She stared at the man before her—both familiar and a stranger—her eyes instantly welling up with tears.
"Steve, we've been married for three years, yet you've known her barely a month. For her, you'd go this far against me?"
"I love Irene because she's gentle, kind, and pure-hearted. Unlike you, who's full of schemes. Enough. I won't waste words on you. Since you refuse to repent, I won't show mercy either."
He shoved her violently, sending Claire stumbling backward until her lower back struck the edge of the bed. She gasped in pain but stubbornly stayed silent.
"Is everything I requested prepared?"
"Yes, sir."
"Take my wife away. I'll make her talk until she reveals Irene's whereabouts."
At Steve's command, bodyguards stormed in, hauling Claire into the bathroom.
Before she could
