treat him as a tool. Unlike you who'd abandon him the moment he's no longer useful to you." Hendrix was feeling very down, so I didn't dare show any form of weakness in front of

Nathan. I resisted the urge to cut him into pieces on the spot.

right now. If only I had

to protect the man I loved,

Nathan's smile deepened and

from the bottom of my heart, but I still trembled at his reaction.

eyes gave me goosebumps. "Women are so naive. You're selfless and don't take advantage of people. Do you think we're just like you? Let me tell you

enough!" Hendrix interrupted, as though he didn't want to hear whatever

a distance away, came forward. They

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from the door. They brought in a wooden chair and placed it down in front of the cell door. Then, the men who held up Nathan tied him up with some rope. They then took out a piece of metal equipment, wrapped the back

carried in a large bucket of water and placed it behind the chair. A water pipe was connected with one end placed on top of Nathan's head. Hendrix approached Nathan and kicked the legs

fell backwards. But, since his body was tied up, he couldn't

around him. He then walked to the water pipe