Chapter 17: The Final Con

Chapter 17: The Final Confrontation

Chapter 17: The Final Confrontation

(Elena’s POV)

Sophia caught the fleeting darkness in my eyes and stepped forward triumphantly. “So what if you restored the surveillance? Do you really think that even if Marcus knows the truth, he would make things difficult for

me for the sake of you, a plaything?”

Her voice dripped with mockery as she continued. “Face reality and don’t overestimate yourself. Marcus M

never believe you.”

She turned to leave after her victory, but my voice rang out behind her. “I recorded everything you just said.”

Sophia froze. She spun around abruptly and saw the pen in my hand.

Her face twisted with rage as she grabbed my wrist. “You dare to record me!”

Without waiting for an answer, she easily snatched the pen from my grasp. She smashed it to the ground with violent force, shattering it instantly.

After destroying what she thought was a recording device, Sophia sneered coldly. “Elena, I advise you not to do such foolish things!”

I looked at the broken recording pen under her feet and suddenly smiled. “You keep saying I’m overestimating

myself, but if you really had that confidence, would you be afraid of being recorded?”

Sophia was stunned for a few seconds as I picked up the broken pen. I revealed it was just an ordinary pen

with a refill.

“This is just an ordinary pen, Healer Sophia. Why are you so agitated?”

Realizing she had been tricked, Sophia angrily knocked the pen refill from my hand. Her face flushed with

humiliation and fury.

I confronted her directly. “So what if I tricked you? I remember everything – your framing me for stealing your bracelet and the setup in the private room last time.”

Hearing footsteps in the corridor, Sophia’s angry and twisted expression immediately transformed. Her face

became pitiful and vulnerable in an instant.

She fell backward onto the ground, sobbing dramatically. “Healer Elena, I know you’re still angry with me. It’s

my fault for wrongly accusing you and causing you to be suspended. It’s all my fault!”

Her voice rose to a wall. “… I’m willing to die to make amends!”

With that, Sophia grabbed a fruit knife from the table. She slashed at her own wrist without hesitation.

out to stop her, but at that moment, the office door was pushed

was cutting her wrist. Blood flowed from her wrist,

healer’s coat

in shock as he quickly stepped

pressing hard

rutal force and

17: The

he called out

his force, my waist hitting the table corner. Instant pain shot through my body.

moment. She leaned in his arms, her face pale as

it’s my fault,” she whispered weakly. “I not only caused Healer Elena

golden eyes flashed coldly as he lifted Sophia in his arms. He looked at me with icy eyes that cut

anything happens to her, you and the Blackthorne family

Sophia and called for healers, the crowd

standing straight in

silence made my breathing catch. Marcus’s coldness and suspicion

like silver daggers.

clenched hands slowly loosened, revealing deep nail marks in

pain.

(Marcus’s POV)

quickly after treatment. I returned to

do you feel?”

sorry, Marcus. I was too impulsive, but I really didn’t want

misunderstand me.”

truly want to have

bad impression and end up implicating

“You don’t need

moment. What used to be a simple, joyful embrace

devoid of happiness.

glanced at the figure outside the door. “Marcus, no matter what,

out the window absent–mindedly and hummed

“Marcus, you’re so

(Elena’s POV)

open. Sophia had seen me but didn’t

in front of me. Marcus’s

surveillance footage to Marcus to prove my innocence, what would it matter? Sophia was right – no matter what, Marcus would alw

her.

bitterly to myself

The Final

afternoon, I went to law firms to inquire about case reports. I planned to find

by all of them. The reason for rejection was that they

from Marcus.

equal status and position. Nathan had already

to Moonhaven Estate and stepping out of the elevator, I saw a man leaning against the corridor wall

off the ash and looked at me through the smoke. “Went to find

that man

incredulous. “You

the ashtray and stepped closer to

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