As soon as Deborah finished speaking, Sophia's face changed.
"You want to kill me? You unfilial son! It was me who gave birth to you, b*stard!"
Sophia was so angry that she tried to slap Walter again, but this time she failed. Deborah grabbed her arm and she fell to the ground.
"Walter has been very kind to you. Do you think Nathaniel will let you go after what you did to Mango? If you fall into the hands of Nathaniel, you will suffer a hundred times worse than now. You did this yourself from the beginning. Walter just wants you to die in a more decent way and this is the best he can do. What else do you want from him?"
Deborah's words made Sophia laugh in anger.
"The best that he can do? You're the problem here! You're a femme fatale who seduced him and asked him to kill me! I know at first sight you aren't a good person! You wanted to marry my son so much, who knows if you just want to take advantage of him?"
Before Sophia could finish speaking, Walter stepped forward and covered her mouth.
You..."
Sophia struggled but Walter directly grabbed her arm.
There was a tinge of sadness in his eyes.
"Mom, you're getting astray. I'll be upset if you only used my father and I but now that you've violated the law, you can't escape anymore."
"Nonsense!"
Although Sophia could not speak, Walter saw the meaning in her eyes.
He said wryly, "Do you know? It was because of my kindness that allowed you to have a chance to use Charlotte and Andrea to almost kill Mango. I know I'm wrong. I'm not talented at all and I don't want you to be tortured to death by Nathaniel, so I will just give you a quick death. Don't worry, mom. The drug is so strong that you won't experience too much pain before you die. I'll collect your body afterward and this will be counted as my responsibility as a son for you. We'd better not meet again in the next life."
After Walter said that, tears started flowing down the corners of his eyes.
Sophia still wanted to say something, but she felt a piercing pain in her heart. She struggled and cried for help. For the first time, she was in despair and trepidation, but Walter did not loosen
his hands.
Her whole body was twitching and eventually, she fell to the ground.
She clutched her collar and tried to pull something out of her throat, but everything was in vain.
Looking at Sophia's painful look, Walter finally turned his face away and shed tears silently.
Deborah's heart ached. She hugged Walter tightly and whispered, "If you're sad, just cry. No one will laugh at you. After crying, there will be no more pain. I promise I'll follow you forever and never leave you."
Walter did not speak this time. He just hugged Deborah tightly.
When Nathaniel's men arrived at Sophia's hideaway, all her people were seized, but Sophia was nowhere to be found.
Ned told Nathaniel about it.
Nathaniel looked at Mango who was sleeping soundly and asked Emberly and Lucy to take care of her. Then, he drove to Sophia's place.
Under the cruel punishment of Nathaniel, someone finally confessed that Sophia went to Walter's place.
According to the address they gave, Nathaniel came to the hotel.
When he knocked on Walter's room, it was Deborah who opened the door.
She was not surprised at Nathaniel's arrival at all.
"Come on in, Mr. Ye."
Nathaniel was intimidating and he was omitting a threatening aura.
When he came in, he saw Walter sitting on a chair. Sophia was lying on the bed and she seemed to be asleep.
Extreme anger rose in Nathaniel.
"Walter, are you trying to go against me now? Huh?"
Nathaniel gnashed his teeth in rage.
Walter was the person Mango cared about the most. If Walter were to oppose Nathaniel, he wondered if Mango would be upset after learning about it.
When Deborah saw the anger in him, she quickly said, "Mr. Ye, Sophia is dead. She died not long ago due to myocardial infarction."
Nathaniel was startled.
How could it be so coincidental?
Walter looked melancholic. He whispered, "You can find someone to check it out. The drug's effect is too strong. She was in pain for more than ten minutes. Now her body is still warm."
Hearing the word 'drug effect', Nathaniel frowned.
There were some guesses in his head.
"What did you do to her?"
Then, Deborah told him what had happened.
Nathaniel looked at Walter with a complicated expression.
Logically speaking, Nathaniel should be happy since Walter had personally finished Sophia for Mango. However, when he thought that all Walter did was for his wife, Nathaniel felt uncomfortable.
Nathaniel thought he should be the one to handle Sophia, since Mango was his wife.
However, Nathaniel seemed to understand Walter's action.
After all, Sophia was the one who gave birth to him. If she really fell into Nathaniel's hands, her end might not be much better than Andrea's.
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