Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 117

Madeline's face was ashen from the pain. The agony was unbearable, and sheer terror gripped her as her legs remained completely unresponsive.

Even her ability to reach for her phone or get onto the stretcher was completely at the mercy of others. It felt as though her very fate, her own life, was being choked out by her husband, Lucius, and his entire family.

She didn't want to forgive Leo, but Millicent was using the paramedics as leverage, forcing her hand by blocking the door.

Madeline's heart bled with sorrow. She had never been anything but loving toward Leo. He had been abandoned due to Liliana's selfish ambitions, yet he hated Madeline with a passion, convinced she was the root of all his misery.

She had cared for him so meticulously all these years, loving him as if he were her own flesh and blood.

Heartbroken as she was, Madeline knew Lucius was telling the truth.

Even if she called the police, Leo was a minor and immune to criminal prosecution.

More importantly, pressing charges would directly threaten Lucius's interests and the Whitman family's reputation.

Lucius had brutally beaten Leo right in front of her, practically drawing blood, simply because he had never truly cared for the boy anyway. He was perfectly willing to offer the child up to quell her anger.

But Madeline knew exactly who the real monster was. It wasn't the child; it was the puppet master pulling the strings—Liliana, who had maliciously poisoned the boy's mind.

Yet her husband, Lucius, wouldn't place an ounce of blame on the true culprit.

He merely viewed it as a jealous child playing a nasty prank on Madeline after losing favor.

He wouldn't even utter a word of reprimand toward Liliana.

It was just like that year when Liliana had intentionally kicked her, causing a horrific miscarriage and severe hemorrhaging that nearly cost Madeline her life.

Lucius had simply dismissed it with, "She didn't mean to," erasing the brutal assault as if it were nothing.

How could she not see the reality of her situation by now?

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