Chapter 121
Benedict hastily lowered the whip and gently helped Sophie up. “Sophie, are you alright? Can you hold on?”
Sophie remained motionless, her eyes tightly shut.
As Gabriel hurried over, wanting to check if he had been too harsh, Nolan sneered. “She is quite frail. She appears even more delicate than the pampered legitimate daughter of your family.”
His tone dripped with sarcasm. “How can she faint after a mere twenty lashes? I wonder how Serenity endured all fifty lashes back then”
His words seemed laced with anger.
He had his subordinates investigate what Eliza had experienced in the Duke’s estate all these years. They found out a lot, but they couldn’t find out the source of the injuries on her back that he saw outside the imperial study on the day he first met her,
And today, he finally understood that all those scars were from her own family.
He thought, ‘What did she do wrong to deserve fifty lashes?
‘Such a whip, used on a little girl, how could THEY do it?‘
Nolan’s heart was filled with rage. Even more so, he felt sorry for Eliza.
Even more so, he felt sorry for Eliza.
He thought, ‘No wonder there was always a hint of sadness in her eyes. With a family like that, I wonder how much she has suffered in the Duke’s estate.
Nolan looked back at Eliza with heartache.
As if sensing something, Eliza looked up at him, and as if she had seen through what he was thinking, she raised the corners of her lips and gave him a comforting smile.
Nolan’s words successfully stopped Gabriel’s intention to delay the matter. “Bring me a bucket of water and splash Lady Sophie awake.”
Benedict silently lowered Sophie, whom he had helped up.
Sophie felt speechless.
Seeing that the servant had really gone to fetch a bucket of water, Sophie, who had been lying on the ground for a long time without moving, quickly pretended to have just regained consciousness and slowly opened her eyes.
She said, “Father, Brother…”
Knowing that Dylan’s heart had completely shifted to Eliza, Sophie didn’t even want to call him that anymore.
She thought, ‘What a fool. Just get lost.
‘I don’t care about you!‘
Sophie tried her best to hold herself up and said weakly, “I… Did I just faint?”
Benedict suppressed his emotions and closed his eyes, as if he had finally made a decision, “I’m sorry, Sophie. I am doing this to end your pain quickly. Don’t worry.”
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Chapter 121
Hearing this, Sophie suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next second, Benedict directly called two strong women forward, grabbing her from left and right.
The strength of their grip made Sophie’s arms ache.
Sophie panicked and struggled immediately. “No, Benedict, Don’t do this, don’t!”
When Benedict said to end it quickly, he really meant it literally.
Previously, Benedict had been slow because he was afraid of hurting Sophie if she moved around. Now that Sophie was being held by two strong women, Benedict no longer had any scruples. He did not hesitate to whip her.
The speed was extremely fast, and the whip was flying.
Anyone who didn’t know better would think that Benedict hated Sophie.
Sophie cursed Benedict in her heart.
She thought, ‘Crazy! Idiot! Jerk!‘
Sophie wanted to split open Benedict’s head and see what was wrong with him.
She thought, ‘What did he mean by ending my pain quickly?
‘Is this how he ends my pain?‘
With this move, Sophie didn’t even have a chance, and she endured fifty lashes.
In the end, she collapsed to the ground, covered in blood.
Gabriel asked, “Now are you finally satisfied?”
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