Chapter 232

Chapter 232

Lynn grabbed the test report and crawled forward, shaking her head in denial. "It's not like that, Justin. These tests are fake. I never did those things, and I couldn't possibly have gotten sick..."

How could this be...

She'd clearly taken protective measures before. This was impossible.

"You still won't admit it?" Justin looked at Lynn with disappointment. "You know exactly what you've done. I've already investigated everything. If I hadn't looked into it, were you planning to hide it from me forever?"

Justin crouched down, looking coldly at Lynn. "You even stole the most important thing. Lynn, why do you always do such excessive things when I love you most?"

Years ago, she'd resolutely left him when he loved her most. Now, when he loved her most again, she'd stolen classified documents, preparing to flee far away.

Lynn wanted to explain but didn't know where to start.

The moment Justin found her, she knew it was over.

"Justin, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have done this. Please forgive me, okay? I'll never leave you again."

How could Justin possibly believe her words anymore?

This woman had been deceiving him from beginning to end.

Justin took a deep breath. "Fine. Then explain clearly—what exactly happened between you and your ex-husband abroad?"

Lynn's expression froze. She didn't know how to answer for a moment.

She wasn't sure how much Justin actually knew and was afraid of saying too much and making more mistakes.

After all, she'd just returned from the police station and didn't know what the online discourse looked like.

She looked at Justin, testing the waters. "Justin, I don't want to bring up the past anymore..."

"You don't want to, or you don't dare to?" Justin stood up, looking down at her. "Lynn, you don't deserve the sincerity I've shown you."

He threw the photos from his investigation at Lynn's face, his tone mocking. "Did you think I knew nothing?"

The photos hitting her face felt like a slap, making Lynn's cheeks burn.

She lowered her head, looked at the content of the photos, and couldn't help laughing coldly.

"You already know, so why are you asking me?"

So he'd known all along. No wonder he'd brought her back at any cost.

It was just to condemn her.

If that was the case, why had he been asking irrelevant questions before?

Lynn's face turned cold, adopting an indifferent attitude. "Yes, I admit I did those things. But are you innocent?"

"I'd barely left when you immediately got married and had a child. You think you were a good husband all these years? Actually, what you did—how is it any better than what I did?"

Infidelity, domestic violence, emotional neglect.

Which of these wasn't worthy of criticism?

She wasn't a good woman, and she'd been with plenty of men. Anyone could criticize her—except Justin had no right.

These words were like slow torture, cutting into Justin's heart piece by piece.

Yes, he really had wronged Gwen...

Nearly four years of marriage. In those four years, he'd never properly looked at this wife who'd borne him a child. And when the person he'd been obsessed with returned, he'd resolutely abandoned them.

He'd always thought Gwen was the stumbling block preventing him from seeking happiness, so he never cared what Gwen wanted.

Only at this moment did he understand that among all the people he knew, only Gwen had been sincere with him. And he'd discarded her like trash.

A dull pain came from his heart. He couldn't quite catch his breath.

Justin didn't want to argue with Lynn anymore. The reason he'd brought her back today wasn't because he'd softened and saved her—it was to make her understand the consequences of deceiving him.

"Ms. Serena," the assistant walked over with a cold expression. "Sign this contract."

"What is this?" Lynn glanced at it and immediately widened her eyes. "Are you crazy? Nora is my child. What right do you have to send Nora away?"

This was actually a contract voluntarily sending Nora abroad!

Nora was still so young—she couldn't possibly live abroad alone. This contract was clearly pushing both mother and daughter toward a dead end!

Justin sat to the side, his voice icy. "When you tricked me into stealing classified documents, why didn't you think about what your fate would be? Lynn, you're just going to prison for a dozen years or so. I know that even after you get out, you won't change. But I know what you care about most."

What she cared about most was her daughter.

Making her watch her daughter go to a foreign country, not knowing what kind of bullying she'd face due to the language barrier—this punishment would absolutely hurt Lynn the most.

Lynn indeed panicked.

She refused to sign the contract, but people held her down and forcibly pressed her fingerprint.

"Justin! You're a madman! A bastard! Nora is still so young. She's never left me. She can't go so far away. I'm begging you, I really know I was wrong. I won't see Nora anymore in the future. At least let her stay in the country..."

Nora didn't know what was happening. She just saw her mother crying so sadly and wanted to run over to comfort her, but was stopped.

She couldn't help crying, calling "Mommy."

Lynn felt a dull pain in her heart. At this moment, she could almost be said to hate Justin to the bone.

But she couldn't resist...

She was just an ordinary person. Even her parents had abandoned her. No matter how anxious or angry she felt, she could only watch helplessly as they took Nora away.

Seeing Nora leave, Lynn felt as if all her strength had been drained. She collapsed on the floor. "Justin, I'll haunt you even as a ghost."

"What right do you have to say that to me?" Justin laughed coldly. Facing Lynn, he no longer had any of his former tenderness. "This is what you owe me."

Lynn had deceived him for so long. She deserved this.

He'd never considered himself a good person. Since Lynn had chosen to provoke him, she had to pay the price.

Just separating mother and daughter, not killing them—he was already being merciful enough.

Justin raised his hand to the assistant, having them take Lynn away.

The living room fell into quiet atmosphere. Justin lit a cigarette. In the swirling smoke, he felt increasingly empty inside.

If he hadn't chosen Lynn back then, would he be living a happy family life now?

He didn't know.

He only knew he felt longing and regret now.

Would Gwen... still be willing to forgive him?