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Chapter 17: The Final Con

Chapter 17: The Final Confrontation

(Elena’s POV)

Sophia caught the fleeting darkness in my eyes and stepped forward triumphantly. “So what if you restored the surveillance? Do you really think that even if Marcus knows the truth, he would make things difficult for

me for the sake of you, a plaything?”

Her voice dripped with mockery as she continued. “Face reality and don’t overestimate yourself. Marcus M

never believe you.”

She turned to leave after her victory, but my voice rang out behind her. “I recorded everything you just said.”

Sophia froze. She spun around abruptly and saw the pen in my hand.

Her face twisted with rage as she grabbed my wrist. “You dare to record me!”

Without waiting for an answer, she easily snatched the pen from my grasp. She smashed it to the ground with violent force, shattering it instantly.

After destroying what she thought was a recording device, Sophia sneered coldly. “Elena, I advise you not to do such foolish things!”

I looked at the broken recording pen under her feet and suddenly smiled. “You keep saying I’m overestimating

myself, but if you really had that confidence, would you be afraid of being recorded?”

Sophia was stunned for a few seconds as I picked up the broken pen. I revealed it was just an ordinary pen

with a refill.

“This is just an ordinary pen, Healer Sophia. Why are you so agitated?”

Realizing she had been tricked, Sophia angrily knocked the pen refill from my hand. Her face flushed with

humiliation and fury.

I confronted her directly. “So what if I tricked you? I remember everything – your framing me for stealing your bracelet and the setup in the private room last time.”

Hearing footsteps in the corridor, Sophia’s angry and twisted expression immediately transformed. Her face

became pitiful and vulnerable in an instant.

She fell backward onto the ground, sobbing dramatically. “Healer Elena, I know you’re still angry with me. It’s

my fault for wrongly accusing you and causing you to be suspended. It’s all my fault!”

Her voice rose to a wall. “… I’m willing to die to make amends!”

With that, Sophia grabbed a fruit knife from the table. She slashed at her own wrist without hesitation.

I reached out to stop her, but at that moment, the office door was pushed open.

Marcus’s gaze immediately fell on Sophia, who was cutting her wrist. Blood flowed from her wrist, staining

her white healer’s coat crimson.

His expression changed in shock as he quickly stepped forward. He pushed me aside v

supported Sophia while pressing hard on her bleeding wound.

rutal force and

Chapter 17: The Firul Con

“Sophia!” he called out urgently.

I was pushed away by his force, my waist hitting the table corner. Instant pain shot through my body. showing clearly on my pale face.

But Marcus only had eyes for Sophia at that moment. She leaned in his arms, her face pale as moonlight.

“Marcus… it’s my fault,” she whispered weakly. “I not only caused Healer Elena to nearly encounter danger, but also… caused her to be suspended.”

Marcus’s golden eyes flashed coldly as he lifted Sophia in his arms. He looked at me with icy eyes that cut like silver blades.

“If anything happens to her, you and the Blackthorne family won’t have peace.”

After Marcus left with Sophia and called for healers, the crowd in the corridor gradually dispersed. Only I

remained standing straight in the office.

The sudden silence made my breathing catch. Marcus’s coldness and suspicion could still pierce my heart

like silver daggers.

My clenched hands slowly loosened, revealing deep nail marks in my palms. But I could no longer feel any

pain.

(Marcus’s POV)

Sophia’s cut wasn’t deep, and the bleeding stopped quickly after treatment. I returned to the ward and stood by the bedside.

“How do you feel?” I asked.

Sophia replied weakly, “I’m sorry, Marcus. I was too impulsive, but I really didn’t want Healer Elena to

misunderstand me.”

Her voice trembled with emotion. “I truly want to have a good working relationship with her. I don’t want to

leave a bad impression and end up implicating you.”

After a long silence, I said, “You don’t need to worry about these things.”

Sophia hugged me, and my body stiffened for a moment. What used to be a simple, joyful embrace now felt

devoid of happiness.

Sophia glanced at the figure outside the door. “Marcus, no matter what, you will always believe me, right?”

I looked out the window absent–mindedly and hummed in response.

Sophia smiled. “Marcus, you’re so good to me.”

(Elena’s POV)

I stood outside the door, hesitating to push it open. Sophia had seen me but didn’t expose my presence.

I knew she had deliberately asked that question in front of me. Marcus’s answer was also as expected.

I gripped my phone tightly, thinking that even if I gave the surveillance footage to Marcus to prove my innocence, what would it matter? Sophia was right – no matter what, Marcus would alw choose to believe

her.

I laughed bitterly to myself and turned to leave.

Chapter 17 The Final Con

In the afternoon, I went to law firms to inquire about case reports. I planned to find someone to handle David’s assault case myself.

However, I was rejected by all of them. The reason for rejection was that they had received word–obviously

from Marcus.

The Blackwood family’s decisions could not be changed unless one had equal status and position. Nathan had already helped me twice, and I couldn’t let him offend the Blackwood family because of me

Returning to Moonhaven Estate and stepping out of the elevator, I saw a man leaning against the corridor wall smoking. He had apparently just returned from the healing institute

Marcus flicked off the ash and looked at me through the smoke. “Went to find lawyers? I thought you would

go find that man named Nathan ”

I froze, incredulous. “You had me followed?”

“Is that possible?” He extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray and stepped closer to me. “Why would I have you followed?”

I clenched my hands and simply tried to walk past him. The man’s long arm swept around me, his tall frame

pressing me against the tiled wall.

His voice was low and hoarse. “Want me to bail out David?”

My shoulders trembled slightly, and I didn’t answer.

He lowered his head, his face inches from mine. “If you’re willing to bow your head to Sophia, Пl bail him out.”

“Marcus,” I trembled with anger. “In the end, it’s all for Sophia. But did you watch the surveillance? It was

clearly her who framed me first, so why should I bow my head to her!”

“When you and grandmother forced her away, didn’t you think of this?” Marcus’s tone was extremely calm, but

his words pierced through me like a silver blade.

I knew Marcus had always believed that Margaret Blackwood and I had made a deal to force Sophia away.

But that wasn’t true.

Before that, I had no idea Marcus had just been broken up with. I only learned about his unforgettable

ex–girlfriend after our mating ceremony.

I had explained, but Marcus simply didn’t believe me. Now, there was no need to explain anymore.

“Yes, I brought this on myself,” my eyes reddered as I held back tears. “I was blind back then, so I regret it. I

should never have accepted the mate bond with you!”

I struggled to break free from the man’s restraint, but he was like an impenetrable wall. My resistance was

futile.

“Marcus, let me go!”

(Marcus’s POV)

I didn’t release her, my golden eyes darkening. Thinking of her changes over the past month, I was very

dissatisfied.

A she–wolf who accepted the mate bond with me for status had been obedient for six years. But now she was becoming restless, even showing signs of wanting to break free from my control.