The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 109

Bella looked at Christian almost greedily with a hint of adoration in her eyes. She then said in a soft voice, “I don’t know what is going through Victoria’s head, but I can tell you that this is not the first time I have seen them together. And, like I said before, I have no need to slander my own good friend and brother.”

“Ha!” Christian sneered. He could feel the irritation spread to his limbs and bones, and now every cell in his body was piqued. It felt so upsetting like he was being tormented physically. “Why should I believe your one-sided words?”

She sighed again and scoffed bitterly. “Christian, even if I made up what I said, how are you going to explain what you saw earlier? Am I some kind of a witch who can control Victoria to manipulate my brother?”

Even though it was almost October, a month when the temperature was not high, the sweat that came pouring down from his forehead never ceased.

He undid the cufflinks and rolled up his sleeves, showing his attractive forearm with some veins bulging out of it.

Bella had never seen him showing his emotions outright before, so she could not help but feel her heart shatter upon seeing him lose his composure because of Victoria. “I wasn’t going to tell you this, but you are getting engaged to Victoria tomorrow. I only decided to tell you the truth after I pondered over it.”

She let out a heavy sigh, and with a resigned look on her face, she said, “I honestly don’t want to see you being deceived, and neither do I want to hear anyone say my best friend is rampant, or my brother is the third party in your relationship. Telling you the truth is hard for me too.”

“Don’t tell anyone about this!” Christian’s handsome face was taut as he barked. Slightly dazed, he then stumbled into his car and promptly drove away.

Bella watched the car slowly disappear from sight with a bitter expression on her face.

He had insisted that he did not like Victoria and only married to a member of the Coleman Family for his self-interest. However, his reactions today had already shown that he was gravitating toward Victoria without realizing it…

A few hours passed by. Others might think that the time slipped by quickly, but at the moment, the few hours felt long and it was a downright tormenting experience for Christian.

After he left the villa, he rushed to the company. However, when the financial manager was giving him an overview of the monthly report, he could not seem to listen to a single word. The secretary also brought him the documents that needed to be signed. However, he had signed in the wrong place in two or three of the documents, and one in which he accidentally signed Victoria’s name.

Realizing that he could not get much work done in his current state, he decided to leave the company again. Before he got into his car, he threw the rings he bought this afternoon into the trash bin, then drove out of the company.

However, just when he arrived at the first traffic intersection, a frown was slowly forming on his face as he was thinking about something. And before long, he turned his wheel and drove back to the company.

By the time he returned, a cleaner of Thatcher Group was doing his work and had already properly packed up the garbage in the trash can by the door. And he was about to throw it into the garbage truck.

Sitting in the driver’s seat, Christian tapped his slender and beautiful fingers against the steering wheel.

His eyes were fixated on the cleaner. He got up a moment later, only to sit back down again. He had repeated the process several times, and when the cleaner was about to leave, only then he quickly got out of the car with a sullen face and stopped the cleaner.

“Mr. Thatcher?” The cleaner stared at Christian with his dim eyes for a long minute before surprise and joy appeared on his wrinkly face.

“Mm,” Christian replied. “Please wait a minute.”

Still frowning, he held his breath and took the topmost bag of garbage from the vehicle to retrieve the gift box with the rings while he endured the pungent and disgusting smell.

“Thank you.” He tied the plastic bag up before throwing it back into the garbage truck, and hurried back to his car under the cleaner’s startled and confused stare.

One of the plastic bags probably had some leftover beverage in it, and it leaked onto the suit jacket he was wearing. The acrid smell of decay mixed with the sweet-sour smell of the beverage was so disgusting that it was enough to trigger his gag reflex.

He took off his suit jacket and threw it onto the backseat before he opened all his car windows.

Though the sour smell in the car had been ridden by the smell of nature in the breeze that had blown in, Christian’s mood had not gone any better and instead, his rage had finally boiled over.

Bam! With full force, he struck the steering wheel with his fist. His handsome face was now spotting a gloomy expression that was chilling to the bone.

In one way or another, Bella definitely had planned for this to happen when she asked him to head to Spritz Residence. However, just like she said, she was not a witch that could control Victoria to do something so intimate with Lucas…

Victoria… Victoria!

Christian eyed the gift box in his hand coldly as he placed his hand over the window, only to retract it the next second. He could not find any way to relieve the sadness and anger he was feeling aside from hammering his chest a few times in hopes of replacing the emotional pain with physical ones. He then gritted his teeth and threw the gift box to the back, which ended up landing on his suit jacket.

Buzz—

Buzz—

His phone began to vibrate.

He glanced at the caller ID, only to frown and hang up when he saw that it was Vincent. However, his phone kept vibrating no matter how many times he cut the call. It repeated for nearly seven times until he finally picked up the call.

“Christian Thatcher! Are you crazy?! Why didn’t you pick up my call?!” Vincent demanded impatiently, ” It is Tori’s birthday tomorrow. Have you prepared a present yet? Also, since the two of you are getting engaged tomorrow, I have gotten a team to arrange the flow for you. Come over tonight and do some rehearsing with Tori!”

When he did not hear a reply after a long time, he kept calling out to Christian. “Christian! Can you hear me, goddammit?! Just give me a short reply if you can!”

“I am not free tonight,” Christian answered while clutching his phone tightly. As soon as he said that, he hung up the phone and blocked both siblings on his phone. He then leaned into the seat with his hands over his face.

He thought miserably, Victoria! I shouldn’t have gotten soft-hearted and agreed to get engaged to her!novelxo.com fast update

In his 22 years of life, he had never once been toyed with like this.

It was not like he loved Victoria very much. Still, the woman had already decided to get engaged to him, and yet she had still flirted with other men… With a glum look in his eyes, he straightened up and started the car.

Christian did not have a good night’s sleep the whole night. He was still so absent-minded on the 28th of September that he could not concentrate on his meetings and documents.

At 6.00PM, he wore his suit jacket and drove to Coleman Residence.

During this time, the Coleman Family’s business was prosperous because of Victoria’s engagement to him.

Though, since she gave him such a big surprise last night, he wanted to announce the cancellation of their engagement during her birthday banquet. And that would be his birthday present for her.

However…

Bang!

While driving her sports car, Victoria had mowed Bella down just outside of Coleman Residence. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

The bright red blood had stained Bella’s white gown and formed a pool on the ground. That was when everything started to change.

Victoria’s birthday banquet was canceled at that moment.

Bella was then sent to a hospital for an emergency rescue, and the operation was finally done after more than 2 hours. The doctor said that her legs could still be saved, and she would be able to walk again within a few years. The only thing was that she would never be able to dance again.

Christian was there too during the emergency treatment and he had heard Bella utter a few words while she was unconscious. “We are best friends, Victoria. Don’t hit me with your car…”

Then, she woke up with a scream.

Nancy’s heart ached so much that she burst into tears while she held Bella in her arms. “Bella, while in your sleep just now, you were pleading with Victoria not to run you over. What do you mean by that?”