Chapter 151 Return to the Martinez Villa
"Benjamin, how dare you treat me like this! I'm your mother, do you even know what you're doing?"
Benjamin tightened his grip slightly, and Amelia's throat constricted immediately. She couldn't say another word.
He smiled sarcastically, "My biggest regret is letting you get away with things over and over again. Mother? Have you ever treated me like your real son?"
Amelia's cheeks flushed red as she struggled desperately. The air in her chest disappeared bit by bit, and she almost thought she was going to die.
Just then, Benjamin suddenly released his hand from her neck.
Amelia's body went limp and she fell toward the floor, clutching her neck and coughing violently, gasping for fresh air.
Benjamin looked at her coldly and warned in a deep voice, "What I say, I will do. Amelia, bullying Sophia comes with a price."
Amelia's mind went blank. She had no time to think about what "price" he was talking about.
Alaric stood outside the door. Even though his heart ached, he didn't step forward to stop it.
Because he knew Benjamin always knew his limits.
No matter how angry he was, he would never kill Amelia.
Letting her suffer a bit was actually good.
As he expected, Benjamin soon let Amelia go and walked out.
Before leaving, he deliberately walked to the safe and entered the password to open it.
Amelia's safe password was easy to guess.
If there was only one person in this world she cared about, that person had to be Magnus.
The facts proved Benjamin's guess was right.
The safe password was Magnus's birthday.
As soon as Amelia looked up, she saw Benjamin take out a folder from the safe.
Amelia realized what he was doing. Her pupils contracted, and ignoring the pain in her body, she quickly scrambled up from the floor and rushed over.
"Benjamin, stop! Stop right now! Those are my things, you have no right to touch them!"
"Whether I have the right or not isn't for you to decide."
Benjamin coldly shook off her hand, held up the marriage certificate between Magnus and Amelia, and waved it in front of her, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.
Looking at the seemingly gentle but completely cold smile on Benjamin's lips, Amelia felt like she had fallen into an ice cave, with no warmth in her body.
She finally understood what Benjamin meant by "I will make you pay the price."
She had persisted in the White Family for over twenty years. Even though her husband despised her, she refused to divorce, hoping that one day he would change his mind.
This was her greatest wish in life.
But Benjamin was going to destroy it all with his own hands!
No, absolutely not!
She would never allow it.
Amelia used all her strength to rush at Benjamin, trying to snatch the marriage certificate from his hands.
It was her lifeline!
She would never allow anyone to destroy the marriage she had maintained for so long.
"When you were bullying Sophia, you should have known this day would come. This is all your own doing, you can't blame anyone else." Benjamin took a step back, dodging her lunging body, his hand gripping the marriage certificate tighter.
Amelia missed and fell to the ground.
Her body hit the floor with a dull thud, making her gasp in pain.
However, she couldn't care about that. Her tearful eyes stared straight at the marriage certificate in Benjamin's hand.
She crawled to Benjamin's feet, grabbed his pant leg, and begged desperately, "Benjamin, please give me the marriage certificate. I'll never target Sophia again, I promise! You're killing your mother!"
Amelia truly regretted it now.
She was wrong. She shouldn't have provoked Sophia!
Benjamin was a madman, a madman who didn't care about family ties.
"Too late." Benjamin's thin lips curved slightly, and his dark eyes flickered with an unfathomable light.
The bloodshot in his eyes slowly spread, and the anger in his heart was about to overflow.
If Amelia weren't his mother, he had ten thousand ways to make her wish she were dead.
She should feel lucky.
Lucky that they still had this so-called blood relationship.
"Chase, go find Magnus and give him these things. Before tonight, I want to see results."
The results he wanted.
Chase stepped forward, took the marriage certificate and Amelia's related documents, and walked toward the door.
Amelia's eyes were bloodshot, tears streaming down her face.
She struggled to get up from the floor, wanting to chase after Chase and snatch the things back.
However, Alaric blocked her way. "Mom, stop making a scene."
"Alaric, help your mother. I don't want a divorce! I don't want to divorce! Your father will come back, I still have to wait for him..."
Amelia cried breathlessly. She clutched Alaric's sleeve tightly, her watery eyes full of helplessness and pleading.
"Sorry, I can't help you." Alaric looked away with difficulty and helped Amelia toward the bed. "Mom, you're tired. Go to sleep, and when you wake up, I'll take you back to the Martinez Villa."
At the root of it all, Amelia's repeated targeting of Sophia was all because of Benjamin.
Although Amelia didn't like Benjamin, she was extremely invested in his marriage.
Because her adopted daughter Magnolia liked Benjamin, she tried hard to bring Magnolia and Benjamin together.
Plus, in others' eyes, Sophia was just a woman who couldn't be presented in public, which naturally made Amelia dislike her even more.
So at the root of it all, all the grievances Sophia suffered were because of the White Family, because of Amelia.
Before, Benjamin was too lazy to deal with Amelia, so he only gave verbal warnings.
Over time, Amelia actually became bolder and bolder.
"Benjamin, you can't do this to me! I don't want to go back to the Martinez Family! I don't want to go back, absolutely not!" Amelia looked up, tears falling like broken beads.
She was beautiful, and when she cried, she was especially pitiful.
But Alaric felt no sympathy, only helplessness, and even some relief.
Because Benjamin was only making them divorce, not doing anything worse.
Even though he had never been involved in company matters, Alaric knew clearly that Benjamin was no saint.
When he got ruthless, he absolutely wouldn't leave anyone a way out.
"Mom, stop it, okay? If you're not tired, then I'll take you back now. It just so happens I haven't seen Tobias in a long time."
He sighed helplessly and pulled Amelia's arm toward the door.
Amelia struggled, gritting her teeth, refusing to leave no matter what.
But a woman's strength couldn't match that of an adult man after all.
Amelia was put into the car heading to the Martinez Villa just like that. When they left, Magnolia happened to come out of her room, ready to get a glass of water.