The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 55

“Sit in the passenger seat,” Christian cooly instructed from the window.

It took Victoria some difficulty to respond with a hum, after which she closed the rear door and moved to the front seat.

Although the window had been opened, there were still traces of tobacco in the car. It wasn’t unpleasant, but the torment was worse than a stomach ache.

It was the same kind of cigarette that he smoked when he broke her leg. The smell was so familiar to her that it tormented her on a nightly basis.

The Bentley quickly disappeared into the night after it was started.

Out of all the Rolls-Royce cars outside the villa, Bella followed Lucas’ gaze and commented with bitterness, “You still can’t forget Victoria?”

“What?” Nancy was originally discussing business with Kevin. When she heard Bella’s comment, she responded, “Luke, you still fancy that murderer?”

Kevin remained silent, but gave Lucas a look of disapproval.

The words ‘Yeah, I can’t forget her’ rolled up and down Lucas’ throat, but when he finally spoke, it was the total opposite. “No.”

“That’s for the best!” Nancy breathed a sigh of relief, but continued with a terrible expression. “Victoria and your sister always had a good friendship, but because Christian fancies your sister, she decided to knock Bella down. Such a ruthless woman would not be allowed into our family, even if she’s severely injured.”

“Your mom’s right,” Kevin added finally.

Lucas’ Adam’s apple rolled up and down while his eyes had darkness in them. His voice was lower than usual when he finally replied, “Mom, Dad. Don’t worry, I still know how to differentiate right from wrong.”

“Yeah, Victoria is a murderer. You can be forgiven for not knowing her true colors when you pursued her. If you know that she is vicious but still pine for her, then you really shouldn’t be doing this,” Nancy advised with a frown.

Lucas lowered his eyes to cover his gaze. “No way.”

“But Lucas…” Bella pondered for a while before she continued, “When Scarlett came to the banquet to look for me, she said that she saw you embracing Victoria and asked that I keep an eye on you.”

“Embracing Victoria? Luke, was Scarlett telling the truth?!” Nancy was agitated and almost forgot that she was in the car. She wanted to stand up, but ended up knocking into the roof of the vehicle, which caused her to pale.

Lucas’ pursed lips tightened into a line as his expression changed into annoyance, guilt, and anger at Scarlett.

“You need not worry, Mom. Maybe it was a misunderstanding. You know how Scarlett does things without thinking.” Bella coldly gazed at him before gently comforting Nancy.

Nancy rubbed her aching head and glared at her son. “Tell me, is it true?!”

“It is true,” Lucas acknowledged after his eyes flickered a few times and his throat tightened under his mother’s red face and Bella’s father’s disappointment. “But… she was looking for me.” Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Kevin looked at him thoughtfully with traces of displeasure.

When Nancy heard this, her anger finally dissipated. “Why did she look for you?”

“Not sure. Scarlett came before she could say anything.” Lucas tilted his head and looked out the window as he replied with exhaustion.

Bella’s eyes naturally fell on his side profile as the corners of his mouth forced an imperceptible arc.

“Victoria did such a horrible thing to Bella, yet she dares to pester you. This won’t do; I need to have a word with Denise and Glen and ask how they educated their daughter,” Nancy replied angrily.

Lucas continued to stare out the window, but he had tilted his head even more while he looked stiff.

“Why should you look for them? They had already cut ties with Victoria two years ago, so looking for them won’t change anything,” Kevin reminded because he could tell that his son was lying.

There was silence for the rest of their journey.

Veronica sat in the passenger seat with her butt to one side as she was tense and couldn’t relax.

When the car stopped in front of the hospital, Christian ordered without even looking at her, “Get down.”

“Thanks.” A pale Victoria thanked him and opened the door to get down. As soon as she did that, the Bentley flew past, as if he wasn’t willing to wait for even a second.

She gave a bitter smile when she noticed that and made her way to the hospital with her painful stomach.

The doctor who treated her was the same one as before. “There will be problems sooner or later if you don’t take good care of your health.”

What doctors hated the most was patients who refused to listen to them.

“Thanks for the reminder.” She was now resting on the bed with a soulless gaze. Although she had been currying favor with Christian, it didn’t look like there was any benefit.

The doctor knew that she was ignoring him, but found it useless to repeat his words. “Stay in the hospital for the next two days.”

“I have to leave after taking the infusion, so please prescribe the medicine for me,” Victoria rejected as she still needed to work the next day.

The doctor gazed at her without saying much. “I’ve already made the consequences clear to you last time. I can’t do anything if you refuse to listen. I’ll have the prescription ready for you in a while.”

“Thanks,” Victoria replied.

It was close to 12.00AM by the time she had received the infusion. She called for a cab with the intention of returning to Delta Club. When the driver saw that she was a beautiful girl working in such a place, he asked her for her price.

“I’m not that kind of girl,” Victoria answered as she paid for her fare.

The driver slammed the door shut before a disdainful voice floated from the window. “I don’t novelxo.com fast updatebelieve that people who work in this place aren’t involved in that kind of trade. Is it because you’re afraid that I’ll give less?”

Victoria paused, but the driver had already gone by the time she turned back. She took her phone and searched for the app to report the driver.

Over in the dormitory, with Daisy absent, Gabrielle was whimpering as she spoke to someone on the phone.

“Darling, it’s my fault. Please forgive me, alright?”

“The man whom you saw today and I have no relationship. He’s just a client. If I want to sell, I obviously need to cater to him!”

“Well, I swear that I’ll love you alone. Thanks for understanding, muack!”

Gabrielle waved her hand when she saw Victoria entering before continuing with her telephone call.

Victoria nodded as she placed the medicine away and quietly sat on the bed in thought.

“Did I disturb your sleep with the phone call?” Gabrielle asked after she hung up and continued, “I’m sorry. It’s just that my boyfriend is angry and has threatened to break up with me, so I was apologizing to him.”

“You have a boyfriend?” Victoria clarified.

“Y-Yes.” Gabrielle’s eyes flashed as she stuttered, “B-But my relationships with the t-the clients a-are ambiguous. I’d never do anything to cheat on my boyfriend!”

Victoria was not interested to know whether Gabrielle had cheated or not, but merely said, “If you continue to chase a man, but discover later that he already has someone whom he likes and accidentally hurt his beloved, how do you think he would feel?”

Maybe it was because she had too much to drink, so she had the liquid courage to be impulsive and ask without a thought to the consequences