Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
“Their vehicle went off a cliff, and then the car exploded. There were no survivors.
We’re still digging into whether the target was the Murray family or Miss Murray herself.”
With the kidnappers dead, the investigation had gone to an dead end.
“Anything else?” Cornell queried with a cold and expressionless face.
“The whereabouts of Miss Lloyd are still unknown, but we’ve located two kidnappers who were related to your wife’s kidnapping. Do you want to see them?”
A flicker of malice crossed Cornell’s expression, and he ordered, “Set it up right now.”
In the dim light of a suburban underground garage, the heavy iron door groaned open, releasing a wave of foul air.
Matteo coughed against the stench. He walked forward and found the two vagrants, whose faces were covered with hoods, had soiled themselves due to the fright.
With a grimace, Matteo pulled the hoods down their heads even more, ensuring they didn’t see anything.
The only sound for those two vagrants was the echo of approaching footsteps. They bowed repeatedly and pleaded, “Sir, please let us go.
We’re just poor and homeless. Why are we here?’
Bang! A sudden, violent crack cut the air.
The vagrants’ knees were ruthlessly shattered by the bodyguards using baseball bats.
“Ah! Why would you do that!”
The gruesome crunch of bone reverberated off the walls, along with screams of agony.
Cornell stepped closer and coldly asked, “Now, do you understand why you two are here?”
Gripped by terror and desperate to avoid another blow, the fat vagrant blurted out, “Is this about that job we took a few days ago?”
Cornell’s silence confirmed his fears, prompting him to spill the truth.
“We kidnapped a young woman in the hospital’s underground parking a few days ago.”
A dark cloud passed over Cornell’s face. Then, with a low and dangerous voice, he demanded, “Tell me what happened that day. Leave nothing out.
“Okay, okay!” The fat vagrant vigorously nodded his head.
“Just don’t hit me again. I’ll tell you everything!”
“Me too! I’ll tell you every last bit!” his thin companion echoed.
In their haste, they tripped over their words as they recounted what had happened.
“Some ruthless woman hired us for the job,” the fat vagrant added.
“She wanted us to fuck the lady and even asked us to lash her. But we didn’t know the one we kidnapped was pregnant. Had we known…”
A sharp crack interrupted him.
This time, these two vagrants’ arms bore the brunt.
“Ah! Stop it!”
They screamed and writhed in agony. Their arms were grotesquely deformed and dangling uselessly.
“I said, spare no details!” Cornell bellowed. His low voice sounded like the devil’s from the depths of hell.
Panic-stricken, the fat vagrant stammered, “I hit her many times, tore her clothes…”
“I used my belt to hit her, kicked her…” the thin vagrant admitted as well. His voice wavered, each word weaker than the last. The more he spoke, the less courageous he became.
Cornell’s expression chilled to an icy mask. Then, he commanded, “Before you hand them over to the police, make sure they’re no longer a threat to anyone.”
The vagrants’ eyes widened in terror at his words.
Not long after, their cries and wails filled the air, reverberating off the cold walls as the bodyguards carried out Cornell’s grim directive.
Meanwhile, in the hospital, Nicole made it a habit to visit Audrey every day. She would shoo the nurses away for some chit chat with Audrey.
The nurses did not complain. After all, Cornell had ordered them to take good care of Audrey. Since Nicole was Audrey’s good friend, they did not want to make things difficult for her.
Not too long after Nicole left, the door of the ward the door creaked open once again.
Cecilia, in a wheelchair, approached Audrey’s bed slowly. Then, she flashed a smile and asked, “Audrey, how are you feeling?”
Audrey frowned in disdain. Not wanting to talk to her, she demanded, “Leave.”
However, Cecilia seemed to thrive on the tension. A triumphant smile crept across her face.
“Why are you so worked up? I heard the little bastard. She paused for a beat and pretended to cough.
“I heard that you miscarried, so I came here to see if you’re doing well.”
Audrey recoiled, and her eyes brimmed with hurt and fury.
When Cecilia saw the hatred in Audrey’s eyes, she felt much better.
Her only regret was that Tessa failed to kill Audrey this time.
But Tessa had successfully gotten rid of the baby in Audrey’s belly.
This was still good news to Cecilia.
Cecilia believed Audrey’s baby was the only connection between Cornell and Audrey. And now that the baby was gone, Cornell would definitely divorce Audrey.
Since Cecilia had rested for a few days, she looked radiant now. It was totally different from her appearance in the video call.
Deep down, Audrey knew that Cecilia’s so-called kidnapping was just one of her schemes.
However, Audrey was not in the mood to play along with Cecilia. She said coldly, “Get out of my face. Otherwise…”
“Audrey, why are you so angry? I was not the one who killed your baby,” Cecilia interrupted, pretending to be aggrieved on the surface.
But actually, she was poking Audrey’s sore point most painfully.
“But actually, it’s all my fault. If Cornell didn’t leave you to save me, your child might still be alive. I heard you were beaten so hard that you bled profusely, and your spleen was broken. It must hurt like hell, right? Is it enough to remind you that you are just a whore dumped by Cornell?”
Cecilia depicted it so vividly that it seemed Audrey was brought back to that desperate moment.
Being reminded of the horrible incident, Audrey’s face became paler and paler. On the other hand, Cecilia became even happier.
Cecilia tucked a small strand of hair behind her ear and said softly, “Audrey, I’ve told you several times that Cornell doesn’t care about you and the little bastard inside you. Why can’t you get it? But you know what?”
When Cecilia saw the painful expression on Audrey’s face, she was more determined not to let Audrey go that easily. She smiled sinisterly and said word by word, “I am very happy that the little bastard in your belly is finally gone.”
Audrey was so angry that she trembled all over.
Her baby was everything to her, but they took it away.
“Hey, Audrey, what’s wrong with you? Are you mad? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. I’m just being honest. I think no one wants your baby. So, why do you still have to bring it to this world?
It’s better for it to die early…”
Cecilia’s voice was interrupted by the sudden crisp slap sound.
It turned out that Audrey raised her hand and hit Cecilia hard in the face. Blood instantly oozed out of the corner of Cecilia’s mouth.
“You, bitch! How dare you hit me! I must teach you a Lesson…”
Before Cecilia could finish her sentence, Audrey’s palm landed on her face again.
Another slap sound echoed in the ward.
The other side of Cecilia’s face was slapped so hard that even her teeth shook.
Cecilia winced in pain. Tears instantly streamed down her face.
Audrey sneered, mimicking her words, “It must hurt like hell, right?
Are you mad? I didn’t mean to upset you. I just feel that your mouth is a little crooked and full of shit. So I helped you to fix it.”
Sure enough, Audrey’s words provoked Cecilia. She could no longer continue pretending. Suddenly, she stood up from the wheelchair, grabbed Audrey’s hair, and pulled Audrey out of bed.
Audrey attempted to get up. But for some reason, her right hand was shaking so hard that she couldn’t even lift it.
At this moment, Cecilia looked at Audrey condescendingly, grabbed her tightly, and slammed her into the wheelchair hard, cursing viciously, “You, bitch! Do you really think you can keep Cornell because you are pregnant with his child?