"Mother!" Chris shouted, grabbing Ariana and pulling her behind him as if to protect her.
"I said punish him, not kill him! Are you mad?! Do you want to destroy us all?!" Abby shouted, her calm mask breaking. Only she knew what would happen if anything happened to Osvaldo.
If the madman dies, they’re all doomed for life.
"Pardon her mother, Ari had no idea of the house rules." Chris tried to defend his wife.
"She was merely protecting herself from the madman. Penny is just jealous I chose Ariana over her, that’s why she wants to cause trouble for Ariana." Penny almost scoffed at his words. Did this man really think he’s that important?
If only he knew how unattractive he was to her now. She couldn’t believe she had loved such a man.
"I’m so sorry Mother, I had no idea..."
"Sorry?" Abby said through gritted teeth. This little rat seems to not know the kind of trouble she has put them into.
"What do we say to his lawyers when they arrive today?" Abby snapped. Chris suddenly turned stiff at his mother’s words.
Lawyer’s?
"Today? But today is not their visiting day?" Greg’s voice rang out. He too was shocked at her words.
"I had informed them about Penny since she survived the night. They are coming to inspect the marriage certificate and also Osvaldo and now he’s in this state." Abby said.
"Oh, what do we do?" She cried out.
She had asked Ari to teach Osvaldo a little lesson since she begged for it. Ari promised to never hurt Osvaldo, but now she made the guards beat him till he passed out?
"You will pay for this Ariana. You will pay if anything happens to him."
"Why should Ariana pay?" Chris suddenly asked. He was hellbent on defending his wife.
"Ari has already received punishment for hurting him. The two slaps are enough." He continued.
"Why don’t you take the blame for it, Penny, after all, it’s your fault all of these happened." Chris pulled his wife close wrapping his hands protectively around her.
"If you hadn’t lied about taming the mad dog, all these would not be happening." Penny frowned at his words.
She couldn’t believe they were trying to push the blame on her. She opened her mouth to speak but,
"Miss Penny, master." Hughes’s voice rang out dragging her sleeve.
"I... I don’t think he’s breathing anymore." Everyone turned to Osvaldo’s direction.
Penny squatted to his level, she placed two fingers on his neck checking for pulse. It was weak, but it was there.
"Hurry, let’s take him to the penthouse," Penny said to the servants and they quickly placed Osvaldo on the stretcher before carrying him out of the dungeon.
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