"Mrs. Green, please don't!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Nicole immediately raised her head and saw Finn walk in from outside.
"You dare to stop me? Or do you now see her as your master?"
Mrs. Green's face showed she wasn't happy.
Finn hurriedly said respectfully, "No, ma'am. What I mean is if someone takes photos of her with
wounds on her face, and even worse, if Mr. Green sees them, it won't do anything good to you."
Laurel frowned slightly before putting down her hand.
"You're right. I have promised Mrs. Don to let her go free, and I will do it. Take her to the basement.
Without my permission, no one is allowed to visit her or to give her food. A life for a life. If Mrs. Don
doesn't want to end her life to rest Vincent's soul, Nicole's life can make do as well."
Hearing Mrs. Green's commend, her men immediately followed it.
Nicole looked at Finn with a sad smile.
"You listen to her now? So, you faked it when you were hypnotized?"
"No."
Seeing Nicole like that, Finn felt terribly sorry for her. But he couldn't do anything right now.
Now that Samuel was not here, Mrs. Green was the boss.
She even controlled the men whom Samuel had left here. What could Finn do alone?
Mrs. Green liked it when Nicole was in pain.
She smiled, "It's true Finn was hypnotized. I asked someone to hypnotize him to kill you. But he didn't
succeed. You brought him back, didn't you? Jacob even found some doctors to help him. But no one
could dehypnotize him. Finn would be a man of no use if it wasn't for me. So of course, he listens to
me. He was my man in the first place. It was me who brought him back from the battlefield and raised
him."
Hearing and seeing all of this, Nicole couldn't say anything. She only forced smiles, tears streaming
down her cheeks.
With nothing she could do, she felt like she was a piece of trash!
Finn's heart ached, and he said in low voice, "Mrs. Green, we'd better find her a doctor. If her wound is
infected..."
"What? Are you worried about her? Tell me, do you take a fancy to her?"
Mrs. Green looked at Finn with a sharp look in her eyes.
Finn quickly lowered his head and said, "No."
"It's alright if you like her. After Mrs. Don pays her debt, I can give her to you as long as you promise
Samuel would never see her. If you accept that, I can spare her live."
Nicole's face immediately changed.
"What do you think I am? A thing that you can throw to anyone as you please? Aren't you afraid? You'll
be punished one day."
"Punished? I don't care about anything anymore. I'm afraid of nothing. Oh, someone installs a CCTV in
the basement, so she can watch Mrs. Don die with her own eyes."
"You bastard!"
Nicole wanted to kick Mrs. Green, but she was taken away by her men.
Seeing Nicole like this, Finn frowned tightly.
When he was hypnotized, he had no idea what he did. And after he learned that he almost killed
Nicole, he felt extremely guilty.
He knew he had feelings for her that he shouldn't have, but he couldn't control himself. The last thing
he wanted to do was hurt Nicole. Although he was conscious now, he hurt her still.
Finn gritted his teeth tightly.
Mrs. Green looked at him and said coldly, "Do you really like that woman?"
"No."
Finn couldn't admit it no matter what.
He knew what Mrs. Green was capable of. If he admitted it, Nicole's reputation would be ruined.
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Alright, then go to the Dons' and make sure Mrs. Don does the right thing"
What a vicious move!
If Finn didn't like Nicole, it wouldn't be a big deal for him to do so. However, if he liked her and put Mrs.
Don to her death, there would be no chance for him and Nicole to be together.
Finn smiled bitterly. After all, they were on two different paths. It was even impossible for him to wait by
her side.
"Yes, ma'am."
Finn got the order, turned around and left.
"Follow him and see if he is as loyal as he says."
Mrs. Green said to another man beside her.
"Yes, ma'am."
Then this man followed closely behind.
After Finn noticed him, he pretended nothing had happened and quickly walked towards the Dons'.
However, on the way, he secretly sent a message to Samuel.
"Nicole is in trouble. Quickly return."
Then he deleted it and kept on his way as if nothing had happened.
But he didn't know Samuel's phone was off. He was currently busy with the design and the license
contract, so he was using another phone.
After Nicole was locked in the basement, several times she almost fainted from the insufferable pain,
and she shivered nonstop because of the wet clothes.
She felt she couldn't take it any longer.
Suddenly, the CCTV signal got in. Nicole saw Mrs. Don.
She seemed to have dressed particularly carefully for it. She looked weirdly fantastic.
She smiled to the media, "Two generations of the Don family have received high praise for sacrificing
for our country. Our family is honorable and respectable. Now I would like to thank every one of you for
your acknowledgement and concern over these years. It is a blessing for an old woman like me to
enjoy all of this."
"Perhaps you're puzzled why I say this to you. In fact, I don't want to say more if I could. But I have to.
There is a black sheep in my family. It is known for everyone that apart from Jason who was injured
and therefore survived, my other three sons had all died on the battlefield. But now I know that my third
son, Mark, is still alive. Not only is he alive, he has also done something unforgiveable. Five years ago,
he assassinated Vincent Green, the second son in the Green family. Instead of confessing his crime,
he escaped abroad. This is a disgrace to my family."
"Today, in front of all my media friends, I announce that Mark Don will be removed from the Don family.
And from now on, what happened to the Dons has nothing to do with Mark. In addition, I apologize for
the damage done to the Greens. Although Mark was expelled from the Dons, I am still his mother. A
mother can never evade responsibility when her son made a mistake."
"So, in front of the Seapolis City, I apologize to the Greens. I am willing to use my own life to rest
Vincent's soul. You don't need to talk to me or find me. I'm on the rooftop on the 32nd floor. I only hope
that my children and grandchildren can live a better life after I die. Mark the black sheep won't affect
you anymore. You just live your own lives as you want. That's all I want to say. And my dearest
granddaughter, I want to say, I'm gonna go, my dear. Don't cry. Live strong. Remember what I have
said. I will bless you up in the sky. "
After that, Mrs. Don jumped up and fell like a kite without a string.
"No!"
Nicole's heart ached.
She lay on the TV, constantly beating, tears flooding out from her eyes.
"No! Please don't do this!"
However, she was only screaming to the CCTV. She could do nothing.
The media below was shocked.
The sound of ambulance and police cars came one after another.
It became noisy.
Nicole sat down on the ground and looked at the bloody body on the TV. She remembered the days
with Mrs. Don when she knew about who she was. She couldn't bear the pain and fainted.
When Laurel saw this, she smiled with satisfaction.
"Good, very good! We finally take our revenge."
Her men asked with trepidation, "Mrs. Green, what about Mrs. Nicole?"
"Keep her in the basement for one night without food and water. And arrange for her to leave the
Seapolis City early tomorrow morning. And let her take this."
Laurel took out some powder and handed it to her man.
"What is this?"
"Mute powder."
Laurel said coldly, "She had lost her arm. A woman with a useless right arm couldn't do much harm.
But in case she talks evil of the Greens, it's better that she can't talk anymore."
Hearing this, her man trembled.
"What? You don't want to do this?"
Laurel's eyes widened. The man shook his head quickly.
"I'm on it now."
"Good."
Laurel closed her eyes and finally felt at ease.
With Vincent's soul rested and Nicole leaving, all she has to do next was find Samuel another wife. The
Green family will only get better and better.
Without mother and sister, she would become Lucas' guardian. It then would be entirely up to her to
decide how she will raise him up.
She felt her life couldn't be better.
The man brought the powder into the basement.
Seeing Nicole and remembering how nice she was to him, he couldn't do it.
"Mrs. Nicole, wake up."
Nicole opened her eyes.
Nicole was now completely numb and felt nothing, but her heart pained still.
"What does she want to do?"
The man looked at Nicole and took out the mute powder. He said in low voice, "Mrs. Green told me to
feed you this."
"What is this?"
"Mute powder."
He told her the truth.
Nicole looked at the surveillance cameras and sneered, "Is she afraid I will tell other people?"
"Yes. Mrs. Nicole, please don't make it hard. I have a family to support. I have no choice but to obey
orders. Don't blame me, please."
What he said somehow amused Nicole.
She then raised her head to the camera with a smile, "Mrs. Green, you win. With two people died,
Samuel and I can't be together anymore. You don't have to endure seeing me in the future."
Laurel looked at the CCTV and smiled complacently.
Anything she wanted to do, she would make it happen by all means.
Looking at the powder in front of her, Nicole felt desperate.
She had lost love, lost loved ones, and even lost her son. Her life was a complete mess, a complete
failure. Did it matter whether she could talk or not?
Thinking of this, Nicole picked up the powder and poured it directly into her mouth. The taste made her
cough nonstop.
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