Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
“Ah! Oh my!” Cecilia’s scream resonated through the room.
Cecilia dropped to the floor, weeping bitterly. It was extremely painful! The moment her wrist snapped, the pain surged to her heart.
The agony was so overwhelming that she felt like she might die at any moment.
Cornell’s eyes filled with contempt as he said coldly, “My biggest regret is rescuing you back then!”
Otherwise, he and Audrey wouldn’t have ended up like this. They could have enjoyed a joyful life with their children.
Cornell’s cruelty stunned Cecilia on the spot.
Cornell continued with a frosty gaze, “I was the one who sent Audrey those videos. If someone edited the video, it should have been me.
Unfortunately, the video is the original one.”
The moment Cornell finished speaking, Cecilia’s face turned pale instantly! She hadn’t anticipated Cornell being the one to show Audrey the videos.
“No, you’ve got it all wrong. Cornell, you have to believe me. I wasn’t having sex with anyone else…”
“I don’t care about who you’re sleeping with,” Cornell cut her off sharply. “I only want to know if you were involved in the incident where Audrey was drugged on that day.”
Cecilia immediately shook her head in denial at his question.
Cornell’s voice turned icy. “Think carefully before you answer!”
Cecilia’s eyes dodged, and her undisguised guilt was captured by Audrey.
This made Audrey wonder if Cecilia was the one who had drugged her.
Initially, Audrey believed Cecilia was innocent of her being drugged.
However, it appeared Cecilia was the mastermind. Such malevolence made Cecilia deserving of the worst punishment!
Naturally, Cecilia wouldn’t confess. She believed that denial would protect her, even if the truth was known.
With tears streaming down her face, Cecilia said in a hoarse voice, “No, it wasn’t me. Did Audrey say that, Cornell? How could you trust her? You know she despises me…”
Hearing that, Audrey became more certain that Cecilia was rotten to the death. She said bluntly, “I’ve come to realize it was you who had drugged me.”
Cecilia felt like she had walked into a trap. She stumbled and rushed desperately toward Audrey. “You bitch! You’re trying to frame me!”
Before Cecilia could touch Audrey, Audrey was startled by a loud sound.
In an instant, Cornell forcefully pushed Cecilia away.
“Ah…” Cecilia cried out as she hit the ground, holding her abdomen in agony, struggling to breathe.
Cornell stared down at her. “Seems you won’t speak the truth until you’re on the brink of death!”
With that, he called someone over. A short man entered the room, visibly scared.
Audrey instantly recognized him as the waiter from their dinner that day.
Cornell questioned the waiter, his voice cold, “Is she the one?”
Intimidated by Cornell’s presence, the waiter looked at Cecilia on the floor and said nervously, “Yes, it’s her. She instructed me to lace the drink with drugs, and even slipped some into an elderly man’s beverage.”
Cecilia had advised Cary to get laid with Audrey after drugging Audrey.
After directing the waiter to drug Audrey, Cecilia deceitfully administered an aphrodisiac to Cary.
Cecilia’s intentions were hideous. Cary would fuck Audrey to death or Cary would fuck himself. She believed either outcome would be to her advantage.
Subsequently, Cecilia handed the waiter three hundred thousand dollars, urging him to leave town discreetly. Given the waiter’s modest salary, he complied with Cecilia’s demand and retreated to his hometown.
Cecilia hadn’t anticipated Cornell uncovering her schemes.
Cornell had his team investigate the restaurant staff who resigned post-incident, eventually tracing this very waiter. Now, the proof was undeniable.
Confronted by Cornell, Cecilia felt as if she were plunged into an icy abyss, his gaze paralyzing her with fear. She shivered, gasping for air.
However, Cecilia continued to deny her actions, “No… It wasn’t me…
It was him! It’s a setup!”
Cecilia wildly accused the waiter, shouting, “He’s trying to set me up!”
Caught off guard, the waiter replied, “She’s a lying bitch! luckily, I saved proof. I had set up a hidden camera in another chamber to capture photos of a celebrity who never showed up. Instead, it recorded our entire conversation.”
While explaining, the waiter passed his phone to a man in black.
The man in black then gave the phone to Cornell, and they played the recording aloud. It perfectly captured Cecilia’s instructions to the waiter.
Next, the waiter presented a small bag of powder, explaining, “This is the leftover drug she handed me.”
With the evidence exposed, Cecilia was at a loss for words. Her complexion turned ghostly white. She tried to escape to the door, but a bodyguard crushed her hand under his foot.
Cornell’s cold stare bore into Cecilia, his face emotionless.
Cecilia was seized with panic. Uncertain of her fate under Cornell’s intimidating look, her body shook uncontrollably.
Cornell, without sparing Cecilia another glance, turned to Audrey and inquired, “This is the woman who harmed you and Janey. What do you think her punishment should be?”
Cornell’s eyes emitted an unmistakable chill, devoid of any warmth when Cecilia was mentioned.
If Cecilia hadn’t had Alexis backing her up back then, Cornell would never have given Cecilia the chance to make a comeback in Ardlens.
Rather than conducting herself with poise, Cecilia made the choice to harm someone she shouldn’t have. She deserved to suffer the consequences!
The unexpected cruelty Cornell displayed toward Cecilia left Audrey astonished. After all, Cecilia was his first love, right?
When Cecilia was thrown out of the restaurant the last time, Audrey thought Cornell was just trying to make a point. But her perception shifted when the audible snap of Cecilia’s wrist broke through the air.
Audrey looked at Cornell curiously and asked, “Don’t you feel sorry for doing that to Cecilia? Isn’t she your first love?”
From the report Erick had gathered, Audrey had seen how Cornell used to indulge Cecilia.
Cornell clarified in a low voice, “She’s not.”
Audrey blinked in disbelief. Cecilia was not his first love? Who was he trying to fool?
Sporting a sly smile, Audrey asked, “So I can do anything to her?”
Cornell cast a penetrating gaze her way. “What do you have in mind?”
Audrey snorted unhappily. “Oh? Are you afraid that I will go too far?”
Whether Cornell was afraid that Audrey would go too far or not, Cecilia certainly was.
Convinced that Cornell would show mercy on her for old time’s sake, Cecilia turned her gaze toward him, her eyelashes fluttering in a plea.
In a desperate appeal, Cecilia cried, “Cornell, please… I’m innocent.
That scheming woman framed me!”
Kneeling on the ground with a broken hand and smeared makeup, Cecilia resembled a fray dog.
Assuming Cornell’s silence meant that he was in a dilemma, Audrey flashed a smile and said, “It’s fine if you don’t want to see her hurt.”
Anyway, Audrey knew that when her brother returned, Cecilia wouldn’t be able to escape his wrath. In that case, she wouldn’t owe Cornell a favor. If Cornell was reluctant to let Cecilia face the music, she was fine with it.
But to her shock, Audrey was met with a nonchalant response from Cornell. “I don’t want you to dirty your hands.”
As long as Audrey was clear about what she wanted, Cornell would get someone else to do it for her. He was not willing to let her dirty her hands for unworthy people.
Audrey found herself taken aback, utterly unprepared for the words that escaped Cornell’s lips. If it were from someone else, the statement might come off as pretentious.
But Cornell, with his striking looks and composed demeanor, exuded sincerity. In fact, there lingered a subtle touch of romance, catching Audrey off guard.
Feeling a warmth creeping up her ears, Audrey uneasily touched her earlobe and retorted, “Cut it out.”
“I’m serious.” Tilting his head slightly, Cornell vowed, “I won’t let anyone who hurts you go.”
The gravity of his words left Audrey momentarily speechless. A crimson blush painted her cheeks, and her ears burned. She kind of appreciated his usual state.
On the sidelines, Cecilia’s face darkened as she observed the flirtatious exchange between the two.
To add insult to injury, they were acting like she wasn’t even here.
The worst thing was that even the slightest movement she made brought sharp pain to her entire body.