The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 22 Will You Let Me Leave?

“Though, there’s no need for you to waste your energy. No matter who you seduce, they won’t have the ability to let you leave anyway.” Christian grabbed her chin, forcing Victoria to raise her head.

She looked down as she refused to meet his gaze. “What about you? Will you let me leave?”

“This is what you owe to Bella.” When his gaze fell upon her split lip, he looked deep in thought for a moment as he lifted his fingertip toward her lip. Just when he was about to touch her lips, he knitted his brows slightly before moving his finger back to its original position.

She tried to curl her lips upward to put on a smile, but she just could not do it no matter what. Instead, the corners of her eyes were becoming moist by the second.

“What’s wrong?” He scoffed at the sad look on her face. Thinking that she was being sad for another man, he said with a voice dripping with sarcasm, “Feeling sad because you failed to seduce that man?”

At this moment, his handsome and delicate face was so close to hers that she could feel his warm breath beating on her face. She could even make out every single detail of his face without the need to stare at him long and hard.

Victoria had pictured herself leaning into his embrace as she listened to his heartbeat countless times, but she had never expected it to happen in this kind of situation.

His words held no affection but only sharp irony. It was like the sharpest knife in the world that sliced through her heart and made her bleed.

the pressure building behind her eyes and

prison for two years make you yearn for a man’s touch this much?” Christian spoke next to her ears as he moved

her uniform was ripped, revealing her fair skin and the worn-out shirt that she wore underneath.

only feel chills running down her spine. A look of disbelief crossed her face as she looked at the button that had

away frantically. “Don’t

on to that,” Christian said with sarcasm.

that he would say so, she still felt unbearable pain in her heart as though it was being pricked by thousands of

knew that she should have given up a long time ago, but there was always a sliver of hope inside her that he would reciprocate her feelings. “If I say that I didn’t push Bella, but she was the one who ran in front of the car on purpose, will you… believe me?” Her voice was shaking at the end of the

said this many times, there was no one who would believe her. Even her brother did not believe in her words as the police held concrete proof of her so-called crime. On top of that, they reckoned that it was something that

for a

trick!

touching the obvious scars on her cheek.

tears unconsciously novelxo.com fast updatetrailing down her face. When

of me. That won’t work on me.” His expression was calm as he said that.

neck, choking her,

exposed skin with her hand, then ran toward the workroom located at the end of the