Chapter 76 Amelia Bowed and Said: Hello, I am Lika
The warmth from his lips reached her, but Amelia only felt humiliation.
She struggled hard, but William pressed her down firmly, making it impossible to move.
Burning with shame and anger, Amelia opened her mouth and bit his lip hard, very hard. She tasted blood.
Only then did William release her.
He straightened up and wiped the blood from his lip with his knuckles.
Amelia raised her hand, but William wouldn't give her another chance to hit him. He grabbed her wrist firmly and pinned it against the tree.
Amelia was furious. What was he doing?
After spending time with Isabella, he came running over first thing in the morning to kiss her.
To humiliate her?
He made her feel sick!
Hatred rising in her heart, she lifted her foot to kick.
The next moment, he restrained her.
"Amelia, do you think I'll let the same thing happen again?" William said coldly.
Last night was just a moment of carelessness on his part, otherwise how could he have let her hit him!
Before, he thought Amelia had finally learned to be sensible, but she had fooled him once again.
Refusing verbally, but whether it was having the kids call her mom or returning to the Brown family, wasn't it all to control him through Finn and Cleo?
His logic closing in on itself, William's anger grew stronger.
How had she become like this?
She used to be so gentle and understanding.
The sympathy he felt for her last night had now turned into an insult to himself.
The force on her wrist increased, gripping Amelia's hand painfully.
Unable to break free again, Amelia hated that her physical strength couldn't match his.
If it weren't for getting drunk last night, if it weren't for needing to explain things clearly to Finn and Cleo, she wouldn't have stayed here at all!
"What exactly do you want!" Amelia shouted angrily.
"When we see Grandpa and Grandma later, don't say things you shouldn't," William warned. "Amelia, don't make me hate you."
Amelia was so angry she almost laughed.
"What position are you using to say this to me now?" she said coldly. "My future ex-husband?"
"Amelia!"
"Let me go," Amelia said without mercy. "Don't make me think you're just an uncivilized savage animal who only knows how to use brute force!"
...
Ezra watched the two arguing in the woods.
He went from initially wanting to break up the fight to now sighing helplessly.
"Mrs. Brown, you had them stay overnight hoping they would talk things through and make up."
Ezra shook his head and let out a long sigh, talking to himself: "But it looks like the misunderstanding between them has gotten even deeper than before."
"What are we going to do..."
Watching the two walk toward the villa still arguing, Ezra followed from a distance.
After eating breakfast in silence, Amelia and William left out details about the tanzanite and such, only explaining about adopting Briar based on Jeffrey's invitation.
Finn and Cleo had no objection to Amelia adopting Briar under Beatrix's name.
After all, in Finn and Cleo's view, although William and Amelia were fighting, they were still married. As long as they talked things through and cleared up the misunderstanding, they still had a long life ahead, and would have more children later.
Look, didn't William still have marks on his lips from the two of them?
Besides, both of them weren't even 30 yet, and legally weren't old enough to adopt anyway. This was the best way to handle it.
As for raising one more child, it was no problem at all. If Amelia liked it, just treat the illness well and raise her well.
"Amelia, when you have time, bring Briar back to visit," Finn finally said gently.
Amelia didn't want to agree, but thinking it was better to avoid trouble, and considering the Brown Group's power and status in Shadow City, if Finn really wanted to see Briar, it would be easy.
Better to agree herself, so she could control when, where, and how they met. Besides, Finn wasn't that kind of person.
So she nodded.
William, watching Amelia nod, became even more certain in his mind.
But he wouldn't show anything in front of Finn, just lowered his eyes slightly and said nothing.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, this trip to the Brown Villa came to an end.
After leaving the Brown Villa, Amelia got out of the car and walked to her own vehicle.
Opening the door, fastening her seatbelt, starting the engine, driving off—all in one smooth motion.
She didn't look back at William once.
William watched Amelia drive away decisively. He followed silently until the next intersection, where his car turned around, and the two vehicles drove off in different directions.
Amelia first picked up Briar and took her to school, then received a call from Mia.
"Amelia, can you come over? We're recovering the data from Cordelia's phone right now!" Mia's voice was full of excitement.
After the second live broadcast of "Voice of Heaven," Mia had told her that she met an audience member who was secretly recording at the broadcast, went to chat that evening, and discovered the person had been wanting to expose things but lacked proper evidence.
Later, Mia made contact several times, finally gained mutual trust, and then they compared what they had.
The data expert Dash had introduced to Mia happened to be abroad, and mailing the phone over was inconvenient.
Mia and Soren had met just yesterday afternoon, and Soren got excited when he learned Mia had the phone.
They agreed to go together today to find Soren's brother to recover the data.
"Although I could do this myself, Amelia, I'm nervous. Why don't you come over too, and we can plan the specific actions together," Mia's voice came through.
Amelia stepped on the brake.
"Okay, I'll come now. Send me the address," Amelia said.
Just after hanging up, Amelia's phone vibrated, and the address came through.
Amelia immediately turned around and headed to the address Mia provided.
In just a moment, the car was parked downstairs.
7th floor, room 716. Amelia rang the doorbell.
Soon someone came to open the door—it was Mia.
"Amelia, you're here!" Mia's face was full of excitement.
She had been waiting for this day for a long time.
Ever since Amelia fell down the stairs, she had felt guilty. This time, if they could successfully recover the data, she would feel a bit better, at least having done something for Amelia.
Not to mention there was Soren beside her, ready to expose the live audio. They could thoroughly expose Isabella's true face!
"Do you want to wear a mask?" Mia fumbled in her pocket. "I haven't told Soren your real identity."
Amelia shook her head and said no need.
These were people helping her, people actually putting in effort. To ask people to do things for her, the team needed trust.
This was her sincerity.
So Amelia walked into the room and closed the door. When Soren came forward, Amelia bowed slightly and extended her right hand.
"Hello, I'm Lika," she said.
Soren's eyes widened. He seemed like he wanted to scream but immediately covered his mouth.
After being stunned for about three seconds, Soren finally said: "You... you're Amelia!"