Talented Hairess A Rose with Thorns

Chapter 724

“I don’t know why Lionel went back to the manor,” Victoria stammered before regaining her composure. “He’s always been obsessed with me. Maybe that’s why he returned…”

Victoria had already disabled the surveillance cameras that observed the manor. The only other active cameras were in the vicinity of the property.

She didn’t know how Yvette discovered that Lionel had returned to Yellowood Manor before surrendering himself. But she was confident Yvette wouldn’t know what happened inside the

manor.

With that thought in mind, Victoria felt a wave of relief wash over her. If she could pin everything on Lionel, she’d be completely in the clear. That bitch, Yvette, had no evidence so she couldn’t do anything to her!

Yvette’s mesmerizing fox–like eyes held a chilling indifference as they swept over her. With a cold and measured tone, she said, “He loves you. That’s why he returned to the manòr–to see you one last time before turning himself in.

“He endured hours of agonizing torture for you. And now, he’s on the brink of death. His life is hanging by a thread as we speak.”

“What does that have to do with me?” Victoria demanded. Her voice rose in indignation. “He was just a small, insignificant bodyguard Wilson assigned to protect me. He grew delusional. I could never have feelings for someone like him. His love for me is disgusting!”

eyebrows arched lazily, her tone nonchalant.

to distance herself from Lionel.

lowly bodyguard like him attractive? I’ve even asked Wilson to transfer him away. His mere presence filled me with disgust. Now that I know he has these

now. I’ll never have to see that disgusting thing

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were bound by iron chains. A gag was stuffed into his mouth, preventing him from making a single

wall separating him and his beloved Victoria, he could still hear her words loud

turned a crimson hue. Every word from Victoria felt like a thousand–knives piercing his heart. The pain caused him to shudder in

excruciating than any torture he

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he would be so

woman he had risked everything to protect, he trembled uncontrollably. A torrent of dark blood spilled from his

in tears to eliminate Yvette. Out of pity for her, he eventually

Her lips curved into an ambiguous

hesitation. He tried to kill Wilson, for crying