Love and Devotion No Longer His to Claim (Angela and Dexter) novel Chapter 172

Bill's face was already marked with several bloody scratches that were shocking to look at. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was practically bald now—he was on the verge of losing his mind.

"You still won't admit it? If not you, then who else? Who else would bother to abduct a single mother and her child? You vile woman! What was I even thinking when I married you?" Bill gritted his teeth, cursing furiously, as though he wanted to rip Judy's mouth apart with his bare hands.

Zack, their "love child," stood helplessly in the middle. If he blocked one, the other would hit him, and if he stopped the other, the first would kick him. It was pure agony.

"Can you two just stop? Dad, shouldn't you be figuring out how to find them? Hitting Mom isn't going to help!"

Zack sighed helplessly, rubbing his temples, then turned to Judy. "Mom, as for you—you still need to depend on him financially in the future. If you tick him off, we'll be the ones who end up as the single mother and fatherless child."

Despite being unreliable at times, Zack was oddly rational at this moment.

Sneering, Bill stopped arguing with Judy, simply turning and walking away.

Judy stared blankly as the husband she had once loved deeply walked further and further away, eventually disappearing from view. Tears immediately streamed down her face.

"I treated him so well and even stayed with him for the longest time when I couldn't even be his wife back then. Now that he's gained a little success, he starts acting distant. How shameless! How can there be such shameless men in this world?"

Her voice was choked, her tears and snot blending into a pitiful mess.

Zack sighed. "What can we do? He's always been that kind of person—you didn't just meet him yesterday. Forget it. Just focus on figuring out what's next for us."

In truth, Zack had been considering getting on Angela's good side and relying on her for support.

After all, no matter what, she was far more capable than anyone else in their family.

He waited nervously for two days until one night, he finally noticed something was wrong.

That night, he heard strange noises coming from the second-floor bedroom while half-asleep. He became fully awake in an instant and crept upstairs before pressing his ear against the door.

"You… You poisoned me! You wretched woman, are you trying to kill me?" Bill's voice was hoarse, as if someone were gripping his throat.

Judy snickered with a very pleased expression, as if excited and satisfied at finally exacting revenge.

"That's right. This poison was specially bought through the underground black market overseas. It's extremely potent. Now, you have two choices—sign this transfer agreement and give all your shares to my son. Then I'll give you the antidote so that you can live.

"If you refuse to sign it, I'll have someone take you away immediately. You'll be dumped in some remote wilderness and die far away from here!"