Chapter 121

Chapter 121

Benedict hastily lowered the whip and gently helped Sophie up. "Sophie, are you alright? Can you hold on?"

Sophie remained motionless, her eyes tightly shut.

As Gabriel hurried over, wanting to check if he had been too harsh, Nolan sneered. “She is quite frail. She appears even more delicate than the pampered legitimate daughter of your family."

His tone dripped with sarcasm. "How can she faint after a mere twenty lashes? I wonder how Serenity endured all fifty lashes back then"

His words seemed laced with anger.

He had his subordinates investigate what Eliza had experienced in the Duke's estate all these years. They found out a lot, but they couldn't find out the source of the injuries on her back that he saw outside the imperial study on the day he first met her,

And today, he finally understood that all those scars were from her own family.

He thought, 'What did she do wrong to deserve fifty lashes?

'Such a whip, used on a little girl, how could THEY do it?'

Nolan's heart was filled with rage. Even more so, he felt sorry for Eliza.

Even more so, he felt sorry for Eliza.

was always a hint of sadness in her eyes. With a family like that, I wonder

back at

as if she had seen through what he was thinking, she raised the corners of

Gabriel's intention to delay the matter. "Bring

Sophie, whom he had

Sophie felt speechless.

who had been lying on the ground

She said, "Father, Brother..."

completely shifted to Eliza, Sophie didn't even want to call him

'What a fool.

don't care

tried her best to hold herself up and said weakly, "I... Did

emotions and closed his eyes, as if he had

decision, "I'm sorry, Sophie. I am doing this to

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this, Sophie suddenly

the next second, Benedict directly called

grabbing her from left and

grip

struggled immediately. “No, Benedict, Don't do this,

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