Chapter 75

"What are you trying to do?" Victoria tensed up instantly. She turned to face Leon, her eyes filled with wariness. Leon met her gaze, his expression calm. "Nothing. Just having a casual chat." Victoria's hands clenched tighter, her nails digging into her palms and reopening the wounds there. It hurt, but she felt nothing. "I only hit her because she spouted nonsense in front of me," Victoria explained, forcing herself to stay calm. She couldn't afford to let him turn her life and work upside down. Leon responded calmly, "Back when I had your back, did you ever see me bother with reasoning?" That single sentence shattered all the arguments Victoria had prepared. The streetlight illuminated her face clearly, but the darkness behind her mirrored the bleakness of her future. "If you think she's the victim, go ahead and make me pay ten times over just like you did at the hospital." She clenched her bleeding hand, searching for a way to hold onto her last shred of dignity. But this wa