When Love Turns to Ashes

Chapter 346 Sorry, I Had No Choice Mary "Ms. Wensel, I wasn't that foolish. You cto my house and pointed a gun at me, not to kill me, but could it be that you really cto findfor dessen? Beatrice opened the window next to the cabwhile speaking Lacey becalert and asked, "What are you doing? "There was a smell of blood, and I didn't really want to smell it, Beatrice said with a grim tone.

As for the reason, Lacey, being the witness of that night, definitely knew.

Lacey pursed her lips and remained silent.

Beatrice walked up to Lacey carrying a medicine box, slowly crouched down, and gently removed the bandage from her knee, Looking at the deep scars on the fair skin, it was hard to tell what kind of injury it was for a moment. Beatrice didn't ask much either, because she knew Lacey wouldn't say.

Originally, I thought that all I needed to do was stop the bleeding, apply smedicine, and bandage it up. However, when Beatrice was applying the medicine, she unexpectedly wiped away sextremely fine debris with a cotton swab.

Lacey's legs were trembling with pain, but her face remained resolute and determined.

Beatrice couldn't quite understand Lacey, but she was certain that Lacey's injuries were not self-inflicted. Lacey's fine hairs on her legs stood up as she looked at Beatrice, who simply knelt down on the ground and blew gently on her wound.

"Hold on for a moment, it will be fine soon." Lacey instantly stopped trembling and just stared at her, lost in thought.

Wrapping the bandage tightly, Beatrice suddenly stood up, feeling a wave of dizziness and almost blacking out. Lacey helped her sit on the sofa.

All of a sudden, the two people were at odds with each other, and they turned into sitting side by side on the sofa.

Lacey opened the dessert on the table and handed one to Beatrice.

"Hypoglycemia? Have something to eat." "Um." Beatrice was not pretentious either, she took the dessert and took a big bite.

Lacey placed the gun on the armrest of the sofa and picked up the dessert and started eating.

She ate the one that Beatrice had ordered for her last time, with a rich strawberry jam on top and a soft and fluffy cake base underneath, perfectly sweet.

She licked the strawberry jam off her lips and said expressionlessly, "Last twas my first teating this kind of cake." Beatrice felt a little dizzy and looked at Lacey with confusion.

This is not a very expensive dessert, almost all dessert shops have similar strawberry cakes. She heard Odin say that Lacey was the product manager of the Baldwin Group's overseas branch. What does she want to eat? Perhaps it was Beatrice's inquisitive gaze that made Lacey turn her head to stare at her.

14:08 48.7% < Chapter 346 Sorry, I Had No Choice "What don't you want to ask?" "Who are you, after all?" Beatrice finally asked.

Menu Lacey was initially taken aback, but then it seemed like she remembered something.

"He really knew you inside out." "If you don't want to say, then forget it," Beatrice evaded her answer.

Lacey held the small spoon against her chin and said, "Are you so afraid to mention him? So, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Beatrice didn't understand what she meant by saying this.

Lacey took another bite of dessert and took a few seconds to savor it before slowly speaking, “The lie is that Mr. Soder and I have no connection. I was sent by the Baldwin family to cbetween the two of you, and Mr. Caden was aware of this but deliberately letcause chaos." I heard that Beatrice tightly held onto the dessert spoon, seemingly competing with herself.

Lacey continued, "The truth is that the words above are what he askedto tell you. Mr. Soder, Mr. Caden, and I had a deal." "Why?" Beatrice looked at Lacey in disbelief.

"Perhaps hoping that you and Mr. Soder would continue on well, he took on the remaining matters for us," Lacey said lightly, her tone filled with irony.

"We?" Beatrice turned around and stared at Lacey, she knew that Lacey's identity must be extraordinary.

Lacey raised an eyebrow, "As long as I could listen to Sir Baldwin's words, marry well, and Sir Baldwin is willing to publicly adoptas his goddaughter, change my last nto Baldwin, and then lethave a grand wedding, isn't it wonderful? Hahaha..." She was laughing, but suddenly her eyes turned cold.

"But I was his biological daughter." "No matter how hard I tried, my mother couldn't see it, he couldn't see it either, and in the end, my worth was reduced to just getting married." Beatrice stood still in shock, and when she looked up, she met a pair of eyes filled with a deep sadness.

She had once seen such an expression in Caden's eyes.

In a daze, Beatrice's chin was suddenly lifted by Lacey.

"Sir Baldwin secretly brought my mother back. It was him who foundto discuss cooperation, and he helpedrescue my mother. I collaborated with Mr. Soder to deceive everyone." "I really admired him, he was willing to cooperate withuntil I saw you." Beatrice felt a slight pain in her chin, and as she tried to struggle, she saw Lacey pick up the gun again.

In an instant, she dared not move anymore.

She knew how painful death was, so she didn't want to die. She could only try to delay the tas much as possible.

She looked up and asked cautiously, "Why?" Lacey sneered, “Because back then, Mr. Ryan and Sir Baldwin saw that the woman fooling around in the office was my mother." was actually willing to negotiate terms for you and me? And he was even willing to give us money to continue living abroad after that." 14:08 large sum of 48.7% < Chapter 346 Spey Had No Choice "He even lethelp you and Mr. Soder resolve the misunderstanding, You are truly his weak spot. Anyone who is willing to catch hold of you, he will undoubtedly perish. No wonder Sir Baldwin refused to let you go? "No!" Beatrice retorted loudly. "You're talking nonsense! Are you sent by him? I won't believe a single word you say! Lettell you, I have connection with Baldwin family anymore no Lacey released Beatrice and mocked her innocence.

the Do you really think that saying 'it's okay would make the Baldwin family let you off the hook "If it were so easy to break free, my mother and I wouldn't have been controlled by Sir Baldwin for so many years." Every tLacey mentioned her mother, there was a complex emotion on her face, making the scars on her face look somewhat eerie.

She played with the gun in her hand: "Do you think my mom was born as a mistress? My mom comes from an educated and well-off family, a former genius at MIT, young, beautiful, and intelligent, she was highly paid by the Baldwin Group."

Just because she caught the eye of a man old enough to be her father, she felt like a fish trapped (ma small eix pond, unable to escape. She could only be hooked by the man, like a bait, willingly breaking ties with her family and becoming a mistress. "In the few years when I was just sent abroad, the man showed no concern for us, and my mother also cto her senses. She had a discussion with the man about my alimony and planned to study again and find a job.”

"But that man was very arrogant and selfish. He was afraid that my mother would break free from his control and tarnish his reputation by using my illegitimate daughter status. So, when my mother was in a poor mental state, he deceived her into becoming addicted to medication." Over the years, she becincreasingly dependent on men. She claimed it was love, but in reality, it was just an excuse for her own downfall.

Lacey pointed at the dessert on the table and sighed, "When I was about to successfully help her quit drugs for the sixth time, she said she wanted to buya cake to celebrate my birthday, but then she secretly went to see a man."

"Do you think I'm stupid? But do you know that no matter where I escaped to, men always found me, and then I had to witness the helplessness of seeing my own mother being controlled and begging for help on her knees over and over again?" "It's like having an invisible iron chain tied around your neck, in the eyes of those high above, everything about you is exposed." "Mr. Caden was right. My mom and I were not even considered as sacrifices for the Baldwin family. We were just possessions held in the hands of that man." After listening, Beatrice's breath caught, her body stiffened as she looked at Lacey and asked, "Why did you tellall this?" Lacey lowered her gaze and chuckled, her fingertips caressing the gun.

"We have an old saying that even in death, one must die clearly and distinctly. Before my mother boarded the plane, she betrayed me. Sir Baldwin gavea box, inside of which was a gun and a photo of you with a cross through it." Click, the gun was loaded.

"Beatrice, I'm sorry, I had no choice."