Leah was scared to death. She finally saw Gwyneth show her true colors.Leah was imprisoned in the basement for as long as Zane was on a business trip. She was locked up in a cellar by Gwyneth for half a month. Being injured, she was not fed and similar to a criminal, she was only given a few sips of water to drink. Every night, Gwyneth held a whip, made Leah kneel in front of her, and lectured her. Leah had to do as told to survive.She tried to escape and defend herself, but Gwyneth replaced all the housing staff with her people. The home Leah once knew became a living hell.Finally, Gwyneth released Leah upon Zane's return. Gwyneth had sent Leah away to the hospital as she had a high fever from the infections of her wounds. Gwyneth even lied to Zane that she got bullied in school, hence the wounds.Zane went to the hospital to visit Leah. Much to her dismay, her father did not even care about her but reprimanded her for picking a fight with others."Look at yourself. What hav
"You know, spreading her legs in exchange for cash.""Wow… why did she come here to Salem then? She's polluting our environment.""What else? Her reputation was so awful that people kicked her out. She had to move to a new place for more opportunities."As Gwyneth heard all the mockery, she could not believe her past that had not been brought up for many years and that she had almost forgotten, would be exposed there."Enough!!"Finally, she could not take it anymore. She gritted her teeth and said, "Show me the evidence! How dare you accuse me of something I'm not? I'll sue all of you for defamation! You'll be hearing from my lawyer, just you wait!"Gwyneth knew she could not stay any longer. She picked up her purse and reached for the door, but Sage’s men got in her way."Wait a minute, where do you think you're going, leaving and coming in as you wish?" Sage asked with one eyebrow raised.'Are you thinking of leaving after hitting someone? Do you think I'll let you get away
Sage iced Leah's swollen hands on the way to the hospital as she shook her head."How did you end up getting hurt for beating someone else up? Look at your hands, they're so badly swollen," said Sage.Hunter felt embarrassed for Leah as Leah smiled naively. "That was my first time beating someone up. I have no idea either. But hey, that woman's face was ten times more swelled up than my hands!"Sage looked up at Leah. Although her hands were swollen, she was looking more alive and refreshed than ever.Hunter noticed that too, as though the gloomy clouds above her head finally disappeared, and her traumas were slowly recovering.Sage caressed her cousin's head, "Are you satisfied now?"Leah nodded happily.She leaned over her cousin's shoulders with ice on her hands as she spoke, "Sage, I hated that woman’s guts. She caused my mother's death, took my father away, and bullied me for years. Although violence is not a solution, when I saw her disgusting face, I thought of the times
If it was someone else who told her that, Tilly would not believe them, but those words were coming from Seth.Scoffing bitterly, Tilly replied, "I am just a D-list celebrity with no connections whatsoever. I can't possibly cause any damage, and I'm well aware of that. Miss Sage, what about the second option?"Sage replied, "Take the time you need to recover, and I will have the best surgeon in town fix your face. The company will cover all of your medical expenses. As for Zane and Gwyneth, what goes around comes around, and karma will hit them hard when the time comes. As for you, I will make the arrangements if you want to terminate your contract or withdraw from the entertainment industry.""Or if you'd choose to still believe me and stay at Norah Entertainment, we will do our best to help you gain fame and popularity, but of course, you'd need to put in the effort, too. But at least, you wouldn't have to worry about not having any income," Sage added.Tilly stared blankly at Al
Leah did not go easy on Gwyneth.Gwyneth who had gotten plastic surgery, her face was covered with bruises and blood all over, almost disfigured.She wanted to complain to Zane and hoped that Zane would back her up, but at the sight of her bloodied and disfigured face, a startled Zane ran away from her.Seeing how Zane ran away from her as if he had seen a ghost, Gwyneth became fumed with anger. She had a lot of pursuers, but how did she end up together with a coward?The Norahs were all good-for-nothings.Gwyneth swore that she would return the humiliation that she had received from Leah and Sage earlier.Holding back her anger, Gwyneth visited the plastic surgery hospital to get her face fixed. She made a call to Zane in the hospital, crying, as she complained to him that Sage and Leah had teamed up to bully her, and she wanted Zane to take revenge for her.Zane did feel bad for running away from his wife. Now that his wife's disfigured face was not in his sight, Zane was not
"You…" Yeva got up, went upstairs, and complained to Braxton, "Dad, did you hear what Sage said to me?""There, there."Comforting her daughter, Braxton looked at Sage with a face of scorn and said, "Sage, why are you being such a party pooper on a happy day like this?"Braxton then asked Yeva, "Have you given out your wedding invitations to Sage and Leah?""Oh, here they are."Yeva handed the invitations to Sage and Leah. The cover of the invitation was rather pretty, but the handwriting inside the card was just horrible.Shaking her head, Sage could not even bring herself to finish reading the writing. She thought to herself, ‘Why didn’t Yeva decide to print out the words instead?’Just when Yeva was going on happily about her wedding arrangements, someone barged into the house."Miss Sage, Mister Zane is here!" Noticing that Zane looked furious, Zamora quickly raised her voice and announced Zane's arrival to Sage.Braxton greeted, "Zane, you're here. I was just about to sen
Yeva accidentally slipped out a chuckle at the sight of Zane's ridiculous and pathetic behavior.Finally getting himself off the floor, Zane seethed in pain as his fury sprung to life. "You brat, get the hell over here! How dare you hit your mom!""She is not my mom. My mom is already dead!"Leah shouted at the top of her lungs.Zane froze. He was shocked that his daughter who had always listened well to him was actually yelling at him."You… you've finally lost it, haven't you?"With her eyes reddening, Leah, who was standing behind Sage, walked up to them. "Is it me who's gone mad, or are you guys the ones?""Dad, Gwyneth is not my mom. My mom is Ryleigh Tessa. Do you even remember her name? Or how she looks? Do you even remember how she ended up dead?"At the sight of Zane flinching after being frightened, Leah chuckled softly, but her laugh was filled with sarcasm and scorn. "You don't remember any of it, do you? Well, I would've guessed so. Seeing how you haven't been real
With no intentions of backing down, Leah bored into Zane's eyes.In a sarcastic tone, Sage said, "Uncle Zane, didn't you always say that girls were nothing but a waste of money? Since you have a precious son, why do you still care about what Leah does? You should have done your job as a father back then. Look at you now? And you dare to say that you're her father? Think about it, Uncle Zane, do you even have the right to be her father?"Zane was quivering in anger. He was sure that Leah and Sage had teamed up to purposely go against him.Braxton stood by and watched the 'show' reach its climax. At the sight of his brother who was wordless with rage, he suddenly found the entire situation hilarious.Braxton thought that Zane was finally being hit by karma, and this was what Zane got for showing off his new girlfriends to him back then.If one were to play with fire, one would eventually get burned."Braxton, did you hear those brats? Are they supposed to be talking to me this way?