Chapter 11

WWillow had just suffered another round of vicious beating when Skyler sauntered over. Willow lay on the ground, her skin torn and bloodied, in an unimaginable state of misery. Skyler was very pleased with Willow's miserable state. She looked down at Willow condescendingly and said, "Willow, are you pleased with the punishment Zayn gave you?" After hearing that, Willow's heart, which had long been dulled by the pain, couldn't help but throb again. It was Zayn who caused all her suffering! What a joke! There was no response from Willow, and Skyler remained unruffled. She bent down, her laughter laced with malice. "Zayn said this is just a taste of what's to come for you! You haven't suffered enough!" As she spoke, Skyler took a knife from the bodyguard beside her. Willow's eyes widened in astonishment as she glanced at the gleaming Weiss Army knife in Skyler's hand. "Skyler, what are you doing?" A sly grin spread across Skyler's face as she shook her head. "You shouldn't be asking me what I'll do, Willow, you should be asking Zayn instead! Zayn's the one who wants me to chop off your hands!" "Impossible!" Willow scrambled to her feet, her head shaking in disbelief. "Zayn would never do this to me!" Even if Zayn had her imprisoned and beaten, she still didn't believe he would really let someone chop off her hands! "Are you still in denial?" Skyler brandished the knife in her hand, saying, "Zayn had made it clear that your hands that are stained with blood should be chopped off!" Skyler's smirk faded as she coldly instructed the bodyguard beside her, "Hold her down for me! I'm going to chop off those hands for Zayn!" "Let go of me!" Willow wasn't about to go down without a fight. She thrashed and kicked, but her efforts were futile against the two seasoned bodyguards. In the blink of an eye, she was viciously pinned to the ground, unable to budge even a fraction of an inch. "Let go of me! Skyler's the murderer! She's the one who killed my grandmother and also tried to kill Mrs. Dawson! She's the one who should be punished, not me! What makes you think you have the right to do this to me?" Skyler pondered momentarily and said, "It's obviously because I'm the one Zayn loves!" As she spoke, Skyler gathered all her strength and viciously swung the knife in her hand toward Willow's hand. All of a sudden, a loud thud resounded in the room. A split second before the gleaming blade could make contact with Willow's delicate skin, Zayn swung the door open with a force that sent the weapon flying. "Zayn!" Skyler's voice echoed in disbelief. She was completely bewildered by Zayn's sudden appearance. Skyler's eyes brimmed with tears instantly as she regained her composure. "Zayn, please don't take me for a heartless person, okay? I'm just too devastated by the thought of my mother remaining in a vegetative state. How could I possibly live on?" "Skyler, I would never think of you that way! I just don't want you to personally get involved with something like this," Zayn reassured her. He bent down and picked up the knife from the ground, exuding an air of unparalleled elegance and indifference. "I'll personally chop off her hands!" Zayn bellowed. Willow clutched her chest tightly as an excruciating pain coursed through her body. She fixed her gaze on Zayn with her tear-filled eyes as she reminisced about the past. A flood of memories washed over her, transporting her back to a time when their love was in full bloom. She vividly remembered mending his school uniform when she accidentally pricked her finger with the needle. Zayn had tenderly attended to the mere prick on her finger and repeatedly expressed his concern over it. From that moment onward, he even prohibited her from ever going near a sewing kit. She even laughed at him for making a big fuss over nothing. "Zayn, it's just a minor injury. Don't worry about it." At that moment, Zayn had a solemn expression as he exclaimed, "I'll never let anyone or anything harm you! Otherwise, they'll face my wrath!" Naturally, everything changed after all the ups and downs she had experienced in this harsh, cruel world. In the end, the one who hurt her the most was him.