Chapter 355\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivica\u2019s eyes widened in fury. \u201cHow dare you speak to me like that! Have you forgotten what\u2019s at stake?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNot at all,\u201d Larissa said calmly. \u201cYou kidnapped my mother, cut off a finger wearing her wedding ring, and sent it to me to threaten me into obeying you. Is that about right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lincolns\u2018 eyes widened. So that was their leverage\u2013the life of Neville\u2019s wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivica faltered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was it possible Larissa didn\u2019t care about Sapphira? The thought brought a twisted mix of pleasure and panic. On one hand, it served Sapphira right for meddling. On the other, if Larissa didn\u2019t care,\u00a0<\/p>\n
their threat was useless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since Larissa had laid it all bare, Paxton saw no reason to hide it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo,\u201d he said, his voice strained, \u201cis that your answer? You don\u2019t care if your mother lives or dies?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He picked up his phone and dialed Gareth\u2019s number, planning to order him to cut off another of Sapphira\u2019s fingers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To his shock, a phone started ringing from just outside the villa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before he could process it, Sapphira\u2019s voice called out. \u201cPaxton, it\u2019s not that Larissa doesn\u2019t care. It\u2019s that I\u2019m already safe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The doors opened, and Sapphira walked in, supporting a frail\u2013looking Kiernan. Neville was right beside her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paxton stared, his mind reeling. Had Neville found her after stabbing him last night? No, that wasn\u2019t right. He looked at Sapphira\u2019s hands. All her fingers were intact. The finger he had been sent wasn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
hers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa, seeing his confusion, pulled a wooden box from her pocket and tossed it onto the table in front of him. \u201cUncle Paxton, whose finger do you suppose this is?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paxton hung up the phone and snatched the box. He opened it, and his breath caught in his throat. The finger was thick and calloused\u2013clearly a man\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had been played. That was Gareth\u2019s finger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neville turned to his own butler. \u201cBring him in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The butler dragged a bound Gareth into the room and threw him onto the floor. Gareth looked up, his eyes wide with terror.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A cold dread washed over Paxton. It was over. His plan was exposed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neville\u2019s voice was like ice. \u201cPaxton, in front of our dad, is there anything you have to say for yourself?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The room fell silent. Kiernan\u2019s aged face was a canvas of disappointment and rage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPaxton,\u201d he demanded, his voice trembling, \u201cdid you arrange for the kidnapping of your sister\u2013in\u2013law?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
10:08\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 355\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paxton knew denial was useless. He said nothing, but his pale face and trembling hands betrayed his\u00a0<\/p>\n
guilt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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