<b>Chapter </b><b>131 </b>
<b>Aria’s </b>cold gaze locked onto Austin. “You’ve got one minute. Spill it, or I’ll slit your throat. Her tone was icy, and the murderous intent in has ayas made l? clear she wasn’t bluffing.
Terrified and trembling, Austin stammered, “I, I’ll talk!
“Pearl had a fever for too long. Even though it subsided, the doctor warned it might re up again and suggested transferring her to the city <b>hospital</b>. But Mom and Dad refused. Then, a couple struggling with infertility happened to pass by. When they overheard Mom and Dad nning to give up on <b>Pearl</b>, they offered to adopt her and paid them some money. Pearl was sent to the city hospital that very day.
<b>“</b>They were afraid you’d try to take Pearl back, so they lied and told you she had died.”
Alice had only told him about this not long ago.
Austin begged, “I’ve told you everything I know! Please let me gol”
Aria released him, and Austin copsed to the floor, trembling. Alice rushed over, her eyes darting to the wound on her son’s neck. She immediately erupted in fury, shouting, “Madelyn! You monster! You lunatic! You’ll go to hell!”
“hat?
Aria chuckled as she calmly wiped the blood off her knife and tucked it away.
Threats were useless against her.
This isn’t the first time you’ve known.me, right?”
Alice regretted her outburst almost instantly. Clutching her son, she retreated to the corner, her eyes filled with fear and wariness as she stared at Aría<b>. </b>
Aria warned, “If you dare cause trouble again, I won’t hesitate to send you both straight to hell.”
“Please, Austin, let’s just go home!” Alice cried, her voice trembling as she watched Aria walk away.
Even though Dominic was abusive, Alice feared Aria the most.
When Dominic tried to burn her alive, Aria fought back by cooking <b>a </b>pot of poisonous mushrooms, nearly killing their entire family.
Whenever they hit her, she’d disappear for hours, only to return in the dead of night, prying open their door and staring at them, making sure no one got a good night’s sleep.
When they sold her to Henry, she stormed back home with a knife, shing wildly and almost crippling Dominic’s hand.
If she could choose, Alice would rather have avoided the nightmare of the baby swap, even if it meant giving up the money.
Austin, having tasted the extravagant lifestyle of the big city, had no intention of going back to their old
life.
Gripping Alice’s hand tightly, his expression turned dark and resentful. “Mom, both your daughters are living it up as heiresses. Why do we have to scrape by like this?
“We can livestream and make money.”
Austin had been nning this for a while. He just wanted to squeeze more money out <b>of </b>Aria, but she wasn’t as easy to manipte as Silvia.
Alice’s heart raced as she shook her head frantically. “No way! She’ll kill us
sure<b>.</b>”
Austin’s mind was consumed by thoughts of money, his earlier fearpletely forgotten. “Mom, she’s just bluffing. She wouldn’t <b>risk </b><b>her </b>ure <b>for </b><b>us</b><b>. </b><b>She’s </b>got too much to lose in awful society.
“Dad doesn’t care about us anymore. We have to rely <b>on </b>ourselves. Once we make a quick 30 thousand dors, we’ll go back home.<b>” </b>
Alice hesitated, her fear battling with the lure of money. Finally, she gave in. “Alright, 30 thousand dors, and then we’re done.”
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Chapter <b>131 </b>
<b>“</b>Madelyn thinks we’re beneath her because we’re from the countryside. She wouldn’t even see us! <b>I </b>missed Madelyn so much<b>, </b>tot went to watu bit. never imagined…”
Alice sobbed into the camera, trembling all over as she recalled what Aria had done.
Austin tilted his head to show the wound on his neck. “Madelyn’s got a violent streak. Fine,
she hit me, but she even went after my <b>mom</b><b>! </b>
Austin carefully rolled up Alice’s sleeves, revealing her arms covered in bruises and scars.
[Oh my god, those injuries are terrible!]
[I’ve been through domestic violence, too. That fear in her eyes is real.]
[Wait, did your sister do that to your neck?]
More and more people joined the live stream. Some, unfamiliar with the situation, asked, [Who are they? What’s going on?]
[This mother and son were abused by the daughter. She beat them up pretty badly.]
As the audience grew, Austin casually revealed the person behind their injuries was Aria, the heiress of the wealthy Saxon family in Mandino City.
Aria’s name had been trending online, and her notoriety only fueled the fire. Word spread quickly, and the live stream’s viewership shot up to over 30 thousand.
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