Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 331

Chapter 331 The Scars

Chapter 331 The Scars

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Tess turned around and stared straight at him, her gaze sharp.

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“I spent a year in prison with Layla. All that suffering was thanks to you and Nadine. I’m already dealing with Nadine. As for you, you should be grateful I haven’t gone after you yet.”

Tess smiled faintly.

Finn felt a jumble of emotions, but he suddenly latched onto a thought and asked urgently, “How could you have suffered when you were pregnant? They give special treatment to pregnant women in there, right?”

He’d been furious when he found out Tess had stolen Lock Group’s secrets, but she had still been his wife. Even if she ended up in prison, people there would have shown her some respect for his sake–especially since she was already pregnant at the time. So how could she have suffered?

Finn clenched his fingers tight as he stared at Tess, desperate and unwilling to believe it.

Tess clearly picked up on what he was thinking.

“You don’t believe me?”

Her smile grew wider, and light glinted at the corners of her

eyes.

Tess swallowed, opened the door, and strode quickly inside the apartment.

Finn paused for a second, then followed after her.

The moment the front door closed behind them, a ripping sound shattered the quiet of the night.

Tess used scissors to slice her shirt open, tearing it right in half.

Her pale back was revealed for all to see.

Finn’s eyes went wide in shock, his gaze moving across her back in disbelief.

“What the …”

The skin that had once been flawless was now covered in scars.

In the light, he could see every pale and reddened mark clearly. They were the result of

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repeated injuries and healing.

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Finn couldn’t name what he was feeling, but the pain felt suffocating.

He looked up, still shaken from what he saw.

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Sometimes, in the stillness of midnight, flashes of that night they spent together a year ago would resurface in his mind when he least expected them.

He remembered the sound of her crying and the soft, helpless whimpers she made. They kept replaying in his ears like the sweetest birdsong, tugging at emotions he thought he had buried.

He had always considered himself a rational person, but that night, he’d completely lost himself to obsession and madness.

Losing control of his emotions left him furious. The next day, when he found out Tess had stolen company secrets, he immediately connected it to their night together. He convinced himself Tess was just using him again. In that moment, he wanted nothing more than to see her ruined.

His fingertips trembled as he reached out, wanting to touch Tess’s back.

But Tess seemed to sense his movement. She shot him a cold look, then calmly pulled out a blanket and wrapped herself up, as if nothing had happened.

Tess settled onto the couch, eyes drifting to the darkness outside, as if lost in that nightmare from a year ago.

“You thought they’d treat me differently because I was Mrs. Lock. But even you, Mr. Lock, refused to acknowledge me. Why would anyone else show me mercy?”

Her laughter rang out like a bell tolling through the still air, edged with despair.

How could she not be desperate? A woman thrown into prison by her own husband had no one to rely on–she became cheap labor and someone’s entertainment.

If she hadn’t found out she was pregnant soon after arriving, things would’ve been even worse.

Finn’s eyes darkened as he stared at Tess, finally realizing a new coldness and steel in her that hadn’t been there a year ago.

Was it that year of suffering that changed her?

Finn’s heart pounded wildly.

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She really went through all that pain in prison?

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By the time it reached his side, it dropped heavily, all strength gone.

A wave of helplessness swept over him, leaving him drowning and breathless.

He looked at Tess, as if she were his last hope.

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“Tess, didn’t you say everything that happened a year ago was all a setup? You said you were framed, right? I’ve started looking into it myself. I’ll make it up to you and Layla.”

He stepped closer, nervous and unsure, the divorce agreement he’d just signed flashing in his mind.

“Tess, let’s not get divorced, okay?”

His voice was weak, trembling with panic and fear.

Tess kept her back to him, refusing to answer.

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