Torn Between Love and Hate

Chapter 17 She Lied, Didn't She?

Ignorant of what Ashton had done to Alyssa, Deborah said in a muffled voice. "Alyssa is innocent. Please, don't hurt her. She is your..."

Ashton interrupted Deborah with a kiss while tightening his grip on her shoulders.

He showed no mercy to Deborah as if he was blind to her face white as a sheet. Ashton was anxious to vent his anger.

Ashton did not know why he was angry. His anger began when he heard Alyssa call Zayne intimately or when Deborah followed Zayne away to the hospital.

The growing anger made Ashton lose control of himself in the end.

Outside the French window, the dawn was here. Deborah was in a coma.

Ashton remembered his first night with Deborah. He thought, back then, Deborah was only 19 years old. However, she was scheming

and set me up.

The old memory infuriated Ashton because he hated whoever schemed against and threatened him.

Right then, the unconscious Deborah coughed with pain. Ashton saw something red roll down the corner of her mouth.

Ashton did not take that suspicious liquid to heart. I know that Deborah is healthy, so that can't be blood. The light is dim here, sol

must have made a mistake. Ashton thought.

Deborah was almost tormented to death, but Ashton was still mad..

There was a knock on the door. Then, Helen's restless voice came from outside the door. "Ashton, I went to the basement, but Debby wasn't there. I am worried about her. Can you go find her?"

Hearing this, Ashton calmed down a bit.

Looking at the pale Deborah, he thought. I must be out of my mind. Why did I flare up for such a despicable woman?

Ashton put on his clothes and went out of the room. He didn't give a damn about the motionless Deborah who was unconscious or

dead on the bed.

Deborah woke up and found herself in the basement again.

There were no signs of Alyssa and the dog. With pain all over her body, Deborah crawled to the door and slammed it. "Let me out! Let me see Alyssa!"

There was no response. After a long time, Deborah heard someone unlock the door from outside.

The door was open, and the comer wasn't Ashton, but Helen.

Helen came here because Ashton had left for something urgent at his company. Helen was sure that Ashton wouldn't come home so

soon.

Therefore, she didn't pretend to be innocent anymore. She walked into the basement arrogantly, looked at Deborah on the ground, and said disdainfully, "Living in a doghouse, you do look like a dog. All you need now is a dog harness."

Ignoring Helen, the feeble Deborah stood up with the support of the wall. She was anxious to go out because the door was open now.

Helen quickly closed the door and locked it again. Then, she said, "Don't waste your strength. Your daughter has been eaten up. You will see some residues at most if you go find her now."

Deborah froze. Then, she looked at Helen with wide-open eyes. "What did you say?"

With a gloating smile, Helen said, "Ashton was kind to take your daughter to see the doctor, but your daughter was close to Zayne and refused Ashton to touch her.

This pissed off Ashton, so he beat your daughter up. That little bitch was so delicate that she died on the spot."

Deborah shook her head desperately to show that she didn't buy this story. "Impossible! He isn't that cruel." Chapter

Deborah thought, even if Ashton didn't consider Alyssa as his daughter, he wouldn't kill a child

She tried her best to soothe herself in her mind by thinking, a lie. She must have lied. Alyssa is still alive.

Impatient, she struggled toward the door to open it.

The door was locked, and Helen got the key.

Smiling, Helen continued, "That little bitch is dead. Ashton told Dr. Wilson to deal with her body.

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"You know that Dr. Wilson and Nina are my men. It would be a waste to throw that body away, so I got it chopped and then fed the

dog with it."

Deborah pounced on Helen like crazy and shouted at the top of her voice, "Liar! Liar! Open the door! I want to see Alyssa!"

Helen avoided Deborah with contempt and threw a plastic bag with minced meat to the ground.

"The dog had a good appetite, and your daughter was thin. That is the leftover of the dog. That girl is your daughter anyway, so' brought you this to remember her."

The minced meat from the plastic bag was scattered on the ground, and there was blood.

Deborah completely lost control of herself as her eyes became bloodshot. Deborah pounced on Helen, pushed the evil woman to the

ground, and beat her up. It seemed Deborah was determined to tear one piece of flesh off Helen.

No, she wanted to tear Helen into pieces alive.

Helen was pinned to the ground by Deborah, and there was horror on her face.

Even so, she came prepared. She immediately called Ashton.

Ashton answered the call quickly and asked, "Helen, what's wrong?"

The response he got was Deborah's hysterical voice. "Helen, I'll kill you! Kill you!"

Right then, Ashton was in the living room because he had returned for some documents forgotten at home. Hearing the shouts, Ashton pulled a long face. Immediately, he turned around and strode to the basement. Deborah, furious, beat Helen black and blue.

Helen, scheming but delicate, wasn't equal to Deborah in strength.

It startled her that Deborah, who was half-dead, was still so strong.

Soon, the door was kicked open by a bodyguard.

Helen immediately threw the key in her hand to the ground, and her tears flooded out of her eyes. Ashton stormed into the basement. He pulled Deborah away from Helen and threw her to the ground. Deborah smacked the ground. Soon, the sharp pain quickly spread to her limbs.

Before Deborah moved, several bodyguards quickly pressed her to the ground as they did to a lunatic. Deborah asked in a hoarse voice, "Ashton, Helen said that you had killed Alyssa. She lied, didn't she?" Ashton noticed the weird minced meat on the ground and then shifted his gaze to Helen. "What happened?"

He thought, Deborah couldn't bring the disgusting meat here because she could not get out. The bodyguard locked the door after sending Deborah back. Helen's face turned pale. Ashton, who looked unhappy, asked, "Helen, why did you bring the meat here?"