The Billionaire's Regret: His Secret Wife Turned Medical Genius novel Chapter 58

Confusion was written all across Emily's face as she bent over to pick up the phone. Then, she stiffened when she realized what she was looking at.

It was a picture of Damien and her. The sender had even edited the photo to make it look like they were in a hotel room together.

The way she looked like she was being intimate with Damien made Emily's stomach churn in disgust. There was also a provocative message printed at the bottom of the photo.

So, the photos were the reason for Gabriel's fit of insanity.

Emily lifted her head and looked into Gabriel's eyes that were burning with anger and mockery. "This isn't me," she said. "You would rather believe in a few photos with sketchy origins than believe me?"

"Believe you?" Gabriel asked as he intimidatingly stalked toward her. "You crawled into my bed for the sake of money all those years ago. Now, you've sold your body to a loan shark to pay off your brother's debt.

"Why should I believe you, Emily?"

Emily's entire body shook in anger, and her chest violently heaved.

It seemed that in Gabriel's heart, she was nothing but a dirty and despicable woman who would do anything for the sake of money. Any explanation now was completely useless against his prejudiced view of her.

It was incredibly laughable how she had harbored a sliver of hope toward him.

"That's right," Emily declared as she lifted her chin and stubbornly stared at Gabriel. "I'm that type of person, but you should already know that right, Mr. Holton?

"What's the point of locking me up if I'm such an eyesore? You can avoid looking at me altogether if you'd let me go."

Gabriel roughly grasped Emily's chin the moment those words left her mouth. He exerted so much force that it felt like he could crush the bones in her jaw.

The thought of Emily looking for other men if he let her go free nearly drove Gabriel insane. He didn't know why he was so bothered by the idea of it, but all he knew was that he would definitely never let her go.

Gabriel's rage overpowered his rationality, and he decided that he had to punish Emily for betraying their marriage by selling her own body for Cole's sake. After all, there was no telling what she would do next if he didn't punish her for her transgressions now.

"You are to stay here from today onward. You're not allowed to go anywhere else. You're only allowed to leave once you've admitted your mistakes."

Gabriel then shoved Emily aside and turned around to leave.

At the next moment, the sound of the door being locked from outside resounded clearly into the villa.

Emily collapsed onto the ground, feeling like all the strength in her body had fled her. She stared at the door for a long time before staggering back to her feet and grabbing her phone.

She was going to call Mallory. After all, there was no way she was going to allow Gabriel to trap her here.

However, her hopes were dashed when she unlocked her phone and read the words "No Signal" in the upper left corner of the screen.

The villa had been built in a dead zone.

Emily truly couldn't believe how cruel Gabriel was.

…

Mallory was holding a medical report as she searched through the department of cardiothoracic surgery in the municipal hospital. But no matter where she looked, she couldn't catch even a glimpse of Emily's familiar silhouette.

"Where's Dr. Sterling?" she asked a nurse that was passing by.

The nurse halted her footsteps and answered, "Don't you know? Dr. Sterling is on leave today."

Mallory was stunned by the nurse's response.

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