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Willow panicked.
“I told you the truth and you still don’t believe me. What do you want me to say? What exactly do you want to hear? I never tried to get close to you, and no one sent me! If I had a choice, I’d stay as far away from you as possible and never see your face again!”
Damien’s expression darkened.
“You say you don’t know me, yet you also want to stay away from me forever? Why? Do I owe you something? Are
we enemies?”
Willow realized she slipped up. Her long lashes fluttered rapidly as she tried to backtrack.
“No… We’re not enemies.”
“Then what did you mean by that just now?”
“I… I just think you’re ugly, that’s all! Seeing your face reminds me of the grim reaper, so of course I want to stay far, far away.”
Damien ;“…..”
The car door was still open, and the bodyguards standing outside exchanged glances… each with a more bewildered expression than the last.
Sure, the media called their boss the “Living King of Hell,” but this… This woman actually had the guts to say it to his face. And to call him ugly, no less. Unreal.
“Throw her in jail,” Damien said coldly. “No food for three days. Don’t let her out until she’s ready to talk.”
Then he shut his eyes, clearly done with her.
Two bodyguards stepped forward to pull Willow out of the car.
She panicked.
If she really got locked up, what would happen to her kids?
In a flash of desperation, she blurted out, “You can’t arrest me, you bastard! I’m Damien ‘s wife!”
“!”
Damien’s eyes flew open.
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Willow panted lightly, forcing herself to sound firm.
“I am Damien’s wife! If you don’t believe me, go check. You’ve heard of the Crawford family, right? The number one family in Santawill City… wealthy and powerful beyond imagination.
“Damien may be disabled and not favored in the Crawford family, but he’s still a Crawford brat! That makes me… his wife… half a Crawford brat, too. If you hurt me, it’s like slapping Damien in the face. Slap Damien, and you’re slapping the entire Crawford family. Do you have enough lives to pay for that?”
Damien : “..
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Seeing he wasn’t saying anything, Willow doubled down.
“Damien … he loves me! He’s crazy about me! You so much as touch me, and he won’t let you live to see tomorrow!”
Damien : “……”
The bodyguards: “..
”
The silence was deafening.
Damien was right there, and she didn’t even recognize him. And yet she was out here claiming Damien adored her… madly, no less?
Even someone with zero emotional intelligence would know she was lying. The awkwardness was enough to make your soul cringe.
Had she just said she was his wife, Damien might’ve believed her a little. But after all this? He didn’t believe a single
damn word.
His lips pressed into a hard line, pure disdain written across his face. He couldn’t even be bothered to expose her lie.
“Take her away,” he ordered coldly.
“Wait! You… mmph!”
Willow didn’t get to finish. A bodyguard covered her mouth and dragged her out of the car, hauling her off toward the police station.
Just then, Nico came rushing over with a tablet in hand.
“Hold on!” he called to the bodyguards.
He climbed into the car, speaking in a low voice.
“Boss, we found the woman Dr. Glenn was talking about… it’s her! Miss Windsor. She just calmed down Watson Blake!”
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Damien : “?!”
He grabbed the tablet and watched the footage, then slowly looked back out the window toward Willow.
His expression turned complicated.
He never would’ve guessed… the woman Glenn had begged him to find was her?
Watson Blake was the nephew of his close friend, Shane. The boy had been traumatized after being kidnapped two years ago and now suffered from bipolar disorder, similar to Rick.
The Blake family, like his, had hired every top pediatric psychiatrist available, but no one had managed to help.
And yet, Willow could.
If it hadn’t been for their recent altercations, he would’ve immediately brought her home to care for Rick.
But now… he couldn’t help but wonder…
Was the whole Watson Blake thing just a setup?
A carefully staged performance designed to earn his trust and get closer to him… and to Rick?
After all, too many things had happened since this woman showed up… there was no way she was as simple as she
looked..
Damien stayed quiet for a moment, then said coldly,
“Let her go.”
He needed to watch her more closely.
If she was indeed approaching him with a hidden agenda, letting her go now would only make her try harder to get near him again.
Before bringing her anywhere close to Rick, he had to be sure she meant no harm.
Willow was stunned when they suddenly let her go. Confused, she glanced warily into the car.
Could it be… he’d confirmed she was Damien ‘s wife and got scared?
Yeah, that had to be it.
Looks like even if Damien was a disabled man and not favored within the Crawford family, his name still carried weight.
After all, the Crawford family was the most powerful clan in Santawill City… the number one elite family.
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Willow didn’t stop to overthink it. She bolted.
Not far away, in the shadows, a tall, lean man watched everything unfold.
His figure was almost ghost–like, his presence eerie. The corners of his mouth curled into a sinister smile as he
muttered to himself,
“Well, well… What a show… Hehehe…”
Damien seemed to sense something off.
He rolled down the window and scanned the crowd with sharp eyes… but saw nothing suspicious.
“What is it, Damien ?” Nico asked.
“Nothing,” Damien replied coolly. “Let’s go.”
“…Right.”
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