The Man I Couldn’t Escape Chapter 11
Natasha was locked in a small, dark solitary cell.
When she saw the iron door open, she rushed over like a madwoman.
“Behave yourself! Or you’ll be locked back in!”
“Ray?! You finally came to get me!”
Seeing Rayden walking toward her from the end of the corridor, Natasha’s shouting stopped abruptly. She forcefully broke free from the prison guard and hurried over, not noticing the chilling coldness in the man’s eyes.
“You have no idea, the conditions here are filthy and terrible! They actually only gave me toothpaste that costs 4 dollars! And the blanket too, it’s been used by others, yet they still dared to give it to me…”
She complained with grievance, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
She complained with grievance, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
Reaching out, she went straight to wrap her arms around Rayden’s waist.
But before she could touch him, a cold laugh suddenly fell from above her head.
The man grabbed her wrist and flung her away forcefully.
“It’s only been a few days, and you can’t take it already?”
“After living a few years of luxury, you’ve forgotten your past?”
Natasha fell to the ground. Watching him approach step by step, she shivered involuntarily. Her heart skipped a beat, and she clenched her fists, forcing a smile. “Ray, don’t listen to what others…”
Rayden grabbed her shoulders and slammed her against the iron bars.
“Even now, you still refuse to tell the truth, do you!”
His eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth, his grip growing even tighter. “Where did you get the nerve to play the thief crying ‘stop thief’? You plotted against me, yet you dared to enjoy my kindness as if nothing happened? You watched me pour my heart out to you without a shred of guilt? How—dare—you!”
Natasha’s features twisted in pain. She desperately slapped at Rayden’s hand, begging for mercy in broken gasps.
Natasha’s features twisted in pain. She desperately slapped at Rayden’s hand, begging for mercy in broken gasps.
“Ray, it hurts, let go first… I, I have my reasons…”
Ignoring her tear-streaked face, the ruthlessness in Rayden’s eyes did not fade in the slightest. “Reasons? Then all those times you used me to hurt Leila, are you going to say you had no choice!”
Seeing that he had lost control, the prison guard hurried forward to separate them.
Rayden took a deep breath, biting out his words coldly.
“Natasha, remember this: I will make you pay for everything you’ve done. You just said you can’t adapt, right? That’s fine, I can make you get used to it for the rest of your life!”
Natasha crawled over on hands and knees, clutching Rayden’s pant leg, shaking her head frantically through her tears. “No, Ray, you can’t treat me like this. I admit it, I admit it, I was blinded and made a mistake at first. But later, I truly fell in love with you. I only did all this because I was afraid someone would take you away from me.”
“You have to believe me! Otherwise, otherwise I wouldn’t have come back to the country…”
Rayden’s knuckles turned white from the force. “Shut up!”
What Natasha described was exactly how he had treated Lorelei…
Lorelei’s calm and hollow gaze flashed before his eyes. The veins on Rayden’s arm stood out abruptly, and his heart twisted in pain.
Ignoring Natasha’s shrill screams, Rayden strode away.
The next day, the court held a public trial for Natasha.
Countless media outlets arrived at the scene. Rayden stood at the plaintiff’s stand, his expression icy and stern. The explanation at San Francisco Bay had limited reach; this time, he wanted to clear Lorelei’s name in front of everyone.
Camera flashes flickered. He was dressed formally, standing tall and straight.
“Natasha set me up and pushed me off a cliff, attempted murder once, and then set up Lorelei to fall from the rooftop, attempted murder a second time.”
“In addition, she forged her identity to commit marriage fraud, hired thugs to harm others, and has shown no remorse. I… believed her words and did a series of things that hurt Lorelei… Everything on trending topics was done by me alone and has nothing to do with Leila.”
“From beginning to end, she was just an innocent victim behind it all.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room erupted. Some reporters even stood up.
“I’d like to ask Mr. Weber, the issues on trending topics have been online for a month. Why are you only coming forward to explain today?”
“From beginning to end, she was just an innocent victim behind it all.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room erupted. Some reporters even stood up.
“I’d like to ask Mr. Weber, the issues on trending topics have been online for a month. Why are you only coming forward to explain today?”
“Are you truly apologizing to Mrs. Weber, or is this just another publicity stunt? May I ask, Mr. Weber, will you be exposing more of Mrs. Weber’s privacy next time?”
Rayden’s knuckles turned white from the force, a metallic taste rising in his throat.
He didn’t know how much time had passed before he finally looked up, his eyes bloodshot.
He stared intently at the camera, as if trying to see someone through the lens.
“Never again!”
“Everything in the past… was all my fault.”
“Leila… I’m sorry.”