After Divorce

Chapter 77 He Has Seen These People

“Don’t look at me like that. It’s not like we wanted to do this. We’re just doing a job cause the pay is good. Your little sister gave us 300 grand to kidnap a lady and ruin her. But then, that lady turned out to be richer she gave us two million.”

Previously, Sylvia had told them that if they ever got caught, they should just come clean

right away.

One of the men started talking, and the other two chimed in immediately.

“Yeah, we told her two million. She made it clear we just needed to give the lady a scare, tie her up, make her feel hopeless and desperate. We did nothing else – see, we’ve just been sitting here playing cards.”

“Man, whoever this lady is from your family, she’s ice–cold wanting to wreck someone and then play the footage on loop on that big screen. I tell ya, we’d steer clear of a woman like that.”

As the three men divulged the truth, Bonnie’s face grew paler. By the time they had finished, Sylvia and Jonathan had the full picture, and Bonnie was completely bloodless.

Jonathan stared at Bonnie in shock.

Even though Bonnie was Cyril’s sister, Jonathan had always treated her as his little sister as

well. To find out his ‘little sister‘ was capable of such venom was hard to stomach.

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“It’s not what it looks like, Bro! You’ve got to believe me. They’re lying! I didn’t plan any of this. I just wanted to teach Sylvia a lesson, I swear. I didn’t mean to destroy her.”

Bonnie was terrified, knowing all too well the kind of man her brother was. If Cyril believed the story, she was done for.

Cyril looked down at Bonnie, making no move to help her up.

He turned to the men, a memory sparking in his mind.

“I’ve seen you guys before, two years ago, at my place. You came for her then, didn’t you?”

As Cyril spoke, Bonnie shook even more, using the wall to pull herself up but not daring to reach for her brother. Jonathan was confused, unable to connect how Cyril knew these men.

The three men hesitated, then remembered and nodded.

“Yeah, that’s right. We did see you before. She paid us back then too. She wanted us to make trouble for a woman- not exactly payback, just pure hassle. We messed up her house, scared her, sent her dead animals for days. But man, that lady was tough. She didn’t cry or fuss, just calmly called the cops.”

As they recounted the past, Cyril’s expression darkened.

Sylvia was far from unshaken during that time. She would often call Cyril, her voice cracking with tears, begging him to come back and keep her company because she was truly frightened. She told him about the things being thrown into the house to scare her.

How had Cyril responded back then? He had dismissed her concerns, telling Sylvia to stop playing games and just keep doing what she was supposed to do, without any wild expectations. He never considered that while he thought Sylvia was just making excuses for him to come home, she was actually enduring an immense psychological torment.

Cyril’s gaze upon Bonnie was icy as he realized he had thought Sylvia was lying, but all these events were connected to his own sister, orchestrated by her hand.

“Anything you want to say?” Cyril’s calm voice was a sign that he was on the edge of anger, and Bonnie knew better than to push him further.

She shook her head frantically, “Bro, listen to me, it’s not what it looks like! I never did anything to Sylvia. I’ve never met these guys before and I certainly never paid them any money. For real!”

“The nerve of this woman to deny it! Look, when you paid us, we recorded it. Don’t believe us? We can play the recording right now. Don’t throw us under the bus; we have a reputation to uphold in our line of work!”

“Yeah, it was you who told us to scare that woman so bad she’d want to leave her home. We just did what you asked. You should’ve seen her; she was so scared she couldn’t sleep for days.”

Cyril was extremely uncomfortable with this third–party confirmation. He couldn’t bear to think of how Sylvia must have felt at that time alone in that big house with people purposefully frightening her.

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Now jonathan understood; these men were old acquaintances, although Bonnie could’ve been more careful not to leave traces that could have implicated her.

“You can’t blame Bonnie entirely, after all, we all know what kind of person you are. She went through a lot to marry you. It was just a small lesson, nothing more. Look at Sylvia now, she’s doing just fine. And Bonnie… if we hadn’t intervened, who knows what might’ve happened?”

Chapter 77 He Has Seen These People

Jonathan didn’t hesitate tearing Sylvia down.

Cyril remembered having heard similar remarks from Jonathan before, but today, they sounded especially grating.

The three men were not pleased.

“We’re professionals; we do what we’re paid for, nothing more. She didn’t go to the extremes you did, destroying someone’s life. And someone with such a vicious heart, we’d be fools to cross her it could ruin the rest of our lives!”

They maintained their innocence, afraid of Bonnie’s potential ruthlessness that might not even spare the three of them.

In the hotel room, Cyril’s expression turned more and more impassive, but those who knew him were aware that behind the calm facade, a storm of rage was brewing.