her, and a dull ache spread through his chest.
“Daddy…” Mia had also woken up at some point, rubbing her eyes as she walked over. “I miss Mommy too. When will Mommy come back?”
Dominic gathered the two children into his embrace, unsure how to comfort them, only a deep bitterness rising in his heart.
Two days later, Leo finally recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
In the living room of the Thorne mansion, many of Cassandra’s belongings were piled up.
Cassandra, in high heels, clung tightly to Dominic’s sleeve, her meticulously manicured nails almost digging into his skin.
“Dominic, you can’t do this to me!” Her voice was tearful, her eyes filled with endless regret.
“We’ve known each other for twenty years. Are you going to throw it all away for such a trivial
natter…?”
“Trivial matter?” Dominic violently shook off her hand, his eyes as cold as ice.
“Abusing my children is a trivial matter?”
He pulled out his phone and played a security camera video.
In the footage, Cassandra was fiercely pinching Mia’s thigh. The little girl was crying silently from he pain, not daring to make a sound.
“And this.” He swiped to another video, showing Cassandra pouring sleeping pills into the children’s
nilk.
“I can’t believe that, just to get the children to sleep early so you could go to parties, you actually drugged them?”
Cassandra’s face instantly turned ashen. “You… you were monitoring me? You stopped trusting me a long time ago, didn’t you?”
“I was monitoring my home,” Dominic’s voice was low and dangerous.
Just then, a housekeeper suddenly rushed out, trembling. “Sir! I have something to say!”
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She shakily pointed at Cassandra, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust.
“From the first time she visited, she’s been trying to sow discord between Mrs. Hayes and the
children!”
“You’re lying!” Cassandra shrieked.
“I’m not!” The housekeeper bravely continued,
“She always bought the children all sorts of snacks and toys when Mrs. Hayes wasn’t around, and taught them to speak ill of Mrs. Hayes!”
“I personally heard her tell the young master, ‘Your mommy doesn’t let you eat candy because she doesn’t love you.””
“She also said that only if the young master and young lady found a way to drive Mrs. Hayes away, could they truly be together… That’s why the next day, the young master personally pushed Mrs. Hayes down the stairs.”
Dominic’s face grew darker and darker. He turned to Mrs. Gable, his voice low. “Pull up footage from that day.”
When the video played on the large screen, the entire living room fell silent.
the security
In the footage, the two children, with malicious smiles on their faces, pushed Elara down the stairs.
And then, Cassandra, who entered with Dominic, saw everything, her smug and joyful smile impossible to hide.
“Daddy…” Mia suddenly ran down the stairs, throwing herself into his arms, her voice choked with
tears.
“We were wrong… We want Mommy back…”
Leo followed behind, his small face streaked with tears. “Auntie Cassie said Mommy doesn’t want us anymore… Is that true?”
Cassandra scoffed. “Of course it’s true. She just doesn’t want you anymore. And who knows, she’s probably in some other man’s arms right now…”
“Dominic, you still don’t know do you? That day you slaped
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was the divorce agreement Elara personally gave you. You two have absolutely no relationship anymore!”
“You drove her away yourself!”
“Slap!”
Another loud slap interrupted her venomous words.
Dominic’s hand still hung in the air, his eyes burning with unprecedented fury.
“Throw all her things out,” he commanded Mrs. Gable. “Not a single thing I bought for her is to leave with her.”
Cassandra clutched her face, her eyes wide with disbelief. “Dominic! Are you crazy? For that hag…”
“Shut up!” Dominic roared, his face as cold as ice.
“Say one more word, and I’ll make sure you can’t survive in this city.”
The housekeepers swiftly got to work, throwing Cassandra’s suitcases out the front door, one by
ɔne.
Her designer bags, jewelry, and high-end cosmetics lay scattered on the ground, like a pile of nessy trash.
“You’ll regret this!” Cassandra shrieked hysterically from the doorway. “Do you think Elara will want you back? She’s fed up with you!”
The front door slammed shut, cutting off all the unbearable curses.
The living room suddenly became terrifyingly quiet.
Dominic slowly knelt, pulling the two children into his embrace.
Their bodies were trembling, and their tears fell, soaking his suit.
“Daddy… Does Mommy really not want us anymore?” Mia sobbed, asking.
Dominic’s throat tightened.
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