The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 45

Victoria’s pupils shrank upon hearing so, and she looked at Christian with incredulity. Why did he let everyone misunderstand me when he knew the truth?!

Christian looked ahead and never even thought of sparing her a glance. It was like he was oblivious to the fact that she was looking at him.

At that, Victoria tucked her gaze away, and her countenance returned to usual.

What was I thinking? Bella is his beloved, while I’m just nothing to him.

“Actress?” Bella blinked innocently. “Are you referring to Victoria, Christian? If she wants to become an actress, then she’ll have to get rid of the scar on her face first, and no one can know she has been to jail, or she’d be damned.”

“With such great acting, it’s a shame that you’re not in showbiz, or you’d be an Oscar-winning actress.” Christian stopped in his tracks, looked at the woman in the wheelchair, then sneered before continuing his journey ahead.

“Since Christian thinks you have such potential, why don’t you give it a try?” Bella blinked. “Though there’s the fact that you’ve been put behind bars, you can still give it a go. At the very least, it’s a more respectable job than a hostess or a cleaner.”

“Is there a point in playing dumb?” Victoria asked.

Bella looked toward Christian’s back, and mixed emotions began surging beneath her eyes. “There has to be one even if there isn’t, or something I hold dearly would be taken away.”

Later, when the three headed out after Bella’s rehab session, her attending physician called out to Victoria out of the blue.

“Yes, doctor?” Victoria stopped in her tracks.

The doctor looked at her right leg and asked, “Don’t mind me asking, but your right leg… Is it dysfunctional?”

Shouts of prison inmates calling her lame rang in her ear, causing her face to blanch as she tucked her right leg in.

She had already tried her best to walk like any other person. Still, her disability wasn’t something she could hide just because she wanted to.

because of the awkward atmosphere. “If so, I suggest that you get it checked.

hearing so. No one would willingly live with a disability for their entire

the other hand, Bella lowered her eyelids, concealing the malice that flashed across her eyes. She had visited tons of specialists only to get one result—her

be necessary. She was born with it. Nothing can fix it,” Christian said impassively and

eyes vanished in that instant, reignited with burning anger, but it could only be

The only thing she could do was to please him and stay

leg to be cured, then so

had just pulled a piece of tissue out when Christian, who was sitting at

to look at his

hummed a response, put the box of

her brows but very quickly released them. “I’ve given it some serious thought, and I think that Victoria should treat her leg if something can be done about it. It’s already enough that my life is ruined.

sun shone

to behold, but Victoria had no mood to admire it, only

really dead set

and looked at

made Victoria’s stomach churn. Bella’s phony act was

the way, I saw your brother and sister-in-law inside earlier. Why didn’t they come and say hi

drooped her eyelids. Her hands,

you were locked up in prison for the last two years, have you? I’ve met them a few times.

from it. She had been forcibly dragged to Delta Club after she had been

were only a

leaned forward, bringing their distance closer. “Why don’t I talk

every single day?! Do you not feel disgusted?! Now that you can’t dance

it the second she

the back seat. His gaze right then was like a black hole,