Betrayed I Upgraded to His Billionaire Brother novel Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Chapter 179

I’d sensed a shift in Zane’s attitude toward her yestriday.

I just hadn’t realized things had deteriorated to this point, with her showing up at my home.

It was almost laughable.

Me, the official wife, having to mediate a conflict between my husband and his mistress.

Amelia grabbed my arm. “You’re not going anywhere! Call Zane. Right now! Tell him you’ve cheated, that you want a divorce!”

I was beyond exasperated. Just as I was about to speak, I saw Zane’s assistant, followed by several large bodyguards, rushing toward us.

Zane walked in their center, his strides sharp and steady.

I looked at Amelia and tilted my chin toward the space behind her. “No need for me to call. He’s here.”

Amelia turned and saw Zane and his entourage. Actual fear flashed in her eyes. She instinctively tried to bolt.

Zane’s assistant was faster, directing his men to block her escape.

Zane strode over. The dark intensity on his face softened slightly as he looked at me, his voice gentle. “Did she hurt you?”

“No.” I shook my head. “You’re here for her, I assume?”

The phone call he’d gotten in the car must have been about Amelia.

She was the one who had run.

His gaze flickered for a second. He didn’t deny it. “Yes.”

I nodded. “Then you two talk. I’m going home.”

Amelia panicked. Fighting against the guards holding her, she strained toward me. “Elara! Elara, please help me… If he takes me back, I’ll die! I’ll

die!”

I acted as if I hadn’t heard her and walked toward my building.

I had zero interest in getting involved in their mess.

I’ve never claimed to be a good person.

Amelia, working with Theodore, had nearly succeeded in raping me. She was the reason Chloe ended up in a detention cell.

And all the other incidents, big and small. I had no intention of playing the martyr, the do–gooder.

My capacity for sympathy is limited.

Besides, if I repaid her malice with kindness, what would that make me? A traitor to the girl I used to be–the one she hurt?

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Anwha stared in disbelief at Flara’s retreating hack then inimed to Zane “She’d walk away without lifting a finger to help someone is trouble,

and a still think she’s some kind of saint?”

She didn’t get fl

Why did everyone see Elara as this sweet, obedient girl when she was clearly this cold–hearted?

Zane grabbed her chin, his voice a low, dangerous demand. “What are you doing here? Trying to hurt her?”

“I wasn’t…” Having already witnessed how terrifying he could be, Amelia trembled as she explained, “I… I just wanted to know what she has that I don’t. You clearly have someone else in your heart, yet you refuse to divorce her.”

Zane’s gaze was icy. “Curious about that, are you?”

“Yes…” Amelia nodded frantically, ignoring the pain in her jaw, terrified he might see through her.

Zane shoved her away like a piece of trash, a cold laugh escaping him. “You think you’re even in her league?”

Without giving her a chance to react, he gave a slight, almost imperceptible signal with his hand, then turned and walked away first.

His assistant understood. He directed his men to restrain Amelia, and they all got into the cars, heading straight for the suburban villa.

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