Devoted Love:The Billionaire's Precious Wife novel Chapter 1023

Chapter 1023: Chapter 1022

Martin’s ears were ringing, and a trickle of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

"You’re dead to me—you hear that? From now on, you’re no longer our son. Get out—just get out!"

Ansel was livid, his voice reaching a fever pitch, "Get out!"

Florence closed her eyes, her heart breaking, tears streaming down her face.

Diana watched the scene unfold in disbelief. Had her brother lost his mind? Was he really cutting ties with his family for Serena?

What was he thinking?

Martin bowed deeply toward Ansel, his forehead touching the ground three times in a traditional sign of respect, but Ansel wasn’t having it. He lashed out, kicking Martin’s shoulder and bellowed, "I said get

out!"

"Dad, don’t get yourself worked up," Diana, noticing her father’s rage seemed like a towering mountain about to crumble, quickly stepped forward to support him and glanced at her brother. "Martin, are you really willing to cut off Mom and Dad for Serena? Did they mean nothing raising you all these years?"

Martin slowly got to his feet, bowed to the three of them, and turned to leave the hospital room.

"Martin?"

Diana hadn’t expected him to be so resolute. Ansel collapsed, and Diana, panic-stricken, called out,

"Dad, Dad? What are you two standing there for? Come over and help, quickly!"

Two bodyguards rushed forward to assist Ansel.

Diana hit the call button for the nurse and then dashed out after Martin.

At that moment, Martin was standing in front of the elevator. The doors dinged open, and he was about to step in when...

"Martin."

Diana caught up with him, her fury unchecked, and she slapped him hard across the face.

"Are you even human?" She pummeled his chest with her fists, "Mom’s in the ICU fighting for her life,and Dad’s been struck down by your selfishness! Even if you want to marry Serena, even if you want to

cut ties with the family, did it have to be now? Are you trying to kill them?"

Martin let her vent her rage until she was too exhausted to continue. Only then did he gently wipe the tears from his sister’s face with his sleeve.

"Don’t pretend to care!" Diana pushed his hand away, tears flowing freely, "If you have any conscience left, cancel the engagement party on Friday. Out of respect for the years mom and dad raised you, I’m not asking for a lifetime of gratitude, just don’t be the last blow that kills them!"

With that, Diana turned and walked away, her heart shattered.

Martin watched his sister’s retreating figure, realizing he was in too deep to turn back now.

"That means he wasn’t there for the auction items," Rosemary deduced. "He was probably meeting someone, using the crowd and the lack of surveillance to his advantage. Now we can be sure that

Stinger is connected to Erik, and he might know who’s pulling the strings behind the scenes."

Since Erik had been coerced into taking his own life with poison on the orders of this shadowy puppeteer, capturing Stinger became crucial. He might be willing to avenge Erik by spilling what he knew about the mastermind.

Yet there was also the chance that Stinger was now answering to Serena, viewing the Collins family as a thorn.

"Keep tracking Stinger’s whereabouts," Rosemary instructed. "See if there’s any trail leading to or from the auction that could be linked to him."

"Will do."

No sooner had Rosemary hung up than another call came through.

"Ms. Rose, it’s me," the voice on the other end belonged to the precinct, "Protocol dictates we inform the next of kin when we take someone into custody, but... you better come down here."

It was at the precinct that Rosemary learned Yolanda’s foster mother, Yvonne, had been dead for several days. She examined the body, shared her findings with the officer in charge, and then accompanied another officer to see Yolanda.

"The girl’s tight-lipped, won’t say a word, just keeps cursing you out, making a fuss about wanting to see you."

"I’ll go in," Rosemary said, pushing open the door to the interrogation room. Upon seeing Rosemary,Yolanda lunged forward, nearly breaking free from the officer’s grasp in her frenzy to reach Rosemary.

"Yolanda, this isn’t the place to throw a tantrum!" the officer barked.