A Debt Repaid In Blood, A Marriage Paid In Silence Chapter 05

A Debt Repaid In Blood, A Marriage Paid In Silence Chapter 05

My head spun, like a string inside me had snapped for good. 

Lila still had the nerve to pretend to apologize. 

“I’m so sorry, Wren! I had a sudden heart attack, 

and I accidentally knocked the urn over…” 

I stared at her in a daze. There wasn’t an ounce of 

regret in her eyes–only open mockery. 

The others finally realized something was wrong. 

They stammered, “This really looks like ashes… 

there are even bone fragments…” 

Julian’s face turned deathly pale. He looked up at 

1. me. 

But the next second, I lunged at Lila and tackled 

her, sending both of us rolling down the stairs.. 

“AH!” 

Lila landed on the floor, her face white as a sheet 

as she clutched her stomach. 

“It hurts! My baby!” 

In an instant, everyone rushed to her side. 

I clutched my bleeding forehead and crawled back 

up the stairs, gathering my mother’s ashes piece. by piece into my hands. 

Lila’s best friend wasn’t ready to give up. She 

charged at me in a rage, grabbed my collar, and started slapping me hard. 

“You bitch! If Lila loses her baby, I’ll kill you!” 

Her shoe slammed down on the ashes, grinding them into the floor. 

It felt like someone was squeezing my throat shut, cutting off my air. 

I grabbed her and yanked her off me, my fists. flying in blind rage. 

“AH! HELP! WREN HALE’S TRYING TO KILL ME! 

HELP!” 

The woman’s bloodcurdling screams echoed through the villa, all her earlier arrogance gone. 

But I was like a rabid animal, my vision red with 

rage. 

I didn’t stop until her face was covered in blood, 

and someone finally pulled me off her. 

Julian’s calm facade was gone. His voice shook 

as he held me tight. 

“Calm down, Wren. Do you want to go to jail for 

murder?!” 

But I couldn’t hear him. I couldn’t hear anything. All 

I saw was my mother’s ashes, scattered all over 

the floor. 

She’d suffered so much at my father’s hands when 

she was alive. And now she was being dishonored 

in death. 

I wished I had a knife, so I could kill them all. 

I opened my mouth and sank my teeth into 

Julian’s hand as hard as I could. 

Blood spurted out instantly, tearing through his skin and flesh. 

Julian’s face contorted in pain, his veins popping 

out on his forehead. 

He let go of me in shock, clutching his bleeding 

wound. 

“Wren Hale, you’re truly insane. I–AH!” 

I grabbed a glass and smashed it over his head. 

He crumpled to the floor, unconscious. 

With the people who’d tormented me finally gone, I picked up a new urn, filled it with my mother’s ashes, and stumbled out of that disgusting villa. 

Julian only blacked out for a few minutes. When he woke up, his body was shaking–not from fear, but from the realization that something had slipped out of his control. 

The house was empty. Minutes later, someone found him and rushed him to the hospital. 

After his wound was stitched up, Julian heard shouting from outside his room. 

Lila was in a hospital gown, her face twisted with anger and despair. 

When she saw Julian, she threw herself into his 

arms. 

“Julian! We lost our baby! Call the police right now! 

Lock that crazy woman up for good!” 

She pulled out her phone, but before she could 

dial, Julian snatched it from her hand. 

His voice was soft, laced with exhaustion, but it 

cut through Lila’s sobs loud and clear. 

He said, “Let it go.” 

Lila froze, like a knife had been driven through her 

skull. 

She stared at him in shock, her lips trembling. 

“What did you say, Julian? She killed our baby! 

How can you take her side over mine?!” 

Lila was consumed by hatred. She’d thought this 

baby would be her ticket to becoming the new 

Mrs. Hartford. 

But the baby was gone, and the father didn’t care 

at all. 

She balled her fists and beat at Julian’s chest, 

tears pouring down her face. 

Julian’s face was completely blank. He grabbed 

her wrist and snapped, 

“If you hadn’t purposely knocked over the urn, we 

never would’ve lost the baby! I’m not blaming you 

for it, and that’s mercy enough. How dare your 

accuse me?” 

With that, he shoved her away hard and walked 

out the door. 

Lila’s head spun. She refused to accept it, chasing 

after him and yelling, 

“Did that bitch tell you I did it on purpose?! How can you believe her lies? She’s framing me! And 

who even knows what was in that urn? It could’ve 

been lime, sand, dirt-” 

“ENOUGH!” 

Julian stopped in his tracks and spun around, shouting at her. 

The housekeeper had already told him everything. Wren’s mother had died a year ago. 

At the time, he’d been too busy with a foreign. model to notice anything was wrong. 

Julian stared at Lila coldly and let out a scoff. 

Did she really think he’d marry someone like her? 

“I spoiled you because you were obedient. But if you’re going to act like this, I wouldn’t even spare you a second glance.” 

With that, he pushed the stunned Lila aside and walked away.