Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick) novel Chapter 544

"You!" Milton was so enraged that he raised his fist and about to punch him!

Patrick was still smiling. "You can give it a try and hit me.

He did not swing in the end. Milton let go of Patrick's collar and got up. He asked with a pale face, "Why did you capture her? For wealth or lust?"

Patrick sat up straight again with jeer in his eyes. "I want Maryanne for wealth and lust? You think very highly of her, don't you?"

Milton could not come up with any other reason. "Don't tell me you kidnapped her just because you felt like it?"

Patrick shook his slender finger and said, "She did something wrong, so I have to punish her."

"What punishment?" Milton did not ask what Maryanne had done wrong. Maryanne had always had a temper, so it was not surprising at all that she would offend someone. What annoyed him more was that Maryanne messed with Patrick out of all people, the devil himself!

At this moment, Maryanne's hysterical voice sounded on the screen in a shout. "I'm sorry! I know I was wrong! Please let me go!"

Stunned, Milton quickly averted his attention back to the screen and saw that the tape on Maryanne's mouth was torn off. Two black-clad men stood on both of her sides, one of whom cut open the hemp rope behind her with a knife to free her hands.

"Thank you..." Feeling the freedom for movement in her wrists, Maryanne was so agitated that she could not stop showing gratitude to them.

Just as she wanted to pull the cloth from her eyes with her trembling hands, she found her hands buckled to the handles of the chair. Even a man like Milton could not accept what happened next!

The two men in black each grabbed each of Maryanne's wrists and turned to spread her palm facing upward. Then, as if they were slicing a fish's belly open, they raised the military knives and pierced it through the hearts of her palms!

"Ah!!" In a second, blood poured down from her hands like streams, and her wails could not stop...

Milton's pupils contracted, drew a cold breath. The scent of blood seemed to hit him through the screen, making him feel light-headed.

Seeing his horror-struck face, Patrick kindly picked up the remote control and turned off the video.

After a long moment had passed, Milton clenched his fists and glared at Patrick with fury. "You'll get your retribution for this!"

Patrick only smiled slightly and said, "If I had told you that it was this very same woman who had pushed Amelia down the stairs with her own hands, would you still be so righteously indignant?"

Milton's voice shook as if he had been struck by lightning. "What did you say? Say it again!"

Patrick's silence was his answer.

Milton asked in confusion, "You said Maryanne pushed Amelia down the stairs? When did that happen?"

"Don't you understand? It was the night when you asked Amelia to go to your house when you were ill!" Patrick could not help but get riled up at the mention of Amelia.

"Maryanne... She really..." Milton was struck with disbelief. No matter how awful or willful he imagined Maryanne to be, she should not have done something so evil!

Understanding what Milton was thinking, Patrick added sarcastically, "Do you have any expectations for someone who framed another woman with a brooch at a birthday party?"

Milton stiffened and felt something stuck in his throat. He pretended to get together with Maryanne, but in doing so, he almost hurt the woman he loved most!

He did have some doubts about the credibility of Patrick's words. But Maryanne's apology just now had proved that she had indeed done something so vile!

Patrick linked his fingers together, placed them on his knees, and explained slowly, "I know that you'll be furious after knowing this, so I helped you decide in advance. It's a good deal to have only her hands disabled."

Milton frowned and asked with pain on his face, "How's Amelia now?"

Sensing the intense hatred from Milton, Patrick narrowed his eyes and tempted him, "Why don't you keep her by your side instead of killing her? Take advantage of her feelings for you and torture her?"

Milton was dazed.

Patrick drawled on kindly, "Think about it. She pushed Amelia down the stairs, probably because of jealousy. Don't you know who she cares about?" Milton glared at Patrick and said, "She likes you." "Oh?" Patrick asked, "Are you sure?"

" " Milton knew that was not true since a long

time ago. From the moment when Maryanne took care of him while he was having the fever to the extent when she had agreed to the proposal of getting married to their parents. The firm boundary of defense and determination in his heart wavered and threatened to collapse!

He got together with Maryanne on one hand because he hated her. On the other hand, he was clear that the person Maryanne loved was Patrick. This meant that he was safe from any emotional attachment with her!

But now, Milton could no longer escape Maryanne's affection for him since she had tried to take Amelia's life!

"I hate her! How can I continue to be with her?"

Milton had already thought about it. The first thing he had to do after leaving this place was to gather the elders of The Cook and Smith family. Even if he had to kneel and apologize, he did not want to have anything to do with a vicious woman like Maryanne anymore!

Patrick's long and narrowed stare brewed an

oncoming storm. "There are some women who value their relationships more than their lives. If you end her life, she'll be glad for the quick death. But if you use her love and ruin it, you can make her suffer and regret it for a lifetime. Think about it carefully, which one will make you feel better?"

Hearing Patrick's words, Milton felt a sense of enlightenment.

Patrick was right, giving Maryanne a simple beating or killing her instantly was merely physical pain. She had brought mental trauma upon him, so Milton had to pay her back bit by bit!