The Dust Has Settled, And Our Debts Repaid

Brandon clenched his fist and slammed it against the table.

“Security, bring her away,” he said coldly without a hint of emotion.

They pulled out every single needle and tube in me. Blood splattered out, and I bore with the pain. I was then forced into a car.

When I saw that the road was getting unfamiliar, I was shocked.

“Where are you bringing me, Brandon?”

“To the hospital, of course.” He sneered, and his tone was as cold as ice.

The car slowly came to a stop. I saw a huge luxurious private hospital before me.

At this deserted place, no matter what he did to me, no one would find out.

“Brandon, I’m begging you, please look into the matter before torturing me. Please…” I looked at him with desperation in my eyes.

“Look into it?”

Brandon seemed like he had heard a joke. “I don’t have to look into anything when it comes to you.”

The basement was very dark and cold. I was tied to a cold electric chair, and I could not move.

“Where’s Poppy?”

Brandon did not even look up when he toyed with the remote control in his hand.

I did not speak.

I did not explain either.

It was… completely useless. He would not believe me.

“Not talking?”

At that moment, Brandon pressed the remote control ruthlessly with bloodshot eyes.

“Ah!”

I started to twitch and convulse. Even breathing was hard.

“Is it not enough that you killed my sister? Now, you’re trying to kill another person who’s important to me? Aspen, am I too forgiving toward you?”

Brandon’s words felt like poison to my system.

“Well? Speak!”

The current was numbing my body. A sense of hopelessness rose in me.

However, he did not seem like he was going to stop.

“Mr. Fuller, if you continue to shock Ms. Anderson, she might really die… Should we tone it down?” His assistant could not help but voice up.

“Shut up!”

Brandon kicked his assistant.

“She’s all mine. You don’t have to worry about her.”

After he said that, he glared at me with cold eyes.

At the same time, his phone started to ring.

Poppy’s name showed up on the caller ID!

“Poppy! Where are you now? Are you hurt?” Brandon’s voice was trembling as he asked carefully.

“Huh?” Poppy was stunned.

“I’m not hurt. I went to a mountain to… prepare gifts for you. There’s no signal up there. That’s why you couldn’t reach me for the whole day.”

At that moment, Brandon suddenly froze.

He then frantically turned off the remote control and stopped the torture.

The currents immediately stopped.

I grimaced and looked at him mockingly.

“Brandon? Are you alright?” Poppy asked hesitantly.

“I’m fine… are you hurt?”

Poppy immediately started to sob. “Brandon, in order to pick that flower for you, the rocks cut my legs. I’m bleeding a lot now. I have just gotten them bandaged in the hospital.”

Brandon’s expression immediately changed.

“Send me your location. I’ll come over now!”

After he ended the call, Brandon finally shot me a glance.

“I’ve misunderstood you earlier.”

He sounded tense, but his eyes were still cold. “But it’s because of you that I delayed my plans in finding Poppy! Otherwise, my men would’ve located her a while back!”

I smiled mockingly and stared silently at him.

I did not say a word.

“Keep her here. If something happens to Poppy, she has to be responsible!”

Brandon instructed the bodyguards coldly.

However, he personally untied the contraptions on me and passed me a clean towel.

After he did that, he turned around and left.

The towel fell onto the floor. My eyes were cold when I stepped on it, as though it was trash.

I no longer cared about Brandon’s love and apology.

I was left alone in the basement. It was dark, so I could hardly see anything.

After a long while, the door cracked open, and light poured in.

“Aspen!”

Samuel, who used to call me an idiot, looked at me as he trembled.

He ran toward me and carefully wrapped me in his arms.

“Silly, don’t you know how… afraid I was of something happening to you? You look so pitiful, and I feel so bad.”

I looked at his face as my vision started to blur. Then, I lost my consciousness.

“Aspen, I’ll… make him pay for this.”

Samuel walked toward the light and carried me out of the basement.