Chapter 7 - The Confrontation
Victoria gasped for air, her styled blonde hair falling out of its neat bun as Adrian maintained his iron grip on her wrist. Her eyes were wide with terror as she glared up at her stepson.
"Adrian! Let me go! You're hurting me!" Victoria whimpered, trying to pull away from his grip.
"You..." Adrian whispered, his voice vibrating with absolute malice. "You were the one poisoning her?"
"She's a gold-digger, Adrian!" Victoria spat out, her elegant mask completely slipping into pure venom. "She came back to town six months ago! If she had that baby, your father's estate trust would automatically transfer forty percent of the Ashford Global shares to her child! I couldn't let a low-class girl ruin our family's wealth!"
Adrian tightened his grip, making Victoria cry out in genuine agony.
"The trust belonged to my biological mother, Victoria," Adrian said, his dark eyes colder than ice. "You were never an Ashford. You were just a parasite who married my father for his money."
The door opened sharply. Two uniformed police officers, accompanied by Adrian’s personal head of security, stepped into the room, their hands resting on their holsters.
"Officer, take her," Adrian commanded, shoving Victoria forward onto the floor at the policemen's feet. "This syringe contains evidence of attempted murder against my wife and child. Run a full forensic analysis on her home."
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"Adrian, no! I'm your mother!" Victoria screamed as the officers pulled her up, clicking metal handcuffs around her wrists. "You can't do this to me! Think of the family name!"
"You ruined the family name the moment you touched my family," Adrian said coldly, turning his back on her as she was dragged screaming down the hallway.
