Chapter 300 Won’t Let Her off the

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Kaia felt a sharp pang in her chest.

Vanessa was truly an innocent caught up in this nightmare because of her.

“There was no way I would’ve made that call myself,” Vanessa said quietly. “After I fainted, I woke up in some dark, dingy warehouse. I was terrified.”

“Don’t be afraid. I’m so sorry, Vanessa. It’s my fault you got dragged into this. Jerry was after me all along,” Kaia confessed, guilt heavy in her voice.

Vanessa wiped away her tears with determination.

“So what? That doesn’t change the fact that he’s a total psycho! He’s the one who did wrong, and he deserves to pay.”

Kaia still felt guilty but was moved by Vanessa’s understanding.

“Vanessa, please don’t blame me.”

“Are you kidding? That’s insulting. I’m an adult—I know right from wrong. Why would I blame you instead of that lunatic? You’re a victim, too. Look at your neck,” Vanessa said firmly.

Kaia hadn’t checked herself yet. Vanessa pulled out her phone

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and showed her a photo of the deep red marks on her neck.

Jerry’s crazed, vicious glare that day made it clear he really wanted to kill her.

“Besides,” Vanessa added, “you got into trouble because you were trying to find me, asking around about where I was.”

People with a clear sense of justice don’t blame others for what happens to them.

“Thank you, Vanessa,” Kaia said sincerely. “Thank goodness you and the babies are okay.”

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hospital room, he was

wounds on his thigh and ribs were deep, as if Lucien really

the door open, his

you just kill me with that knife? When I get out, I’ll keep on with my

you’re the only one who

a bit of panic. “She’s already in jail

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getting out easily. After this sentence, you’ll keep

visited her in

was Lucien’s bottom line. Anyone who crossed it would pay

in the prison, Luna and the others watched the local news every

waiting eagerly, hoping to hear the news of Jerry

thought that the little boy she’d casually asked her parents to sponsor when she was a kid would come to visit

like her last hope for

was sharing a cell with

trying to get on her good side, probably because she’d heard that Luna had

first arrived, Luna was

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time in prison, though it was still a far cry

time she spent in

unfortunately, the news still didn’t bring the result she

was curious. “Luna, you always

just want to know what’s going on outside. You’ll

go.”

a gloomy aura around her. Ever since she learned about

she hadn’t smiled

world gone, there

go to my apartment. There’s some cash in the safe. You

her lips and slowly uttered a single

Luna was confident that Kaia was

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