Chapter 3 Revenge For Love

The Mu family was in deep distress. If they lost their house, they would be virtually be left with nothing!

In a hurry, Flora rushed to Edward, squeezed out the most dazzling smile she could muster, and gently ran her hand up his arm. "Edward, did I do something wrong? Please tell me," she begged. "I'll make things right, I swear. And please don't break off our engagement, okay?"

It was such a disaster that she found it even hard to register! Their wedding was cancelled, her family was bankrupt, and now her father was being sued in court while he laid gravely ill in bed! It was an understatement to say that the past few days were absolutely devastating for her and her family.

Sneering, Edward roughly pushed her away, making Flora fall to the ground awkwardly.

Edward's eyes were as cold as ice as he stared down at her. "Are you really that forgetful? Or are you just a really good actress? Do you still want to deny everything that has happened?"

"I... I don't understand what you mean," Flora stuttered as she shook her head. All the blood from her face had drained, making her as pale as a sheet.

"You're a murderer," Edward hissed, narrowing his sharp eyes at her. "You killed the woman I love the most. Do you think I would want to marry you after what you did? That I would want to be involved with you?! There's no way you can undo this other than paying with your life!"

Flora was shocked, and the light in her eyes seemed to be taken away in an instant.

Emily was also left aghast.

"Wha... What are you saying? You are mistaken!" Emily couldn't believe what she had just heard. 'Even though Flora is usually a little domineering, she couldn't have done such a thing!'

"So are you saying that none of you were responsible for tampering with Lucy's car that led to her death?" Edward sneered at Flora.

At this, Flora's eyes widened. Taking a deep breath, she tried to compose herself. "I just came up with the idea to cut off her car's brakes. But just when I was about to do that, someone suddenly came. I wasn't able to cut it in the end. I didn't expect that she would really die," she said, enunciating each word as carefully as possible.

"But the reports said that the brakes were cut! How else can you deny this?" Edward snapped back.

Flora rushed to Edward and wrapped her arms around his legs, crying and begging, "Edward, I'm sorry. It's just that I love you so much and I lost my mind for a moment. Please forgive me. I swear that I'll correct my mistakes!"

"Your love makes me sick. I would rather give it to your sister than you!" Edward kicked her away.

Although it was true that Lucy had broken up with him already a couple of days before her accident, he still loved her truly. And then, just a few days after her death, his father had forced him to marry Flora.

In Edward's eyes, there was no one else to blame but her. She was the one responsible for his beloved's death!

That was not all -- Edward had actually hired a private investigator to find out more about what happened. As it turned out, Flora had blackmailed Lucy to leave Edward. And as if that wasn't enough, this woman had even tampered with her car to make sure that she would never return again.

There was nothing more Edward wanted than letting Flora pay the price.

Meanwhile, Flora was now trembling uncontrollably with fear. Lily rushed to her daughter and held her tightly, trying to comfort her. "Look, she didn't do any of that!" Lily cried at Edward, "I was the one who did it! Please, just send me to prison!"

Edward scoffed, "Sending you all to jail would be too easy. I want you to lose everything, and live the life of peasant for the rest of your miserable lives! I highly doubt that David Mu will be able to recover from this. With him gone, the Mu family will be nothing. You two will have nothing but debt on your backs."

"No --" Flora cried out again and again to apologize.

There was nothing worse for Flora than to lose all their pride in a blink of an eye.

They had been enjoying such a comfortable and lavish lifestyle. Now they were going to be no better than beggars at the side of the street, carrying a mountain of debt.

Emily was left in shock at what was happening. Up until now, she had no idea that Flora had done such a thing to Edward.

From the looks of it, she couldn't help but think that he was venting out all his anger on her that fateful night.

'Maybe it was his way of retaliating against Lily and Flora? There's no other reason why he would do such a thing to me,' Emily thought.

He forced her, and then used her to humiliate her sister, Flora. At last, the whole Mu family was in deep trouble.

What a cruel man!

At this point, there was no denying that he had succeeded in humiliating Flora. What was more, there was now a great fear in her heart.

Still, even though Emily was now aware of everything that had happened, she thought that Edward's revenge was still out of place.

It was all too sudden, and she really couldn't believe that her sister would do such a heartless thing.

But the conversation between Flora and Edward just now made her have to face the reality.

The bankruptcy of the Mu family, her father's fatal illness and the lawsuit were like heavy weights that pulled down on her heart.

"Look, my father had nothing to do with this. Can you at least let him go?" Emily voiced out, finally gathering up enough courage to look up at Edward.

"All it fair in war, and business is war. There always has to be a winner and a loser. Quite frankly, your father has done a lot of things as cruel as my own actions," Edward said coldly.

"My father is in poor health. There's no way he would last a day in prison," Emily lowered her head and said, her lean back shivering like a wilted plant that was struggling to survive.

Edward looked away. Although he had finally avenged Lucy, he was not as happy as he imagined himself to be.

"Even if I hadn't swallow the shares of the Mu Group, someone else would have. The best thing you could do now is to hire a good lawyer for him," he replied, ignoring the sadness in Emily's eyes.

Then he turned around and left.

Just when he was about to step out the door, someone grabbed onto his arm. When he turned around, he saw Emily standing behind him, tears in her eyes. "I know that you can do something about this, to not press charges on him. Please let my father go. Please..."

She couldn't think of a better way to save her father except begging him.

"What's in it for me? Perhaps you'd want to continue selling your body... If that's the case, I might reconsider," Edward said with a sneer.

Tears streamed down her face as she forced a bitter smile. How could she be so naive to expect a cold-blooded man like him to be merciful? Her hand shivered and slid down from his sleeve.

Edward left resolutely.

The villa of the Mu family was sealed up. Fortunately, David had an apartment in the western suburbs, which was bought with the first bucket of money he earned years ago. The owner of the apartment was Lily, so it had not yet been seized by the bank.

Lily had almost used up all her own personal money to pay for David's medical expenses. And Emily had also taken out the pocket money she had saved before. But it still wasn't enough. It could only cover all the medical expenses for half a month.

In order to deal with her father's case, Emily had found several lawyers, but all of them kept saying that they could do nothing about it. The hope of being released without charges was slim, and the lawyers all put forward their opinions to let David admit his crime on his own initiative, hoping that the court would handle it with pardon.

After a week, Emily had lost a lot of weight.

Finally, David was transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward. His face turned much older all of a sudden. "Oh Emily," he breathed tiredly. "This family is about to completely fall apart."