Royce led Margot through the dungeon's secret passage and escaped to the mountain at the back.When he saw that her face had gone pale from the unbearable pain, he sat her down by the large tree. He had a heartbreaking look on him.Royce said, "Let's take a break for now. You're feeling uncomfortable, right? Just endure for a bit more. It'll be fine after we leave this place."He knew Margot was in great pain, but he had no medicine on him, and they were now in the mountains. There was no way to relieve her pain.Margot frowned. Her vision was blurry, and she felt weak from the pain all over her body. She could vaguely feel the wound on her face was bleeding.She weakly told Royce, "See if there's any Artemisia around the area. That plant is around this height and has bitter leaves. Get me some of those. They would stop the bleeding and heal the wound."Margot had been slashed on the face. She wasn't sure how deep the wound was, but it was swollen and painful. Even the cobwebs co
In the helicopter, Calvin looked powerful and assertive, dressed in an Emerian jungle camouflage attire. He was searching for the duo in the mountain forest with binoculars. They were easily spotted.He smirked before taking over the megaphone and said, "Do you really want to challenge me, Royce?"Royce ignored him and continued to help Margot move forward.Calvin dropped the binoculars and instructed his subordinates, "Land in front of them."After all, he couldn't shoot them. It would be hard to explain himself to Zyla if he hurt Royce.His target was Margot and to bring Royce back.…Margot felt so tired and uncomfortable. She couldn't move another step further and looked up at the helicopter above them. Her legs gave way to the ground when she saw it was about to land in front of them.Tears slid down her cheeks as she said, "We wouldn't be able to escape them. They're already here."They were found too soon. With the way they were outnumbered, Margot lost her confidence
Royce knew that no one from the Morris family was to be trifled with. He was afraid Calvin might hurt Margot and quickly shielded her behind him.He looked at Calvin and said, "Why must you resort to killing her, Calvin? Wouldn't it be enough to separate Margot from Anthony and forbid them to meet anymore?"Just look at her. She's just a frail woman. Not only did your mother order people to whip her, but her face was even disfigured personally by your mother."Royce continued, "Can't all of you just spare her life? I promise she'll disappear without a trace in the future. She'll never have any contact with Anthony again!"Calvin's gaze went from Royce to Margot behind him. Her pretty face was indeed disfigured and bloodied now. However, he recalled that he couldn't disobey Regina's instructions.He was not at all moved when he told Royce, "I never show mercy to those who deserved to die."Calvin raised his dagger and aimed it at Margot's head."No!"Royce quickly blocked Calvin
Margot felt somewhat glad and hurried to get down from the bed.She was planning to leave, but she was thirsty and hungry. As such, she instinctively looked for food once she got out of the room. Margot saw a bottle of water on the chair in the living room. She walked over to pick it up and drank it. She managed to finish the entire bottle in a go.She placed the bottle down and was about to start looking for food. However, her attention was immediately caught by a pile of photos on the chair. She bent down to pick a photo up and looked at it in surprise.At that moment, Calvin's icy voice sounded from nearby."What are you doing? Put it down!"Margot was surprised, but she did not place the photo down.That was because the person in it looked exactly like her when she was aged three to five. They looked so similar that even she couldn't tell if it was her or someone else."Who gave you permission to touch it?"Calvin walked over and snatched the photo away from Margot.He g
Margot suddenly had a bad feeling when she saw Calvin's reaction.She insisted on asking, "You tell me first, who are you to her, and why are you looking for her?"Calvin realized that he was acting out of line. He let Margot go and tried his best to calm himself down.After keeping his emotions in check, he slowly replied, "She's my biological younger sister."Margot was speechless. Her eyes widened as she looked at Calvin in shock and disbelief. She couldn't believe that the girl in the photo was the biological daughter of the Morris family.She tried her best to calm down as she vehemently denied the fact.After a while, she asked again, "Don't you already have a sister? How could the person in that photo be your biological sister?"Wasn't Zyla his sister? She was around Margot's age, too. That was why the person in the photo couldn't be his sister. He was mistaken."Where exactly have you seen her before?" Calvin couldn't be bothered to explain everything to her.He asked
As long as Margot could prove she was related to the Morris family, they would return Lilac to her, right?After a long while, she returned from the washroom and sat behind Calvin. She then plucked some of Calvin's hair while he was asleep and hid them away.Calvin felt something on his head, but he only opened his eyes to look at Margot before he continued to rest.…The duo walked out of the plane once they landed in Amberville. Calvin then handed Margot a wad of cash and a face mask.Margot looked at him, confused.Calvin explained indifferently, "You have neither money nor a phone on you. How would you survive here alone?"Take them and remember what I've said. Don't ever come back to Emeria, and don't contact Anthony anymore. Otherwise, I won't let you off the hook!"Margot recalled that she would need money for the paternity test and to call for a cab. As such, she did not reject his offer and took the money."You can leave on your own," Calvin said before turning away t
Margot didn't want to worry Natalie.She lied, "It's nothing. I'll deal with it soon.""Does it have anything to do with Curtis?"Natalie was afraid that Curtis was the one behind it. She had told him many things back when she had returned to Amberville. She hoped he wasn't doing anything to hurt Margot again.Margot denied. "It's got nothing to do with him. It's my personal matter.""Did Curtis contact you in the past few days, then?" Natalie asked again.She recalled Curtis had told her he wanted to explain everything to Margot, but he couldn't reach her for days.Margot replied, "He didn't. Why would he contact me when he's injured?"Natalie spoke seriously, "Perhaps he couldn't reach you as well. Don't worry, his injury isn't life-threatening."But I've gone to find him previously, Margot. He told me about what happened between the two of you back then. It seemed like you misunderstood him."Margot felt really tired now. She leaned against the bedside and quietly listened
Curtis was speechless.Margot wanted him to help her get her daughter back? From who? Himself?Why did he feel like they weren't on the same page?Curtis wasn't bothered about it anyway. He started putting on airs again as he said, "Come find me at the hospital if you want to see your daughter."Margot rejected him without thinking and replied, "Never mind, I'll just do it on my own. I'll hang up now."She ended the call without hesitation. Upon thinking that she was most likely a part of the Morris family, she could get Lilac back after getting the paternity test result. She wouldn't need Curtis' help by then.If Curtis were to know that Lilac was his, wouldn't he fight to have her?Even though he did not cheat on Margot back then and did not make Wendy pregnant, they could no longer return to how they were before.She couldn't pretend nothing had happened and go back to him as if everything was normal.…In the hospital ward, Curtis was beyond angry when his call was cut.