I Walked Away And He Lost His Mind (Zephyra and Steven) novel Chapter 222

My blood was boiling, but my mind was perfectly clear. I brought the back of the blade down on him, hard.

“You dare hit me? Do you think all women are easy targets, huh?”

In my past life, that little brat had been a jerk, but he’d never laid a hand on me. Of course, I had also been meek and submissive back then, never daring to talk back.

Thomas yelped in pain, tears welling in his eyes as he begged for mercy.

“I won’t do it again! I swear! I’ll—I’ll help you tie up my mom, okay? Just stop hitting me! This was all her idea!”

“She thinks you’ve changed too much lately and are harder to control. She just got chewed out by the shareholders, and then yesterday’s scandal was so humiliating… My dad was so mad he wanted to beat Steven. But Steven still didn’t bring you home. She’s jealous that he’s being nice to you, so she wanted to take it all out on you! I was just the errand boy, an accomplice at worst! Please, stop hitting me!”

My mother-in-law stood up, looking like she was about to faint from rage. “Thomas, what nonsense are you spouting!”

“Isn’t it true?” he wailed, gasping for breath. “You look down on her because her family is poor. You forced all those fertility tonics on her because you wanted her to get pregnant quickly so you could drive her insane during her postpartum recovery and have a legitimate reason to force a divorce! The only reason your plan failed is because they never slept together!”

A jolt went through my mother-in-law. “Thomas, shut your mouth!” she hissed.

A chill ran down my spine. I had never known about this scheme, not in this life or the last.

My gaze turned icy as I looked at my mother-in-law.

“Keep talking,” I said to Thomas. “If you tell me something that satisfies me, I’ll let you go.”

He immediately started spilling everything like a broken faucet.

“My mom has her own preferred daughter-in-law—the eldest daughter of the Spencer family, the one who studied abroad. She was always groomed to be Steven’s fiancée, and they got along well. But then you came along and ruined everything. My mom hates you. You’re too poor. Compared to our family, you’re like a country bumpkin we can’t take anywhere in public.”

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