The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

"Carrie, look at me." Bella held Carrie by her bony shoulders and stared deep into her eyes. "Are you sure that's what you want? Do you have the heart to break things off with him? Don't do anything that you will regret later on. There are some people that you will never find again in your lifetime after you let them go!"

"I have thought about it carefully. This wasn't an impulsive choice."

Carrie smiled contentedly and slowly closed her eyes. "This is the best outcome for Ryan and for me. I'm glad that we have been together once and have had beautiful memories that can last us a lifetime. The one I loved was the vibrant Ryan who was so full of life. I want him to become himself again. Being with him is only going to restrict him and drag him down..."

Bella felt as if her heart was run over by a truck.

By the time Bella returned to her room with tears in her eyes, Justin was already waiting for her.

"Bella, why are your eyes red? Have you been crying?"

Justin went up to her and immediately circled his arms around her slender waist. It was as if he had been waiting for ages to hold her in his arms. His voice was soft and full of love. "Who upset my wife? Tell me, I will make things right for you."

"As if anyone would ever dare to upset me with the great Mr. Salvador protecting me."

Bella rested her forehead against his shoulder and felt the surging heat from his body slowly fuse into hers. The comforting warmth soothed her thoughts until, at one point, she said, "It's Carrie." Justin seemed to grow nervous. "What about her?"

"She wants to end things with Ryan."

"Why?" Justin's breathing turned rapid.

"What happened this time really did a number on her. She's scared and tired at this point. She thinks she is dragging down Ryan."

Bella turned up to face Justin while hooking her arms around his neck. Then, she sighed exasperatedly. "I can understand how she feels. When you love someone so much, you think so much more about the consequences. At this point, she can't recklessly throw herself

headfirst into love the way she did in

the past."

"That explains it... I have been calling Ryan all day, but he hasn't picked up. I guess he found out about it too." Justin's jaw flexed ever so slightly. He could not help but worry about how his friend was holding up.

Ryan was now barraged by problems on all fronts, and his fiancee was going to leave him.

Today might just be the worst day of his life.

"Besides, even if Ryan does manage to sort out the problem with his family, what about things at Carrie's side? Grandpa and your father must despise the Hoffmans more than anything now. Why would they let Carrie marry him?"

Bella's eyes were filled with rage and helplessness have been thinking about my family's reaction to what happened to me in the past. If we were to compare situations, what happened to Carrie was far worse than what happened to me. The entire Hoffman family is ganging up on poor Carrie to frame her. They're even treating her like a fool and doing all those nasty things to her!

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"Any parent with a hint of conscience would not send their child to a lion's den. Besides, does it look like Ryan can protect her at all? No! And who's to say something worse won't happen next time? Nobody in their right mind would take such a risk with their child."ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

"Ryan is capable of protecting Carrie. I think the reason it turned out this way is because someone has been lurking behind the scenes, directing the Hoffmans. Or better yet, whoever this is has been using the Hoffmans to do their dirty work."

The look in Justin's eyes darkened upon reaching this note. "I refuse to believe that those two scumbags, Zoe and Liam, are capable of this."

"That's what I was thinking too. Let's wait for updates from Ralph."

Justin's phone vibrated just as Bella finished speaking.

He proceeded to put the call on speaker and answered, "What is it, lan?"

lan sounded like he was about to

burst with excitement. "Mr. Salvador!

I just received some updates from our people. It's about Bethany. Chairman Salvador had sent her to the hospital for treatment immediately after you slapped her today, and guess what? She's gone deaf!"